Randy Rhoads last solo 3/18/82 soundboard recording! 

Very true ! I see kids learning EVH stuff,I wish they would discover Randy and have him as their influence!

Also saddens me the most...

Just horrible 😞 He was the best and was just getting started

😢

I had the privilege of meeting Randy in November 1981, we can only try to imagine what could have been.

I know! Makes it all the more tragic…..

Agree!

@@mattgyure8420 seriously

@@mattgyure8420 ...and still teaching to this day...

I agree 100%. So unique and amazing RIP 🙏

But you still managed to misspell his name twice. Once, okay maybe....but 2X. smmfh. I saw Randy on 9/11/81, had a ticket for Sunday March 21, 1982, and did not attend. Randy Rhoads deserves better, CF. Come on, Brother, fix that.

InstaBlaster.

And I say this with NO disrespect or Troll-factor as I love Eddie too, but even as awesome as Eddie was/is, Randy will always be my favorite Rock guitarist of all time. It's not even close.

Remember the day he died ! Totally shocked ! Actually cried ! What a sad day for the Rock World !

I count myself lucky, too. I never got to see Cliff Burton play but at least I can say I saw RR twice before he was taken from us.

@@ericwalker8636 I caught Cliff on the Ride the lightening tour here in Vancouver. My gf and I were standing in front on his side. They had beer in plastic cups on the stage and he handed two down to us. I got one good swig and ended up wearing the rest 😂😂 We met him briefly after the show. Really nice dude. Sadly, he ended up dating a girl we knew and was seeing her when he was killed. I got the call from a mutual friend before it went public. It was an awful time. These guys were so young and both died in such shitty stupid accidents. Its really sad

I got to see RR's last gig, and was also blessed to get to see Bon Scott with AC/DC 3 X! Ironically, the first time I saw AC/DC, UFO co-headlined (with Michael Schenker on guitar!)....and on the night of RR's final show, UFO opened for Ozzy!

🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾Saw him on the Diary of a Madman tour.. Almost didn’t go, a friend of mine said. DON”T MISS SEEING THIS GUY RANDY RHOADS...

@@ericwalker8636 Thats even better

I was there too brother. Totally devasted the next day.

@@mojodojo5533 I had a paper route , I went out to pick up my newspapers to deliver, with my mind still blown from watching randy play , and the headlines on the knox news sentinel said ,, rock guitarist killed in plane crash , and I was crushed dis belief , it was unbelievable I was 16 at the time.

@@kingfish3066 Disbelief was exactly how I felt. I went to the show with my best friend at the time and we were Ozzy and Randy fanatics. Got in line early and ran for the front row barricade as soon as they let us in. Those were the days of festival seating, standing actually. Unreal show. I remember feeling like throwing up when I heard the news. Took a long time to get over that. And even longer to realize what a historical show we witnessed.

My older brother saw him on the last tour in KY or OH, and still describes it as "otherworldly." I was only 10, so my mother wouldn't let me go... I still need to slap her for that.

Uh...randy passed in March '82

For sure . . dragon slayer .. to the max. St. Randy the dragon slayer. In Spandex. With a cigarette in his moth. All 5'-7"/ 105# while "slaying" Sharon. Haul them off on ox carts.

"Slightly built" according to Sharon. She seems to prefer slightly slayers . . .

Yep, meek, mild and humble but when he touches a guitar he was a gigantic monster amongst children.

Angus Young is like 5' 02".

@@TheGunnCat Yeah. But he's angus. He's also still around? What next, Dio was 5'2"'? Stop the dopey comparisons.

but then he might be a junkie now .. (or vito beretta, just a hermit.) its fine. he lives in those of us that love him and never forgot.

@@jeffreybrocato4665 exaclty sad fucking death but amazing fucking guitar player wow

I don’t think he ever got on the plane, himself. I think he was sleeping and ozzy put him on plane asleep and told pilot to take him up. Pilot took off randy wakes up PISSED, thats why and when the struggle started and may have caused the accident? You all prob don’t know randy told ozzy the day before accident he was Quitting the band at end of tour, and wanted the go home and be a classical guitar player. This all happened around the same time Sharon hooked up with randy and ozzy was not happy about it. Ozzy also punched randy the day before accident. When you jump down this rabbit hole be prepared...................

@@jacobrivera8821 F F F, I said Big Mac not a Fillet, F F F.

me too mate ,wonder what he would be doing now .??

There can be only one. Randy was the one.

Basically yep

Amen brother

@@timmywarren3996 Amen

Sharon knows she’s sitting on my dope, thanks babe

Are you sure he wasn't talking about EVH?? Randy wasn't really re-inventing the wheel there he just ripped and had monstrous live tone.

@@Polentaccio thats bullshit because Mr. Crowleys solos are insane and his solo in crazy train is catchy as hell.

That is very deep! I like it, it's more then just saying he was a great guitarist, he was a lot more then that! Very nice.

Steve Vai told me Randy has done things on guitar that no one has ever done or will do! LoL Randy popped my cherry being my very 1st concert at 13 years old on Diary of a Madman Tour mid February 1982 and he used his new black Jackson on Paranoid and rarely used Black Les Paul on Children of the Grave! I can tell you one thing I've seen 1000s of concerts since no one can tie his shoe in talent. He's up in heaven giving Hendrix and Dimebag lessons right now Happy Birthday Randy Dec 4th

@@jerich8595 damn you actually got to see Randy Live? Every post ive read said they havent seen another concert like Randys. Im 23 years old and I cant even fathom that lol. Randy seems like a Wizard to me and I keep forgetting that some people who are still here today actually saw him in real life hahah.

Your welcome!

Very nice.

I had the Tribute book of tablature in 1987 and I was only playing for 3 yrs. That helped me alot and learning to play Dee is priceless.

Nice! This was pure melody. Now go learn the riff in Children of Grave.

Seriously one of the most beautiful guitar parts ever created. Kudos to you for keeping his memory alive by playing this.

I'm glad Randy still has a great influence on guitar players over 40 years after he has passed. I miss him still, he was my neighbor and guitar teacher. I will always be grateful that I had the time I did with him . He was nice, patient, and a great guitar player! I wish I was a little older and actually realized how lucky I was! I still listen to the tapes and play the tabs still ,I pick up things he was trying to show me !

yeah i hear ya might take me a life time to play diary of a madman but the chords are so beautiful i have to learn it and its playing in my head. Only Randy could mix classical music and rock so smoothly together but there are alot of greats out there but he just stands out . I like Yngwie malmsteen too and Alexi laiho rip they add classical music too

I count myself blessed growing up next to him and take lessons from him! I really miss him,but will always keep his name out there!

That is what Tony Iommi said to me when I asked him about what he thought about Randy when he first heard him . Tony said it made him want to be better! So ,Randy had a big influence on a lot of people in his short career !

@@MichaelDouglasSkewesHe sure did. Without RR, EVH, and Tony i would have never want to play guitar. 🎸

That's great ! That why I am posting all my shows, so people won't forget Randy. He was my neighbor and teacher .It was exciting to see him get famous and people were just starting to see what he would do, plus he was growing in huge leaps as he toured with ozzy! I still miss him. He was great!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes Oh man thats so Awesome im telling ya I don't care what anybody says Randy is 1 of the GREATEST EVER PERIOD THE END...and it would have been unbelievable to be taught by him.. Can you imagine what Music he would have come up with if he lived longer... Keep posting your videos buddy Young kids need to learn About Him and not forget him

Yo yo brother, my 1st two concerts were Ozzy on Blizzard and Diary of a Madman in California, long Beach Arena with Motorhead opening, and at the fabulous LA Forum. Both concerts were absolutely awesome!!!

Very cool! This solo is actually from 1/15/82 , I have posted the whole show ,you can look it up, it's a good show,Randy is great as usual ! Randy was my neighbor and I took guitar lessons from him for about 2 years, and he was a good friend,I put these out to keep his name out there ,I promised his Mom I would! I have every show with Ozzy recorded ,and about 12 soundboard recordings! So ,check out my other shows I posted and I have a Facebook page called Eternal Rhoads ,so I do what I can for my friend. I was very lucky my parents decided to move where the did!

here is a link to the full show-ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wWADcedFN1E.html

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes why can't I find king biscuit flower hour "suicide Solution " anywhere? Do you have that recording?

@@williamfabiano543 I have a great recording of it! They use to sell it on Vinyl ,I have it straight from that ,sounds great! I thought it was posted already?

Yep. That solo was hauntingly disturbing what he pulled off. Amazing!!

I think about him every day! It is weird ! I had known Randy since I was 11 and then took lessons when I was 12 until he left,but it seems like I had known him my whole life! But it was just about 7 or 8 years! I'm glad I knew him!

Yes, You were very lucky to see him! I grew up with Randy as my neighbour, and being a dumb kid,I didn't start taking lessons from him until I was about 12 ! I just thought , yeah heck that guitar player in that club band Quiet Riot, but besides just running into him and talking ,I was actually taking lessons from someone else,until my friend Brent, kept telling me to go talk with him about guitar lessons. So I did and took them until he left For Ozzy. I saw him once in Quiet Riot, and didnt like the band. But when i saw him playing with me while giving lessons,i knew he had it n him to be a great guitarist! When I first heard the Blizzard album I was stunned! I couldn't believe how great he was! And then seeing him about. 5 times with Ozzy, and the second album ,I knew he was going to be the next BIG thing! I have tons recordings and stuff from over 40 plus years! So I'm just putting out a few things

That’s Awsome! That’s what was cool about Randy that he was a teacher too I’ve been teaching for 30 years & I sill love it If you listen to my solo on this song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qsPhK0Ey-e4.html. You’ll actually here some Randy stuff. I learned a lot from his style of composing a “solo”

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes So cool to hear about randy like that :)

Yes they were... I'll never be able to explain that kind of awesome to my kids. The whole world was musical then. God blessed those days for sure!

He started on classical and intended on going back to it

That's why I keep putting this stuff out! He was my neighbor, he lived on Amherst and I was on Cypress. He was very nice and always so humble. I'm glad I took lessons from him, because I was taking lessons at Larry Larson's because t was 3 bucks less then Randy charged ,but my friend ,Brent ,kept telling me to switch to Randy, so I walked over to his house and talked to hi and he gave me a card and that was it, I started the next week. Anyway ,I was about 12 when I started and was friends with Randy and Delores .And that day I hear on the radio ,and then everything after he was gone ,I just promised his mom I would not let people forget. So ,I'm glad to hear stories and tell mine too! Randy was a great guitarist ,but a great person too!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes How cool. I lived a bit further away on Lamer. I went to John Muir, as I am sure you did.

Randy Rhoads Rules! Had that on my school notebook. Along with other bands. But Randy Rules! U R rigjt!

👍👍

Hendrix was the greatest ever!

@@chocolatecityoutlaw6258 Luv Hendrix Too!!!!

@@Mmdrums1 he was my neighbor and guitar teacher, and he didn't push anyone that didn't want to learn, but if you did ,he would help you to get the most out of your guitar playing ! There are things he tried teaching me at 13 that I just now am understanding! He lived guitar!

And while this sounds similar to another show... there’s still something different about this. Can’t quite place it.

you are welcome!

Even if it wasn't the last show , it's a killer solo! I have had all these tapes that I digitized, and was gonna post every show, I'm only missing 4 shows! I Knew Randy ,he was my neighbor and I took lessons from him in 78 until he left for Ozzy. I know a ton of people and in 82 and 83 I started collecting recordings ,because I didn't want him to be forgotten! I have posted about 20 shows 3 great quality ,like this soundboard. Every tape had a date,that is all,so no one knows for sure except for the very few shows ozzy knew where he was. But I get so much negative crap, like this is not the last one, who cares! It is a great recording and people need to mellow out .All of these Randy expert sites are run by people who were not even alive or didn't know him. I talk to Rudy and Bob Daisley still,I go by what they say! I think people should just enjoy whatever it is !!!! That is the whole point,that is why I stopped putting anything else up.

In 1981/2 NOBODY was shredding like this! EVH was doing his tapping ,and he was great,BUT Randy was bringing a whole new way of playing guitar! Lynch,Lee, all these Guys on the strip would just copy each other! George Lynch would just jump on any trend that was happening! And he had hair like qa 12 year old boy! Just that eight there lost him gigs! He is lucky Don Dorkken didn't care! OOpps ,this is about Randy! I was so happy for him when everything started to take off!

Randy Rhoads is a legend! I was 12 when I started taking lessons from him, but I was lucky enough to have him a neighbor, so he was also a friend! What he did on the 2 Ozzy albums was amazing! I was shocked when he gave me a cassette of the Blizzard album, it was so different and like he turned into a legend, after 1 record, I don't really count the 2 Quiet Riot albums ,but he did learn important recoding techniques that would help him, like double or triple tracking his leads and rhythm parts! I still miss him. I just pretend that he is still on tour somewhere!

How is it going?

Rhoads!!

I still remember exactly where I was ,it was unbelievable ,until the funeral ,then it was real. I still miss talking to him.

It says what show it's actually from in the description, but the title is getting way more hits then if I said it's from a show in January! But hey,it's a cool solo! I'm glad you like it! Go listen to the entire show ,I posted it a while ago on RU-vid!

I was front row center balcony myself as well. Killer show. Drove from Townsend Tn.

Ace Frehley has been doing that since before he was in KISS! I took lessons from Randy and lived by him . That was a cool thing . Anyway ,Randy was just starting to get into his own ,I remember thinking he was going to be huge! I'm glad you like this. Check out the Soundboard recordings I posted ,Kalamazoo Mi. is a great one!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes Thanks, I will. I'd forgotten about Ace doing that too! I think I just liked it from Randy better because his guitar was always on the verge of wild feedback and it just grabbed me more.

He was really getting into Classical guitar by79. I don't know of any place in Burbank he only taught Guitar at Musonia in North Hollywood ,he lived in Burbank just down the street from me. that is how I started taking lessons from him from78 to 79 until he left for Ozzy, It's been years so she is probably just confused . Anyway, he would have been an even more amazing guitarist! He was already working on things that no one had even thought of doing! Yngvie is a huge fan of Randy. I really wish he would have been able to do what he was planning on! It would have been Amazing!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes So long ago...My ex sd she took the lessons in Burbank but yes confused. My ex was studying classical guitar. Her name is Kim Westervelt. Did you know her? Same year as you 79. Everyone knew Randy would've been known for classical guitar if he lived 100yrs ago. She always said he had instinctive skills that only a gifted classical player knows. I believe if he'd lived a full life his transition from insane shredder to Son of Segovia would've happened.

I assume youre referring to "The Jam"

You are VERY welcome ! That is what I like to hear, thank you!

You are welcome I will. I have several full shows posted,I have all the shows Randy played with Ozzy!

Your welcome.

I got RR tattoo on my hand when I was about 14. I'm 50 and I still love Randy. I knew he was the best at a young age. I still haven't changed my mind about who the greatest is. He may be gone, but he still holds the title on #1 !!!!!!

You listened to metal history

@@paulhabat6338 yes I did and I’m glad to be a part of it

That was nice. I was 12 when my friend Brent ,he goes by Brent Woods now,he's playing with Sabastian Bach and was in Vince Niels band and on his second solo album, anyway ,we both played guitar ,I took lesson from some Jazz guitarist in Glendale, I lived and grew up in Burbank California, so my friend was playing his guitar and I asked him,why are you so much better then me? He said it was probably his guitars teacher, Randy Rhoads, I asked where he was ,he said just a couple blocks away. So we rode our bikes over to his house, my friend d said, he needs to take lessons from you! I just stood there, I knew he was in a band ,but the stuff I heard I didn't really like, I know this sounds crazy,but, that's how I first met him. So we talked about what I wanted to learn and he gave me his card and told me to call his mom and set up some lessons. So,I called ,and he was charging 2 dollars more then the guy I was with, so I said I had to thi k a out it. So,my friend Brent said it would be worth it if I wanted to learn how to play hard rock ,or metal,but this was 1978 ,so I started taking lessons and he was great! I learned a lot from him,not just how to play ,but they had a thing where the guitar students and bass and drummers,the more advanced ones,would all get together and we would learn how to play in a band! Nobody was doing this,it really helped me out when I started playing. Anyway,he was a great friend and I was happy for him when he started to get popular with Ozzy,Randy hated Black Sabbath ,and I remember when he got the gig ,he wasn't really happy,but his mom said it would help him meet people in the business, because he wanted out of Quiet Riot, and he saw Van Halen get signed and shoot to the top,Top, wanted that chance too! Well ,he got it,and when he sent the first album home ,like a box load so his mom could give them out,so I got one and put it on,it was like a different person,he was just going for it! He knew this was it,ozzy or not, he was going to get noticed! And he did. I could go on,but ,I'm so glad I was able to take lessons ,get to know him and watch him go higher and more famous ,and then on the Diary tour,he knew that he had made it, but that made him play even better! I still miss him,I just pretend he is on tour somewhere! But I remember hanging up my first poster of him,and thinking, wow,that's Randy ,he did it! And then of course it all just stopped. To me ,that was it ,as far as Ozzy,I didn't really like Jake,as a person,I met him when he was in Ratt,and Nikki Sixx was just starting Motley crue, so I had known Nikki and started hanging out with him,and that a whole other story. But ,I was in bands, 2 that got pretty big,sold out every club on the strip and even toured and ended up opening for Motley crue for a few shows. But ,Randy ,I think about him always,I'm no guitar master, I was more concerned about what I looked like then playing,but I guess I was good enough. I still write and put out music,and Randy was and still is a big influence! I still miss him!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes Dude!!!! You were right there in the scene so to speak!!!! Your lucky!!!! That's totally awesome!!!! Totally!!!!😊😀😊😀 Thanks for sharing!!!! It seems that you have a solid foundation learning from one of the best guitar players on the planet!!!! At least you learned the fundamentals on the guitar!!!! I tried to learn the basics!!!! I like to KNOW what I am playing!!!! But I didn't want to get too caught up in music theory!!!! I was afraid it would hinder my creativity!!! "You can't play that guitar chord or scale there!!!! It's not in the right key!!!!" I'm glad I memorized most of the basic chords and chord shapes!!!! Man you have a lot of history!!!! Stories to tell!!!! I think I was born a few years to late!!!! To be in that early 80s night club scene most have been really cool!!!!😀😊😀😊😃🙂😄

@@michaelbujanda8785 yeah, it was....crazy,unbelievable, insane! I'm glad I was in it, but it is like riding a frigging Shark ,it's exciting, but you might not make it! The whole lifestyle is unsustainable ! I remember when Randy was gone,it didn't really hit me that HE was gone! That sucked, the funeral was surreal, yeah there were all these rockstars, or soon to be Rockstars, but it didn't matter,because of what happened. Since it was obviously closed casket, it was like ,maybe he isn't gone,but I sat down with his brother in law a few ,well about 25 years later ,and he had been drinking and we were talking about something to do with a tribute type thing,and ima a ked him out of the blue,who went to claim Randy after the accident, I heard it was you,and he said, yep,I was the new brother in law and nobody wanted to do it so I volunteered! I said that was nice of you, and then he proceeded to tell me everything, more then I ever wanted to know! So ,that is a bad part of being so close to things. BUT, as far as music,it was great,to go from Randy ,then meeting Nikki at a liquor store in Burbank, and watching everything they did,and start planning my band ,writing all the songs ,which Craig Turner, Randy's top student ,took Randy's overflow students, and then was the teacher after George Lynch stopped teaching,it wasn't his thing. Anyway, Craig really helped my song writing . I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just start typing away, I'm glad you like the Randy stuff I posted,there are a lot more ,if you just look up Randy Rhoads on my RU-vid channel, and you can see some other stuff to! Feel free to ask questions, take care!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes Craig Turner!!!! I read somewhere that he went to M.I.T. (Musicians Institute of Technology) and became an instructor/teacher and played in a band "Highlander"!!!!😀😃😀😄😀

@@michaelbujanda8785 yes,and Network, with Drew Forsyth on drums! Drew and I were drinking buddies for a few years,I showed him the ring I bought my first wife, who I met at Musonia, she was 16 and I was 18 and bam pregnant! But we stayed togethr for 9 years, and had my son ,who is 37 now! Anyway , Drew started crying when I showed him the ring ,and then I started crying ,you know ,one of those drunk things. Anyway,yeah Craig went on to teach a MIT and became one of the top professors of guitar there, he learned everything from Randy ,so that shows you how good Randy really was as a teacher! You should look up Network on Soundcloud, they have 2 songs on there,you will hear Craig Turner and Drew Forsyth with their band that got very close to getting signed ,but the singer and bass player blew it for them. If you cant find it let me know, I'll see if I can post a link.

I’ve ALWAYS loved that run in particular and wow it’s sounds even better with delay

Dimebag’s squeal’s are louder

That's great! He was a great teacher as well as a player! When he left to go record the first ozzy album ,when he came back to Burbank with copies of the album ,first time I heard it ,I was shocked how great he was ,and I had taken lessons from him for about a year ,and heard him jam from when he taught me ,and the Quiet Riot albums were, well you know......... so that first Blizzard album was amazing! It was great watching him get bet better and take over the world with a sub par singer and made him bigger then he ever was! I still miss him.

You are very welcome! Be sure to check all of them out! I'll keep posting as many as possible, I have every show Randy ever played! He was a good friend!

I was there on 3/18/82 in Knoxville,Tennessee. It was an amazing show.

I'm sure he cried Dinosaur size Tears.

I have a whole video I shot about a year or 2 ago about me talking with Tony about Randy and what he thought. Basically Tony said that Randy made him feel like he needed to practice more ! That coming from the master of Metal Guitar Riffs!

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes From the man that invented Metal. Heck EVH was inspired by Black Sabbath. They opened up for Sabbath in 1978 Never say Die. Both Randy and EVH play under Iommi's metal platform. Both are better than Tony, but neither accomplished what Tony did. I honestly love them all.

Shocked enough to make one of the best Sanbbath records ever. Heaven and Hell.

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes Yeah i seen that vid. But i wanna know what Ronnie thought of Randy

I did! it's actually 1/15/82 and if you click on the video at the end of this ,there it is in a play list!

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