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Adam Rafferty – “I Want You Back” – Jackson 5 – Solo Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar

By Adam Rafferty 18 Comments


Hope you enjoy this one. I love this tune, another 70s soul tune by The Jackson 5. The arrangement is brand new…but since I was practicing over and over I figured what the heck…video time!!!

Little Michael Jackson is singin’ his butt off on this! Listening to the original puts a BIG smile on my face…I hope I can pass the smile on to YOU.

I played this song on a Cole Clark Fat Lady Guitar (FL 2AC), and recorded audio on a Studio Projects C3 Mic into Digital Performer.

Enjoy, and contact me anytime!!!!

– Adam

Filed Under: Guitar, Online Promotion, Videos Tagged With: Acoustic, Adam Rafferty, Cole Clark, Fingerstyle, I Want You Back, Instructional DVD, J5, Jackson Five, Solo Guitar, Soul

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I’m Adam Rafferty – a guitar player born and raised in New York City, and currently spending most of my time on tour playing concerts and coaching my guitar students online at StudyWithAdam.com

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  1. alex says

    June 7, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    GENIUS! keep it up. pls more mj and J5

    Reply
    • adamrafferty says

      June 8, 2010 at 3:31 am

      Thanks Alex!

      Reply
  2. Slavic says

    June 10, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Hey Adam, interesting, how long you can be without your guitar ? :)) too bad you cant post anymore at youtube.. 🙁

    Reply
    • Adam Rafferty says

      June 10, 2010 at 12:36 pm

      Slavic

      I can post on Youtube – lessons and originals, and I will be doing so a lot!

      AR

      Reply
  3. williechapin says

    June 15, 2010 at 4:25 am

    Thanks Adam, you inspired me to estart doing solos again…. Thanks.

    Reply
  4. williechapin says

    June 15, 2010 at 4:26 am

    I mean to say… Start…. ( got to get some sleep)

    Reply
  5. Frank Franco says

    June 17, 2010 at 1:11 am

    Hello Adam, I love your style.
    Do you have a DVD teaching this style of playing?
    Im thinking that getting the DVD of arrangements might really help me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I play some jazz and fingerstyle blues but nothing like your Stevie Wonder arrangements.

    I wish you many great tours and a lifetime of beautifuls harmonies.

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Adam Rafferty says

      June 17, 2010 at 1:38 am

      Frank!

      Funny you should ask. I am shooting my JACKSON 5 intructional DVD tomorrow, and this song – I WANT YOU BACK will be on it. The tabs will come with the book.

      Join my mailing list – and the DVD should be announced in early to mid August…

      All the best!

      Adam

      Reply
  6. Frank Franco says

    June 20, 2010 at 2:26 am

    Great,
    I look forward to the J5 DVD. In the meantime I am going to order the Stevie Wonder DVD.

    Reply
  7. Rakesh says

    July 2, 2010 at 7:54 am

    Hey Adam!
    I was wondering if you could help try and create an acoustic fingerstyle version for this song I love. I’ve tried for 2 years and barely have 4 bars, and figured if anyone can do it, it’s you! (not the best song to work with, I admit)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Uuarao5hM
    And great work been learning your newsletter songs for a while now 😀
    Cheers!

    Reply
  8. Gord says

    July 3, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Totally Impressed! Love it all, I play fingerstyle but (different style. I wish I could buy your tablature But I’m more a Kind of watch and listen sort of guy plus living my lifestyle doesn’t lead well top getting Mail. So, I’ll just have to watch and listen and figure it out. So far ….got most or Superstition but it’s hard to see what your doing sometimes. You blow me away man thanks for just doin it. And if you get a chance , take a look at my website you can do a gig on the boat anytime anywhere!

    Reply
  9. John says

    July 9, 2010 at 7:36 am

    Just curious Adam,
    Did you reshoot these? I checked out your vids back when MJ passed and your videos don’t look the same, quality and sound wise a little different, I don’t remember seeing the mic either. And I seemed to have a vision of you wearing a fedora in one of your MJ songs , I don’t know maybe I might be wrong. But I have a feeling, since your changing things and all. Your a talented fella, you have a good thing going, something different for a change.

    Reply
  10. Michael says

    July 25, 2010 at 5:15 am

    This is absolutely fantastic– and inspiring. You do really great work, and I love picking up tips from your play style.

    Reply
  11. Chanz says

    October 4, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    Nice! You make it seem so natural! Great work!

    Reply
  12. dave says

    October 21, 2010 at 5:15 am

    if you start using vimeo, u can pretty much post anything u want and there won’t be any copyright stuff, by the way THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD ON GUITAR i cant stop listening to it.

    Reply
  13. tom k says

    October 30, 2010 at 4:58 am

    Adam,
    I heard your arrangement of Superstition on my XM several months ago, scribbled your name down and then lost track.
    Found you again on the internet yesterday.
    My musical passions are bass and 6 string fingerpicking. I ‘m 60, so I’ve heard a lot, and these days it’s really nice to see and hear something that jazzes me musically. Thanks so much for the musical gift you share–I can’t wait to dig into some of this.

    Reply
  14. Chomps says

    April 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

    Fucking amazeballs, good man Adam. Keep it up, mate!

    Reply
  15. TomEMun says

    October 18, 2011 at 1:46 am

    Hey Adam….what I love about your playing is that you love playing as much as we love to listen when you play.

    Great seems like a big understatement!

    Reply

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