50's Rock 'n' Roll

[ericmeyer4]

Any tips for playing in the early rock and roll style? Particularly when it comes to soloing.

Like...
Rick Nelson (so that would be James Burton)
Elvis
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
etc

Something like this...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mAqRsvEckEE

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: 50's Rock 'n' Roll

As a scholar of the field (not scholar as in I know everything - far from it, scholar in that it's what I'm currently devoting all of my time to learning), I'd say you just need to practice.

When I listened to that song right now, it's the first time I heard that clip. And I started playing along right away. There's just little tricks that these guys do, dozens of them. You just need to practice to figure it out, honestly. Youtube is a fantastic source.

All 50's rock is just 3 chords, which you should play power chord style. However, they throw in 6ths, 7ths, and other little fun things that I don't know the names to. But they all follow the same patterns, you'll figure it out.

I know this post isn't real helpful, you just need to watch a lot of old videos and practice a lot.