Steve Goodman – The Dutchman
Learn how to play Steve Goodman – The Dutchman note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: Yes
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (mostly Travis Picked)
Tuning: Standard
IMPORTANT NOTE: Steve played this song with a superb flatpicked accompaniment. This lesson teaches a fingerpicked arrangement of Steve’s accompaniment. That means it sounds broadly like his accompaniment, but isn’t an exact copy of what he plays.
The complete file contains 4 lesson videos, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 625 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file.
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Daniel Linden says
Hey Jerry,
Thrilled you covered the Dutchman. I don’t personally need it, I’ve been playing it for over 40 years and learned it from Steve. You’re right about the fact that he was an amazing flat picker, but I also saw him finger-pick it on numerous occasions. Looking forward to more Steve Goodman. I’d love to see you do the actual, original Steve Goodman version of City of New Orleans. Nobody does it like Steve did it. They all change the rhythm, chords, and lyrics. Anyway just wanted to congratulate you on that.
Jerry says
Hi Daniel. Very cool that you learnt it from him. That would be the definitive way to learn it. I didn’t know that he occasionally fingerpicked it. Good to hear. I’ll get to City of New Orleans too.