Nice.... I’m glad to see you include the early stuff . Dime was an astoundingly great player. The man could have played any style and made the same impact on music. R.I.P. Dime. Thank you for doing this video.
King’s X first three albums meant a lot to me both musically and lyrically. YOU are the guy to do this video! Please consider doing a “Chord Play” video on King’s X/Ty Tabor.
My fav Pantera album is Cowboys From Hell. That's amazing of you to pick 'The Sleep' (underrated but amazing song!). But, Power Metal is an amazing record as well with some bangers like 'Hard Ride', 'Over And Out', 'Death Trap' etc.
Right off the bat you include og Pantera, you are a master of your craft and I respect you a great deal for starting out this session with over and out.
I miss Dimebag, I miss Pantera. Thanks for doing this. These chords are very difficult to figure out for those less accomplished musicians such as yourself. Much appreciated and keep up the good work.
I have a story.. When I was a wee ladd, i used to hang out in a music store in Garland Tx.. In the early years they used to come through the store to check out the equipment visit the crazies who worked there.. I at the time was taking lessons there and had no idea what planet they were from.. Lol..Took me awhile to get it but a very good guitar monster in Dimebag, a very original player hidden in plain site!! Thanks for the analysis sir!
As a new subscriber I had not made it through more than a couple of vids before I posted asking for a Chordplay on King’s X. Just found it from 7 months ago. I’m watching it next. Thanks!
Hell Yeah! Dime and Pantera in general are one of my favourites for sure (from cowboys tho, the judas priest Glamtera is still pretty good but not really something other than 80s glam, for me atleast) Edit: after listening to some of pre cowboy's stuff i actually find their album "power metal" to be quite good. Very different from what they did afterwards,obviously, but pretty good overall.
That is the syncopation (playing outside the time signatutmre you're on) dime threw in there, not to mentón incredible turn arounds he also added!! 🤟🤟Btw I learned this from nick bowcott's riffear madness DVD
Dime changes my life in 1991. I heard Cowboys from He'll and my jaw dropped. Couldn't believe the guitar could sound like that. Amazing stuff David!!!!
Dime's personality was definitely a part of his playing. Got to meet him at one of their cowboys from hell shows and he was everything you described. A big music and guitar fan at heart. Very cool guy. A fun challenge is to come up with chord progressions in one position and you'll get close.
The last real guitar hero of iconic status who changed the way people played in his genre of music . Jimi then Eddie and then Dime. The three most complete influential rock guitarists to me . Masters of the instrument if there ever could be. Rhythm Lead and innovative tricks/techniques that everyone after them imitates but they can’t be duplicated .
Great call with the nod to the Police in the 9th chords in the Floods outro. I wonder a lot of times what Dimebag was thinking when he wrote the Floods outro and if this was his homage to Mr. Summers, or he was just thinking superficially and grabbed the riff for that song, or if he organically just incorporated that chord progression without the Police in mind at all (his genius separately arrived at the pleasing auditory quality of that chord)
Few more suggestions and then you really got everyone: Vivian Campbell John Norum Adrian Vandenberg Matthias Jabs Dave Meniketti Rik Emmett Uli Jon Roth Ted Nugent Ritchie Blackmore Mark Tremonti
From early-mid 80s. Vinnie Moore's work in Vicious Rumors. Some of his best imo. This dude Steve Mironovich from a NYC band called Cities was a ripper as well, somewhere between LeTekro and Rhoads maybe. Did an Lp with Twisters Sister's drummer, but the Ep before is where he shines.
Still have 'I am the night' and 'Power metal' on vinyl. Saw them play at the Marquee club in London on their only Cowboy's from Hell show [1990 I think] and still have a Plectrum from that show that dime gave me just before I did a stage dive...the whole show was recoded for Headbangers Ball and they played the whole CFH album plus 'Over and Out' as an encore. Great lesson dave!
Thanks! I did create a King's X Chordplay episode a few months ago and I'm totally going to put a Three-For-All lick lesson featuring him in the future. I can't wait to the hear that new album! : )
@@LateNightLessons Awesome, I'll have to go back into the catalog and look up the KX Chordplay. A humble suggestion on the Ty lick lesson - don't forget about his work in the Jelly Jam, especially the first album!
The sleep is almost unknown to the masses ... but what a great song ...and that damn solo... OMFG..so expressive ...dime was one of those guys who's solos we're like songs or entire musical passages on their own....long live Dime
around the early 90s mega dave made the comment he thought a band whose name translated into panther was ripping him off. not sure i hear the ripping off but within the context of the lesson can hear the inspiration. another great lesson
Great lesson David, Dime was way more than just a metal player. The Extremist came out in 1992 and Cowboys was in 1990 so I'm not sure he took that chord from Joe. Imagine Satch took it from Dime haha? This Love and Cemetery Gates are two of my favorites. Thanks for covering those two.
Thanks! As I mentioned in the video, Joe transcribed that song in his popular column in Guitar World magazine in 1987/1988, and Dimebag was an avid GW reader and also loved Joe's music, so it's safe to say he probably borrowed a few of those chords from Satch from when it was in the magazine. He admitted in numerous interviews that he learned (and stole) tons of things from guitar magazines, so it's actually quite possible. No harm, no foul
You opened me a new world of chords I wouldn't play before. It makes me big fun how inspiring you are talking about the subject and what a great respect you have for the musician. It seems that your musical theory has no border? With my 65 years I am very glad to be your student. :-)
Fantastic Dave! Love to hear the Dimebag. Great lead player and exceptional with his use of chords. Glad to see this aspect of his playing highlighted. Need more Dimebag
I would love to see something from another amazing guitarist who was taken from us way to early on in his career, and that's Dave Pritchard from Armored Saint! Awesome Guitar player, killer song writer,great licks & riffs. Another favorite player of mine. Well one of the many favorites. I saw Armored Saint & Metallica in the small city I live in. I actually got their drummer Gonzo's drumstick! I was getting in a fight with some a-hole that came running from up front by the stage with studded wrist bands on & elbowed my brother as he was running by. I think Gonzo saw what was going on because everybody moved away from us in a big circle. I was just about to kick the jerk in the head & a drumstick hit me in the side. So I bent over to pick it up & the fat prick I was going to beat was gone. But I ended up with Gonzo's drumstick, & I got to see 2 of the 3 greats I've seen just before they died. Because I saw Dave Pritchard with Armored Saint,but also saw Cliff Burton with Metallica early in the Master's tour. I also saw Ozzy Jan.19th 1981 in La Crosse,Wi. 2 months & a day before the Great Randy Rhoads was taken from us! Two of the better days of my life. Especially seeing Randy because I wasn't supposed to be there! But the friend of my uncle couldn't make it,so my uncle pulls up & asks if I want to go,I was in 8th grade & had skipped school that day. LOL Next day in school I accidentally pulled out my ticket stub instead of my tardy slip I had to have my teacher's sign. Teacher saw it,I just looked at him & smiled!
So glad I found your channel. You've inspired me to pick up my guitar and practice relentlessly and shake off the dust after a lengthy depressive funk. You're very knowledgeable. Thank you for your content! Subbed!
Second Late Night lessons t shirt idea. Picture the hand position on top, below that the chord, below that A7#11sus4, then below that “Change My Mind”.
You are the 80s Metal Master lol.. I Sound like my 16 yr old self ..great lesson..Andy La Roque from King Diamond chord play would be awesome..He was unique and so are you Brother
To clear up a little on early Pantera...... Dimebag wrote all of the first 3 albums between 14-17 years old. They only exist because his dad had a studio, otherwise theyd be long lost demos. The first album *WRITTEN WRITTEN WRITTEN* by Vinnie Dime Rex and *Philip* was CFH. Thats why they consider it their debut. Power Metal was written b4 Philip joined. Phil just quickly slapped lyrics on 7 songs so they could shop it to record labels. The glam thing is blown outta proportion because of the clothing but they were playing seek n destroy live in 1984 and Domination live in 1988. Hardly glam songs. They didnt change overnight, that is a MYTH. Dimebag was barely 21 when he started writing CFH so when people make fun of songs written 5-7 years earlier its simple math. The main song writers in Pantera (Phil & Dime) were younger so they didnt come into their own til the late 80s. When they wrote new material they dropped the old material. In fact many of the more casual fans dont realize CFH was almost entirely omitted from the setlist (just like the 80s material) post FBD as they all thought it was the weakest album. This is why a typical 15 song set list would usually feature 4 songs each from Vulgar, Driven, & Steel while playing just 3 songs total from CFH & TRENDKILL combined. Any Pantera/Priest fans would likely really enjoy the Power Metal album
Another great video! Gotta love Diamond/Dimebag. Future suggestions? Vivian Campbell (Dio), Dave Patton (Hellanbach), Buck Dharma (BOC), Rik Emmett (Triumph), Michael Batio (Holland), Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Doug Aldrich (Burning Rain), Francis Dunnery (It Bites), Neal Schon (Journey), Nono Krief (Trust), Wolf Hoffmann (Accept), Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Pat Travers
Thank you for this. Always a good lesson. Do you ever wonder how legendary musicians who didn’t have indepth music theory yet able to make cool sounding chords or riffs?
Interesting you said that riff reminded you of Megadeth, I actually thought of Accept, Balls to the Walk or Metal Heart era. Nevertheless its epic! Great video David!
No doubt Darrell was one of the greats, I really enjoyed your Andy Timmons and Metallica vids as well. As far as name that tune goes, I said Orion before you even started playing, LOL I just found your first youtube page today, some cool content on there as well.
I didn't know Satriani transcribed "Tears In The Rain" back in the 80's. I've always assumed Dime just went for a "Diary of a Madman" vibe in "The Sleep" because 'The Extremist' wasn't out by then. You might be right, he was a big fan, there's even a video of him playing "crushing day" live
Thanks! It's was in GW in '87 or '88 and Joe was talking about harmonizing harmonic minor scales and then they tabbed it out (but it didn't say "Tears in the Rain'). As far as the chords, it's really only the first two chord shapes, but they also both feature climbing diminished chords sections too. It's not exactly the same, but if you compare them there is a slight similarity in form. : )
Dimebag is not a straightforward guitarist. His writing always seems to have a few left turns. So much personality and on top of that the technique. Great lesson!
These chords sounds a little like ozzy's diary of a madman Well done. May i ask you which string gauge do you use for the strat and the les paul? Cheers Roger
WHAT?!?!? There’s more Dime I’ve never heard?! Fuck.. I always said they were my favourite band. They still are... but kind of embarrassing to not know about FOUR ALBUMS 😵
The cords you play right before the last bit of floodI want to give me a led Zeppelin feel on the cord your plane or the refs I hear a lot of led Zeppelin in that
Thanks! Be sure to watch the 'Guitar Tone & Amps' episode from the Brewster's Millions of Rants series on this channel to learn more about the amp I use in these videos. Thanks for watching!
As I mentioned in the video, Satriani transcribed that piece in Guitar World Magazine around 1987/1988 (long before The Extremist), and Dimebag was an avid GW reader. He admitted in interviews that he read guitar magazines and would borrow/steal things from them all the time. Also, if you compare The Sleep with Tears in the Rain, the first two chords are identical and the diminished movements that come later are similar. It's not exact, but there's enough of a similarity that I felt like pointing it out. : )
Thank you! They're both Seymour Duncan's - A JB humbucker in the bridge and a Pearly Gates in the neck. They're a great combo/set and work well together volume/output-wise. Thanks for watching!
