+T5000X Man I really love Dime but I have to say In my opinion it's not just dime but maybe the abott brothers... they were van halen kinda brothers for metal music.....
A complete display of all 3 styles: his, Randy and Eddie. What an advanced solo for his age. He was truly ahead of his time for 18 years old. What a shredder! Rest in peace. We love Darrell.
12 yr. old playing Dimebag licks (not in her bedroom) ON-STAGE LIVE! Audrey Shida @ Slim's in San Francisco 2016 (full band cover): Pantera/"Cowboys From Hell" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJibjOJitWg.html
@@aldotapia3286 thank you. Good attention to detail. I like that. I never thought of Carlos, but yeah i like his playing. He is excellent, and he can read music too. He's pretty cool playing with Warren D. Good combination. Appreciate you letting us know
Dime was a master.I don't care what anyone says.I met him in 1985 at a club in Arlington.He came in to check my band out.He heard we did one of there songs c'mon eyes off of I am the night lp. He was such a nice guy genuine as you would ever know.Dime never knew a stranger.When you were around him he always made you feel like he had known you for years.Rare in the music business today to find an ordinary guy who just loved Music and loved his fans and was the biggest fan of Music then anyone I have ever known.I miss you my friend. I will always remember you and your kind words to me as a vocalist.what you said kept me going through the years.thanks for believing.R.I.P Dime
+Ezra Dendy he was influenced by ....then copied holt and satriani ...who wasn't influenced by EVH and RR....that's why he changed cause everyone sounds like this in 1985
Mark Ludik I don't know man, I think a good grasp of theory comes with good technical playing, like perfecting modes etc and when you master that shit you're never stuck creatively, they go hand in hand... And I'm not being a guitar snob either, I didn't bother with theory for years and would have relied more on instinct and creativity.
I agree. other than its good to be technical as well. but, creativity and style are the most important at first. although unless you can perfect your style and creativity its pretty much useless hence the need to be technical. I kow that's kinda what you meant... im not trolling lol.
Ashhrefhkookncswejjbdeuknvkprwxc w im 17 rn i got 4 months to learn how to play like dime lmao been playing for two yrs and playing about 6hrs aday not my own stuff but some of my favorites songs
@@neonknight-1522 literally like the ads it's a slow boring ass process. I had to commit hours of my time to get what I want and I can play half as good in 4 months. just practice. practice practice. buy a kramer Beretta special for $156 and a thr ll amp for $200 and boom you got 80s presets with chorus reverb phase delay. it's perfect. the rest is just you. yes I practiced hours. literal hours of my life. (played for 1 month, gave up . to hard......came nacl a year later with a new guitar clasic vibe squire. quarintine came in. it was a calling as it felt to practice)I have not seen light. quarintine helped me focus to what I want. and it is music
Dream with a guitar in your hands then, that’s the only way to get to where he got, although he was far above what even a lot of the other “greats” were/are, but don’t let that discourage you. Just practice and you will find your voice/way in time
Best advice for aspiring guitar players coming from mister Dimebag : "Learn one new riff, technique, scale or anything else every day. That's 365 riffs or scales or techniques ina year." This way you develop a large guutar "vocabulary". Practice makes perfect but always practicing the same thing is like being the best at saying ONE word.
Thats great advice, but i feel like it only applies to people with the ability to learn that much. It takes me months to learn a song. Takes me weeks to get a scale down. And usually i end up forgetting something along the way 😅
@@plack_benis382 Same, one thing I do take from that though is don't spend your time learning the hardest shit possible. Instead learn a lot of the easier things you like then work your way to harder stuff
@@plack_benis382 - The more you work at it, the faster it will get. I can't say it gets any easier, but you will learn faster as you gain skill and dexterity. That is assuming you are practicing correctly.
Does there actually exist even one person that does not love Diamond/Dimebag Darrell Abbott? I mean the dude was an absolute legend and did so much for the world of heavy metal and just music in general. Even people who aren't metal fans would see him play and be captivated by his music or at the very least impressed, not to mention he just seemed like a genuine guy who loved music and playing guitar. Thankfully legends never die and his short time here will not be forgotten.
@Tushar Sharma "better" is definitely subjective but as far as pure skill is concerned, i guarantee Dime could play ANYTHING Gilbert could but Gilbert could not cut heads with Dime on a skill level.
When I lived in New Orleans, a friend of mine who is a fantastic drummer, but wanted to learn guitar, actually met Dime in a music store there. He was just noodling around with different guitars, and hanging out with the young people , showing them playing tricks for free, and having a good time. He even waited at the store while some of the people ran home and got their guitars for him to autograph. Talk about a fantastic guy. R.I.P. Dime. Truly one of a kind.
RIP to my favourite guitar player of ALL time! He started playing at 12 & 4 years later when he was 16 he was banned from entering any local guitar competitions in his area because he was so good that nobody else had a chance! 4 years people!
He builds phrases, puts tensions, in and out of scale as he pleases. No boundaries in his creativity, that's for sure. That sense of ripping melody apart made his solos even better and tighter.
he had only been playing for about 4 - 5 years at this point. ive been playing for about the same amount of time now and it is still just as mind blowing to watch as on day one.
["my level of hope is probably far beyond the sun and will cause some sort of an eruption someday"] THAT IS FUCKING RIGHTEOUS MAN. I HOPE I'M HERE FOR THAT ERUPTION SON.
Dime not only spent a lot of time absorbing Randy and Eddie. He actually went on and played every single chance he and Vinnie had. On top of that, his dad had a studio and some of the hottest country players went to record there and he would be there and watch everything front row. Sometimes his dad would introduce him to them and said "you know, my kid wants to play guitar too when he grows up. Show him something cool" and they'd look at him condescendingly and say "sure". Then play something nice but simple which Dime would go and play immediately back at them, and then they'd go "oh, that's nice! But betcha you can't play this!" and then play some really scary lick! He'd then go and lock himself to play until he nailed it! No wonder he was such a master, 'cause he never lost his sense of wonder and his deep appreciation for music in general and all kinds of players. He just kept absorbing stuff and making it into his own thing
interesting... I always thought there was something to his playing that went beyond the halen rhoads etc influences.... almost like a metal SRV, maybe not so much at the time of this video but years later, its like all guitarists from Texas no matter the style always have a little country/blues influence in there...
I met Dime and had a beer with him and he was just a down to earth and cool guy with no ego but he had a great sense of humor and would help anyone that needed anything he is sorely missed.
He used to pull even more advanced stuff off later on before they became big. One of the big attractions for seeing them live back in the Dallas club scene was when he'd go from speed to technical etc live. R.I.P. Brother!
dime reminds me of Jake e. Lee here...this shows dime was a metal prodigy at such a young age!! Ozzys tribute album from 1987 for Randy Rhoads,...dime here is playing a few riffs from Randy's live solo...dime must of had a bootleg that had Randy's spotlight solo on it cause this was 84. tributes 87.… bootlegs were rare back then
The Van Halen and Rhodes influence is plainly there since at this recording he is only 18 years old. Interesting to listen his development over the following years to really appreciate just how great this guys was...he absolutely came into his own and just really grew as a player and a musician into one of THE greats of metal !!
Dude was only 18 blending the styles of many different great guitarists to then creating his own unique style still blowing people away to this day, a true legend
Back then you had to WORK to learn guitar licks....There was no internet...No Tab...No You Tube Videos to show you every note and where on the guitar neck it was played. You had to place a record needle on a record or sit hitting rewind on a tape player or go see the band live. I saw him play these solos MANY times during this period. He was such a fan of great guitarists and he paid the highest honor to them in his solos. MUCH RESPECT. RIP Darrell Abbott you were a great one!!!!
Dimebag lives forever through us and now through our children:) I'm so proud when I hear my boy rocking out to my pantera cd's and I'm sure his children will rock out to dime and the boys too! R.I.P dime thanks for being a part of the best memories of my life! \m/
So many comments talking about what he was playing that sounded like (enter artist here). So f'ing what! Do you clowns think people like Hendrix, EVH, Rhoads, etc., didn't have influences that shaped them in their early years? What I see here is an 18 year old that was far more talented than his age would suggest. I know what I sounded like at 18. Nowhere near this level. I'm amazed at how well he played at this age. There's a reason people like Dime were successful and also why the clowns posting garbage here dissing him haven't done shiite...
I mean he doesn’t just “sound like” some of these guys. He’s playing their exact riffs and playing tribute. For example He plays the Revelation Mother Earth solo by Randy Rhoads and also a part of his his life solo spot (which he would only have been able to hear ok bootlegs or maybe he went to the shows and just remembered it). He was a huge fan and was playing stuff that inspired him.
A wink and a nod to Carlos Cavazo, Quiet Riot/Battle Axe.. Damn I miss these monsters. This is what made real Guitar heros, and inspired so many kids to go woodshed. Love it. RIP Dime.
He was cutting edge for 1984 here. As I guy who was a teen who regularly bought Guitar Player magazine in the 1980’s, I can’t believe this guy wasn’t already a know quantity back then. He already was way beyond most players already at this time.
Brutal confidence! The dexterity is there, but the originality and depth of riffs were to come later. He sounds like he's channeling Rhodes and Van Halen in equal parts, and has a pretty "brown" sound. Barely recognize him without the goatee! I too miss Dime.
+Fernando Dornelles Take 18 months and dedicate yourself to the guitar completely. Every day with the metronome until it's your best friend lol. You need to practice smart, so make sure you have proper technique with BOTH hands first. Without it, you'll be wasting your time. Either way, good luck to you.
+Fernando Dornelles It is incredible watching him at this age. At 18 he was already a better guitarist than many guys can ever hope to be. Just goes to show how skilled he was.
Dimes dad taught him the basics and Dime literally locked himself in his room for one summer and came out playing like this. True Story. He was a Phenom.
Thanks for sharing this! Just ran across this! EVH loved him! That's why the Bumble Bee guitar is buried with him! Also a little EVH influence in this solo. Dimebag was an original!
Anybody else dumbfounded when you hear the story goes... As told by Rex.... Dime sucked back in the day when they were jamming, then Dime locked himself away in his room for 6 months or so... Then comes out like an absolute BEAST. UNFUCKING REAL. R. I. P legend, and brother Vince. 🤘🤘
I read years ago about him winning so many guitar contests that they finally 'banned' him a long time ago but never saw any early footage like this. Thank you for posting. RIP, Darrell.
Usually when I see shredders I'm just like meh nothing I haven't seen before. But THIS HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!! Every not just compliments the one before and after.
***** If I'm not mistaken, there were a lot off Bootlegs from those old Ozzy shows before the Tribute album even came out so maybe that's how he got that stuff down.
Born and raised in Dallas/Arlington Texas. Met , hung out with this dude and turned me into a prodigy on guitar. I gave it up but I'm back on it off and on. I really don't listen to music anymore but when I do it's immediately Darrel or Zakk. In this river indeed.
i dont understand it when girls in my class refer to people like jb or bands like 1d talented and say metal is shit - this just frustrates me knowing how hard it is to play a solo this fast and keep it up for so long ughhh sometimes i wish i was born 30ish years ago.
IwishIwasApanda Derp i agree with people alot of modern artist being quite talentless, though I don't know if I would rather have all of these videos to watch but not experience them or only have gone to a couple of gigs but seen them live. You tell me what you think I can't really decide.
Couldn't agree with you more. The girls in your class are narrow-minded sheep. You have a better taste in music. So many metal musicians write and play their own songs all by themselves.
Wow - I am blown away with Darell Diamond bag - I didn't even know he was around - myself MR Spady ---- DRS ---- blows me away - the next Randy Roads -------- I Salute you ----- RESPECT ------ Forever !!!!
Tone and skill as big as the hair! Miss you Dime, thanks for EVERYTHING. Hope you and Vinny are back together tearing ass! See you in Valhalla my brothers.
I miss dime every day!! There is no other guitarist that compares imo! Always has been and will continue to be my favorite guitarist! I proudly have my Washburn 333 dimebolt hanging on my wall.
So technically when the gods feel like amusing themselves. They create humans like this and give em a hint of their powers. That's how artists like this come to be. True story. It's science. :-)
At 3:40 Darrell used to call that "the Russian thing". One of my favorite things he used to play back in the early days of Pantera. I don't think he ever had an ending for it, it always just turned into a jam.
In the very early eighties I rubbed elbows a bit with fellow musicians Pantera when they played shows like this. While I'm not their biggest fan, my recollections and perspective may be interesting to big fans because I breathed the same air in the same room as they did while shedding their glam-rock cocoon and transforming into those celebrated cowboys from Hell. The video footage here must've been shot at Savvy's, a nightclub owned by the band Savvy located just after Division in Arlington crosses 30 and turns into Lancaster in Ft. Worth. I used to go to weeknight gigs there all the time and see Darrell (he was still Diamond then) doing exactly what he's doing here. All the top guitarists in town would study Darrell during this particular showcase solo number in their act, seated reverently in chairs lined up in front of the stage, their arms crossed, lips pursed and jaws tight. I'd ask some of them that I knew from the circuit what the big deal was about Darrell. They said he was a wizard or God or something equally absurd. I razzed them, telling them he sounded like Eddie on a slow night to me. The reactions on their faces would be as hilarious as their body language, just sitting there ignoring their girlfriends and eyeing this skinny young guitarist onstage. Since this was ten years before Cowboys From Hell let me explain my attitude before someone wigs and starts hating on me, telling me I don't know what I'm talking about and calling me names. I'm a little older than Pantera and had been in bands long before them. The first I heard of them was one afternoon when I visited Jerry Hudson at Pantego Sound and met a Capitol Records A&R guy there (he gave me his card). Hudson ran sound around the circuit and engineered some at the little Pantego studio; he told me that both the owner's sons were in Pantera. Since I lived in Arlington too I started seeing Pantera around town about that time. It was tough to take them seriously, they just seemed like kids to me. Pantera's heroes were Kiss (definitely uncool with sixties rockers like me) and they had big hair and wore makeup and Spandex and doctor's scrubs and came across like a living MTV video. They were almost laughable. But they weren't, and I had to respect them because they were rockers cut from the same cloth as me. I'd've been a shallow cynic not to have that respect. Some of Pantera's metal material rocks me although not most of it. Anselmo's hardcore vocals and Dime's detuned guitar are music to millions of ears, but not to my two. I prefer more melody and less distortion in my rock, like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. What impressed me more about Pantera than their music was when Darrell turned down the gig with Megadeth if Vince couldn't be in the band too. Fuck, that revealed serious integrity. I'd heard of Megadeth, you didn't blow off a band that big. Telling Mustaine no dice was just THE most kickass thing to do. Sometime after the Abbotts became Dime & Vinnie they opened the Tattoo Bar in Arlington, not far from Savvy's and on the same side of the street. For many years up-and-coming metal bands played there and occasionally Gasoline would show up and play some Kiss, AC/DC and Halen. If you don't know who Gasoline was I'll bet you can guess real easy. For Pantera to give back to the metal community by investing their own coin into a venue where young untried groups could bring their jam to a paying crowd was righteous (and just THE most kickass thing to do). That's more than integrity, it's class. The last time I saw Dime play was with Damageplan about six weeks before he was murdered. The last time I bumped into him was at Baby Dolls on West Division right after the Dallas Stars won the Cup. Dime staggered in from the victory parade in a Stars' jersey and his face painted green and black. I recognized him before any of the strippers did, he looked wasted and I walked past him without speaking and left. I regret that. The last time I saw Rex was about ten years ago when he sat in with the Party Crashers at Coyote's on North Collins in Arlington. The last time I saw Vinnie was less than a year ago in The Clubhouse (a nude joint in Dallas housing a lot of Pantera memorabilia). When I walked over to his table his bodyguard tried to body block me then Vinnie pretended he didn't remember me when I mentioned the Rock Haven, a lawless, dangerous club on the county line in Grand Prairie where Pantera used to play in their glam days. No sour grapes about that, it takes a whole lot more than Vince Abbott acting like he just had a brain fart to spoil my day; honestly, I'd pay more attention to a naked teenage girl in my lap than one of my old drumming competitors any night of the week too. Savvy's, the Tattoo Bar, Baby Dolls on West Division, Coyote's, the Rock Haven, Pantera and Damageplan are no more. Only the Clubhouse is still around. Talk about irony.
+FrozenExplosion Pantera came from my hometown, they gave Arlington some serious local pride and I'm proud of the guys. Do I know any stories, yeah, but none that I'll repeat if it puts the band or any band member in a negative light. Vince always struck me as the wise old man of the group even though he was only a few years older than his brother and Phil. In bands, like in real life, people tend to fall into one of two categories: those who are content to just kick back and be one of the crowd; or those who make a lot of noise to draw attention to themselves. Vince definitely fit in the first category. Sure, he made some noise but that's in the fuckin' job title, he'd sit on the sideline a lot too, just watching, taking people's measure by how they acted.
+DAGDRUM5 I've met Vinnie a few times. Pretty cool guy. Never got to meet Dime though, sadly. I did get to see him at a show in Dallas though when I was 6. Mom did a great job on that. Can't really recall most of the concert, but I do remember thinking to myself, 'I wanna play like that someday.' He's the reason I started playing guitar. I'm not that great at the moment and I know I'll never be as great as him, but I'm gonna keep at it as best as I can just in memory of the dude.
Dude!!! I've been looking for this solosince forever!!! There's a studio version that i downloaded back in the limewire days and have not heard it since
Lol same here man just found it today I saw a picture of the guitar and his outfit then searched and finally found it...there's a few special parts here...brings me right back to like 16 years ago when I was just learning and I never gave it up now I'm sick with it RIP DIME
