Say What You Will - Fastway. Awesome Riff of the Day and How to Play it! 

I've always loved Fastway.

In 1985 I dreamed of someday being able to grab a guitar a rip this lick like a boss. That day is here!!

thank you for the story, great band Fastway!

An old friend I jammed with in the 90's hits me up out of the blue and say" we are doing a Fastway tribute. I committed instantly. Just out of curiosity I type in a few words and this video shows up. Perfect! I have been looking for a fun niche project and we ate getting together soon to play this music. Like ot was meant to be. And thank you for getting the history right, there were a dozen versions of what really happened. In 2001 I stopped into the Rainbow Room and and was chatting with Lemme, I asked what he thought of Fastway and he said" it's just a sissy version of Motorhead with a singer that is opposite of me. " Then I bought him a drink and next thing I'm at his place snorting giant lines of speed. It was that one time when your hero was everything you though and more. What a hard core man. Thank you so much.

It was this song that set me apart from my classmates who were into other more well-known rock bands of the mid-80s. I was alone in that regard and I ain't regretted it since. I still love this band like crazy.

Thanks for the lead-in history of Fastway! Very interesting and killer riff.

Fast Eddie Clarke!!! Very nice!

🔥Song takes me back to my head banging skirt chasing days as a teen!

It's incredible how you tell the story and play the featured licks. You are amazing brother. Love the PRS!!!

one of those tunes that you get speeding tickets with, thanks for the lesson, great tune Kelly !

A very awesome “Awesome Riff of the Day!!!” Never learned this one, and am happy to change that immediately, such a great tune and such a great riff. All that backstory was new news to me, thanks for all the details! Nicely done! 🤘

The first Fastway album is fantastic

Nice job Kelly! Really appreciate this riff.

Good stuff. I learned this song a while ago and practice it every nite. I thought I was gonna get carpal tunnel learning it haha.

I used to hear fastway on the radio in the early 80s in washington. Great band!

[The soundtrack to Trick Or Treat was part of my high school soundtrack. Great tunes and great vibe, in that era.]

Very interesting history, I was not aware of. All I knew was, the first two albums were absolutely fantastic and still are. Waiting for the Roar was even ok and now I understand why. Thanks for those details and for breaking down this awesome riff!!

What a wonderful video! I loved all that history and connection, with the icing on the cake being the iconic riff! Well done and thank you! Gorgeous guitar…

Absolutely a hall of fame all time riff.

I love these rocknroll history lessons with tutorials … thk u KDA, u rock sir!

This band was awesome. Platinum level riffs for sure!

Love it! Thank you so much. Top 20 riffs. You're a very good teacher and very personable. I'm glad I found your channel. I love this tune, always gets turned up. Sorry neighbors... call the landlord and "Say what you will" 🤘

Every clip of yours gets me reaching to Spotify to follow up what you have referred to. Excellent learning curve ... many thanks.

I saw Fastway with Saxon and Iron Maiden. It was my favorite time, back then. Thanks!

Great song from a great band. And great tone as well.

Saw them open for AC/DC in San Francisco @The Cow Palace, Great Album !

❤ This!Got this Cassette,back in the day,bout 40 years ago,and Learned how to Jamm to these Tunes,Because of MtV!Cool!Take care!

Hi Kelly, I remember him but I didn't know all that history, very interesting. Long that riff and song.

One of the first riffs, i learned in '84??? Thanks for the song...!

Great song and great album! My band used to play Easy Livin' by Fastway, another great tune!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge ! You rock bro!

Thanks for the interesting history on Fastway! I've been playing along with this one recently. A great song from my youth. I have the same PRS as you and it is my favorite guitar of the ones I own. Thanks for sharing!

Love the vid! Didn't know Pete quit! Always wondered why all of the pics of the band in 83 had only 3 people in it!

This song is the reason I bought the album when it came out. Then I fell in love with the rest of the album. I still have it.

Thanks for posting this!

Thank you, excellent tutorial…. Great song…

Thanks for the upload! 🎸 🤘🙂👍

Awesome historian and teacher. More videos. Thanks.

Fun to Play, Good Job!

Ty, 52yrs old, still have equipment and learning to play my childhood fav"s!

Dace King was also in a band named KATMANDU.

Great to hear a Fastway song. Inspired me to play this and check out their All Fired Up album again. Lost that cassette years ago. The last track, If You Could See, was one of my favorites. The vocals are epic. Thank you.

Súper Chingon al 💯

Cool thanks

Good history lesson on Fast Eddie

Fastway was very underrated...I still haven't seen the original video of Say what you will on youtube. ..

I love the way you do this. A little back history to start , it's always great to hear stuff like this from someone who most likely knows the truth... then straight into the tutorial. I could watch your vids all night, unfortunately my other half has clambered out of bed a few times to look at the clock and frown at me 😂😂😂. Rock hard always buddy 👍👍👍☮☮☮🤘🤘🤘. Sod it, another vodka and another video :) Because you're worth it ...lol

Loved that album. Bought it on cassette of course.

Great history lesson! Thanx

Say what you will... But that's a fun little fast way jam... You're right ↪ Jimmy Page inspired

Awesome commentary and riff.

Oh wow, there's a song I haven't heard in ages. Thanks much for this Kelly. Speaking of Led Zeppelin .. remember Zebra from the same era?

Pls. Can you make tutorial how to play david gilmour-colours of infinity. This is a good blues

I bend the hammer on part. It always sounded like a bend to me. The key to this song is groove.

Cool Video and back story about the song and the band, but just a quick correction about Pete Way’s departure- He didn’t outright leave just to join Ozzy’s band. Chrysalis records wanted to sign Fastway but the band got a far better offer from CBS so they took it …but unbeknownst to Pete his contract with UFO and Chrysalis prohibited him from signing with any other label. So the band moved forward without him and he got a call from Ozzy around the same time. But by all accounts he wasn’t a good fit and didn’t do very well on the Ozzy tour

No mention of the Trick or Treat album which i thought was all Fastway ..

What could have been...... sighs

David king lead singer came into never on Sunday's when we were up laying we got interduest andhe rubbed mead I didn't like that but it was probably only meant in a good way I was lead vocalist of Band Character 2 songs went in national airwaves.beat is yet to come , I am willing to do still playing on RU-vid and Spotify.

Absolutely a killer riff to bad they crashed me burned …

Lesson starts at 5:09, up to that point, a history lesson.

Hey could you do a breakdown on the solo as well

At the beginning of the video when you mentioned Dave King being in Fastway I was thinking is he talking about the same Dave King from the Irish punk band Flogging Molly? I had no idea that Dave King was the original singer of Fastway. I feel like Fastway in general is an underrated band. My dad raised me on Motorhead, and Im a drummer who also plays guitar.. and I taught myself how to drum and play guitar playing along to the first 3 Motorhead albums. Then I wanted to know what he did after Motorhead, and thats when I found out about his band, Fastway. Eddie Clarke is one of my favorite guitarists of all time, and imo he is a very underrated guitarist and influenced a lot of guitarists that are in big name bands today, like Metallica. He probably wanted to take Motorhead in a more commercially accessible and sounding musical direction and if Lemmy would've went along with it I bet Motorhead would've eventually sounded like Fastway. Because imo during the mid to late 80s after Clarke left, I wasnt that big of a fan of the music Motorhead put out after their 1983 album Another Perfect Day. I always thought music wise, Fastway was better.

🤞🤞wish me luck

Pete left as he realised he was tied to another label and they wouldn’t release him. He went on tour with Ozzy as he couldn’t release his music

There was a time when everyone sounded like Michael Shenker.lol

And you WilLL...

Cool but where is the rest of the song? Like the solo and stuff.

I can tell you with certainty the that the bass is Pete. But could not be credited because of contractual obligations with Ozzy and his record company

The singer sounded to much like Dio

Saw them in MA in Springfield. Classless lead singer every word out of his mouth was the f word. Music was too garbled and vocals were average at best.

I love the riff to this song. It reminds me of Kill 'Em All-era Metallica. Although I like a lot of '80s rock and metal, I just don't like this singer's voice. It's too dated, too... something.

I think he sounded too much like Dave King.

Cool!