Warren was so good at soloing. his riffs are clever as hell but he had a different thing than all the other guys his technique was just smoother than the others
2 years later and I STILL reference this video. Not many people my age (25) appreciate Ratt or any of the 80’s LA bands. Fuck hair metal, this is pure rock n roll. Thank you for showing me what my hero’s played.
2nd song I ever learned! My guitar teacher had a half-stack rig which approximated the tone from the intro, and it sounded SO good. I couldn't wait for my weekly lesson to go play on that amp, as it was so much better than my little Fender 10-watt amp.
DUDE, Nothing is more addicting than a hot chick's crack. It's why we play guitar. Well actually, i liked guitar before chics. So yeah, you're right. This guy has changed my life and given me my spark back. He's my virtual friend now. I'm 52 and digging every episode.
Very inspirational lessons, so entertaining and informative, have my favorites like Greg Howe, Satchel, Schenker, Gilbert, Leslie West, Rory Gallagher, Zakk, just about all of them brill! From Paul Naesen, here over in Wallasey, England, check my band StormWizard RUclips. NICE one Brewster...
Not enough Ratt lessons on RUclips! I want to thank you for covering a little Ratt! There are so many great songs by these guys! Warren and Robin were a great duo! Thanks Man, please do more Ratt single song lessons! Loved the vid!
He really was a special player and most people only focus on or talk about Warren, which he is a complete badass, but Robbin had his own magic and cool ideas too. : )
@@lorryriff6613 Yea, there ya go! Steve came up with great intros and main riffs, a good example is " Too late for love". It's fun to play. Tricky, but great chord progression on the intro to "Bringing on a heart break". They would write Around the parts he came up with.
Huge Ratt fan. Thanks for this fantastic lesson. DeMartini is just such an underrated guitar player it's criminal. His riff writing and soloing in minor pent with major 3rds, flat 5ths, switching minor to major and even throwing in some mixolydian and diminished runs are bad ass. I'd put him in the same category as Lynch/Jake E Lee/EVH in terms of originality and technique. Rock on!
Absolutely! He's a legend and right there on par with those players you mentioned. I kind of put Warren, Lynch, and Lee in the same category (in my mind), mainly since they all know each other, have borrowed each other's equipment, toured/jammed together, and even steal each other's licks every once in a while. : ) Rock on bro!
@@LateNightLessons I never thought Jake E Lee's guitar work (solo career)matched up to the Bark at the Moon or his other albums with Osbourne. Lynch Mob after Dokken sounded good but I always liked Warren best of all those three...just my opinion though.
Hey David. This is the badassery of the Metal era chords. As you stated; "An interesting sequence of chords." All these type of chord sequences is what made Metal music so awesome. They worked harder to give their fan their best. After the metal era, It seemed like the bands that followed got too lazy and just stuck to basic barre chords and didn't care if they were in tune or not. Not going to drop names, but I'm sure everyone knows who "THEY" are. I like your riff analogy. "I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS RIFFS." I'm going to use that from now on. LOL. Enjoying your Late Night Lessons David. Thanks.
Thank you so much and for watching too! I agree, something was really missing in the '90s when most of this great music disappeared, and it wasn't until rock and metal made a comeback that I think people realized that they liked what was missing and then it was okay to ROCK again. : ) Take care and thanks again!
So glad you took the time to talk about Robbin's playing, everybody talks about what a cool person he was but forget about what a great player he also was.
Thanks! He really was a talented and unique player. It's a shame more people don't remember or realize that. I guess Warren took a little bit more of the spotlight (understandably), but Robbin really was a great rhythm player and songwriter. Besides, Ratt totally rocks! : ) Thanks again and take care!
"King" had those Phrygian scale exercises disguised as three chord crunches. Robbin and Warren were definitely the proven formula together and sadly missed. Great video and comments from all🤘!!!
Those two worked so well together and that's REALLY rare. It happens, but when you find two players that match up the way they did it's literally musical magic. I wish I could've been a fly on the wall watching them write and record that music! : )
Your lessons are bringing me back to my youth. Love it. It's good to hear these being taught on your channel. Everything for the most part on youtube is all shred and extreme styles. Which is cool but this is refreshing. Thanks
Thanks for this, takes me back. I actually got to jam with Robin at a private party when I lived on Kauai. He was there vacationing with his wife, and he had some relatives there. We went through some standard blues jams and a few classics, and being a huge 80's metal guy I was all smiles! Great hidden talent and a beautiful human.
I got RATT guitar tab books of Out Of The Cellar, Invasion Of Your Privacy and Dancing Undercover. I paid very good money for them but it feels good to have them again in my possession as a 50 year old man. RATT N' ROLL! Great lesson Dave..... you are my hero.
Hat's very true and while Warren is a monster player (and I've featured him in the Three-For-All series) Robbin really was their secret weapon and wrote most of those great early songs and riffs. : )
Wow I didn't know Robin was the author of the Round and Round Riff. Easily a top 5 riff ever in my opinion. Thank you for adding the history while also teaching the riffs
I love how your just so nonchalant about playing and describing these chords that give me hand cramps just watching you do them, and your playing this really intricate stuff like it’s the easiest thing in the world, like oh yea this one has kind of a nasty stretch (makes it look effortless) lol!
I feel bad that I never really appreciated Robin Crosby's work until after his death from AIDS. I always watched Warren's fretwork so I only came to appreciate the full equation and how Robin brought up the rear so well.
David, I just wanted to stop in and say keep up the good work you are doing. We need people like you at this time. I loved your Criss Oliva riff lesson.
That's a cool one! They have so much great stuff, it was hard to select what I wanted to show in this lesson. 'Round and Round' and 'Lay It Down' were both no-brainers, but I wanted to dig a little deeper and pick some lesser-known cuts too. 'Nobody Rides For Free' would've been a good one to pick. I also thought about that cool clean intro section from 'Body Talk.' I'm still not quite sure what's going on during that little intro section - it's weird. : ) Take care man!
Rat was my #1 band back in the day. Demartini my favorite guitar hero!! I spent hours sitting in front of a tape player trying to learn these songs by ear! Now there’s RUclips. If only we’d had RUclips! We had guitar for the practicing musician and that was it!
Thanks for the excellent content Brother! Robin was a meat and potatoes guy......Warren,a technical, flashy guy. Together they were like treble and bass. One enhanced the other. Song writing wise, Robin was very inflenced by ZZ and Zep,whereas Warren, by Aerosmith. Again,differences that complemented each other. I credit them both for inflencing me,which took years to realize the subtleties that i had picked up from both of them. There is a phone interview with Robin, just prior to his death that really hammers home who he really was. A kind human,caught up in the darkness,that lurks around every corner of the world. RIP KING ans GOD SPEED ⚡
Another great instructional video! I was from a local band in CT in the early 2000's and had the chance to open for Ratt and meet DeMartini. He is such a great player, underrated. The dude is a monster on guitar.
People ask me what would be the 80's sound for guitar, undoubtedly I say listen to "Out of the Cellar" We miss you Robbin Crosby, the heartbeat of Ratt! 👍 Great video brother 👊 The slide to B-flat on Lay it down really helps. It is a stretch, thank God I have long fingers. That particular chord makes the whole riff!
I love that you're giving Ratt guitar work some spotlight. I appreciate the credit that is due Robbin Crosby. However, some of the riffs you credit to Crosby are written by DeMartini. Round and Round main riff is Warren and the bridge is Robbin. Lay it Down is Warren. Always loved Warren's tone, musical approach, and attack. Keep posting stuff on them. It's all great!
You sir, ....have the odor of a WIZARD!!!!...on guitar. Seriously tho, I just discovered your channel and am a huge Ratt fan,..... your playing is ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON!!!!!... and the best , most accurate I have seen on youtube. From a humble human, I thank you....wizard...... for this, I'm only too happy to sub to your excellent channel! peace be with you my friend. Gerry V
Hey thanks a lot for this great instructional video the chords of ratt especially on out of the cellar album have always been super odd to me and you pretty much explained it quite well so thank you very much for this video now how about the scales they were mostly using for all their solos on this album as well ?
I wish I could play guitar, I was the singer but I did really enjoy this lesson. Ratt was for sure my favorite band growing up in the 80's. RIP Robin. Still blast them all the time. Thank you for the video.
They totally had their own way of putting things together. It seemed like Robbin was the riff master and Warren excelled at melting faces with his licks and solos. Together they were unstoppable. : )
Just discovering this "chords of" series, great stuff, and it REALLY helps that you play the riffs with little-to-moderate distortion (plus the direct physical sound of the strings) to clearly hear/understand what is going on. Essential for Ratt :) and it's just a great idea to focus on chords. At 52 I've decided I need to get better at chords (which I suspect comes before getting better at lead, if that ever happens, lol). Thx dude.
Thanks so much for watching and for this comment too! : ) It's true, it took me many years to finally understand that half of the magic was in the chords and the other half in the scales/arpeggios you play over them. If you only focus on half of that picture, then things don't really sound fully developed or realized (IMO). It's really the best way to tackle things, by knowing the chords you're playing and playing over, and then targeting the best/strongest sounds over those chords when you're soloing or playing something melodic over them. It took me a while to figure that out, but once I did, I basically became a chord junkie and I can't learn enough about them. I used to get really excited about finding a new lick or solo to play around with (which I still do), but now I get really excited when I find a new chord or chord progression to play over or around with. Take care man and good luck with finding new areas of music!
I love that I discovered your channel. You play all of the songs I grew up playing and all of the ones I wasn't good enough to learn before I started writing and quit learnung others songs. But you have inspired me to go back to my roots. Perfect for getting around writers block.
Dude, I’m soooo glad that I found your channel!! You seriously break down all my favorite guitarists from the 80’s and their killer licks. I love how you explain what’s going on during the writing process of these songs/solos as well. You have subscriber for life! Keep up the outstanding work.
Loved those old songs. Back in the early eighties some of their sound guys let me and a friend go up on their sound stage and check out their eq's and such when they were in concert at Knoxville. Really nice people. It was amazing to see, even though we didn't have a clue as to much of what we were looking at, or why their eq's were not all simply set in a v...LOL. I learned how to play several of their as they came out, but I am amazed that you can actually call out the chords.
I've been ignorant of Robbin's contributions all these years. In my mind I thought Warren was playing both riffs AND solos, and Robbin was along for the ride.
I never realized how much of this got into my head as kid and has affected my playing. I think I was like 8 years old when I first heard Ratt and was blown away and have loved them ever since (mostly Out of the Cellar though). So much more melodic than power chords. Thanks for making this video!
Picked up a best of Ratt CD at an antique store out at the coast a while back. Always loved the rivalry between Lynch and DiMartini, though their styles were similar. Killer video and thanks for the lesson. All the best from the Bay Area, MK
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I just want to pop in to say thank you for these videos.
Another great video, as usual… Even if you are doing a tutorial on a band I don’t like, such as this one, I can’t help but watch anyway. Thank you for putting content of merit on RUclips!
Man, that's awesome - thank you! I'm attempting to mix it up with this series and target just about everyone. From rock to metal, blues to jazz. I might even add some classical ideas to the mix too, so stay tuned! : )
Sir, its amazing how you're able to dissect these artist's work. Robin was very good at laying down a solid foundation on the tracks, very melodic. Btw, my favorite RATT song is Givin' Yourself Away. Excellent guitar playing, great lyrics, and sung with meaning. Also, I was wondering why you don't have a panties collection next to your pick collection on your wall. I appreciate you sharing your insights and thoughts on these artists with us, but you should be out there playing in front of a crowd of 25k plus fans.
Dude you are by far one of the Top guitarists on the Tube!!! My go to lesson riff teachers I feel like I should pay you something is there a way to send you some $$$ love the chops has greatly improved my attack on the guitar
Love your channel. Your vids are smart and very well done. Thanks for sharing. Nice to hear guitar played musically rather than just shredding. And you're a pretty killer player.
Ratt was an amazing band when they were in their prime, definitely my favorite band of the era. They had the glam but dirty and gritty and really unique riffs.
Um, it’s not “attitude” they play with 🙄, it’s RATTITUDE. Duh. Seriously man, great vid as always. I was admittedly disappointed tho when you didn’t break down the chords during the verse of Morning After; they are every bit as cool! Keep up the tremendous work!
In the mid 80s Ratt I was the kick ass band a long with motley Crue , and Cinderella . In my middle school years & now I'm 46 Years old . So up with some late night lessons with some Ratt it doesn't get any better than that so till then keep 🤟 🎸 . Thanks TroyFrost / Troyster 😎 CoolRiffs 😎 Cool 🎸 🤘🤘 🤘
09:46 I was hoping you'd mention "You're In Love". Back in the day, that opening just sounded amazing to me. Though the other tunes are, for sure, more interesting in terms of composition and colour. I had forgotten how interesting "Round and Round" is...
Actually. The "Lay it down" riff is composed by Warren. I listened to an interview with Ratt's producer Beau Hill here on YT and Warren played him that riff prior to the start of the recording of the album "Invasion of your privacy"
R.I.P Robbin. Your unique chord patterns and musical creation lives on.
He's a total legend and thank you for watching!
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Late Night Lessons
Your welcome. You perform them very accurately.
Warren was so good at soloing. his riffs are clever as hell but he had a different thing than all the other guys his technique was just smoother than the others
2 years later and I STILL reference this video. Not many people my age (25) appreciate Ratt or any of the 80’s LA bands. Fuck hair metal, this is pure rock n roll. Thank you for showing me what my hero’s played.
Ratt ruled the fleshy intricate riffs of the eighties.
Lay it down is phenomenal!
🤘😎🤘
Fuckin' Aye!
That tone DiMartini gets in that tune. I've been chasing that intro tone for 30+ years :)
2nd song I ever learned! My guitar teacher had a half-stack rig which approximated the tone from the intro, and it sounded SO good. I couldn't wait for my weekly lesson to go play on that amp, as it was so much better than my little Fender 10-watt amp.
These videos are more addictive than crack....
Hahahaha!
Thanks for watching!
"Y'all got anymore of that Ratt?"
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Dieter Dieter I’m gonna need rehab...
@@LateNightLessons Nobody rides for free
DUDE, Nothing is more addicting than a hot chick's crack. It's why we play guitar. Well actually, i liked guitar before chics. So yeah, you're right. This guy has changed my life and given me my spark back. He's my virtual friend now. I'm 52 and digging every episode.
Very inspirational lessons, so entertaining and informative, have my favorites like Greg Howe, Satchel, Schenker, Gilbert, Leslie West, Rory Gallagher, Zakk, just about all of them brill! From Paul Naesen, here over in Wallasey, England, check my band StormWizard RUclips. NICE one Brewster...
Not enough Ratt lessons on RUclips! I want to thank you for covering a little Ratt! There are so many great songs by these guys! Warren and Robin were a great duo! Thanks Man, please do more Ratt single song lessons! Loved the vid!
Thanks man - rock on!
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This makes me smile. I never realized that Robin wrote all those great riffs. At least I finally see his genius now. Awesome lesson!
He really was a special player and most people only focus on or talk about Warren, which he is a complete badass, but Robbin had his own magic and cool ideas too.
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Robbin Crosby was the Steve Clark of Ratt
Now that's a great comparison!
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Nailed it!
Tomy Sabbath nice comparison👍
Exactly. Rat was never the same after he was kicked out.
@@LateNightLessons I've never paid attention to Steve Clark's work.... Maybe a video on his work would come in handy ?
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@@lorryriff6613 Yea, there ya go!
Steve came up with great intros and main riffs, a good example is " Too late for love". It's fun to play. Tricky, but great chord progression on the intro to "Bringing on a heart break". They would write Around the parts he came up with.
"The Morning After" and "Lay It Down"! Yes!! Awesome lesson man!
Thank you very much!
Those songs totally rock!
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Huge Ratt fan. Thanks for this fantastic lesson. DeMartini is just such an underrated guitar player it's criminal. His riff writing and soloing in minor pent with major 3rds, flat 5ths, switching minor to major and even throwing in some mixolydian and diminished runs are bad ass. I'd put him in the same category as Lynch/Jake E Lee/EVH in terms of originality and technique. Rock on!
Absolutely!
He's a legend and right there on par with those players you mentioned.
I kind of put Warren, Lynch, and Lee in the same category (in my mind), mainly since they all know each other, have borrowed each other's equipment, toured/jammed together, and even steal each other's licks every once in a while.
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Rock on bro!
@@LateNightLessons I never thought Jake E Lee's guitar work (solo career)matched up to the Bark at the Moon or his other albums with Osbourne. Lynch Mob after Dokken sounded good but I always liked Warren best of all those three...just my opinion though.
For sure.
Hey David. This is the badassery of the Metal era chords. As you stated; "An interesting sequence of chords." All these type of chord sequences is what made Metal music so awesome. They worked harder to give their fan their best. After the metal era, It seemed like the bands that followed got too lazy and just stuck to basic barre chords and didn't care if they were in tune or not. Not going to drop names, but I'm sure everyone knows who "THEY" are. I like your riff analogy. "I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS RIFFS." I'm going to use that from now on. LOL. Enjoying your Late Night Lessons David. Thanks.
Thank you so much and for watching too!
I agree, something was really missing in the '90s when most of this great music disappeared, and it wasn't until rock and metal made a comeback that I think people realized that they liked what was missing and then it was okay to ROCK again.
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Take care and thanks again!
So glad you took the time to talk about Robbin's playing, everybody talks about what a cool person he was but forget about what a great player he also was.
Thanks! He really was a talented and unique player.
It's a shame more people don't remember or realize that. I guess Warren took a little bit more of the spotlight (understandably), but Robbin really was a great rhythm player and songwriter. Besides, Ratt totally rocks!
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Thanks again and take care!
"King" had those Phrygian scale exercises disguised as three chord crunches. Robbin and Warren were definitely the proven formula together and sadly missed. Great video and comments from all🤘!!!
Those two worked so well together and that's REALLY rare.
It happens, but when you find two players that match up the way they did it's literally musical magic.
I wish I could've been a fly on the wall watching them write and record that music!
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Actually should've said that the term is Phrygian Dominant scale and is prevalent particularly in Metal music🎼💯🤘!!
Kids do not know how easy they have it with an awesome guide like your self...luv you man!!!
Your lessons are bringing me back to my youth. Love it.
It's good to hear these being taught on your channel.
Everything for the most part on youtube is all shred and extreme styles.
Which is cool but this is refreshing. Thanks
Thanks for this, takes me back.
I actually got to jam with Robin at a private party when I lived on Kauai. He was there vacationing with his wife, and he had some relatives there. We went through some standard blues jams and a few classics, and being a huge 80's metal guy I was all smiles!
Great hidden talent and a beautiful human.
I got RATT guitar tab books of Out Of The Cellar, Invasion Of Your Privacy and Dancing Undercover. I paid very good money for them but it feels good to have them again in my possession as a 50 year old man. RATT N' ROLL! Great lesson Dave..... you are my hero.
Great lesson David always loved Ratt for these killer riffs and chords .....genius .Robin was some player.Aces!!
Thanks buddy and yeah, Robbin really was a special player.
He had a knack for putting those chords together.
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This was a great video. DeMartini gets so much credit for the guitar work with Ratt (and deservedly so), but a lot of those famous riffs were Crosby.
Hat's very true and while Warren is a monster player (and I've featured him in the Three-For-All series) Robbin really was their secret weapon and wrote most of those great early songs and riffs.
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Badass!!! Love Ratt. One of my favorite guitar duos. They do have very excellent song structures as far as chords go. Then there's the soloing!!! 🤩👍
DeMartini's solos are like a cherry on top, but those riffs and rhythms are really great!
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Just got heavy into Ratt recently, never realized how amazing the riffs and jams are. Love your videos, man, thanks for talking about the greats!
Wow I didn't know Robin was the author of the Round and Round Riff. Easily a top 5 riff ever in my opinion. Thank you for adding the history while also teaching the riffs
And I guess I forgot to mention it but I’m sure it goes without saying… You’re playing is really fantastic.
Thank you so much Mike!
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Stick around for more lessons and stuff and take care!
I love how your just so nonchalant about playing and describing these chords that give me hand cramps just watching you do them, and your playing this really intricate stuff like it’s the easiest thing in the world, like oh yea this one has kind of a nasty stretch (makes it look effortless) lol!
I feel bad that I never really appreciated Robin Crosby's work until after his death from AIDS. I always watched Warren's fretwork so I only came to appreciate the full equation and how Robin brought up the rear so well.
Love some Ratt!!!! Shame Shame Shame is a really fun one to play (once you get that quick change down).
David, I just wanted to stop in and say keep up the good work you are doing. We need people like you at this time. I loved your Criss Oliva riff lesson.
Thank you so much - this comment ROCKS!
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Seriously, thank you and thanks for watching too!
\m/ ROCK ON \m/
I love the C#m riff played in the Nobody Rides For Free - really cool open string sounding thing.
That's a cool one!
They have so much great stuff, it was hard to select what I wanted to show in this lesson. 'Round and Round' and 'Lay It Down' were both no-brainers, but I wanted to dig a little deeper and pick some lesser-known cuts too.
'Nobody Rides For Free' would've been a good one to pick.
I also thought about that cool clean intro section from 'Body Talk.'
I'm still not quite sure what's going on during that little intro section - it's weird.
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Take care man!
Rat was my #1 band back in the day. Demartini my favorite guitar hero!! I spent hours sitting in front of a tape player trying to learn these songs by ear! Now there’s RUclips. If only we’d had RUclips! We had guitar for the practicing musician and that was it!
Thanks for the excellent content Brother! Robin was a meat and potatoes guy......Warren,a technical, flashy guy. Together they were like treble and bass. One enhanced the other. Song writing wise, Robin was very inflenced by ZZ and Zep,whereas Warren, by Aerosmith. Again,differences that complemented each other. I credit them both for inflencing me,which took years to realize the subtleties that i had picked up from both of them. There is a phone interview with Robin, just prior to his death that really hammers home who he really was. A kind human,caught up in the darkness,that lurks around every corner of the world. RIP KING ans GOD SPEED ⚡
Thank you so much and this comment ROCKS!
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Another great instructional video! I was from a local band in CT in the early 2000's and had the chance to open for Ratt and meet DeMartini. He is such a great player, underrated. The dude is a monster on guitar.
Thank you so much. 'Lay it Down' that moving from C to E always sounded so cool. Now I can start bringing in that idea. Thanks again.
People ask me what would be the 80's sound for guitar, undoubtedly I say listen to "Out of the Cellar" We miss you Robbin Crosby, the heartbeat of Ratt! 👍
Great video brother 👊
The slide to B-flat on Lay it down really helps. It is a stretch, thank God I have long fingers. That particular chord makes the whole riff!
Heck yeah and thank you!
That song and riff just kick so much ass - it's unreal!
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@@LateNightLessons also, that riff is harder to play with a strap on.(standing up) hehehe.
"Pummelling" is a great way to describe that riff.....
Definitely cool chord ideas by Robbin and Warren.
They were dynamite together!
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@@LateNightLessons Indeed
Cool man. Boy, they sure dont make music like back then
Love the point break playout,nobody rides for free🤘
That's a cool tune!
Warren's on fire on that one!
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I love that you're giving Ratt guitar work some spotlight. I appreciate the credit that is due Robbin Crosby. However, some of the riffs you credit to Crosby are written by DeMartini. Round and Round main riff is Warren and the bridge is Robbin. Lay it Down is Warren.
Always loved Warren's tone, musical approach, and attack. Keep posting stuff on them. It's all great!
You sir,
....have the odor of a WIZARD!!!!...on guitar.
Seriously tho, I just discovered your channel and am a huge Ratt fan,..... your playing is ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON!!!!!... and the best , most accurate I have seen on youtube.
From a humble human, I thank you....wizard...... for this,
I'm only too happy to sub to your excellent channel!
peace be with you my friend.
Gerry V
Man Dave love your teaching...and you nail the guitarists your teaching...
Thanks for your time to cover some great Ratt tunes.
Hey thanks a lot for this great instructional video the chords of ratt especially on out of the cellar album have always been super odd to me and you pretty much explained it quite well so thank you very much for this video now how about the scales they were mostly using for all their solos on this album as well ?
just discovered your channel and i can say that this serie of chordplay of these bands is unique on youtube
I wish I could play guitar, I was the singer but I did really enjoy this lesson. Ratt was for sure my favorite band growing up in the 80's. RIP Robin. Still blast them all the time. Thank you for the video.
Thank you!! Ive been searching for a lesson like this for years but could never find it. Your a great teacher keep up the good work and great playing!
Yeah, I was the 1000th like! Got "Out of the Cellar" album on release. Great riffs,enjoyed👍
Yes! Definitely awesome as usual and I almost forgot how cool Ratt were with their chording and composition. 🎸🎸🎸
They totally had their own way of putting things together.
It seemed like Robbin was the riff master and Warren excelled at melting faces with his licks and solos.
Together they were unstoppable.
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I never use this word, but 'Swagger' is a great description for the vibe those RATT riffs display.
Sexiest riff ever?
Lay it Down. Swagger on 10.
That was awesome. Some of the best riffs from the 80s.
So much more to their riffs than I thought.......nice.
Love your simplistic natural ability to dmo. Wish I lived close and you gave lessons
Just discovering this "chords of" series, great stuff, and it REALLY helps that you play the riffs with little-to-moderate distortion (plus the direct physical sound of the strings) to clearly hear/understand what is going on. Essential for Ratt :) and it's just a great idea to focus on chords. At 52 I've decided I need to get better at chords (which I suspect comes before getting better at lead, if that ever happens, lol). Thx dude.
Thanks so much for watching and for this comment too!
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It's true, it took me many years to finally understand that half of the magic was in the chords and the other half in the scales/arpeggios you play over them.
If you only focus on half of that picture, then things don't really sound fully developed or realized (IMO).
It's really the best way to tackle things, by knowing the chords you're playing and playing over, and then targeting the best/strongest sounds over those chords when you're soloing or playing something melodic over them.
It took me a while to figure that out, but once I did, I basically became a chord junkie and I can't learn enough about them.
I used to get really excited about finding a new lick or solo to play around with (which I still do), but now I get really excited when I find a new chord or chord progression to play over or around with.
Take care man and good luck with finding new areas of music!
Thanks for this David. I love RATT and I appreciate the tribute to Robbin.
Thank you so much!
ROCK ON\m/
I love that I discovered your channel. You play all of the songs I grew up playing and all of the ones I wasn't good enough to learn before I started writing and quit learnung others songs. But you have inspired me to go back to my roots. Perfect for getting around writers block.
Man that lay it down solo was straight fire combined with that cool rythem? Psshh mean stuff lol👌💥 Thanks again brother,great job 🤙
Dude, I’m soooo glad that I found your channel!! You seriously break down all my favorite guitarists from the 80’s and their killer licks. I love how you explain what’s going on during the writing process of these songs/solos as well. You have subscriber for life! Keep up the outstanding work.
This is great to hear and thank you so much!
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Stay tuned for more material and rock on\m/
Wow! Didn't know it was actually Robin who came up with those amazing chord voicings.
Loved those old songs. Back in the early eighties some of their sound guys let me and a friend go up on their sound stage and check out their eq's and such when they were in concert at Knoxville. Really nice people. It was amazing to see, even though we didn't have a clue as to much of what we were looking at, or why their eq's were not all simply set in a v...LOL. I learned how to play several of their as they came out, but I am amazed that you can actually call out the chords.
That's awesome and I love hearing stories like that!
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Stay tuned for more lessons and videos and ROCK ON!
I've been ignorant of Robbin's contributions all these years. In my mind I thought Warren was playing both riffs AND solos, and Robbin was along for the ride.
I never realized how much of this got into my head as kid and has affected my playing. I think I was like 8 years old when I first heard Ratt and was blown away and have loved them ever since (mostly Out of the Cellar though). So much more melodic than power chords. Thanks for making this video!
Picked up a best of Ratt CD at an antique store out at the coast a while back. Always loved the rivalry between Lynch and DiMartini, though their styles were similar.
Killer video and thanks for the lesson.
All the best from the Bay Area,
MK
I just want to pop in to say thank you for these videos.
Lay It Down! One of the baddest openings to a song I've ever heard. Awesome job covering it.
learned my first ratt riffs the right way! Thanks To David
Best Teacher, all teach but only he explains the chord structure!!
Another great video, as usual… Even if you are doing a tutorial on a band I don’t like, such as this one, I can’t help but watch anyway. Thank you for putting content of merit on RUclips!
Man, that's awesome - thank you!
I'm attempting to mix it up with this series and target just about everyone.
From rock to metal, blues to jazz. I might even add some classical ideas to the mix too, so stay tuned!
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Save us Obi-wan-LateNight... your are only hope....
Thank you!
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I wonder how many former students you have subscribed. I wouldn't be progressed without u bud! So glad u have a high tolerance for beginners 👍
YOU sir, are "The Network of Coolness"! 🤘🏻
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Warren DeMartini was a monster.
Always was, always is, and always will be. 👍🤘
@@JeffJE44 you are right about that man.
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True story brother.. whenever I hear the opening riff for " shame"..it just blows me away how original and badass it is..transports me back ...🍺🤘🤘
Invasion of Your Privacy. Crushes it from start to finish !!!!
*"Ratt"* one of my top 3 favorite bands of my youth !! Absolutely love this video !! Please do a "3 for all" of Ratt's solo licks ?!
Really cool, and a walk down memory lane.
Sir, its amazing how you're able to dissect these artist's work. Robin was very good at laying down a solid foundation on the tracks, very melodic. Btw, my favorite RATT song is Givin' Yourself Away. Excellent guitar playing, great lyrics, and sung with meaning. Also, I was wondering why you don't have a panties collection next to your pick collection on your wall. I appreciate you sharing your insights and thoughts on these artists with us, but you should be out there playing in front of a crowd of 25k plus fans.
Dude you are by far one of the Top guitarists on the Tube!!! My go to lesson riff teachers I feel like I should pay you something is there a way to send you some $$$ love the chops has greatly improved my attack on the guitar
Warren said he studied Maceo Parkers sax lines..you can hear it he just swings..and Robin the chords are so harmonically rich
Warren's a monster player and they played really well together.
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Getting addicted to your The Chords of . . .
Thank you!
Stay tuned for more and rock on!
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Lay It Down is definitely a monster! Thanks and cheers, D
Love you for doing this. I’m the biggest Ratt fan I know. Toiling on in obscurity. 😬 Wishing I knew more Ratt fanatics.
My favorites "'80's" band. DLR-VH is my all-time favorite but, I consider them transcendent of an era.
Love your channel. Your vids are smart and very well done. Thanks for sharing. Nice to hear guitar played musically rather than just shredding. And you're a pretty killer player.
I've checked out previous late night lessons which awesome! Theses chordplay sections are very good thank you sir!
Love your vids David. Great playing and commentary.
Awesome!!!! The Solos of Ratt!!!!!!
Thanks you and for some Ratt licks, be sure to check out my "Three-For-All' lesson featuring three licks from Warren DeMartini.
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Rock on!
So good! Thanks
Ratt was an amazing band when they were in their prime, definitely my favorite band of the era. They had the glam but dirty and gritty and really unique riffs.
Awesome clip! Thanks!
Very cool...so laid back and right to the point = great teacher! 🤘
Thank you so much!
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Take care and stick around for more lessons and material!
Awesome as always dude!
Thank you!
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Man, you know your stuff. Thanks for sharing
That was AMAZEBALLZ!!!!
Um, it’s not “attitude” they play with 🙄, it’s RATTITUDE. Duh.
Seriously man, great vid as always. I was admittedly disappointed tho when you didn’t break down the chords during the verse of Morning After; they are every bit as cool!
Keep up the tremendous work!
Thank you and sorry for the let down on The Morning After.
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Maybe next time - rock on!
Takes me back to highschool, so I watched thanks.
Glad
Thank you!
Ratt and roll!
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That was super cool..thanks for providing lesson ✊🏼
Forgot how awesome those songs were!
In the mid 80s Ratt I was the kick ass band a long with motley Crue , and Cinderella . In my middle school years & now I'm 46 Years old . So up with some late night lessons with some Ratt it doesn't get any better than that so till then keep 🤟 🎸 . Thanks TroyFrost / Troyster 😎 CoolRiffs 😎 Cool 🎸 🤘🤘 🤘
That's awesome!
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Thanks for watching and rock on Troy!
\m/ RATT \m/
The magic of 80s hair metal...
Hi David, absolutely great sounding Chords. Now i have more material to learn....Thx for the lesson !!!! :-)
You're more than welcome and thanks for tuning in!
Rock on\m/
Great Video !!! RATT n ROLL !!!
09:46 I was hoping you'd mention "You're In Love". Back in the day, that opening just sounded amazing to me. Though the other tunes are, for sure, more interesting in terms of composition and colour. I had forgotten how interesting "Round and Round" is...
Thanks for watching and for this comment too!
\m/ RATT \m/
Actually. The "Lay it down" riff is composed by Warren. I listened to an interview with Ratt's producer Beau Hill here on YT and Warren played him that riff prior to the start of the recording of the album "Invasion of your privacy"
Ratt is the reason I own a Jackson with a reverse headstock!
Yeah, those Shark Fins and that headstock shape hooked me at first sight, too.
Can't recall if it was Vinnie or Robbin that first appeared to me.
Yeah, those Shark Fins and that headstock shape hooked me at first sight, too.
Can't recall if it was Vinnie or Robbin that first appeared to me.
Watcha' got? I've got a 2011 DKMGT with the reverse headstock.
My prizes are my SL2H and SL2HT.