Top 5 Greatest Guitar Riffs (Canada Edition) and how to play them!
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- Hey all! Something new coming at ya. A series of videos looking at the top 5 guitar Riffs by country of origin. Then when all is said and done, 5 short and quick tutorials on how to play them all. Should be a fun series to put together. hopefully it gains a bit of traction as we go along. We're going to start of course with my home country of Canada and 5 of the greatest guitar riffs this country's artists ever produced. That said, sorry if a few of your favorites didn't make the cut. A few of mine didn't either, haha. hard to narrow it down to just 5.
Regardless, Hope you enjoy the video.
Cheers, Kelly
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April Wine Roller...........oh hell yes!!!!!
"Go for a soda" is one of the most memorable riffs from the 80's! Limelight was my favorite tune to cover back in the 90's when I was in a band writing originals! I will concur with your selections sir! My ONLY criticism is that Triumph belonged in there somewhere. Rick Emmet is a beast on everything he touches.
Rik was one of the first "real" musicians I saw - I kinda followed him (as much as you could in those days) to keep an eye on his stuff
and man, he was a phenomenal musician - put those three guys on a stage and the crowd was entranced
and his ability and willingness to solo and improvise on stage were unreal - he was one of the very few who could "shred" but keep a melody and rhythm going.... the guy was amazing
Snoten whiskey and drinking cocain made me grab my guitar ! I can't believe I have never heard that before. Thank you ! Those were all great riffs. And picking a Rush riff is like trying to pick a favorite child. lol
The lead guitar on that song is played by Pat Thrall. Laid down one of the most killer solos ever imo.
All absolutely KILLER riffs. Super love Snortin' Whiskey!!!
Greatest pinch harmonic ever!
As soon as you said saccharned I thought," he must be talking about Loverboy." Nailed it! 😂 Always fun, thank you Kelly.
So cool! Thanks Kelly. Looking forward to seeing more of these.
Great riffs, Kelly! I love hearing you play guitar! Excellent job! 😎✌️
Awesome -love this new lesson series -KDA rocks!
You made brilliant choices, and played those riffs beautifully. 🎸
I think this is going to be a great series!
Fantastic Stuff Kelly. All the best ♪♫♪♫♪♫
Wow that was awesome 👍 thank you brother 😊
I LOVE your videos with deep and abiding passion Kelly, but I've GOTTA 'call you out' for not including Jerry Doucette's 'Mama Let Him Play,' in the honourable mentions at least! You MUST agree that song is one of the Greatest Guitar Tunes to ever come out of Canada. Cheers Brother, I'm always excited when you pop up!
Outstanding!
All solid choices KDA. All those riffs stood the test of time.
Loved it!
Thanks for the Pat Travers! PT Rocks!!
Great show Brother!
Great choices and thanks for including Kim Mitchell
Hey KDA, Awesome!!😍✌
Thanks mate!
Om so exited i just cant hide it 🤘
Great video and Hello from Ottawa, Canada.
This is gonna be good
Love them all.
That’s a great top 5!
Great idea.
Thought Magic Man would be there. Oh well, great list and a lot of fun! Thanks for the memories :)
Excellent list. We have had so many in Canada. It could have been a large list
Fire reigning down from the Great White North. Great stuff and again added to my To Do list. Thanks Kelly!
Good channel 👍
Great idea👍 Just when you thought all the ideas had been done. I don’t know about Loverboy at #4 though. Should have been more like #2 in my personal opinion. 🏆
Lots of great Canadian rockers. Hard to choose. Glad April wine got a plug. Fun band
Hey buddy, I am from the US and about your age and to throw an assist for Australia we used to do some Angels (Angel City), and Rose Tattoo. They both have some smoking tunes. So add those to your Inxs and AC/DC and now all you need to add is Billy Thorpe Children of the Sun.
YEAH!!!!!!!!! Angel City was so good and how about The Easy Beats?
Pat Travers Band- Gettin Betta!!
Got to agree with you on Loverboy but interestingly enough at a very young age Mike Reno singer for Loverboy sang for MOXY one of my all-time favorite bands after the passing of the legend Buzz Shearman. I would love a Hard drivin' MOXY lesson or two from the master KDA. Your channel is the best on RUclips. Thanks'!
Had to be Limelight! Love it!!!!
I just saw Lotus Land in Beverly MA last month. They were awesome
KDA thanks for your lessons and great commentary. A couple of Australian band/solo guitar to think of 1) Midnight Oil - Cold Cold Change 2) The Angels - No Secrets 3) Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock 4) Tommy Emmanuel - take your pick. Any other Aussies here? Musical suggestions?
Some days I have to lean more towards A Passage to Bangkok, the version from Exit Stage Left with the flanger added is such a monster. But yeah, Limelight, the entire song is probably his crowning achievement. He'd probably agree too. Cool list! I'm gonna have to learn that Pat Traverse.
Looking forward to the rest of the countries!
Great list, but thinking of other choices that could have also been in there - no idea how you'll get to the top 5 for US and UK! Good Luck with that controversy! :) My favourite part is the tutorial of each, perfect way to teach, not too slow and allows us to figure it out.
Great list. Glad to see PT on your list. However, maybe it should have been a top 10 list. (Where is Frank M?)
Keep on rocking KDA love your channel!
I saw Limelight coming, I'm not Canadian but I'm your neighbor here in the Pac Northwest. Great choice 🤟
I used to like Mama Let Him Play by Doucette which i think was a Canadian band too. Had some good harmony guitar.
The solo in that song is awesome
No Triumph?
I do love the opening of Snortin' Whiskey. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Obituary uses Snortin' Whiskey as their intro song. Never fails to get the crowd pumped! 🤘
Great idea! A suggestion for Aussie - Angels “No Secrets”
Love the riff by country idea! when you get to Ireland please consider a track called Dearg Doom by a band called Horslips,its a monster 🤘🏻
That is tough with no Rik in there but, we just have/had so many awesome Canuck string benders.
I can't believe that after all these years (and seeing him live) that I didn't know that Pat Travers was Canadian.
was hoping for 5 great rush riffs until i heard the rules ! rose tatoo worth a look for Oz
These songs are great. My personal #1 pick is "No Time" by The Guess Who.
I was hoping for Triumphs American Girls riff. Would appreciate if you made a guitar lesson on that!
For Australia there is Airbourne, Wolfmother, The Chats, among others.
Canada is divided on many fronts, but music is a binding force. You could take a +40 person from the West Coast, one from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and the East Coast and chances are they would agree on very little.. except Canadian Classic Rock.
Great vid KDA.
“Twentysomething” by Slik Toxik. Killer intro riff 🤘🤘🤘
Shout out to Men at Work for Australia...lol. Great Pat Travers! I'm partial to Frank Marino.
That April Wine riff reminds me of the queen song “Tie Your Mother Down”
Hey Kelly, how about sometime teaching us some Goddo riffs/songs? I loved those guys, even though they weren't well known in the states ..... Sweet Thing, Oh Carol (Kiss My Whip), Too Much Carousing, Rosie (Just Hang On) .... to name a few .... 👍🎸🎵
“Cock On” by Goddo. Greasy good riff
Pat Travers! 💯🎸 “Life in London”, for me 👍
Snortin Whiskey has to be my #1! That nasty squeal puts it over the top. Not Fragile by BTO and No Time by The Guess Who would have been strong contenders for me, but I can’t argue with your list. 👍
All great choices, but i keep hearing SAGA’s “on the loose”, and wishing it was in here somewhere!
Triumph Aldo Nova Honeymoon Suite Rush Working Man April Wine I like to rock. Headstones have some great riffs also. Maybe go top 10. Thanks, though, awesome stuff.
Headstones for sure, RIP too loud!
"Shame shame" by Harlequin is a great riff
That Loverboy riff kinda grabs you by the boo boo! Hehe
All great choices though 👍
Yeah, it's a pretty solid opening riff.
Pat Travers is awesome! Caught them in 1979 during the Live! Go for What You Know tour. They weren't the headliners, but they stole the show. ... I was hoping to see Not Fragile in here, but good list nonetheless.
Love Working Man from Rush
Hi Kelly, I'm not even going to look but I know April wine and Pat Travers are Canadian and I know you like both of them. I can't think of any others at the moment, my memory isn't what it used to be. The information is in there, it's just getting it out, lol. Ok let's go.
Honorable mentions.. 5. New Orleans is Sinking; The Hip, 4. Boys in the Bright White Sports Car; Trooper 3. Taken Care of Biz; BTO. 2. American Woman; The Guess Who. 1. Home for a Rest; Spirit of the West [Play 2 seconds of the intro in any bar around the world and every Canadian in bar will go batshit crazy.]
Can’t believe nothing from Rik Emmett and Triumph Live for the weekend is my favorite
Kinda hoped you were going to show me how to play the intro to Sail on, Sail away?
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Rush is a dominant force. Personally, I can listen to Anthem all day. BTW, where does Triumph fit in? Rick Emmett must have something deserving of mention!
Great… more… more.. PT.. LB
Triumph 🎸🎶
What software do you use to learn songs ?
I'm old school. I learn everything by ear. It's what I'm most comfortable with.
KDA, what is your signal chain?
ruclips.net/video/1s6l7ax3_UE/видео.htmlsi=UM8kHZExSQ-RFxGj
This is my go-to 90 percent of the time, and then I fiddle with it. It's my core classic rock / Rush preset, but with some tweaking it nails just about any classic rock tone.
Lerxst plays it a bit different: pinky never leaves the b on the g string when he does the B, A, E part. See what Im saying? Not that it matters or anything, good job!
A good friend once told me to never trust a guy with 2 first names. Now, along comes Kelly Dean Allen and just ass ends the applecart. ARGGGGG
My favorite riff by a Canadian is taking care of business by Randy Bachman. Followed by Ohio by Neil Young
You want a band from Australia, check out Carson and their song Moonshine. The live version is here on RUclips. Would make an excellent lesson.
Not choosing a Rik Emmett riff is like rating the top Canadian goal scorers of all time and not mentioning Wayne Gretzky. Shame…
You could throw Eagle Rock on the Aussie one. Maybe you can figure it out so I don’t have to?
New Orleans is Sinking...The Hip.
BTO Philip sayce Anthony gomes?😊
Yeah I wasn’t a big fan of Lover boy but they did have some cool guitar riffs
moxy honeymoon suite?
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My favourite Canadian riff is from Mama Let Him Play by Jerry Doucette.
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When you get to Australia, don't forget The Angels and Rose Tattoo.
Have you ever heard of The Kings? I wish you would do Return of The Prince
AW too..
Dude more Steve Shelski please. The solo to Devil’s Deck.
I covered the crazy solo to Monkey Bars a while back. Steve actually left a nice comment on the video, saying that it was one of the best he's ever heard. Very nice.
ruclips.net/video/xo3Dg2t42ts/видео.html
I had forgotten how awesome Pat Travers is. Grew up listening to him, Ronnie Montrose and Frank Marino. 3 of the greatest underappreciated guitarists ever
Do Norway. All Ronni Le Tekrø 💪
Frank Marino for the win !
Love the riff to Strange Dreams. Almost included it.
These riffs are making me regret listening to my wife and buying bookshelf vs floor speakers!
There are many great riffs by Randy Bachman
A few examples of great Randy Bachman riffs that are not 1-4-5 = I don't have to hide, second hand, tramp.
No Triumph?
Rik Emmett
Australia you say? Parkway Drive...
What about Helix? They never get any love.