Here’s how I play the solo from Crazy Train. I don’t care if it isn’t exactly what Randy Rhoads played over 30 years ago, and neither should you.

Nothing is sacred. Find your own way.

Here’s how I play the solo from Tony Marcus’ song “Lone Star”. It appears on the soundtrack to Fallout: New Vegas. I can’t find much information about it, but it seems that Tony sang the vocal and the Lost Weekend Western Swing Band handled everything else. If that’s true, then I’m assuming Mark Holzinger played the solo, but I’m not certain.

In any case, it’s a fantastic solo.

Here’s how to play Arlo Guthrie’s wonderful story-song “Alice’s Restaurant”. I play this tune all the time. It’s just a fun little ditty to mess around with.

Enjoy.

Here’s how I play the Neil Young song “Needle and the Damage Done”. He plays around a lot with this tune, but the general idea is always the same. Be sure to experiment with it and make up your own variations. Neil has been playing this song for over 40 years and he still comes up with new ways to spice it up.

This past Wednesday was September 11th, so I decided to figure out Rick Derringer’s “Real American”, which most people probably know as Hulk Hogan’s entrance theme. It’s a fun song with a quick little solo.

Enjoy.

I was in Boston this past week, which meant that I had a chance to grab some stuff out of storage. I had only bought this guitar a few months before I lost my home, so naturally I had to pull it out and bring it back with me.

First thing I played on it was “Wish You Were Here”, so I figured I’d make that tune this week’s solo lesson.

Enjoy.

One of my students asked to learn a Clash song, and this was the first one that came to mind. It’s got a great little solo from Mick Jones, who is apparently Joe Strummer’s gee-tar he-ro.

Here’s how I play the 2nd solo from the Opeth song “Deliverance”. I used to play this one differently (same notes, different positions), but I checked the Lamentations DVD performance and, while you never get a good view of his hands, it appears that Mikael plays this much lower on the neck than I was. I’m not sure if it’s 100% accurate fingering-wise, but the notes are spot on.

Here’s Tony’s solo from Black Sabbath’s self-titled song off their self-titled album. Euthanazia used to do this live, and it was always a ton of fun, especially the solo.

So… I’m pretty sure this is the first tutorial on how to play this song. There is precisely ONE tab online, and no videos that I can find that focus on Larry’s part. There are TONS of people telling you how to play Les’ parts, but nobody shows any love for Larry. That is a shame, because Larry LaLonde is a damned brilliant player.

So here’s the whole tune… every part. Enjoy!