#KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY LEAD GUITAR TAB TV#
The song was sampled in the Puff Daddy song "Best Friend", from his 1999 album Forever. Cross performed the song with NSYNC at the 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. Since its debut, "Sailing" has been covered by artists including Avant, Lesley Gore, Barry Manilow (on his 2007 album The Greatest Songs of the Seventies), Greenskeepers, NSYNC (on their 1997 album 'N Sync), George Benson, Phajja, Patrick Yandall, and the duo of Moya Brennan, Cormac de Barra & Rodney Franklin. UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company) Rob Meurer – arrangements, electric piano, synthesizer.Michael Omartian – arrangements, acoustic piano.Christopher Cross – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals, arrangements.After that reunion, Cross sent Glasscock a copy of the platinum record he earned for selling more than five million copies of "Sailing." Personnel Cross acknowledged on the show that his sailing trips with Glasscock had been the inspiration for the song. Although Cross lost touch with Glasscock, The Howard Stern Show in April 1995 reunited Cross with Glasscock, after 28 years. Glasscock functioned as a surrogate older brother during a tough time for Cross emotionally. Ĭross has said in interviews that the song's inspiration was his friendship with an older friend from his high school, Al Glasscock, who would take him sailing as a teenager, just to get away from the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. The song was later identified as an archetype of the style that later became known as yacht rock (Cross and similar artists referred to the style as the West Coast sound at the time). In his Grammy acceptance speech, Cross acknowledged "Sailing" as his favorite song on the album and that originally it was not meant to be a single. The song was recorded in 1979, utilizing the 3M Digital Recording System, making it one of the first digitally recorded songs to chart. VH1 named "Sailing" the most "softsational soft rock" song of all time. The song also won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Arrangement of the Year, and helped Cross win the Best New Artist award. The song was a success in the United States, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 30, 1980, where it stayed for one week. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his eponymous debut album (1979). Riff 5 - A simple little lick, just repeat it a few times and then end with this short variation." Sailing" is a 1980 soft rock song written and recorded by American artist Christopher Cross. Riff 4 - Just strum through D major and F#5 as shown (thumb-mute the Low strings out of the D major chord if you wish).
There's a gap for the bass / drums only, then the song returns to play through Riff 3, 1 and 2 in that order. Then work on 'dropping in' the open notes on those certain beats.Īfter that part the song cycles back to Riff 1 and 2 again, this time Riff 2 is the extended version. Stick with it and you'll get it, just focus on keeping the strumming very regular - each down / upstroke in consistent time. It's a case of learning to co-ordinate both hands at speed. Switch to the Tablature View (under Tools) to see the pattern clearly. Also, mute at the 6th fret as we show to avoid playing harmonics accidentally. Keep playing the G note on fret 8 of the B string throughout. take out two down / up muted strokes) then straight back to the start again and repeat. Follow this pattern on the 2 high strings:Ĩ - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - repeat this twice thenĨ - 8 - 8 - 8 - (i.e. However, halfway through you need to start releasing the high E string for 2 strokes and then muting it again instantly. The trick to getting this is the usual - take it very slow and build up speed. Thumb mute out the low strings if you wish. Actually, it's pretty simple stuff for the fretboard hand, it's the strumming that's tricky. Use your thumb over the tope edge of the fretboard to mute out the low 3 strings.
Just hold the one C (no 5th) chord shape and strum away happily. Use medium distortion for the lead (so just add a bit more than for the rhythm guitar). You can hear both guitars played together here - this is particularly helpful for tracking your way through the song parts. There is one exception, which we'll look at below. For the most part, each riff is nice and easy and beginner-friendly. The lead for this song involves swapping between 5 main riffs.
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