Mike Olekshy
emailRock, Country, Metal
- Instructor Since:
- September 27th 2010
- Total Lessons:
- 1214
- Latest Lesson:
- Spill the Wine
Songs
- 1983
- A Beautiful Lie
- Achy Breaky Heart
- Again
- All The Small Things
- Amarillo By Morning
- American Girl
- American Woman
- Animal
- Attack
- Awake
- Barracuda
- Between Angels and Insects
- Bound For The Floor
- Breakdown
- Burnin' For You
- Candy
- Change (In The House of Flies)
- Chasm
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Closer To The Edge
- Desperately Wanting
- Digital Bath
- Don't Believe A Word
- Don't Do Me Like That
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
- Duck And Run
- Empire
- Everything To Everyone
- False Pretense
- Far From Over
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- Folsom Prison Blues
- From Yesterday
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Girls And Boys In School
- Goodbye To You
- Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
- Hard To Handle
- Heartbreaker
- Heart Shaped Box
- Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
- If I Had $1000000
- If I'd Been The One
- If She Knew What She Wants
- In Bloom
- In The Next Room
- I Stand Alone
- I Wanna Be Sedated
- I Want To Break Free
- I Want You
- Jessie's Girl
- Just Like You
- Keep Away
- Keep Your Hands to Yourself
- Killin' Time
- Kings And Queens
- Kryptonite
- Last Resort
- Legs
- Little Lies
- Loser
- Magic Man
- Middle of the Road
- Nice To Know You
- Nobody's Fool
- No Matter What
- No Sugar Tonight
- Ode to Billy Joe
- Once Bitten, Twice Shy
- One Thing Leads to Another
- Outside
- Personal Jesus
- Polly
- Put Yourself in My Shoes
- Rebel Yell
- Roam
- Rock and Roll Fantasy
- Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
- Runaway
- Running Blind
- Send The Pain Below
- Sequestered In Memphis
- Sex And Candy
- Should've Been a Cowboy
- Silent Lucidity
- Sins of My Youth
- Skin Trade
- Smoke Two Joints
- Sometimes She Forgets
- Songbird
- Song of the South
- Southbound
- Spill the Wine
- Spirits In The Material World
- Surfin' Safari
- Synchronicity II
- Take Me To The River
- The Disco Strangler
- The KKK Took My Baby Away
- The Red
- The Rock Show
- The Kill (Bury Me)
- This Is War
- Thunder Kiss '65
- Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
- True
- Tuff Enuff
- Voodoo
- Whatever
- When The Stars Go Blue
- White Wedding
- Without You
- Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Artist Studies
GT Channel Episodes
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Song of the South
In this set of country lessons, Mike Olekshy is going to teach you "Song of the South", by Alabama. Mike will introduce the song then discuss the gear and tones, then dive into...
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Surfin' Safari
In these eight surf lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Surfin' Safari", by The Beach Boys. Mike will start off with a song overview and talk about the surf gear and tones, then...
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Ode to Billy Joe
In this short but sweet tutorial, Mike Olekshy is going to teach you "Ode to Billy Joe", by Bobbie Gentry. Mike will talk the song as a whole and the acoustic guitar tone in the...
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Tuff Enuff
In this series, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Tuff Enuff", by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Mike will introduce the song and look at gear and tones, then break down the grooves in the...
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Spill the Wine
In these songs lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Spill the Wine", by War. Mike will introduce the song then talk a bit about gear and tone before diving in to the main single...
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Little Lies
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach "Little Lies", by Fleetwood Mac. This one is mostly campfire style, and after an overview and the gear and tones Mike will teach...
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Breakdown
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Breakdown", by Tom Petty. Mike will introduce the song, then talk about gear and tone. He'll launch into the intro and main...
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Legs
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Legs", by ZZ Top. Mike will give you an overview of the song then talk about gear and tones; then you'll learn the guitar 1...
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Cheap Sunglasses
In this set of song lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Cheap Sunglasses", by ZZ Top. Mike will give a song overview and talk about gear and tones, then launch into the main...
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Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart", by Stone Temple Pilots. Mike will give a synopsis of the song then talk about the...
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Goodbye To You
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Goodbye To You", as made famous by Scandal. Mike will start with a song overview and a look at the gear and tones, then...
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I Want You
In this set of song lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "I Want You", by Kings of Leon. Mike will start with a song overview and a look at the gear and tones, then get into the...
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Heartbreaker
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Heartbreaker", by Pat Benatar. After introducing the song and a look at the gear and tones, Mike will teach you the intro...
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Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", by by Randy Travis. Mike will introduce the tune and talk about using a capo, then you'll...
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Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", by Alabama. Mike will talk about the song then the gear and tones, then break down the parts in...
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Sequestered In Memphis
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Sequestered In Memphis", by The Hold Steady. We'll look at the song as a whole and discuss gear and tone, then break down...
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Put Yourself in My Shoes
In this set of song lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Put Yourself In My Shoes", by Clint Black. Mike will start with a synopsis of the lessons and talk about gear and tone,...
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Hard To Handle
In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach you "Hard To Handle", by The Black Crowes. Mike will introduce the song, then talk about gear and tones. We'll learn the single note intro...
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Killin' Time
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy is going to break down "Killin' Time", by Clint Black. After a synopsis of the lessons and a look at the gear and tones, Mike will examine the...
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If I'd Been The One
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "If I'd Been The One", by 38 Special. Mike will introduce the song and talk about gear and tone, then get into all of guitar...
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One Thing Leads to Another
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "One Thing Leads to Another", as made famous by The Fixx. Mike will start with a song overview, then a look at the gear and...
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Take Me To The River
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Take Me to the River", by Al Green. After setting up the song lessons in an introduction and talking about the gear and tones,...
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GT Channel: Mike Olekshy 2013
Alright guitar players, now we're going to take a look at the 2013 Guitar Tricks channel tips and tricks! Host Mike Olekshy gives you fun and instructive insights into guitar...
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American Girl
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach you "American Girl", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike will introduce this classic and discuss the gear and tones, then show...
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Tuff Enuff
In this series, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Tuff Enuff", by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Mike will introduce the song and look at gear and tones, then break down the grooves in the...
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Folsom Prison Blues
In these seven guitar lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Folsom Prison Blues", by Johnny Cash. Mike will give an overview of the song, then talk about the gear and tones. The...
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Spill the Wine
In these songs lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Spill the Wine", by War. Mike will introduce the song then talk a bit about gear and tone before diving in to the main single...
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Cheap Sunglasses
In this set of song lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Cheap Sunglasses", by ZZ Top. Mike will give a song overview and talk about gear and tones, then launch into the main...
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Breakdown
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Breakdown", by Tom Petty. Mike will introduce the song, then talk about gear and tone. He'll launch into the intro and main...
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Songbird
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Songbird", by Fleetwood Mac. Mike will teach an acoustic campfire version here, and will talk about the song a bit and the...
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Legs
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Legs", by ZZ Top. Mike will give you an overview of the song then talk about gear and tones; then you'll learn the guitar 1...
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Little Lies
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach "Little Lies", by Fleetwood Mac. This one is mostly campfire style, and after an overview and the gear and tones Mike will teach...
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Hard To Handle
In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach you "Hard To Handle", by The Black Crowes. Mike will introduce the song, then talk about gear and tones. We'll learn the single note intro...
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Don't Do Me Like That
In these lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Don't Do me Like That", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike will introduce the song and look at gear and tones, then break down...
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Heartbreaker
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Heartbreaker", by Pat Benatar. After introducing the song and a look at the gear and tones, Mike will teach you the intro...
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Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
In this series of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart", by Stone Temple Pilots. Mike will give a synopsis of the song then talk about the...
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Kryptonite
In this set of fourteen lessons, Mike Olekshy guides you through all the parts to the alt rock song "Kryptonite", as made famous by 3 Doors Down. Mike talks about the gear and...
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American Girl
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach you "American Girl", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike will introduce this classic and discuss the gear and tones, then show...
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Gimme All Your Lovin'
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you the hard rockin' song "Gimme All Your Lovin'", by ZZ Top. Mike will give you an overview of the song and discuss the gear and...
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Barracuda
In these 10 lessons we'll break down the classic 70s rocker "Barracuda", made famous by Heart. You'll learn the main hook riff, the sections of the song form, and the solo... plus...
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American Woman
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "American Woman", by The Guess Who. Mike will talk a bit about the song and the tone and tuning first, then dive into the...
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Heart Shaped Box
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach the grunge classic "Heart Shaped Box", as made famous by Nirvana. Mike will break down the hooky main riff for you, after talking...
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Without You
In this acoustic song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Without You", as made famous by Harry Nilsson. We're taking a different approach here; this song has just verse and...
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Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", by by Randy Travis. Mike will introduce the tune and talk about using a capo, then you'll...
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GT Channel: Mike Olekshy 2013
Alright guitar players, now we're going to take a look at the 2013 Guitar Tricks channel tips and tricks! Host Mike Olekshy gives you fun and instructive insights into guitar...
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Keep Your Hands to Yourself
In this song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will be tell you no lies as he teaches the southern rock hit, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself", by The Georgia Satellites. After looking at the...
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All The Small Things
In this set of six song lessons, we'll examine the simple, catchy, fun "power pop punk" song "All The Small Things" as made famous by Blink-182. We'll take you through the power...
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If I Had $1000000
In this acoustic song tutorial, Mike Olekshy will be teaching you "If I Had $1000000", by Barenaked Ladies. Mike will be teaching a basic "campfire" version; first digging into...
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