Here’s Dave Murray’s solo from a Maiden classic. I find most people miss the reckless quality of Dave’s playing in this one, so keep it loose, guys!

One of my students brought this song in and I was delighted to find that it had a very short, simple solo that stayed primarily within the basic minor pentatonic shape. The little harmonized bending lick is a cool ditty to throw into any country solo, and this one (having it 4 times in a row) really helps to show how it relates to the chord.

Is it a solo? Is it an instrumental break?

Who cares?! Labels don’t change how it sounds, and it sounds awesome.

This song is badass. That’s all I can say. It’s just a killer tune with an epic video and a great solo. The bass break in the middle of the solo is one of my favorite things ever. As awesome as this song is, you would think Junior Romanelli would have written more songs for the band (this was his only one). It’s way different than most of the other Plasmatics stuff, but it shows that Wendy O. was perfectly suited to be a straight up metal vocalist.

I love this song. It just popped into my head a couple nights ago and I couldn’t go to sleep before I figured it out, so here’s the solo:

I’ve got a few students working on this song right now, so the solo is fresh under my fingers. I had a short break in my day so I decided to do another quick lesson video.

I was practicing for the Copycats gig this past Saturday and decided to make a quick video on how I play Danny Cedrone’s fantastic solo from “Rock Around the Clock”