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Very cool!

I MUCH PREFER THE SOUND OF THE GRETSCH TO THE RICKENBACKER!

Your left eyebrow seems to respond to the slide, in a Spock-like manner. I guess it's only logical that might happen. ; )

Often I find it hard to believe those guys had zero formal training.easier to believe from other groups of the time.

So my Beatles guitar book is showing to me wrong? It basicly the same chords but I'm learning in the cowboy chords first three frets from the nut.

And this from guys that couldn’t read music….

George Martin claimed to hear John talking about playing the tape backwards (tails out) and on his own added it to the mix. He played it and John loved it and that is what is on the record. They are both gone but sure both stories have some truth to them.

Great interview and as always great everything else. love ya, Mike!

You're right . . . that IS fun to do.

Grazie to you Mike and to you Jim! So wonderful to see and hear you in this nifty tutorial! Mike, appreciate your meticulous attention to detail and breakdown of the integral components of this song. Don't crucify me on this observation, but any chance that Sir Paul garnished his solo on "Taxman" from recollecting Jeff Beck's work on "Shapes of Things?" ☮

Appreciate the incredible effort you put into this - - thanks!!

good skills

This is so interesting. I saw them play this in Singapore in 1966 - in fact I think they opened with it. Jimmy Page was on guitar. At the time they were very innovative nobody sounded like them. For some reason they were support for the Walker Brothers - philistines that we were we walked out when they came on.

Another John chord progrsion that hasn't been heard before.

So much fun to play! One of my favorites! Thanks!

kudos to you for exploring and explaining this Yardbirds classic. More Yardbirds!

this is the only Beatles song without a minor chord.

Great Mike, so now after 58 years of trying to learn that sloop I have no excuse. A big Merci.

Excellent breakdown of a deceptively simple song!! Kudos on the explanation of Beck's rhythm dynamics!!! The bass break nailed me to the wall when I was a kid - It's great to know where that came from!! Further kudos to Mr McCarty for that nick/composition. A quick breakdown of that would have been nice, especially when Dreja's part needn't take up so much time, but you da boss!! Thank you x7!!!

Great video. The song still sounds just as powerful as it did back in 1966 when it caused quite an earthquake in the UK at the time. The Yardbirds - such an important and innovative band.

Paul mcartney's guitar solo on "Taxman" was inspired very much

FABULOSO!!!

An engineer said that Jeff Beck was the loudest guitarist he had ever mic'd up

Thank you very much. ,Awesome video and Hello from Canada.

I love these Yardbirds tutorials. And what a treasure it is to have Jim McCarty talk about the songs and play them.

That song always reminds me of listening to my cousin's records in her basement in Detroit in 1968. I can still recall the musty basement smell.

I almost learned to play lead guitar with this song and then music passeded . Me by and I stayed on rythem guitar oh well I still have fun....

That felt like a real privilege, thanks to you both.

Top this by getting Ringo or Paul to accompany you on one of the many great Beatles lessons you have done.

Oh so cool!

Always love the Yardbirds work, guys! Thank you!

Great. Love the Yardbirds !! Great lesson !!

Excellent Video! Thanks!!

That’s great…..and amazing to see Jim involved!

Superb analysis and performance, as usual! One of my favorites from their songbook.

"Shapes of Things": Coincidentally we see Mike's shape, that is his profile, for the first time. 🙂

Love it..!

Love it.

Incredible! First a thank you to Mr.McCarty for the brilliant music. I think this song may be the Yardbirds best master piece..timeless classic and everyone in the band is tremendous on it. Just a mention also that I always loved Keith Relf’s voice, sometime he does not get mentioned. Beck just plays the most innovative guitar of that early Psychedelic era , fantastic lesson❤️

Awesome. Thanks to you both.

Is Jim the only original Yardbird still alive? Don't scream Clapton, because he wasn't an original member.

LOL . . . Jeff playing his solo on just the " G " string . . . ya gotta love these guys back then . . . I"m purty much a '60s nerd 😎 👍👍 . . . tks Mike and Jim .

I love Jim's increasingly frenetic drumming during the solo... I wonder who led who?!!

Great combining an interview with the lesson! More of this!

What a great treat to see this today. Have always loved this song. Must have been a thrill to put together the sound-a-like and have Jim play the drums. Thanks for sharing this!

No way!! Jim McCarty! That is so cool.

Oh, I enjoyed that Mike! How great to have Jim there again! Thanks to both of you! MB

Now that was fantastic Mike & Jim! Great old tune and is was nice seeing Jim still hammering those drums! 👍👍🎤🎤🎸🎸🥁🥁👏👏

Awesome. Thanks guys! 😎🍻

Chris Dreja always added a certain rhythm guitar magic to any of The Yardbirds tracks he played on at the time. An unmistakable unifying element of the Yardies'. Good to see Jim McCarty replaying those times too. Great exposition Mike and Jim. That Jeff Beck solo and It's 66' again.