Chordplay - The Chords Of The Cars

Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords Of The Cars.
Elliot Easton and the brilliant music from The Cars exploded onto the scene in the late 1970s and their success continued onward well into the 1980s, where they were in heavy rotation on MTV, the radio, in music magazines, and just about everywhere else for over a decade.

This lesson focuses on some of Easton's tricky fretboard maneuvers and for a guitarist known for playing with a "new wave" band in the 1980s, his licks/tricks originated from classic rock, blues, rockabilly, surf guitar ideas. His interesting twists to almost everything he plays makes him an inspiring and unusual guitarist to watch, as you never know what he's going to play next or exactly how it played it. Easton's truly a unique guitarist to listen to and learn from, and this lesson skims the surface of his musical ideas and creative genius on the guitar.

The songs featured in this lesson were mainly pulled from their 1978 self-titled debut (a beyond-classic album), while a few other examples are from popular albums such as 'Shake It Up' and 'Heartbeat City.' The songs we're hitting here include classic rock radio staples, such as 'My Best Friend's Girl,' 'Good Times Roll,' 'Shake It Up,' and many more. This includes some lesser-known fan favorites as well, such as 'Moving In Stereo.'

Needless to say, there's something very interesting about The Cars music and the various left-field ideas floating around Easton's fingers when he picks up a guitar. Long-term fans of this group will find several of their favorites targeted in this episode, while newcomers of this classic band will locate plenty to work through and chew around with hiding in this lesson.

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