Lockdown Licks no. 111
“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” by The Rolling Stones. Opening chordal riffs. Played on a butterscotch Telecaster tuned to open G ((D)GDGBD)
using bridge pick up with tone and volume on 9.
Played thru a NUX M8 amp set to overdrive on 75% gain bass on 7, mid 6. Original played by Keith Richards aka the “human riff.”
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. The song is over seven minutes long, and begins with a Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro. At two minutes and forty-three seconds, an instrumental break begins, with Rocky Dijon on congas; tenor saxophonist Bobby Keys performs an extended saxophone solo over the guitar work of Richards and Mick Taylor, punctuated by the organ work of Billy Preston. At 4:40 Taylor takes over from Richards and carries the song to its finish with a lengthy guitar solo.