Celebrating International Guitar Month | Fan Favorites (Episode 14)
Added 2023-04-29 03:06:29 +0000 UTCI thoroughly enjoyed all of these selections for International Guitar Month. Y'all have come through again with a great collection of songs that feature the guitar. And, this was almost entirely a set of first-time listens.
So, sit back, relax, or play along. I hope you enjoy!
Unlisted link: https://vimeo.com/822213204/09edd207bd
Sylvia - Focus
Ruhkukah - Allan Holdsworth
Brighton Rock - Queen
Black Napkins - Frank Zappa
Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne (done on YT instead)
Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
The Fish (Live) - Yes
Mafuá - Yamandu Costa
Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin
Comments
I always had a problem with Achilles Last Stand, and now I know why - spot on Doug, Robert Plant at his worst! Mind you, I think the piece could have been so much better given some time and love.
Adie
2024-07-04 00:15:47 +0000 UTCRoyal Orleans, and Nobody's fault but mine , two songs on that album that I like really well
Cheri
2024-03-26 19:59:04 +0000 UTCPlease... please... PLEASE consider posting/listening to Eric Johnson's Album "Venus Isle". Beginning to End it is his masterpiece in my opinion. It is his "Electric Ladyland",,, his "Sgt Pepper" !
Ken
2023-09-23 03:49:42 +0000 UTCHello... new member here... enjoying very much !
Ken
2023-09-23 03:47:38 +0000 UTCDoug has already done Physical Graffiti in its entirety. But I agree: if you're taking on Led Zeppelin, you should start from the beginning and go chronologically. Also: Zeppelin is definitely at its best when watching live performances.
Jukka Alanen
2023-07-19 06:56:46 +0000 UTCChris Squire is THE BOMB!
DJ Marquis Marc Rambeau du Tacoma
2023-05-08 00:26:01 +0000 UTCI saw Genesis at the L.A. Forum 3 times starting with the Abacab tour in 1980. But... "Seconds Out" was my very FIRST experience of listening to Genesis, a couple of years after its release, when I was still in high school. I'd trade most all of my concert experiences (except George Harrison at the L.A. Forum in 1974 and Joe Walsh at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 1982) to have seen Genesis for the "Seconds Out" tour... Steve Hackett is a true gem of a guitar player. I'd see him anytime. :)
DJ Marquis Marc Rambeau du Tacoma
2023-05-08 00:25:18 +0000 UTCWas extremely disappointed that Star Spangled Banner didn't make the cut. It's my favorite song. Would make a great episode for the 4th of Juy, though.
John Reed
2023-05-06 09:21:49 +0000 UTCOkay, you guys... I've been trying to get Dr. Doug into Led Zeppelin and y'all are presenting him with STRANGE choices: Achilles's Last Stand and the album "Houses of the Holy". This is not the way to introduce someone to Led Zeppelin. Everyone, of course, is going to have their favorite Zep album, but they are certainly not all of the same quality. The first album (1968) and Physical Graffiti (1975) are the albums to start with. You'll get their entire flavor with these two albums, and still have a lot of tasty morsels scattered among the others. If you want to go by song, try: You Shook Me; Dazed and Confused; How Many More Times; Whole Lotta Love; Heartbreaker; Ramble On; Immigrant Song; Since I've Been Loving You; Black Dog; Stairway To Heaven; Going To California; When The Levee Breaks; Kashmir; In The Light; and Ten Years Gone.
DJ Marquis Marc Rambeau du Tacoma
2023-05-05 00:23:39 +0000 UTCDumb question: does anyone know for how long/why Yes does "The Fish" tuned down half a step? (Obviously so: your harmonics on the geetar are not going to be in E-flat otherwise!)
Jeff Norman
2023-05-03 03:35:08 +0000 UTCLoved your reaction to Holdsworth, swimming in the ocean, indeed! Having seen Al a couple dozen times live, and watching these guys play this stuff without charts is staggering. He sure had your attention, I hope you revisit his work.
Anthony Taylor
2023-05-03 00:48:33 +0000 UTCGreat stuff all around! Thanks, Doug. A few thoughts: Probably 95% of Frank Zappa's solos are played over a simple two-note "vamp," as he called it. I love his philosophy of soloing. He never planned a solo ahead of time or played the same solo twice. He said "You have a piece of time, and you get to decorate it any way you like." This was also a key to his ability to take solos from one performance and lay them over other pieces of music. Either one likes Robert Plant or they don't. You seem to have a long-standing distaste for him, and I suspect that it's taken root firmly enough by now that nothing anyone can say can make you reconsider. Led Zeppelin appeared when I was in high school. Needless to say, pretty much everyone was nuts about them. It was precisely for that reason--their unbridled popularity--that I took a practiced dislike for them. I worked hard at it, and kept it up for a long time, even though there were several songs of theirs that I did actually like. I have to say that I truly do like Zeppelin, and I acknowledge that they deserve a spot in history for all the things they did. They genuinely were a progressive band, in the truest sense of the word. Finally, I was sad that "Fracture" didn't even make the poll list. There are few pieces of music more guitar-centric. But perhaps that's for the best. You're going to want to spend some time on that one.
Bill Brinkmoeller
2023-05-02 07:09:31 +0000 UTCReally nice collection of songs. I agree, Cliffs of Dover groove is too simple to me also. But I'm saddened Plant's vocals ruin your Achilles Last Stand listening experience. Achilles Last Stand is my favourite LZ track and I think you can have as many guitar tracks as you want, but Plant's vocal delivery at the second half of the song doubles the epicness. Very soulful singing, even if it's technically unclean.
Einaras Sipavičius
2023-04-30 13:38:51 +0000 UTCFocus made it! Yay!
Ray Sincere
2023-04-30 12:24:19 +0000 UTCIn the earlier live versions, Bright Rock and "Son and Daughter" are merged for one guitar extravaganza. Quote Heavey. My favourite live version is from their 1979 double live album "Live Killers", 12 minutes I think. I've never found the equivalent on video though.
Brian Reynolds
2023-04-30 02:54:09 +0000 UTCThey are delays....800 milliseconds
Brian Reynolds
2023-04-30 02:51:50 +0000 UTCThanks for Black Napkins Doug , I'm the one who suggested it (first time being mentioned in a video , cool!). Frank has got great modal/rhytmic sensibility rooted in blues playing which then translates to this very eloquent (and relentless) way of playing. I honestly listen to his guitar stuff much more than his actual compositions/songs. Great video , was very looking forward to this one as a guitar player myself :) P.S. The effect he was using to achieve that "bubble" sound is an Auto-wah
Hetfield Ninno Davide
2023-04-29 22:04:20 +0000 UTCTrying to follow Holdsworth is like trying to learn Japanese from a dictionary.
Bruce E Bowling
2023-04-29 20:09:14 +0000 UTCIn Brighton Rock. It's not a delay. Those are guitar overdubs. Sometimes doubled sometimes harmonised
Earnest Bass
2023-04-29 19:30:27 +0000 UTCHe's done "In The Dead Of Night" on a DD Live session, can't remember which one. We've been pestering him on the group Bruford, as well.
Tom (the soggy one)
2023-04-29 18:33:31 +0000 UTCSad my Steve Howe- Turbulence didn't make the cut, but I understand your policy regarding double-representation. Hopefully you'll consider it in the future. Every piece on that album is a gem, absolute perfection!
Tom (the soggy one)
2023-04-29 18:31:55 +0000 UTCYou really need to see Zeppelin live. They were absolutely incredible.
John B
2023-04-29 17:32:10 +0000 UTCI’m eager to do so!
R. Douglas Helvering
2023-04-29 13:50:08 +0000 UTCI’ve seen Dweezil Zappa 3 times, performing “Zappa Plays Zappa”. Some of Frank’s (and son) guitar songs are really amazing 🤩👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Karl Stubsjoen
2023-04-29 08:29:09 +0000 UTCI promoted Steve Hackett (Spectral Mornings), but he didn’t make it this time. I think Steve is a magician with the guitar. Luckily I’m seeing him in just a fortnight, the 16. May in Oslo. He’s doing Genesis “Second’s Out” and more. So looking forward to it!😁👏🏻
Karl Stubsjoen
2023-04-29 08:27:46 +0000 UTCWhat a great list, thanks! Now you’ve heard Alan Holdsworth, how would it be if he had collaborated with Bill Bruford, John Wetton and Eddy Jobson? Well, he did, on the first album of UK. Definitely worth an EPL at some time.
Frits van Voorst
2023-04-29 08:05:24 +0000 UTCRe Yes at Montreaux, if only for your own pleasure watch the whole concert, as you saw the work ethic from Yes is amazing.
Michael Brown
2023-04-29 07:01:08 +0000 UTCThis was a perfect cap to International Guitar Month!
Bill Coonley
2023-04-29 06:36:41 +0000 UTCWhat a great collection of guitar performances. I loved, Holdsworth, Zappa and a special thanks for including The Fish from Chris Squire.
Richard Sweeney
2023-04-29 05:33:45 +0000 UTCI added the Vimeo link. That should help. I’ve notified Patreon of this issue.
R. Douglas Helvering
2023-04-29 04:16:52 +0000 UTCHoldsworth is the 🐐
Gary Thobaben
2023-04-29 03:43:44 +0000 UTCVideo does not exist?
Phil West Music
2023-04-29 03:25:28 +0000 UTCDoug…you need to watch the live version of Achilles Last Stand from Knebworth in 1979. It’s pretty epic 🔥
Freddy66
2023-04-29 03:14:32 +0000 UTC
