Randy Rhoads is a real player. He master the instrument and told Ozzy he was leaving the band to get his Masters degree in classical music. I miss you Randy.
Very good! I took lessons from Randy ,but I was in a head on collision 9 years ago,so I have had to re learn playing guitar with out feeling in my left hand! Thanks for posting the video!
Wow - thank you so much and that's so awesome that you took lessons from Randy. That's impressive! Sorry to hear about the injury, but I hope you gain something form these lessons and this material and thanks again for watching and this comment! ROCK ON \m/
I’m actually sorry you had to wait until 1987 to hear this. I copied this on a cassette from the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1981! It’s what got me started on guitar, and I appreciate your lesson bringing back those memories! Thanks!
dochort21 Same here, I got it at a bootleg fair, it has a great version of this solo, they left it off of the Tribute album for some reason and inserted one from a different evening.
Right there with you on everything you said - Randy's tone on that LIVE release was kinda jaw-dropping and I thought the same thing - DAMN! Why didn't he have this tone on the records?? Same with the playing... I thought the solo was brilliantly musical while still being something guitarists would wanna learn. WELL DONE.
Thank you and I couldn't agree more. It's mind boggling to think of what he might have done had he lived beyond 1982. :-\ Anyway, thanks again and take care!
When Tribute came out, I remember realizing that there was a whole new way to play guitar in a band context - it didn't seem that anyone else was playing like Randy in a 1 guitar band setup (blending the best of the rhythm and lead parts). The magazine all had the RR vs EVH debate raging on (why not both?). BTW, at 6:56 - I like your use of the Steve Morse style alternate picking for arpeggios. Cool lesson
Hey Dave, isn't the lick you play at 8:18 also a Schenker lick? Seems to me I've seen him use similar ideas, and Randy loved Schenker, too. And yes they probably both got it directly on indirectly from Jimmy Page.
I didn't know this video existed. Was just going to suggest RR. My favorite guitarist, then Jake, then SRV. Thank you, thank you 😊. This Dave guy knows his S**t.
Who in the world would thumb down...Dave, great job! I thought that solo spawned the shred careers of many up and coming guitar players. You could attempt Jakes ultimate Ozzie solo! I’ve never heard anyone even attempt it! Your videos are a gold mine!
Brilliant playing and lesson! So tragic how someone so young and talented like Randy could step off the stage of life so early. Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly and others as well. At least his music will live on awhile longer. Although Rock & Roll music is sadly dying out.
Dude! As I commented previously ( can't recall which lesson I made the comment offhand ) ; How have I not discovered you before now? Anyway, I'm over here in Australia, in the small town I grew up in ( such limited resources to aid learning back in 1988 at age 16 ) and no word of a lie, my gut just KNEW you were about to cite the A Major Arpeggio as your favourite! It's mine also. The effect on me, hearing this for the first time was just as you described! It touches my heart knowing there's this bloke over there in the U.S. ( you ) flying the flag, loving the stuff I also love. Thanks for helping re-inspire me at a pretty low point. It means so much! All the best to you!
Dude, your a teaching treasure! It cracks me up when you say, “something like this” and totally nail it! I hope your channel continues to grow as people discover you and that you make some $ in advertising! Take care!
This guy's channel from 10 years ago has less than 2000 subscribers. Less than 200,000 views. This channel currently has 7 million views and 80k + subscribers! I suppose it's all in the presentation. Thanks for the MANY uploads all these years! Fantastic!
Hey thanks for this one. I used #2 tonight in a couple places on a gig. VH is my favorite but I’ve always learned more usable stuff from Randy. Thanks again.
That was a great one Randy rhoads is my favorite guitar player but how about the dual guitar playing Dave Murray and Adrian Smith iron maiden or even KK downing and Glenn Tipton Judas priest
My first arena concert was the Blizzard of Ozz tour in Glens Falls, NY where Randy ripped it up and blew my mind and my ears. Still haven't recovered. If there is one musician in heaven I want to jam with, it's Randy. We couldn't possibly imagine Randy and EVH concocting worship music so grandiose it might be worthy of heaven's blessing, but I hope we get to hear it someday in the bye and bye.
Hey David love your channel best guitar lessons on RUclips my friend I was wondering if you could do a lesson on Adrian Vandenberg he had some great licks on his solo albums in the 80s very underated player thanks man you rock
Wow. Great insights on a solo that just scrambled my brain when I saw him play it at Alpine Valley waaaaay back. Nice to see someone like you who knows your stuff but hasn’t let it go to your head. Subscribed and Liked!
As always very cool man! Enjoy every one of your clips I've seen! You get great fat tones and really nail the phrasing and attitude behind each lick or passage you play. It's obvious you love the players and music that you examine. Thank you.
I first got this recording on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in the 80s on cassette. I was blown away by this solo. The same parts that you highlighted here I transcribed 30 years ago. It was the anti-Eruption. Pure genius and Randys sound was epic. Thanks again for your 3 for all!
When randy is playing Aeolian mode is it always over a vi chord? when frank zappa is playing the Lydian mode is it always over a iv chord? when Santana is playing a dorian mode is it over a ii chord? It seems that they are playing these modes over a whole chord progression but the chord progression it self is not ment to have only one MODE played through out the whole chord progression. In theory classes it says to only play that MODE over the correct chord in the key not the whole chord progression like frank zappa, Santana does right?
Okay, this is tricky and I know I was completely stumped in this area until I eventually went to school and really started to understand modes and how they work. It took me a minute, but it finally kicked in. Let's focus on Randy for a second and let's use Crazy Train as an example. Crazy Train is in F# Aeolian (big time). The intro riff not to mention a lot of the licks and solo sections feature F# Aeolian (a.k.a. the natural minor scale). So, Aeolian is technically the sixth mode from the major scale (as you said), so in Crazy Train, Randy moves between F# minor during most of the song, but then the verse switches to the relative major (A major), so he's playing with both the dark sound of F# minor and the happy A major relative. So he's moving between the I chord (A major/Ionian) and the vi chord (F# minor/Aeolian). Now someone like Zappa would basically create a song where (for example) Lydian would be the key/tonality he wanted. So he'd use the proper chord type (in this case #4/#11 chords) and create a song in a modal key. This approach basically comes from jazz but you can hear it in classical music too. Think of that more like you're hinting at the sound of the mode with a modal chord type or chord progression and the song magically becomes "Lydian-flavored" (or any mode). Steve Vai does this frequently. I hope this helps and be sure to watch those Modal Mastery lessons. Thanks again and good luck buddy!
Hi, LA Guns has a song called Sticky Fingers the guitar solo is very randy rhoads. Can you teach the guitar solo and explain the mode and scale he is using please?
Thanks for the request and I'll see what I can do. I'm attempting to keep these lessons and videos "themed" so I'll see what I can do about adding that to a lesson or concept in the future. Thanks again and rock on! : )
I see you like The Sword, any chance of doing a vid on them for chordplay or the guitarists? I know they aren't exactly shredders compared to your usual Three For All, but they do have some interesting note choices to set a great atmosphere.
I remember listening to KLOS and KMET (two So Cal radio stations) and KMET would play live concert recordings on Saturday nights. I would capture them on cassette tapes and listen a million times. The solo piece Randy did was actually from a different night then the rest of Suicide Solution. You can hear it was spliced together if you listen closely. I had a tape with that exact solo from an Ozzy concert. When Randy ended the solo he started back into the song again a bit quicker than what appears on Tribute. No matter. I'm just glad it finally made its way to an official release. My cassette tapes got eaten up by my player decades ago. Rock on Dave! You're doing the Lord's work.
Love your lessons, man! Totally unique approach, great for when I feel like I'm getting bored practicing and just wanna mess around with a new lick right away, and you carefully select the killer licks.
4:45 ... this point is what stands out most to me about Randy's playing: complementary ascending and descending runs, everywhere. Listen to the solo in SATO especially (but Mr. Crowley... well, pretty much everything)... it's mind boggling.
To keep it "themed" do a lesson on how randy rhoads used MODES in his licks or just how he uses Modes. I'm guessing randy rhoads would use the Dorian mode only on a ii chords in a key and would use lydian mode only on a iv chord, mixolydian only on a V chord. But the LA Guns song Sticky fingers solo has a scale run that sound very randy rhoads techniques are used to learn from. I think Randy Rhoads used MODES differently against chords than the traditional way theory classes teach you. I think he was using Dorian Mode not only with a ii chord but other chords in the key. I might be wrong but he has was trick up his sleeve on how he used MODES.
Actually, Randy loved Aeolian, minor pentatonic/blues scales, and diminished sounds for his licks and solos (most of the time). Dorian modal flavors are favored in jazz/fusion and with guys like Santana (think Oye Como Va or Black Magic Woman) and Lydian is more or less the "Frank Zappa/Steve Vai" scale. Check out my Modal Mastery series in the Scales & Tales playlist (which will help) and I can definitely create more content dealing with modes and focusing on Randy Rhoads. : ) Rock and thanks for these requests and for watching too!
bill williams I think I know what you're talking about, Randy would blend aeolian with dorian all the time but the passages are often so quick it goes unnoticed in many transcriptions. A typical lick would be the three note per string ascending runs like in the outro to Mr Crowley. We're in D natural minor so Randy plays from F G A then Bb C D... E F G then next string A Bb C (still in D minor) but then a position shift to fret 4 to play the B C D for a brief dorian sound, then next string E F G takes him back to natural minor.
Excellent breakdown! You can definitely open new windows with these. Typically I stay within natural minor/major 3NPS, but this gives some ideas for harmonic minor and diminished work.
Nice video;-) You obviously have a good and genuine understanding of Randy's stuff and is played very well. Nice and relaxing delivery and explanations too;-)
Thank you so much! Honestly, I've always been a Randy fan, but EVH was the guy that inspired me to pick up the guitar. I was a EVH guy but also liked Rhoads, and I noticed later on that there were people on both sides and argued a lot about which was better. I always thought the fight/argument was stupid and that they're both phenomenal guitarists/musicians and I respect them both equally. : )
@@LateNightLessons exactly. 'the best' is purely subjective. It's not a fact. I love Eddie but he thinks so differently to me so he's not been such a direct influence on me as Randy has been. I identify with Randy's was of thinking more than Eddie. Both are legends in my book;-) I dig your vibrato amigo, it sounds the way I like to hear it. So many amazing players out there technically but can't make one note sound nice to my ears. I think that's waay more important;-)
Dude I love both your Randy Rhoads videos you nailed so much that I relate to you on. Beautiful job. I was wo during if you would do a video where you go through the tapping part of the tribute solo. Randy uses an excellent choice of chords in it. Mabe even no bone movies rythm parts and some stuff fro. Believer. Just a thought hope you're into it. Otherwise thanks those Rhoads videos were excellent
man... I love your videos... you have the perfect blend of adding your thoughts on what you're playing without being over indulgent of your opinions. The last lick you played reminded me of "Arch Enemy - Ravenous". It's eerie how similar what you played is to the intro riff of this song... even by adding a bend! keep em coming man! So my favorite of all time is Opeth and your mellow side of Opeth is what turned me on to your page. Can you do a "heavy" side of Opeth? I would love to hear your input on this!
Heck yeah bro and thank you! I totally love Arch Enemy and that Wages of Sin album rules. I bought that as a suggestion from a friend a long time ago and followed them ever since. By the time Loomis got involved, I was even more impressed. Yeah I could also try that heavy side of Opeth, and I was thinking about grabbing some of those tasty licks he plays too. He's so gifted and smooth with everything. So underrated. Rock on man\m/
Since this COVID started,at 49 I can play mostly everything by ear,but of course RANDY the same to me is one of the most interesting!!!!! I am just about finishing theory....I just looked at your tutorial for the first time and I couldn't have pressed that subscribe button faster!!! You just gave me a super a-- ha moment everything I've learned so far,seems to just now make all the hard work I've put in come together and pay off...THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN LEARNING MODES,ARPS,INVERSIONS HIS STYLE IS PERFECT FOR WHERE I AM AT!!!!! And I thought the 5 pentatonic boxes opened up my playing...JAMES SCOTT NICHOLSON,ONTARIO,CANADA P.S. I'll spread the wordand thanks again
Just a thought.....for me (and many other players I know)....I recommend you listening to the melodic solo section of Extreme’s (Nuno) “Play with Me”.....pretty cool.
I like your content but a 'diminish' for Blizzard and all ? I'm old (63) but recall reading a new RS review for Blizzard . It was stellar. I'd given up on Sab (H&H were next) but hopped in my car and bought it. If RR never did anything but Mr Crowley, he'd still kick ass. I know, mix and what not.........RR Triple tracked the solo i loved so much. btw, a Gary Moore fan,,,break down, quote or inspired from Parissiene Walkways. Ozz "Play what you feel" while trying to work this up. Turned out GREAT !
Atisha Dipankara 1 hour ago EVH birthdate Jan 6, 7. or 9 1955 and RR was late December 1956.... So Ed was almost 2 years older... at least 20 or so months. I also think RR did Over the Mountain before he was exposed to Fairwarning
Totally agree about Tribute. I think there was too much triple-tracking on the studio albums that sort of neutered the tone. Tribute really opened up Randy's sound.
Terrific as usual. I always loved that Amaj arpeggio sequence. Kind of interesting that Randy centered the piece around Amin, and goes to the parallel major key for a contrasting, yet complimentary major tonality. Another great lesson! 👍🎸🎶
Thanks buddy! : ) Yeah, it's inspiring to hear/see how inventive and forward-thinking Randy was at that time. He was so talented and had such a huge imagination with music too. It makes me wonder what he would've done had he lived on into the 1990s and beyond, especially with having the Internet these days. Could you imagine being able to take an online lesson with Randy Rhoads today or if he had a TrueFire/Udemy educational course or whatever? :-o YIKES I bet he would be a classical guitar professor somewhere with an impressive rock and roll resume. :-) haha
I am happy to hear you mention Jimmy Page for your RR lesson. I enjoy trying to guess his influences. Blackmore? Schenker? May? Buxton,? Page? I always thought RR learned how to move licks around in 1/2 steps, 3rds, 5ths from Page.+some other ideas. Licks in over the hills and rock and roll specifically. Strange but true, RR not much of a Sabbath fan. But tritones got him through I guess, Another great lesson
I love that diminished lick, one cool thing you can do is go one fret down and back up again in the same pattern, like do the lick then start again at 9------6, if that makes any sense. It reminds me of the zelda duegeon music.
Amazing Video !!! Thank you so much for putting in the work to create and share this extremely informative Video . I'm now a Lifetime Subscriber . I've learned so much from you . I kinda feel like I'm ripping you off because I've progressed a lot in the last year . But your Videos are Free . But anyway , thanks for doing what you do . And you obviously do it Amazingly well . Stay safe and take care . 🎸
You , sir , are simply amazing !! *"QUESTION"* : Do you have any original work that you could let us hear ? I'm completely intrigued to hear what your personal style of playing is ?! You can play anyone's riffs & licks , so I would love to hear what you come up with !! Thanks for what you do !!
just think what Randy could have given the music world if he had lived long enough,,,wow!!,,,I can't imagine ,,,,Thank you for teaching one of the greatest guitar players to ever grace us with his skills,,,YOU do an awesome job ,,,your a very good teacher and have learned a lot from you videos,,,keep em' going,,,,would love to hear you doing some blues techniques ....
always liked your videos. because with each different topic. you have a different pictured framed on the right. then your voice is so calming an smooth to listen too. keep up the great work.!!!!!!!!
Really great tutorial again. I'd like to recommend another fantastic lick, from another great guitarist: Francis Dunnery in the song Welcome to the Wild Country. ruclips.net/video/qBNr1jDUXsE/видео.html The song is great, but hey, the lick at 4:16... Unreal.
A1 lesson again David , really love the way you re ignite the passion I felt when I heard some these licks for the first time ,thank you. Great too you're going to feature chords of Jake too , I 've been listening to him a lot love the album Dust. You're right ,the melodic a minor careful in this lesson is just excellent.
Thank you again and I have the outline for Jake's lesson ready. It's going to feature a chordal riff from the new Red Dragon Cartel album too! : ) Stay tuned...
OK so yesterday I criticized your Behringer amp, but today I’m watching the three Randi Rhoads licks from 1981 & your amp sounds a lot better with the Les Paul than it did with the strat. just thought I’d let you know. Either way your are a great teacher/guitarist, and I am a fan.
The 40th anniversary edition of Blizzard of Ozz is now on Spotify. It has live tracks, so it might serve as a new source for another Randy lesson? IMHO, there is nothing prohibiting multiple lessons on the legends :-)
Thank u for the tabs. This lesson was great. I just found ur channel and am enjoying all of these great vids that u have published. Keep up the great work! Thanks again.
Love your vids.You make it look effortless.Dude your hands are incredibly huge.What is an "uncomfortable" stretch for you?ps.looks like there are pens in your stormtrooper teethbrush holder.pss.Instantly subscribed to you.Awesome content
Great video!! I love the playing and licks on the B side track "You said it all". I have been unable to figure how Randy played the lick between 1.21-1.23 on that track. Can you do a video on that?
Great choices! Look up the King Biscuit bootleg on here. The set is kinda lazy overall, same solo, but his phrasing is different from what you're expecting, yet just as inventive.
Jim Winters Yes I thought so too about that second lick, I think he has a couple of different notes to the version you're playing here that make more sense, at least to how I'm used to hearing it. Maybe it's a loosely improvised thing that varies from show to show.
I know tone is mostly in your hands, but what are u using? You always sound like the guitarist you're giving the lesson about. Kemper? Helix? Is that a Line6 amp I see, or a Peavey? "How do u tone?" Do tell.
If you keep listening to randy rhoads and find licks that he uses sequences like playing a major scale in 3rds. Violinist would practice drills playing scale sequences patterns but Randy Rhoads took these lesson practice drills and applied them into his scalar runs. Another thing Randy Rhoads would do is play a 3 octave harmonic minor or major scale but add MORDENTS not trills because trills are just trilling a note alternating above and below while Mordents are different than trills. Check out how Randy Rhoads used Mordents in his scales patterns because this is what violin players would do in the classical era. When you just trill notes like what Tony Iommi does often its not the same as adding mordents like how randy rhoads did making his scale runs sound more violinist. Keep pressuring Dave Brewster to make a lesson about these topics so we can learn more about Randy Rhoads.
this adaptation of the blues scale to diminished; suddenly had an 80s Horror flick effluvium in my mind. perfect example of bringing concepts to different contexts and making them yours. smashing lesson as always dude.
I bought that Cassette tape of Tribute in 1987, but I was learning as much Randy as I could on Guitar” long before 87, probably started listening to him in 1982 in Junior High.. good job on those riffs, btw, I do not know that Melodic minor sequence though, it’s so nice!
Just came here from the other Randy chord play vid. You remind me of me, in a sense of how you hear his solos. I obviously can't play as well as you, but we grew from the same Randy seed. Dude, hat's off to you. You have His style nailed down. That is a fine accomplishment.!.
Actually at 5:56 was continued on a live version from Westwood one broadcast where Randy continued trilling up the neck. If I'm not mistaken the solo on the tribute album was pieced together from 2 live recordings.
Is there anyone else who finds it odd that Randy plays pretty much same spotlight solo in Quiet Riot as well. Fall -81 they started to play the jam, instrumental piece which contained unaccompanied guitar solo and drum solo. But all in all Randy said in a interview he was playing same and same again. Maybe he felt he was supposed to play certain spot light solo. ... which had small differences as well. This is just something I find little odd. On the other hand you can see him playing different solos on Children of the Grave. But then again Paranoid solo on Randy was composed and played the same.
Really cool to watch your mastery of music theory. Please, if possible do Rex Carroll (Whitecross and King James), Stryper(both Oz Fox and Micheal Sweet) and or Tony Palacios(Guardian).
Great stuff dave You are featuring my all time favourite guitar players I'd love to hear your thoughts on nuno bettencourts playing , especially pornograffitti These videos are so very helpful for me Thank you very much
I thought the Tribute album was mixed to sound more like the studio albums. Finding the original songs online sound different to the album. The tone wasn't something Randy Intended.
Same here, I instantaneously became a fan with tribute. Instantly wanted a guitar. That moment actually changed things and seen me playing hours on end and reading every book I found. And it’s the same part in the solo for myself as well. That melodic part. In songs, I tend not to like diagonally ascending diminished runs. It’s too ... maybe obvious is the word... idk, but I do like repeating arpeggios, as found in the scale, in minor thirds sometimes. Maybe that’s what he was relating the ending to... idk. Dime seemed to get it to work at the end of the walk solo tho. I usually like a major scale with a flat 6 added or harmonic major things instead; minor too. Probably said too much for a comment, but GREAT video!!!
Im 31 now. I was in my mid teens when I discovered Ozzy/Randy. When I heard the live version of Paranoid on the Ozzy Boxset, my mind was blown. I immediately sought out Tribute. Playing a long to that live album took my playing from from 1 level to another
I did the exact same thing with the exact same section when this album first came out, sat in front of my turntable and kept putting the needle back and trying to figure it out. Eventually I bought the book cause I couldn't get everything perfect
Seriously, I do believe if one has made it all the way to that live solo at all, he would be most probably acquainted with the other Tribute solos already, and these ideas would be just too basic at this point. Like showing simple math to an university graduate.
Thank you VERY much and I agree - there's something magical about Randy's playing with that solo in particular. It sounds like he was totally "on" that night and luckily they captured and released it. I've heard a few other versions/takes of that solo from that tour and while they're all great, there's something extra special about that particular performance of it and they way it flowed as he played at that show. Thanks for watching and for this comment and stick around for more lessons and material! \m/ ROCK ON \m/
The flat 5 lick was something I learned from my love of Randy. I still use it all the time. Muscle memory I guess. It is something I add here and there as a spice.
Also love when Randy reals back into that melodic minor part after hitting rapid fire volume cutout!! What a killer choice of notes and hes like crying through the guitar
Thanks also for your calm humble laid back demeanor.
Thank you!
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Kick over a chair at the end to spice things up...
Randy Rhoads is a real player. He master the instrument and told Ozzy he was leaving the band to get his Masters degree in classical music. I miss you Randy.
He also demanded money for his songwriting. Too much for Sharon, he had to be taken out.
Matufatu Gentleman omg
@@albinullanger7862 So the pilot of the plane commited suicide just to please Sharon.🤔LMAO!
So then Ozzy was like here take my cocaine and fly my plane to celebrate!!!
Exactly, Ive always thought that ozzy may have had Randy killed 😳😳😳
Very good! I took lessons from Randy ,but I was in a head on collision 9 years ago,so I have had to re learn playing guitar with out feeling in my left hand! Thanks for posting the video!
Wow - thank you so much and that's so awesome that you took lessons from Randy.
That's impressive!
Sorry to hear about the injury, but I hope you gain something form these lessons and this material and thanks again for watching and this comment!
ROCK ON \m/
I’m actually sorry you had to wait until 1987 to hear this. I copied this on a cassette from the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1981! It’s what got me started on guitar, and I appreciate your lesson bringing back those memories! Thanks!
That's awesome that you hear it that early on.
: o wow : o
So cool!
Thank you for watching and stick around for more lessons and material!
dochort21
Same here, I got it at a bootleg fair, it has a great version of this solo, they left it off of the Tribute album for some reason and inserted one from a different evening.
Lol I did the same thing. And loved his version of Paranoid with all the fills.
I had an actual vinyl record called Bats Head Soup. My older brother bought it somewhere. That was the first I heard RR live, and I was blown away.
My life is broken into two parts: before I heard RR on Tribute, and after. After is better!
Randy and Jason Becker...the 2 greatest losses the guitar world has ever experienced .
Jason becker is still composing
Randy is my personal favorite but,?Hendrix,Srv,dimebag etc...so many epic losses.Becker is still making music me thinks.
Jasons not dead though, made an album less than 2 years ago! Obviously ALS is terrible still.
Michael Gawne : not decomposing, then? 😂
I agree these were big losses . I miss Randy's style he was on another level for sure
Right there with you on everything you said - Randy's tone on that LIVE release was kinda jaw-dropping and I thought the same thing - DAMN! Why didn't he have this tone on the records?? Same with the playing... I thought the solo was brilliantly musical while still being something guitarists would wanna learn. WELL DONE.
Awesome lesson, Dave. Randy was one of the greats. He did so much in such a short amount of time. Tragic loss to the world of music.
Thank you and I couldn't agree more.
It's mind boggling to think of what he might have done had he lived beyond 1982.
:-\
Anyway, thanks again and take care!
When Tribute came out, I remember realizing that there was a whole new way to play guitar in a band context - it didn't seem that anyone else was playing like Randy in a 1 guitar band setup (blending the best of the rhythm and lead parts). The magazine all had the RR vs EVH debate raging on (why not both?). BTW, at 6:56 - I like your use of the Steve Morse style alternate picking for arpeggios. Cool lesson
Hey Dave, isn't the lick you play at 8:18 also a Schenker lick? Seems to me I've seen him use similar ideas, and Randy loved Schenker, too. And yes they probably both got it directly on indirectly from Jimmy Page.
I think you're right. Good catch!
I know Randy LOVED Schenker, so that's entirely possible!
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You can't learn Tribute without first learning Strangers in the night!
Before there was Crazy Train there was Rockbottom
Arch enemy plays the exact run on the beginning of Ravenous I believe. Now that you played it, it reminded me of the intro, Theft!! Hahaha
I didn't know this video existed. Was just going to suggest RR. My favorite guitarist, then Jake, then SRV. Thank you, thank you 😊.
This Dave guy knows his S**t.
Who in the world would thumb down...Dave, great job! I thought that solo spawned the shred careers of many up and coming guitar players. You could attempt Jakes ultimate Ozzie solo! I’ve never heard anyone even attempt it! Your videos are a gold mine!
lol, an idiot....
Love your channel man. You should have waaaaaay more subscribers. You have an IG account related to guitar? Keep it up 👍
Thank you and it's growing every day!
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Stay tuned and ROCK ON!
Brilliant playing and lesson! So tragic how someone so young and talented like Randy could step off the stage of life so early. Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly and others as well. At least his music will live on awhile longer. Although Rock & Roll music is sadly dying out.
Dude! As I commented previously ( can't recall which lesson I made the comment offhand ) ; How have I not discovered you before now? Anyway, I'm over here in Australia, in the small town I grew up in ( such limited resources to aid learning back in 1988 at age 16 ) and no word of a lie, my gut just KNEW you were about to cite the A Major Arpeggio as your favourite! It's mine also. The effect on me, hearing this for the first time was just as you described! It touches my heart knowing there's this bloke over there in the U.S. ( you ) flying the flag, loving the stuff I also love. Thanks for helping re-inspire me at a pretty low point. It means so much! All the best to you!
Dude, your a teaching treasure! It cracks me up when you say, “something like this” and totally nail it! I hope your channel continues to grow as people discover you and that you make some $ in advertising! Take care!
This guy's channel from 10 years ago has less than 2000 subscribers. Less than 200,000 views.
This channel currently has 7 million views and 80k + subscribers!
I suppose it's all in the presentation.
Thanks for the MANY uploads all these years! Fantastic!
Hey thanks for this one. I used #2 tonight in a couple places on a gig. VH is my favorite but I’ve always learned more usable stuff from Randy. Thanks again.
That was a great one Randy rhoads is my favorite guitar player but how about the dual guitar playing Dave Murray and Adrian Smith iron maiden or even KK downing and Glenn Tipton Judas priest
that 3rd lick sounds exactly like Ravenous by Arch Enemy
My first arena concert was the Blizzard of Ozz tour in Glens Falls, NY where Randy ripped it up and blew my mind and my ears. Still haven't recovered. If there is one musician in heaven I want to jam with, it's Randy. We couldn't possibly imagine Randy and EVH concocting worship music so grandiose it might be worthy of heaven's blessing, but I hope we get to hear it someday in the bye and bye.
Hey David love your channel best guitar lessons on RUclips my friend I was wondering if you could do a lesson on Adrian Vandenberg he had some great licks on his solo albums in the 80s very underated player thanks man you rock
Wow. Great insights on a solo that just scrambled my brain when I saw him play it at Alpine Valley waaaaay back. Nice to see someone like you who knows your stuff but hasn’t let it go to your head. Subscribed and Liked!
You sound like Randy live ! Impressive!
As always very cool man! Enjoy every one of your clips I've seen! You get great fat tones and really nail the phrasing and attitude behind each lick or passage you play. It's obvious you love the players and music that you examine. Thank you.
I first got this recording on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in the 80s on cassette. I was blown away by this solo. The same parts that you highlighted here I transcribed 30 years ago. It was the anti-Eruption. Pure genius and Randys sound was epic. Thanks again for your 3 for all!
Chris Fisher
Even though I'm a massive Eddie fan I preferred this solo over Eruption, it was much more interesting melodically.
I HAD that one too!, Is that where he sneaks some Chuck Berry licks into the show?
@@richardjewett7702 lol. I think he did on Paranoid!
Pretty cool video, the tabs definitely helped
Great Job! I learn so much that keeps guitar practice interesting. Thank you.
When randy is playing Aeolian mode is it always over a vi chord? when frank zappa is playing the Lydian mode is it always over a iv chord? when Santana is playing a dorian mode is it over a ii chord? It seems that they are playing these modes over a whole chord progression but the chord progression it self is not ment to have only one MODE played through out the whole chord progression. In theory classes it says to only play that MODE over the correct chord in the key not the whole chord progression like frank zappa, Santana does right?
Okay, this is tricky and I know I was completely stumped in this area until I eventually went to school and really started to understand modes and how they work. It took me a minute, but it finally kicked in.
Let's focus on Randy for a second and let's use Crazy Train as an example.
Crazy Train is in F# Aeolian (big time). The intro riff not to mention a lot of the licks and solo sections feature F# Aeolian (a.k.a. the natural minor scale).
So, Aeolian is technically the sixth mode from the major scale (as you said), so in Crazy Train, Randy moves between F# minor during most of the song, but then the verse switches to the relative major (A major), so he's playing with both the dark sound of F# minor and the happy A major relative.
So he's moving between the I chord (A major/Ionian) and the vi chord (F# minor/Aeolian).
Now someone like Zappa would basically create a song where (for example) Lydian would be the key/tonality he wanted. So he'd use the proper chord type (in this case #4/#11 chords) and create a song in a modal key.
This approach basically comes from jazz but you can hear it in classical music too.
Think of that more like you're hinting at the sound of the mode with a modal chord type or chord progression and the song magically becomes "Lydian-flavored" (or any mode). Steve Vai does this frequently.
I hope this helps and be sure to watch those Modal Mastery lessons.
Thanks again and good luck buddy!
Hi, LA Guns has a song called Sticky Fingers the guitar solo is very randy rhoads. Can you teach the guitar solo and explain the mode and scale he is using please?
Thanks for the request and I'll see what I can do.
I'm attempting to keep these lessons and videos "themed" so I'll see what I can do about adding that to a lesson or concept in the future.
Thanks again and rock on!
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I see you like The Sword, any chance of doing a vid on them for chordplay or the guitarists? I know they aren't exactly shredders compared to your usual Three For All, but they do have some interesting note choices to set a great atmosphere.
I love The Sword - I'll see what I can do!
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Nice to hear you mention Jimmy Page who's my favorite guitarist and Randy Rhoads is definitely in my top 10 maybe top 5
I remember listening to KLOS and KMET (two So Cal radio stations) and KMET would play live concert recordings on Saturday nights. I would capture them on cassette tapes and listen a million times. The solo piece Randy did was actually from a different night then the rest of Suicide Solution. You can hear it was spliced together if you listen closely. I had a tape with that exact solo from an Ozzy concert. When Randy ended the solo he started back into the song again a bit quicker than what appears on Tribute. No matter. I'm just glad it finally made its way to an official release. My cassette tapes got eaten up by my player decades ago. Rock on Dave! You're doing the Lord's work.
Love your lessons, man! Totally unique approach, great for when I feel like I'm getting bored practicing and just wanna mess around with a new lick right away, and you carefully select the killer licks.
I'm loving these Randy Rhodes lessons man!! Thanks so much; when I heard Tribute for the first time back in 87' it totally changed my life!!!
4:45 ... this point is what stands out most to me about Randy's playing: complementary ascending and descending runs, everywhere. Listen to the solo in SATO especially (but Mr. Crowley... well, pretty much everything)... it's mind boggling.
Awesome man appreciate it a lot very cool
To keep it "themed" do a lesson on how randy rhoads used MODES in his licks or just how he uses Modes. I'm guessing randy rhoads would use the Dorian mode only on a ii chords in a key and would use lydian mode only on a iv chord, mixolydian only on a V chord. But the LA Guns song Sticky fingers solo has a scale run that sound very randy rhoads techniques are used to learn from. I think Randy Rhoads used MODES differently against chords than the traditional way theory classes teach you. I think he was using Dorian Mode not only with a ii chord but other chords in the key. I might be wrong but he has was trick up his sleeve on how he used MODES.
Actually, Randy loved Aeolian, minor pentatonic/blues scales, and diminished sounds for his licks and solos (most of the time).
Dorian modal flavors are favored in jazz/fusion and with guys like Santana (think Oye Como Va or Black Magic Woman) and Lydian is more or less the "Frank Zappa/Steve Vai" scale.
Check out my Modal Mastery series in the Scales & Tales playlist (which will help) and I can definitely create more content dealing with modes and focusing on Randy Rhoads.
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Rock and thanks for these requests and for watching too!
bill williams
I think I know what you're talking about, Randy would blend aeolian with dorian all the time but the passages are often so quick it goes unnoticed in many transcriptions.
A typical lick would be the three note per string ascending runs like in the outro to Mr Crowley.
We're in D natural minor so Randy plays from F G A then Bb C D...
E F G
then next string A Bb C (still in D minor) but then a position shift to fret 4 to play the B C D for a brief dorian sound, then next string E F G takes him back to natural minor.
Excellent breakdown! You can definitely open new windows with these. Typically I stay within natural minor/major 3NPS, but this gives some ideas for harmonic minor and diminished work.
Very cool Dave.I saw the Blizzard of Ozz tour with Randy back in the day before he sadly passed.
Nice video;-) You obviously have a good and genuine understanding of Randy's stuff and is played very well. Nice and relaxing delivery and explanations too;-)
Thank you so much!
Honestly, I've always been a Randy fan, but EVH was the guy that inspired me to pick up the guitar. I was a EVH guy but also liked Rhoads, and I noticed later on that there were people on both sides and argued a lot about which was better.
I always thought the fight/argument was stupid and that they're both phenomenal guitarists/musicians and I respect them both equally.
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@@LateNightLessons exactly. 'the best' is purely subjective. It's not a fact. I love Eddie but he thinks so differently to me so he's not been such a direct influence on me as Randy has been. I identify with Randy's was of thinking more than Eddie. Both are legends in my book;-) I dig your vibrato amigo, it sounds the way I like to hear it. So many amazing players out there technically but can't make one note sound nice to my ears. I think that's waay more important;-)
Love Randy's unique sound. Great lesson. Thank you
like your videos and the,way you present them.
great work.
this idea of taking a lick and making it your own is cool
Thank you very much and rock on!
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Dude I love both your Randy Rhoads videos you nailed so much that I relate to you on. Beautiful job. I was wo during if you would do a video where you go through the tapping part of the tribute solo. Randy uses an excellent choice of chords in it. Mabe even no bone movies rythm parts and some stuff fro. Believer. Just a thought hope you're into it. Otherwise thanks those Rhoads videos were excellent
man... I love your videos... you have the perfect blend of adding your thoughts on what you're playing without being over indulgent of your opinions. The last lick you played reminded me of "Arch Enemy - Ravenous". It's eerie how similar what you played is to the intro riff of this song... even by adding a bend! keep em coming man!
So my favorite of all time is Opeth and your mellow side of Opeth is what turned me on to your page. Can you do a "heavy" side of Opeth? I would love to hear your input on this!
Heck yeah bro and thank you!
I totally love Arch Enemy and that Wages of Sin album rules. I bought that as a suggestion from a friend a long time ago and followed them ever since. By the time Loomis got involved, I was even more impressed.
Yeah I could also try that heavy side of Opeth, and I was thinking about grabbing some of those tasty licks he plays too. He's so gifted and smooth with everything. So underrated.
Rock on man\m/
Since this COVID started,at 49 I can play mostly everything by ear,but of course RANDY the same to me is one of the most interesting!!!!! I am just about finishing theory....I just looked at your tutorial for the first time and I couldn't have pressed that subscribe button faster!!! You just gave me a super a-- ha moment everything I've learned so far,seems to just now make all the hard work I've put in come together and pay off...THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN LEARNING MODES,ARPS,INVERSIONS HIS STYLE IS PERFECT FOR WHERE I AM AT!!!!! And I thought the 5 pentatonic boxes opened up my playing...JAMES SCOTT NICHOLSON,ONTARIO,CANADA P.S. I'll spread the wordand thanks again
LOVES BOTH!! jake & rhoads
And THAT rocks!
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Just a thought.....for me (and many other players I know)....I recommend you listening to the melodic solo section of Extreme’s (Nuno) “Play with Me”.....pretty cool.
the "melodic A major arpeggio" is part of the Irish jig. He used to play it during his solo in the Quiet Riot days.
I like your content but a 'diminish' for Blizzard and all ?
I'm old (63) but recall reading a new RS review for Blizzard . It was stellar. I'd given up on Sab (H&H were next) but hopped in my car and bought it.
If RR never did anything but Mr Crowley, he'd still kick ass.
I know, mix and what not.........RR Triple tracked the solo i loved so much.
btw, a Gary Moore fan,,,break down, quote or inspired from Parissiene Walkways. Ozz "Play what you feel" while trying to work this up. Turned out GREAT !
Atisha Dipankara
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EVH birthdate Jan 6, 7. or 9 1955 and RR was late December 1956.... So Ed was almost 2 years older... at least 20 or so months.
I also think RR did Over the Mountain before he was exposed to Fairwarning
Totally agree about Tribute. I think there was too much triple-tracking on the studio albums that sort of neutered the tone. Tribute really opened up Randy's sound.
Terrific as usual. I always loved that Amaj arpeggio sequence. Kind of interesting that Randy centered the piece around Amin, and goes to the parallel major key for a contrasting, yet complimentary major tonality. Another great lesson! 👍🎸🎶
Thanks buddy!
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Yeah, it's inspiring to hear/see how inventive and forward-thinking Randy was at that time. He was so talented and had such a huge imagination with music too.
It makes me wonder what he would've done had he lived on into the 1990s and beyond, especially with having the Internet these days.
Could you imagine being able to take an online lesson with Randy Rhoads today or if he had a TrueFire/Udemy educational course or whatever?
:-o YIKES
I bet he would be a classical guitar professor somewhere with an impressive rock and roll resume.
:-) haha
I am happy to hear you mention Jimmy Page for your RR lesson. I enjoy trying to guess his influences. Blackmore? Schenker? May? Buxton,? Page? I always thought RR learned how to move licks around in 1/2 steps, 3rds, 5ths from Page.+some other ideas. Licks in over the hills and rock and roll specifically. Strange but true, RR not much of a Sabbath fan. But tritones got him through I guess, Another great lesson
I love that diminished lick, one cool thing you can do is go one fret down and back up again in the same pattern, like do the lick then start again at 9------6, if that makes any sense. It reminds me of the zelda duegeon music.
Amazing Video !!! Thank you so much for putting in the work to create and share this extremely informative Video .
I'm now a Lifetime Subscriber . I've learned so much from you . I kinda feel like I'm ripping you off because I've progressed a lot in the last year . But your Videos are Free . But anyway , thanks for doing what you do . And you obviously do it Amazingly well . Stay safe and take care . 🎸
You , sir , are simply amazing !! *"QUESTION"* : Do you have any original work that you could let us hear ? I'm completely intrigued to hear what your personal style of playing is ?! You can play anyone's riffs & licks , so I would love to hear what you come up with !! Thanks for what you do !!
just think what Randy could have given the music world if he had lived long enough,,,wow!!,,,I can't imagine ,,,,Thank you for teaching one of the greatest guitar players to ever grace us with his skills,,,YOU do an awesome job ,,,your a very good teacher and have learned a lot from you videos,,,keep em' going,,,,would love to hear you doing some blues techniques ....
Great lesson! Love your approach to teaching and thanks for the tabs.
You're welcome and thanks so much!
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always liked your videos. because with each different topic. you have a different pictured framed on the right. then your voice is so calming an smooth to listen too. keep up the great work.!!!!!!!!
Really great tutorial again. I'd like to recommend another fantastic lick, from another great guitarist: Francis Dunnery in the song Welcome to the Wild Country.
ruclips.net/video/qBNr1jDUXsE/видео.html
The song is great, but hey, the lick at 4:16... Unreal.
A1 lesson again David , really love the way you re ignite the passion I felt when I heard some these licks for the first time ,thank you. Great too you're going to feature chords of Jake too , I 've been listening to him a lot love the album Dust. You're right ,the melodic a minor careful in this lesson is just excellent.
Thank you again and I have the outline for Jake's lesson ready. It's going to feature a chordal riff from the new Red Dragon Cartel album too!
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OK so yesterday I criticized your Behringer amp, but today I’m watching the three Randi Rhoads licks from 1981 & your amp sounds a lot better with the Les Paul than it did with the strat. just thought I’d let you know. Either way your are a great teacher/guitarist, and I am a fan.
The 40th anniversary edition of Blizzard of Ozz is now on Spotify. It has live tracks, so it might serve as a new source for another Randy lesson? IMHO, there is nothing prohibiting multiple lessons on the legends :-)
Great quality . I’m very pleased with the quality of this lesson. I actually learned something . Thank you. New sub!
Thank u for the tabs. This lesson was great. I just found ur channel and am enjoying all of these great vids that u have published. Keep up the great work! Thanks again.
Love your vids.You make it look effortless.Dude your hands are incredibly huge.What is an "uncomfortable" stretch for you?ps.looks like there are pens in your stormtrooper teethbrush holder.pss.Instantly subscribed to you.Awesome content
Great video!! I love the playing and licks on the B side track "You said it all". I have been unable to figure how Randy played the lick between 1.21-1.23 on that track. Can you do a video on that?
Great choices!
Look up the King Biscuit bootleg on here.
The set is kinda lazy overall, same solo, but his phrasing is different from what you're expecting, yet just as inventive.
Very cool and I'll totally check that out.
Thanks for watching and for the recommendation!
Thanks again!
Jim Winters
Yes I thought so too about that second lick, I think he has a couple of different notes to the version you're playing here that make more sense, at least to how I'm used to hearing it.
Maybe it's a loosely improvised thing that varies from show to show.
Great insight....can you do a 3 play with George Lynch live solo from "Beast from the East"? The section before mr. Scary
I like when Randy goes from diminished melotonic to quad dualitonic to megasmashurface!! Bam!!
I know tone is mostly in your hands, but what are u using? You always sound like the guitarist you're giving the lesson about. Kemper? Helix? Is that a Line6 amp I see, or a Peavey? "How do u tone?"
Do tell.
Dude! what an awesome lesson... love these 3 licks and the way you go through explaining them. Thank you!!! Very excited to go home and work on them.
If you keep listening to randy rhoads and find licks that he uses sequences like playing a major scale in 3rds. Violinist would practice drills playing scale sequences patterns but Randy Rhoads took these lesson practice drills and applied them into his scalar runs. Another thing Randy Rhoads would do is play a 3 octave harmonic minor or major scale but add MORDENTS not trills because trills are just trilling a note alternating above and below while Mordents are different than trills. Check out how Randy Rhoads used Mordents in his scales patterns because this is what violin players would do in the classical era. When you just trill notes like what Tony Iommi does often its not the same as adding mordents like how randy rhoads did making his scale runs sound more violinist. Keep pressuring Dave Brewster to make a lesson about these topics so we can learn more about Randy Rhoads.
this adaptation of the blues scale to diminished; suddenly had an 80s Horror flick effluvium in my mind. perfect example of bringing concepts to different contexts and making them yours. smashing lesson as always dude.
I bought that Cassette tape of Tribute in 1987, but I was learning as much Randy as I could on Guitar” long before 87, probably started listening to him in 1982 in Junior High.. good job on those riffs, btw, I do not know that Melodic minor sequence though, it’s so nice!
Just came here from the other Randy chord play vid. You remind me of me, in a sense of how you hear his solos. I obviously can't play as well as you, but we grew from the same Randy seed. Dude, hat's off to you. You have His style nailed down. That is a fine accomplishment.!.
Actually at 5:56 was continued on a live version from Westwood one broadcast where Randy continued trilling up the neck. If I'm not mistaken the solo on the tribute album was pieced together from 2 live recordings.
Is there anyone else who finds it odd that Randy plays pretty much same spotlight solo in Quiet Riot as well. Fall -81 they started to play the jam, instrumental piece which contained unaccompanied guitar solo and drum solo. But all in all Randy said in a interview he was playing same and same again. Maybe he felt he was supposed to play certain spot light solo. ... which had small differences as well. This is just something I find little odd. On the other hand you can see him playing different solos on Children of the Grave. But then again Paranoid solo on Randy was composed and played the same.
Really cool to watch your mastery of music theory. Please, if possible do Rex Carroll (Whitecross and King James), Stryper(both Oz Fox and Micheal Sweet) and or Tony Palacios(Guardian).
Just wait until you hear the live songs from the 40th anniversary blizzard of ozz album!!!
Thank you very much for the breakdown. Would there be a chance where you could do S.A.T.O. and its solo breakdown?
Great stuff dave
You are featuring my all time favourite guitar players
I'd love to hear your thoughts on nuno bettencourts playing , especially pornograffitti
These videos are so very helpful for me
Thank you very much
I thought the Tribute album was mixed to sound more like the studio albums. Finding the original songs online sound different to the album. The tone wasn't something Randy Intended.
Same here, I instantaneously became a fan with tribute. Instantly wanted a guitar. That moment actually changed things and seen me playing hours on end and reading every book I found. And it’s the same part in the solo for myself as well. That melodic part. In songs, I tend not to like diagonally ascending diminished runs. It’s too ... maybe obvious is the word... idk, but I do like repeating arpeggios, as found in the scale, in minor thirds sometimes. Maybe that’s what he was relating the ending to... idk. Dime seemed to get it to work at the end of the walk solo tho. I usually like a major scale with a flat 6 added or harmonic major things instead; minor too. Probably said too much for a comment, but GREAT video!!!
Im 31 now. I was in my mid teens when I discovered Ozzy/Randy. When I heard the live version of Paranoid on the Ozzy Boxset, my mind was blown. I immediately sought out Tribute. Playing a long to that live album took my playing from from 1 level to another
David 👍👍👍👍👍
I did the exact same thing with the exact same section when this album first came out, sat in front of my turntable and kept putting the needle back and trying to figure it out. Eventually I bought the book cause I couldn't get everything perfect
Awsome Job Dave on RUclips ! Any fan of Vitto is fan of mine ! Your very thiril and easy to listen too... Thumbs Up !
That first diminished lick they stold for Steve Vai"s initial lick/run right when the clouds split and they go to hell in Crossroads the movie.
Seriously, I do believe if one has made it all the way to that live solo at all, he would be most probably acquainted with the other Tribute solos already, and these ideas would be just too basic at this point. Like showing simple math to an university graduate.
It's such a brilliant solo! Great randy lesson and your playing does it justice sir👍🏻
Thank you VERY much and I agree - there's something magical about Randy's playing with that solo in particular. It sounds like he was totally "on" that night and luckily they captured and released it.
I've heard a few other versions/takes of that solo from that tour and while they're all great, there's something extra special about that particular performance of it and they way it flowed as he played at that show.
Thanks for watching and for this comment and stick around for more lessons and material!
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I hope that u have success as guitar teacher...
Very Nice!!
The flat 5 lick was something I learned from my love of Randy. I still use it all the time. Muscle memory I guess. It is something I add here and there as a spice.
love your lessons Bro,,,but maybe cut back a little bit on your intro monolog ,,,,you are an awesome player and teacher,,,,keep it up
Also love when Randy reals back into that melodic minor part after hitting rapid fire volume cutout!! What a killer choice of notes and hes like crying through the guitar
Dude ...love the channel...and you have a great ear for hearing what makes something sound interesting and being able to share it!...
Nice to see the Dive album as your wallpaper. That’s great stuff.