When this song came out, I was a drummer, a young teen, an idiot. My friend was a very good guitarist, and we did our best to play this, far beyond the sun, red hot, etc. I love Dokken and George so very much. ❤❤❤
I like how when he demonstrates the song at full speed at the end, he adds so much stuff that it sounds completely different XD. Shows that he is a brilliant improvizer. this guy can play!
Hahahahahahha Teaches you how to play and he seemed somewhat mortal. Show mode clicks in and he's on another planet! Eddie was an icon and a legend, God rest him. George belongs in the same league. He's truly a once in a lifetime great musician.
84 was the beginning of what turned out to be an amazing 6 year run in rock, metal and thrash. This album and the experiences I went through during that time will always be fond ones. If I had the chance, I would rewind back to this time and do it all over again.
Lots of guitarists can play each others music, HOWEVER you'd be hard pressed to find many that can play George. Simply rare bird. I knew he was the man when i was in high school in late 80's and i have not changed my thoughts. Unreal talent. i would need a year just to figure out the fills only in his songs and solo's.
How it should be Why would you want to perfectly emulate someones style. It can be a good skill to have but ive always had less respect for players who turn them selves into clones. Theres an art in trying to add your own way of playing
Can't really play it, because he improvises his own stuff...all of the time. He's just lucky on hitting the right notes. He's even said that. Good for him!
Everyone always talks about EVH when discussing top guitarists of the 80's, and it's well deserved, but I've always been more impressed by George. He's simply amazing.
They came from very different guitarist DNA, with George being more from the Jeff Beck and Hendrix line. Both are fantastic. George was always my favorite, although I never really thought to compare him to anyone else.
Both very idiosyncratic players. I’m a bit more tempted to put Eddie in a category unto his own, but George is right behind him and miles ahead of the other contemporaries in the hair scene. Who came close? Yngwie probably a better strict picker, but George is far more versatile and in my opinion a better writer. Besides them, maybe Jake E. Lee and Vito Bratta are in contention for “best.” But I like them all in their own way.
I got to see him in a rock bar -- I was leaning up against the stage -- right in front of him -- Daammmm.........of course I start my usual ((panhandling for guitar picks)) and sure enough I got a pick .......but he was right there shredding in our faces and gave his pick away and kept playing without a pick -- and someone handed him a quarter and he grabbed it and continued to shred away.....and he went to hand that quarter back and I was almost about to snag it and some little hand came outta nowhere and snatched it. !!!
George is my favorite guitarist he has his own sound and style of play he was an innovator created his own style of guitars when you hear George play you know it's him 🎸👊
Some players might be faster or whatever but this guy just sounds good! Whenever I’m having a cold one, Dokken and George’s playing are what I’ve got playing!!
Such a huge influence on my playing when I was younger and still to this day. King of the pinch harmonic. I spent hours fumbling my way through his riffs trying to figure out how to emulate his signature sound. Mr. Scary, Kiss of Death, In My Dreams... man that was the good stuff.
I've seen George talk about not having as much music theory as alot of players. And ive see him looking of feeling less than other players. GEORGE. You fucking rock. You made it. And wrote music that's a part of people forever and then some. You're all heart, articulate, precious and your attack in incredible. You've done more and will be remembered for as long as there are people. And maybe a few armadillos. Love you George. You rock!!
i cant imagine dokken without george lynch. like Ratt without DeMartini ...RIP robbin ...bur warren was the sound of the band musicwise ....jake e lee was good but warren was even better
GOD like. A most fantastic human being and guitarist. I wonder what it felt like being the interviewer sitting there in Lynch's presence while he demonstrated and broke down the song. My absolute favorite guitarist of all time. A great blend of old and new back in the day and, even to this day.
Toured with him in Spain in 2008 as part of his backing band, u know ur doing it right when George lynch walks over to u mid song and says “ you take the solo bud”
George will always be a guitar hero and he shows his passion and technical knowledge on songs from 30 years past. So cool and humble of a player but he can' help but shred it once he's warmed up. LOL! Bonus to have Ray Luzier on the drums and James Lomenzo on bass here too!
I love how George doesn't even remember his own song (he is showing the tapping part wrong). You can't be mad.....it's totally his personality and style to not worry about what he did decades ago (when he was probably completely wasted). He is such a brilliant improvisationist and if you watch his live concert stuff he routinely changes tons of the coolest stuff from his solos because the man just doesn't give a crap about anything but being in the moment. It's a shame because he put down some of the best solos ever in his recordings, but like I said, you can't be mad at the guy because that's just who he is.
That’s the beauty about music, you just can’t hammer it down because it’s constantly evolving. Same thing for Lynch here, every fibre of his being has completely changed since since the 80s. There are a lot of guitar players that evolve over the years and some that don’t. Bands like ACDC and Iron Maiden have been doing the same thing for over 40 years and there’s nothing wrong about that, but other player’s musical style do evolve beautifully like Jeff Beck.
@@WarinTbone Yeah, i miss seeing those brilliant solos he constructed in the studio (Into The Fire is one of my favorites ever), but you have to respect that his opinion is to pay tribute to his past, but always evolve. The thing that is amazing to me is how little distortion he plays with at this point (giving him far more dynamic control) and still manages to sound like himself. Just a GREAT player....
Never. Gets. Old. 15:43 Play over backing tracks 19:37 Fully Assembled I don't give a rat's ass what anybody has to say. George Lynch and Dokken were THE best band of the 80s .. and their music remains timeless. No one can hold a candle to George Lynch's guitar virtuosity. His precision and skill is unsurpassed. I had the tremendous opportunity to meet George, listen to him interview, and watch him play on a small stage in a Mars Music store, many years ago. I brought a copy of an 80s Rock magazine with him on the cover, which he then autographed. And he, himself, was shredded, clearly lifting and fitness training. CHAMP all around.
IMHO, his playing got even better when he formed TLM. I can pick out stuff on those 2 records where he soars. He's playing with more technique and confidence than in Dokken. Maybe it's Max Norman's production.
I heard and read in magazine articles that Randy Rhoads was very impressed and admired George Lynch's guitar playing!!! More so than Eddie Van Halen 's!!! Which I found very shocking!!! I love that early 80s era of lead guitarists!!! Or should I say guitar shredders and guitar hero's!!!😊☺😊☺😄😊🎸🎸🎸 It's what inspired me to take up and learn the guitar as a teenager and start my own Rock band!!! I managed to play in a real cool band when I was an adult in Phoenix Arizona !!! "THE VISITORS"!!! as we where known in town!!! Those were really good times for me!!! (1991-2003) Although we did not hit the big time we played at a lot of bars and night clubs and managed to produce a CD album!!!(DIY)☺☺😊☺😊🎼🎶🎼🎶🎼🎸🎸🎸 And I ended up playing Bass instead of guitar during my professional period. Kind of ironic!!! L.O.L!!!! Those were good and fun times for me!!!😊😄😊☺😊😄😎😇😈😊
That last clip with Lynch Mob was awesome. I saw them play at the Whiskey in LA a week before Wicked was released. Was so cool to see a better version of Dokken. lol Oni as a frontman to George was a nice combo while it lasted.
"Wow!!! The tune sounds like a blues song when George plays the riff slow!!!" I bet it was a blues song and George put the 80s Metal stamp on it!!! ( pedal tones, hammer ons and finger tapping and whammy bar antics)!!!☺😊☺😊☺🎸🎸🎸🎼🎹🎼🎶🎼🎶🎶🎶🎹🎼🎸🎸🎷🎸
Love the section starting right around 13 min mark. Actually love the entire song...one of my all time favorite songs...ridiculous playing...the phrasing and feel it crazy cool.
i didn't understand it at the time because I was fascinated by the speed of the phrases, but when I played it slowly I realized that it was blues and came from jazz. This tempo feels good. I was a guitar kid in the 80s In this day and age, we would be grateful for an explanation from the person himself. At that time, after Van Halen, right hand tapping was becoming more and more advanced. Akira Takasaki of Loudness was crazy in Japan
Tooth and Nail is a definite top 10 album for me in metal. George's tone and technique were so damn great. It's one of the very few albums from that era that I will happily listen to at top volume whereas so many bands from then sound outdated today.
Playing aside, I think this type of instructional video for other guitarists highlights just how many working parts a song needs. I know that for myself I can come up with a groove or a riff, but where I have never been able to put it all together is with combining multiple riffs and multiple grooves into one finished song. I think the subtleness of the many pieces together becoming one is an often overlooked difference between a hobbyist and a professional, as most hobbyists probably have the skill set if they put in the time. It takes very detailed song breakdowns like these to really understand how much goes into the process.
George beat the snot out of that guitar. Having seen George with Dokken and recently with Lynch Mob - I can say without a doubt that he has not lost a step. Get out and see him on tour. \m/
I always know when a record is trash when Rolling Stone praises it and when they dunk on it, it's probably the greatest music I've ever heard. This is true literally 100% of the time.
No. He's the most sloppy professional guitarist. Way behind the real shredders. George is unique and wrote a few awesome songs. but he is NOT a good guitarist technically. In fact he's overrated.
@@mantelmann13 It was a stupid question to want to hear some of your stuff. We both know it's not world-class like Lynch. Furthermore, you were making assertions which is stating your opinion as factual evidence - that's not inviting debate. That's just a smug, supercillious, insecure contrarian that thinks his limited knowledge of professional music actually has some merit. There is indeed nothing to debate.
