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Location: south east Michigan | Doesn't have to be a great song...Just the lick.
I heard it at lunch today.
Leslie West....Mississippi Queen. He really made that guitar scream in that one. I saw Mountain at a "festival" affair at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. I accually had someone from the M.A.S.H. unit come up and ask me if I was alright. What is M.A.S.H. you ask???
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Location: Midland, MI | I guess I don't have a favorite lick. But, I just wanted to point out that Leslie West is one of Ed Roman's favorite guitarists.
Well, that and get another post in my count. ;)
OK, Sultan's of Swing. There. I said it. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Crusty, That's precisely what I was going to say...
...though, I just recently sent Brad another contender...1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
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Location: East Tennessee | That opening lick on "Southern Nights".
I believe Jerry Reed was the one that came up with it first. |
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Location: Central Florida | Well, Triple G stole my thunder, as I was gonna say "Southern Nights," too... I loves that syncopated riff. It only took me nearly 25 years to perfect it! And yes, it was Reed that came up with the riff originally.
There are so many other good ones out there too. Another that I never get tired of playing is the intro and middle break sections of the Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing." |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | "The Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy when it breaks into the fast part and goes wild in the middle.
Also almost anything Santana does. Listen to his cd "Brothers" for some of his best. It is supprising that is not a comercial success. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | There's gotta be a Courtney Love joke in here.... |
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand | Mediterranean Sundance |
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Location: SE Michigan | All the guitar stuff in "Reeling in the Years" by Steely Dan |
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Location: Cicero, NY | That's a great one, Brian, as is most anything by either Skunk Baxter or Larry Carlton, both of whom did a lot of work with Steely Dan. I can listen to those guys all day long. Yes - Roundabout is another one with a classic riff along with Aerosmith's - Dream On. |
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Location: Utah | Hey guys, great songs listed already, and some good ideas on songs to learn. I've just been getting back into playing the past few months after a 15 yr or so hiatus. I've been breaking out some of the old vinyl albums and listening to them for ideas on songs to learn. I've worn out two sets of strings on my daughters Red Flame Elite 1778!
The lead guitar in Dream On is one of the most identifiable out there. It's kicking my son's butt as he tries it on his violin, and honestly it's kicking mine, too, on the Ovation.
My addition to the list would be "Rambling Man" by the Allman Brothers. There's another one running through my head but I can't quite grab the name of the song. Friggin' old age setting in here... |
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Location: closely held secret | Jessica by the Allman Bros. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Here's a not so obvious one: Adrian Belew's work on Talking Heads Remain in the Light, The Great Curve. Mmh, not really a lick, more like a solo, ok, how about, the beginning lick on El Paso by Marty Robbins. I can play that one. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Ooh, El Paso is one of my favorite Robbins songs. What about the intro to 'Long Cool Woman.' Instantly recognizable. |
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Location: south east Michigan | The end of Layla. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | HELLL-LO!!!
(only if Layla washed first) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Well....I walked right into that one.
Damn Jeff...you are fast!!! |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Changing Horses by Dan Fogelberg.
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Location: Texas | All the guitar work in:
China Grove - Doobie Bros.
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard
Closer to Home - Grand Funk
Galveston - Glen Campbell
Hideaway - Freddie King
Honkeytonk - ???
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Weaser P:
That's a great one, Brian, as is most anything by either Skunk Baxter or Larry Carlton, both of whom did a lot of work with Steely Dan. Hi,
The Lead Guitar work in Steely Dan's "Reeling In The Years" was done by Elliott Randall.
Source: The Guitar Player Book, by editors of Guitar Player Magazine, 1978.
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Location: Braman, OK | - "Keep Your Love Alive" - Heart
- intro to "Crazy on You" - Heart
- "Wish You Were Here" - P. Floyd
- outtro to "Sheep" - P. Floyd
- "Closer to the Heart" - Rush
- at least a dozen riffs by Led Zep
These are but a few... My, but it's easy to tell my age, ain't it? |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | -- "My My Hey Hey" and "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young (the acoustic version of course)
-- "No Such Thing" (John Mayer)
-- "Blue Sky" (The Allman Brothers Band)
-- "Broken Hearted Savior" (Big Head Todd and the Monsters)
-- "Spirit of Radio" (Rush)
-- "Cliffs of Dover" (Eric Johnson) |
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Location: ms | Phoenix,Dan Fogelberg.This is the way an acoustic guitar should sound. |
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Location: Eugene, Oregon | Originally posted by Earthbound Misfit:
- "Keep Your Love Alive" - Heart
- intro to "Crazy on You" - Heart
- "Wish You Were Here" - P. Floyd
- outtro to "Sheep" - P. Floyd
- "Closer to the Heart" - Rush
These are but a few... My, but it's easy to tell my age, ain't it? :D Yikes...
Less the Zep and add a few Dire Straits, I think we would be twins. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Between "Dire Straits" debut thru to "Brothers in Arms" ...there are so many staggeringly good licks...
Telegraph Road...in my "top 5 best tunes ever written"... |
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Location: Ky | Anything by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, but in particular, the second solo in "Comfortably Numb".
Truly mesmerising. |
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Location: Braman, OK | Ah yes, Dire Straits -- how could I leave out "Ride Across the River" from Brothers in Arms?
Surfn ~ I'm with you on D. Gilmour, probably my favorite of all the great ones out there in rock solo-land. |
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| Ohhh Man so many great licks... Tried to learn so so many through the years I honestly just can't nail down a favorite.
Yeah That screaming lead that Gilmore reaches deep and cranks out on C.N. has got to be one of the most emotional leads I have ever heard! This needs to be played as loud as posible for the effect to move you! Just sit back and let him knock you back in your chair kind a volume. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | For those that are harping on Dire Straits, how about the main break in "Lady Writer"? |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | I have been practicing my "Johnny B. Goode". I have a heavy tone attack version that has a lot of good riffs, so does the original. |
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Location: NJ | ". . This needs to be played as loud as posible for the effect to move you! Just sit back and let him knock you back in your chair kind a volume . ."
In one of the FAR too-infrequent instances where I give my partner Rick his "props" :
We do a version of "WishYouWereHere" where at the end we segue into the middle of "ComfortablyNumb" where Rick plays both of the solo breaks, pretty much note-for-note . . . . on an ACOUSTIC!!
Stops the crowd dead in their tracks every time.
As far as "riffs" go:
In hearing the Fogelberg recommendations, I'd have to go with "Nexus" from the InnocentAge album. . . . |
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Location: GA USA | Powerhouse by Drivin' n Cryin'
Something Out of Nothing by Soul Asylum
I'll bet nobody was going to say those. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Maybe this is stupid and cheezy, but the Mike Nesmeth electric solo on "Vallarie" by the Monkees just blows me away.
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Location: ms | Who played Vallarie?I loved the monkees,and i know Mike could play,but could he play that?I would guess some L.A. studio guy. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Probably Glen Campbell played it. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I'm sooooo whitebread!
"Wonderful Tonight" Eric Clapton
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ANYBODY can play it and sound good! |
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| I think I remember seeing Nesmith play that when I was a kid...he probably has his own website somewhere, we could ask him.... :) |
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Location: New Hampsha | "Do You Feel Like I Do?" - Frampton
"Ohio, S-JBE" - CSNY
"Call Me the Breeze" - Skynyrd
"Blue Sky, Jessica" - Allman Bros.
"Layla" (slow version, that's as fast as I go.)
"Lazy" Deep Purple |
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| Cliff too scarry! We are doing both of these songs as well. No segway do em both straight up. We throw in Mother and we have a nice acoustic version of Welcome to the Machine worked out too. Aaron is one of those knock em dead killer lead players too! Fun ain't it!
There is Pigs on the wing 1&2 and we are working out a medley from Animals. We both like an old Floyd tune called Fearless but we will only play it when we hit a night were the people like the floyd and want more.
He and I switch on & off with the mandolin and he has a nice Korg Trition board we both use. He plays flute for the Jethro Tull short set and I have the Bass nailed down. It is so hard not to want to jump into a trio and go nuts ya know??
Anyway Cliff I sure hope I have as much fun as it sounds like you have been having. Any of you guy's kicking around some songs find a partner and go for it! Ya only live once that you'll remember.
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Location: Ky | speaking of rock done acoustic, have any of you heard the "Moody Bluegrass" album? - a take on Moody Blues stuff by a bunch of Nashville studio bluegrass players. They actually do "Nights in White Satin", with mandolins, & banjos, etc., & do it unbelievably well, I might add. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | While we're off topic: find a copy of
Rebuild The Wall
By Luther Wright and the Wrongs.
A bluegrass reworking of the entire album. You will thank me. (Hey, I've never lied before.....that you noticed!) |
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Location: Chicago | Love the dirty Les Paul jam between McLaughlin and Billy Cobham on "NOONWARD RACE". Mahavishnu AC/DC!
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Location: closely held secret | I've always loved the lead tradeoffs at the end of Abbey Road.
...ok, stop laughing... |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...Any guitar lick by Ron Block of Alison Krauss and Union Station... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | "Spank It" by Greg Koch after he kicks it in overdrive. |
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Location: Burbank | The opening lick on Pat Traver's "Snortin' Whiskey" |
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Location: SoCal | Opening lick to Jerry Reed's The Claw. How many of you have actually heard that tune? |
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Location: Midland, MI | Does it start out:
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Luther WRight and the wrongs came to play at Brooklyns equivilant of summer stage, they did the wall acoustically.
Brilliant. |
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Location: Braman, OK | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Rebuild The Wall
By Luther Wright and the Wrongs.
A bluegrass reworking of the entire album. You will thank me. (Hey, I've never lied before.....that you noticed!) This I've gotta hear! Same goes for Moody Bluegrass. Thanks for th' heads-up! |
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Location: Snellville, GA | "The Core" - Eric Clapton. |
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Location: Spokane, WA | I got to say the beginning of Voodoo Child, both by Hendrix and Stevie Ray, With Little Wing coming in a close second. |
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Location: Tennessee | Walk Don't Run. Simple, but a timeless classic. |
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Location: Indiana | Licks that I always like to hear:
Mister Tamborine Man-Birds
Nowhere Man-Beatles
You Were On My Mind-We Five
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Oooooo, I'm gonna be sooo embarrassed when I click 'add reply' :rolleyes:
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Location: Cicero, NY | Didn't even see that one comin'.
Hope he brought the beer. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
'nother line jumper...
getting crowded over here. Regardless, the line stays where it is. No matter how much it seems to be getting trampled... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Didn't even see that one comin'.
Hope he brought the beer. For freak's sake, Weaser, he's Canadian.
That's like tellin' a crack ho to get on 'er knees... |
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Location: closely held secret | Just take some blood. You might want to thin it out a bit. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Hope he brought the beer. ANYthing to get kill the taste!
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a New...World...Champion |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | How much is it? ........... in Canadian?
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BTW
Isn't this about the point where someone should mention their favourite 10cc lick? Um, it may be too late to ask, but are there any limits to behaviour here? I mean, I've never seen anyone go beyond what I would consider acceptable.....if not recommended......but..... :confused: |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by fillhixx:
BTW
Isn't this about the point where someone should mention their favourite 10cc lick? I can honestly say I don't have a favorite 10cc lick. I'll bet David Bowie and Rod Stewart get a lot of votes, though. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Fav Bowie lick (okay, it's not him. but it's in his song)
Rebel Rebel
And of course, this entire thread and list is a bunch of licks all coming second to.....
Any Chuck Berry Riff! |
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Location: San Antonio, TX | I sat down and played a few last night... I just love that little ol band from TX and their "Just Got Paid" riff. So simple but love it. | |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by tbran1996:
Man, do I feel vindicated, because it seems Dan Fogelberg is appreciated elsewhere, in Southwest La., Fogelberg means Leader of the Band and Longer.
My personal favorites are the the opening lick of The Last Nail and Old Tennessee. And don't forget Morning Light! | |
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