how to play "She Sells Sanctuary" on guitar by The Cult | electric guitar | LESSON

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @wjones284
    @wjones284 2 года назад +27

    Billy Duffy deserves way more acknowledgment as a brilliant guitarist. So many fantastic licks from him! 'Electric' has weathered as well as any album could, and still sounds timely today. (Especially at a time when hair rock was at it's peak, The Cult was turning out some authentic, classic rock sound)

    • @r.edward5701
      @r.edward5701 2 года назад

      Absolutely agree. His sound and songs are forever memorable

    • @alexcantelou2469
      @alexcantelou2469 Год назад

      Couldn't agree more. Killer songs that have held up well!

    • @Drumulr
      @Drumulr Месяц назад

      Fantastic lesson to a great song.cheers mate.
      Duffy was a big fan of the Young brothers and you can hear it..Malcolm Young used a white falcon guitar for a lot of the Back in Black songs.

  • @johnmccloskey1548
    @johnmccloskey1548 4 года назад +1

    This guy is all about the authenticity of the song. Very good tutorials with added tidbits.

  • @fendermcmarshall
    @fendermcmarshall 4 года назад +1

    Dont Don't know shy but something about this tune always gives me goose bumps. It has an other worldly quality to it.

  • @joelbrooks814
    @joelbrooks814 Год назад +2

    Beautiful sound. I'm hearing a sitar in my own tone deaf kind of way. Quite pleasing indeed. Thanks!

  • @JPazer
    @JPazer 11 месяцев назад

    Every now and then I find these beautiful pieces of music i've never heard before. Then I search for a guitar tutorial and to my amazement you have already made a video on it. Great work and many thanks for all the free tutorials!

    • @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials
      @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks @JPazer. I put a huge amount of time and effort into making these videos. I like to keep them free for those that can't afford it, but if you can, please support what I do. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html

  • @JunkYour925
    @JunkYour925 7 месяцев назад

    Just got our band leader to add this to our 80’s set list for next months show. Can’t wait to play it. Thanks. This channel is the best on ALL of RUclips

  • @1luckycat
    @1luckycat 9 лет назад +2

    First of all, your youtube videos are far and above some of the best tutorials anywhere. Your patience and detailed explanations are simply amazing. You have over 70,000 thousand subscribers. We should all send him a dollar of month. That's less than a cup of coffee a month for the best tutorials on the planet by some of the greatest song every written. He should be able to sit home and devote his time to more videos. 12 dollars over the course of a year is meaningless to us for all we get back. I am headed to paypal to give him 12.00 now. I challenge all of you to do the same. Let the man do what he does!

  • @GaryAppledale
    @GaryAppledale 4 года назад

    Have to say SU & Play is fast becoming my favourite online tutor. Just shows you how to do it and zero BS 👍

  • @gw2031
    @gw2031 5 лет назад +11

    This drone style originated from the late great Stuart Adamson ,originally the guitarist with Scottish punk band The Skids,latterly the frontman of Big Country,,check out the Skids track ,Off one skin,,The Edge himself quotes Stuart as a massive influence,,U2 and Green day covered the Skids classic The saints are coming?an early U2 track on the Boy album ,Electric co is Stuart's style with Edge adding delay, Nuff said.I'm sure Billy Gibbons was no different!!oh brilliant lesson as usual !!

    • @Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard
      @Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard 4 года назад +1

      Awesome info. Thank you for sharing

    • @GaryAppledale
      @GaryAppledale 4 года назад +2

      @@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard Ain't it just - that immense celtic vibe running through the whole thing. G W mentioned Big Country who supported Bowie on his Glass Spider outing at old Wembley stadium and I was lucky enough to see it. I wish I was an accomplished enough wordsmith to relate to you how sublime that was.

  • @randystout8832
    @randystout8832 3 года назад +2

    You’re a good player and teacher...Love your tempo....I’ll pass you onto my son who plays guitar...love The Cult.

  • @JunkYour925
    @JunkYour925 7 месяцев назад

    Simple yet powerful. The importance of playing with feeling. You don’t need a lot of fancy licks and scales.

  • @drlzanej
    @drlzanej 5 лет назад +4

    Duffy actually uses his signature Gretsch White Falcon to plat this riff which gives it that "Billy Duffy tone ".
    Incredible lesson sir.Appreciate the precision in your tutorials. Thank you

  • @chongli8409
    @chongli8409 6 лет назад

    At first I wanted to write a mean comment because of a 4 minute intro, but now I'm glad I didn't do it, what a great lesson! I mean, there's so much atrotious misleading lessons here on YT it's a joy to find really good one. Thanks!

  • @amylpeng
    @amylpeng 9 лет назад +6

    Wow, thanks for a great lesson. This is one of my favorite guitar riffs, & you've made it very doable.

  • @goingbonzo5923
    @goingbonzo5923 4 года назад +1

    Always turned this song up since me was a youngy. Never imaged it being so easy to play. Thank SUAP!

  • @turneranz
    @turneranz 8 лет назад +63

    Damn, SHUT UP AND PLAY....nicely done!!

  • @rayross997
    @rayross997 9 лет назад +13

    Thanks a big bunch, this is such a great guitar tune. You always come through with these lessons. Explaining how the sound is achieved is an added bonus. You have a great ear and I think world class playing as well.

  • @mattmacfarlane2202
    @mattmacfarlane2202 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome!!! Trying very hard after 4 months on electric,and this took me up another level!!!

  • @volkerjanssen7905
    @volkerjanssen7905 6 лет назад +2

    Finally! Thanks for the suggestions towards effects. With this setup, Billy Duffy created the foundation for gothic guitar sounds and it's been used over and over again by other early eighties guitar players. Even if you're not sure if this is the correct effects setup, it gets pretty damn close and will certainly ball over every audience.

  • @joeshumo9457
    @joeshumo9457 3 года назад +8

    Everyone:
    I never thought I could play it until I learned how it was done and now it seems so simple.
    Me: That’s why it’s genius.

  • @StealthParrot
    @StealthParrot 9 лет назад +7

    This is brilliant! Thanks so much for this, it didn't take long to get this down thanks to your great teaching style.

  • @markpuccinelli2316
    @markpuccinelli2316 8 лет назад +3

    I have heard this song in the past, but I never realized how good it is.. I know keep you comments silent please..Just a killer track.

  • @markusgarvey
    @markusgarvey 4 года назад +4

    I used to play with the d- g strings for hrs when first started playing. Especially when i got my Strat... LIke a meditation.

    • @craig.encinitas
      @craig.encinitas 3 года назад +1

      That’s my current state.
      Total newbie. But have started learning this killer song!

  • @TheBretDark
    @TheBretDark 9 лет назад +3

    Great vids, and you are absolutely correct when you said great is great, whether it’s complex or simple.
    I think this is the biggest problem with today, people are trying to be way too complex. We just need to get back to the basics, look at what Zeppelin and countless others did in the 70s, they just borrowed from the old basic blues stuff and put their own swing on it, that's what we need to get back to today...
    There's so much great 70s stuff out there, I wish some modern bands would borrow and get influenced from it a bit more.

  • @davidmcintosh263
    @davidmcintosh263 6 лет назад +1

    I read an article a number of years ago in which Billy described the origins of the sound and effects in this song. The pedal board that he was using at that time ( one could imagine the boxes of the day that would have lived on his board) was the key. He turned on every pedal he had on his board which where set up for various songs and voila! That was the genesis of the sound of this intro and breaks. Happy accidents.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 2 года назад

    Funny that as you were first playing, I thought of the Edge with his sliding, chiming riffs. As for effects, I'm a ballpark guy too. I get it close and play, don't delay. Hell, I wanna rock. 😄 I've been playing for some time, but so much appreciate you showing us these songs. Cuts way back on the "figure it out" time, so we can spend more time playing, not delaying. Grest stuff, man. ✌

  • @acegibson9533
    @acegibson9533 2 года назад

    Back in old days i used 3 Yamaha SPX90's to get the sound. You can only use one effect at a time on the Yamaha's so that's why I had to stack 'em. One SPX was for delay, the second was for the flanger and the third was the reverb. I almost forgot, sometimes I did use the TC Electronics 2290 for the delay, probably the best delay ever made.

  • @rock90753
    @rock90753 11 месяцев назад

    The way you got the tone was pretty awesome for a novice like myself.

  • @stephenbingham5935
    @stephenbingham5935 8 лет назад

    A great lesson, thanks. I also went out and bought a Nova system ( on lay-buy ) and picked it up today. I know very little about electric guitar methods, amps and effects but I was able to have a great deal of fun with it after reading instructions. Have a lot to learn but I totally love the sounds I managed in 90 minutes. Thanks again. Steve in Australia.

  • @anthony11893
    @anthony11893 7 лет назад

    thank you for taking the time to share with us and show us how to play

  • @rickb4806
    @rickb4806 5 лет назад +1

    NEVER thought I could play this. Thx.

  • @paulbaluch439
    @paulbaluch439 5 лет назад +2

    Great lesson you always do such a great job the sound of your guitar playing is always spot-on PS great looking Les Paul🎸🎶👍

  • @jonhalverson86
    @jonhalverson86 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing this I have a hard time reading music and so I either can listen to a song or watch somebody play it on guitar like yourself and 9 out of 10 times I can pick it up fairly quick. I love this song and now I can play it myself which is Awsome Sauce, Thank you again for the well put video in simple, easy learning terms at least for me

  • @vespworks
    @vespworks 8 лет назад

    Well I've written may lessons, but you take this to a whole new level. Excellent, thanks.

  • @BrianMaiden-o9c
    @BrianMaiden-o9c 4 года назад +1

    So easy to see where Sweet Child O`Mine came from!!, G N R used to support The Cult on US tours!

  • @dylan3058
    @dylan3058 8 лет назад +33

    that was one of the best tutorials ive watched man! bravo.

    • @jeremydankiw5178
      @jeremydankiw5178 5 лет назад

      Dylan Burns pretty much all of his tutorials are

  • @seanwelch71
    @seanwelch71 7 лет назад +4

    I like your demeanor and your generous affection of the song. Your bit about setting up the sound was easy to understand and clever.

  • @patrickian8843
    @patrickian8843 2 года назад

    Thanks for the great lesson! I have the Nova System as well and I completely agree with you, they’re an incredible unit. The drive/distortion function can be a bit noisy but it’s still manageable.

  • @barbarianzg8826
    @barbarianzg8826 7 лет назад

    simple things makes the world stunned by,like Ayrton's driving,the Edge on New Years Day,Duffy..now are they a legend that i adore to hear 20y later..to be a part of their rocking the world..now we create new legends,in memory of them ;)

  • @SuperEdge67
    @SuperEdge67 9 лет назад +12

    Never realised The Cult were popular in the states........love this riff.

    • @Zoetropeification
      @Zoetropeification 5 лет назад +1

      Back in the day here in Ohio one of the clubs close to my university campus had AC/DC - Cult night every week on Thursday for a while. Think DJ and dance floor with songs from only those two bands. One of the few and the worst bar fights I was ever involved in happened one of those nights. Closest I've ever come to going to jail.

    • @len9483
      @len9483 5 лет назад

      @@Zoetropeification What year was that?

    • @jackbarlow4104
      @jackbarlow4104 4 года назад

      We played this in the band I was in during high school out in California. It was super fun!

  • @mr.oklahoma9288
    @mr.oklahoma9288 2 года назад

    Without aging myself!!!! Hahaha..
    I frigging love this sound, this song gets me up!
    U did a magnificent job!
    I caught myself wanting to begin singing every time u started over.....lol

  • @jeffreyschmoldt7798
    @jeffreyschmoldt7798 3 года назад

    One of my favorites, thanks for the lesson, you play well. Your tone sounds great

  • @joseph-ow1hf
    @joseph-ow1hf 5 лет назад +2

    Sir, always love your lessons and as have said before your genuine enthusiasm for music always comes through. Of course I watched your vid on Bowies 'Heros', and it occurred to me that you could take Billy's droning scale walkdown , and combine with the move to Am to Em and back to D, ala 'Heros' and have a pretty cool lick. I think in order to actually become a musician, the key is to not just copy a song, but learn ideas and then make something new. And yes, I love when people can take something that on the face of it is almost absurdly simple and turn it into a great song. Hell Bob Dylan was a master of that.

  • @evianbidet3553
    @evianbidet3553 4 года назад

    Your lessons are always great, bro! Thank you!

  • @trevskiyoung4984
    @trevskiyoung4984 6 лет назад

    Been playing this song for year but saw this video and learned so much thank you my man 👍

  • @TheRubberBand
    @TheRubberBand 9 лет назад +5

    A classic! 80s Cult was the best. Funny you mentioned would be good for bagpipes, that's how I've always described Billy's tone on this song. Great vid!

    • @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials
      @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials  9 лет назад +2

      +The Rubber Band Thanks bud.

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 8 лет назад

      It would be great if the used bagpipes on the intro...then switched to guitars did...ac/DC did this on one of there songs...kicked ass

    • @alistairhastie9382
      @alistairhastie9382 6 лет назад

      Too much talking, explain it once, then play it

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu 8 лет назад +12

    simple can often equal brilliant

  • @brianradio7311
    @brianradio7311 7 лет назад

    another great lesson,i was playing this wrong for along time ,now much better thanks!

  • @notoriousv.i.g.6980
    @notoriousv.i.g.6980 3 года назад +1

    Great lesson, thanks. Would love to see a Coming Down (Drug Tongue) lesson If anyone can, it would be you!

  • @bobk9879
    @bobk9879 3 года назад

    Really enjoyed this lesson thank you very much. Great stuff. Easy to understand - wonderful teacher. 👍

  • @kingdom777866
    @kingdom777866 8 лет назад +1

    Hey fella.. I think you do a great job on this video, people dont realize that Billy's sound (like many of his others) is
    a clean sound, why peps want to distort it is Sanctuary !!

  • @charliebe28
    @charliebe28 7 лет назад +1

    Shut-up & Play:
    ~ Hello again (... I once left a "comment" to your lesson for the song "Alright Now" by Free). These are a few of thoughts that occurred to me while I was watching this video: Around the 4:18 time-counter mark you mentioned "the Billy Duffy tone". Just to mention this - Billy's mainstay guitar is a Gretsch "White Falcon"; although the one time that I saw The Cult in-concert (at a local multi-band festival during 2012) he sometimes also used a Gibson "Les Paul Classic Custom" (which was a short-lived model from around the early 2010s, that had a "torrified maple" fretboard). Also, the continual "drone string" motif used in this song always struck me as being influenced by East-Indian sitar music. Finally - , yeah - , it's amusing that there is a (probably) acoustic-guitar in this song, whose purpose was just to play that ONE CHORD 😁.

  • @alanredding8926
    @alanredding8926 9 лет назад +2

    G'day from down under and thank you for another great vid!

  • @giovannifarinacci4533
    @giovannifarinacci4533 3 года назад

    Just what I needed, Thaks Andy.

  • @zahadou
    @zahadou 8 лет назад +17

    yeah Billy makes it simple - that's what a professional does - and Duffy is Epic and Original

    • @lazaglider
      @lazaglider 8 лет назад

      X Girl You don't like the song, we get it. We also don't care.

    • @lazaglider
      @lazaglider 8 лет назад +4

      X Girl Yet here you are, seeking out their videos, to post negative comments.
      I'd suggest that says rather a lot about you...

    • @dirtylarry69
      @dirtylarry69 8 лет назад

      lazaglider Burn!!! At fat girl ..I mean Xman, or girl.

  • @MrMhdw
    @MrMhdw 4 года назад

    If you’re a fan of the drone notes, check out Big Country or The Skids - it’s almost their trademark. Great song, nicely explained, thanks.

  • @g3ultra
    @g3ultra 5 лет назад

    Another great lesson. You nailed the tone! Thanks again!

  • @RayzaEFC
    @RayzaEFC 9 лет назад +8

    Great lesson, great song. Would love anything by The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Siouxsie and The Banshees if you get chance

    • @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials
      @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials  9 лет назад +3

      +Rayza1983 Thanks bud, so many great bands and songs from the eighties! cheers

    • @RayzaEFC
      @RayzaEFC 9 лет назад +3

      +Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials - No thank you for all your lessons. Always spot on! Yer 80's was probs my fav time for music. Love post punk, new and dark wave

    • @bobk9879
      @bobk9879 3 года назад

      Spot on Rayza. Great days for music and The Toffees too 👍

  • @aceman2006
    @aceman2006 8 лет назад +2

    Love The Cult. Great job!

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 8 лет назад

    Superb tutorial, I am sure all those who wondered now know!
    Thanks for a very interesting lesson, great stuff!
    Thats not forgetting the man who did it first with the Cult.

  • @colsinclair7793
    @colsinclair7793 4 года назад

    This my new lockdown challenge. Thanks👍🏻

  • @Chudsix
    @Chudsix 8 лет назад

    Thanks for this! You know, I always went the long way round with either barre or power chords, Derr !.. How silly of me, this is a bit of a eurika! moment. You've just lit the lightbulb and , Ping! Everything is crystal clear now, the whole song blasting out of my amp! Think I might even make it the 12" version too! Haha. Thanks so much!

  • @dopamining7621
    @dopamining7621 7 лет назад +4

    `This one would be a good one for bag pipes.`
    That does it : I just subscribed.

  • @snowyrain5730
    @snowyrain5730 2 года назад

    Saw the Cult open for Metallica in 1989 and they just killed it. The pit during their set was the most violent I was ever in (that's saying something) ... dudes were coming out of there smiling bloodied and cleaved.
    What a night!

  • @jerrywalaszek2473
    @jerrywalaszek2473 5 лет назад

    Thank you! You are the best teacher that gets to the " point" and no wasting time of " Iddle prattle".👍

  • @Burps___
    @Burps___ 8 лет назад +11

    Lesson starts at 4:30 minutes.

  • @jazzie730
    @jazzie730 4 года назад

    Awesome lesson material some of the best ever chez

  • @joseph-ow1hf
    @joseph-ow1hf 6 лет назад +1

    Hey! I love your explanations and stories about songs! The Cult was under appreciated. Those guys kicked some ass.
    Keep rocking brother!

  • @Subcritical96
    @Subcritical96 3 года назад

    Awesome! Thanks for the tutorial

  • @addigi5598
    @addigi5598 5 лет назад

    Great stuff...the notes are from Indian Raga ..cheers for showing bro'

  • @carlossantos6300
    @carlossantos6300 9 месяцев назад

    Best tutorial i saw!

  • @jeffreyschnoldt5388
    @jeffreyschnoldt5388 6 лет назад

    It's super simple and cool to learn, thanks

  • @Peter-rl4nc
    @Peter-rl4nc 5 лет назад +1

    just fantastic easy going easy to learn

  • @themossbackman
    @themossbackman 7 лет назад +1

    Thank You for your wonderful instruction on one of the great rock and roll songs.My only complaint about this song is that it needs MORE COWBELL!

  • @ChefZee1964
    @ChefZee1964 Месяц назад

    excellent detailed tutorial. the only thing i would add is to play the whole song or at least all the main parts without stopping so we can get a better”feel” for the tune. otherwise very informative lesson. thank you

    • @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials
      @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials  Месяц назад

      Thanks. I ALWAYS do a demo of the song I'm teaching, in fact I spend more time on my demos than I do on the lessons! Sometimes the demos are in a separate video because if potential copyright issues. My website is the best place to take in my content. If the demo and lesson videos are separate, they're both on the same page. www.shutupandplay.ca/she-sells-sanctuary--rhythm-and-solo.html Cheers, Andy.

  • @spaceoddity2485
    @spaceoddity2485 6 лет назад

    awesome lesion perfect presentation

  • @jaystone7587
    @jaystone7587 7 лет назад

    This is excellent thank you!!! It's hard to keep hitting the d string though!!

  • @MikeMunoz24hraxis
    @MikeMunoz24hraxis Год назад

    You're making the rest of us look bad... great job! Great tutorial!

  • @wheelch0ck
    @wheelch0ck 6 лет назад

    Can you do one using his Gretsch White Falcon? The pang of the White Falcon is legendary. I love the sound of it.

  • @cbcs67
    @cbcs67 8 лет назад

    Great song! Excellent tutorial. :) Thank you so much. ~Tom

  • @anthonymassari6520
    @anthonymassari6520 5 лет назад

    Very cool lesson. Thanks a lot.

  • @SuperModwolf
    @SuperModwolf 5 лет назад

    Great tutourial excellent lesson

  • @scotticusnorvegicus
    @scotticusnorvegicus 7 лет назад +1

    A technique the late great Stuart Adamson from Fife in Scotland used many years before the Cult guitarist. Legend has it, the Cult guitarist seen Adamson playing live and copied his guitar playing style.Want to hear that Scottish/bagpipe sound on guitar ? Just listen to "Fields Of Fire" by Big Country then you'll get it. Also check out "Into the Valley" by the Skids, Stuarts first band. I'm surprised the tutor on this video hasn't mentioned Adamson.

    • @thedamneddr
      @thedamneddr 5 лет назад

      HE TOPPED HIMSELF DIDNT HE....I LIKED THE SKIDS..AND I KNOW WHHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT SOUNDING SCOTISH...

  • @Hello_I_Must_Be_Going
    @Hello_I_Must_Be_Going 4 года назад

    Great lesson.

  • @indiegemsthatjam3986
    @indiegemsthatjam3986 4 года назад

    Thanks for another great lesson ... from my favorite Guitar Ninja

  • @Sherman62
    @Sherman62 3 года назад

    Bagpipes, yes!!! So, I'm not the only one hearing it. The song has a very Celtic feel in general.

  • @mikeokizichy
    @mikeokizichy 9 лет назад

    Great videos, even when I know the songs, I still gotta watch you play! I've seen a few attempts at CCR's Ramble Tamble hint!

  • @vtatai
    @vtatai 8 лет назад

    Thank you, great lesson! Do you have the backing track for it?

  • @candydormizzi2500
    @candydormizzi2500 9 лет назад +2

    Great band killer track killer album

  • @43SLOWJOH
    @43SLOWJOH 7 лет назад +1

    Excellent!! Re the Edge, check out "ElectriCo" from BOY. Believe its Drop D. but the riff will be noticeably similar.

  • @loveguitars
    @loveguitars 9 лет назад +3

    Superb!! Thanks!!

  • @keithcourneyea1609
    @keithcourneyea1609 9 лет назад +1

    Loved it. Very fun song.

  • @rodrigodiniztube
    @rodrigodiniztube 7 лет назад

    very cool, man! I really like your playing ! :)

  • @timhansen4556
    @timhansen4556 9 лет назад +1

    Nice, thanks! For a "reinterpretation" of this G/D-drone, in the same key, check out Satriani's guitar part in Chickenfoot's "Sexy Little Thing". I was wondering what I found so familiar and mesmerizing about that song, now I remember.....The Cult!

  • @superjoint57
    @superjoint57 8 лет назад +20

    IS THAT FREEDOM ROCK??? WELL TURN IT UP!!!! Lmao! Anyone remember that commercial????

    • @deansley174
      @deansley174 6 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Nominay
      @Nominay 3 года назад +1

      Hell yes. Thanks for the 1991 flashback.

    • @drdave971
      @drdave971 3 года назад

      Yes sir I remember that , also if it’s too loud your too old !!! Remember that

    • @superjoint57
      @superjoint57 3 года назад +1

      @@drdave971 That saying was on the back of a KISS tshirt.

    • @drdave971
      @drdave971 3 года назад

      @@superjoint57
      That’s right
      It was from kiss radio station 99.5
      👍

  • @Delraven24
    @Delraven24 4 года назад

    so good thank you for this

  • @Billleigh3
    @Billleigh3 8 лет назад

    You nailed it. Thank you

  • @motorv8N
    @motorv8N 6 лет назад

    Great walk through - thank you!

  • @playit00
    @playit00 9 лет назад +5

    I grew up in the 80's listening to this band!! Now I want to learn this tune!! Thank You so much for the lesson!! Cheers!! Please keep the 80's bands coming! :) Do you take requests?