We could also toss in: Love Spreads - Stone Roses Horsehead- Black Crows So Hott - Kidd Rock Bad Seamstress Blues/Falling Apart at the Seams - Cinderella Gotta Keep a Runnin - The Godz Get it while it’s hot - Kix Space Lord - Monster Magnet
My pick is Frank Zappa 'Willie the Pimp'....its the only way I can describe that riff! Love the concept by the way...I've definitely thought about the concept of sleazy guitar playing, but never been able to define it or what makes me think it sounds sleazy!
Willie the Pimp is a good one for sure. Yeah, with regards to "Sleazy", I had a hard time finalizing this video with that title. I didn't want it to sound negative, because these riffs are all awesome for sure. The terms Filthy and raunchy didn't quite work on their own however, so I went with sleazy.
@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar My Zappa pick would probably be "Crew Slut" but I love the guitar solo on "Water Mellon In Easter Hay." But Wendy O Williams "Bump & Grind" sure filled the tittle on this video. I'm not sure if you're aware of this but Ace Frehley, played lead guitar on the album version of that song, and Gene Simmons did the backup vocals. Great song too. If you hadn't heard it I'd recommend giving that one a listen sometime. Thanks again for getting me back into guitar. Take good care Kelly. & as for you holtrain, that was awesome seeing you bring up Zappa. I've always been picky on my Zappa, but when he puts out a killer riff, it's legendary. Peace..
Great list, and, as usual, great playing! I can't argue with your placements either. Mr. Brownstone is my favourite of them, but it's hard to disagree that Heartbreaker and Can't You Hear Me Knocking are a bit sleazier.
Great video Kelly ! enjoyed watching your phenomenal playing as always. I love the little trick you did on Lagrange, I noticed you had a pick tucked in the neck pick-up , waiting to grab. That was a pretty cool trick. 👍👍
Awesome video, and great choice of tunes ! What are you playing through ? Thats some incredibly thick midrange, and the perfect tone for these riffs. Your tuning / intonation is spot on too.
Question from someone who has just picked up an electric guitar for the first time. What is the process you go through to make your guitar sound the same as the song you cover? Is it pedals, pickups, tuning or a combination of all of them? On that topic I’d love to see a video on the entire process and your thoughts on the process. In a side note, when I first saw the title of your video, the very first song that entered my mind was ‘can’t you hear me knocking’. Maybe a guitar cover of ‘Sway’ off the same album? Personally, I love Mick Taylor’s guitar playing style.
Great List and I agree with the order though I may have had Aerosmith a bit higher.. Some additions - ROCK CANDY - MONTROSE, SLIDE IT IN - WHITESNAKE, DRAW THE LINE - AEROSMITH, DISCOUNT DOGS - JOE PERRY PROJECT, JEALOUS - GENE LOVES JEZEBEL
Thanks, enjoyed your video. Subbed. A couple more: Feel Your Love Tonight - Van Halen Still of the Night - Whitesnake Lay It Down - Ratt Walk This Way - Aerosmith
To me the sleaziest guitar sound I have ever heard is the opening to David Bowie's "Cracked Actor". The sound and attitude Mick Ronson got on that is pure filth!
That was hella fun to listen to. Every song had me nodding in agreement. I was especially pleased to hear the Black Crows on there. Love that whole album!
So many other great ones. I could fill up pages listing all of them. My personal favorites....Gilby Clarke "Tijuana Jail", Winger "Junkyard Dog" UFO "The Writer"
Great Job! love em all. I would also add Live Wire, Motley, Get The Led Out Aerosmith, And to bring it all back to the root. Hip Shake by Slim Harpo. Sleaze long before they coined the term!
Great list. I’d love to see “Stay With Me” by the Faces and “Train Kept A Rollin’” by the Yardbirds on a part 2 list. Great riffs and precursors/ influencers/ future members of The Stones, Zeppelljn, Aerosmith, and the Black Crowes!
subbed awesome list thanks for sharing all of these jams are killer. some other great sleazy riffs - too young to fall in love motley crue, poison - alice cooper drop dead legs - evh those shoes - eagles. ❤
Dum Dum Boys by Iggy Pop has an extraordinarily sleazy main riff. It doesn't kick in until a little bit after the song starts though because there's a sort of spoken intro.
@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Hey Kelly, no mate. The guitarists on the album were original Whitesnake-slide specialist-guitarist Micky Moody and debutante former Trapeze-with the marvellous Glenn Hughes-guitarist Mel Galley. Micky left the band after the album was recorded, due to disagreements with Coverdale, and Sykes joined the band, but for the US remix he apocryphally added a lick here or there, but it was written and performed by Micky, Mel, and DC, of course. Once 1987 became a hit they have tried to promote Slide It In as featuring Sykes, but it was more marketing than fact. No big deal, mate. Just an FYI. 😁 Have a wonderful weekend when it arrives for you. 🤞
@@renecents yeah, just looked that up because I was curious. Sykes is in the video and listed on the American release, so I just assumed that it was him.
@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Hiya, like I said Marketing, Kelly. If you listen to original UK release and then the US Remix version, I think you’d struggle to see where Sykes added anything. Apart from the mix, it is the exact same album as far as i can tell. I think DC had his eyes set on the US market, and as much as I love Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden they weren’t pretty like John. As someone who lived in that world I’m sure you know that image in the US in the 80s was pretty much everything. DC, of course, did the same thing to Sykes after 1987. The guys in the videos weren’t the guys who played on the album.
If I may: Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs and/or Day of the Eagle. Blue Oyster Cult: Cities on Flame. And, Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well But, Alvin Lee: Goin Home and Richie Blackmore: Lazy for the blues licks For me personally, when it comes to such "top" stuff, I just can't do it. It's simple did I like it. Cause there is so much out there to hear and enjoy. But yeah, you picked some good one. Mike Taylor is the only era of the Stone's I liked.
100% with Can't you hear me knockin'. Swagger, swing, space- nothing comes close. I might suggest that his brother, Ronnie Woods's work with the Faces certainly would be in the same category. Great call with the Black Crowes. Anyone can play shred- but coming up with a truly Paleolithic riff is what makes your music immortal.
"It had to be La Grange"... dam'right! Great selection! And as much as I love LZ, I agree, the Stones had to be first in this category. Incidentally, on Heartbreaker, shouldn't that be a chromatic ascent on the 4th string?
Can't you hear me knockin was the song that made me change from piano to rock guitar. First time I heard it was at a laser show at the Boston Museum of science
"Come Along" By the Short Lived Powerhouse "Salty🧂Dog🐕".... One of My All Time Faves.... Matter Fact.... the Whole Album Kicks Ass.... and OOZES SLEAZY with a Capital "S"....
EVH and Warren DeMartini alone could fill up a entire list. Somebody give me a doctor/Unchained......... Round and round/Your're in love and on and on..... Still the all time KING and everyone's first sleazy riff...... Smoke on the water. Close 2nd..... Cat scratch fever!
Thank the algorithm for bringing me to you this morning, you sleazy bastard you fukin ROCK! love what you are doing here, what a way to start my day! Rock the House!!! 🎶😎🎶
These are great. There are a bunch of prime Stones riffs to choose from too: Monkey Man, Bitch, Tumbling Dice etc. Lots of Aerosmith, AC/DC and Zep. How about Nugent and Cat Scratch Fever? Mr. Brownstone sounds directly influenced by Aerosmith Rocks. Lots of sleaze and filthy sounds!
Good sleazy list, hard to disagree with much here, though I'd have personally worked in an Alice Cooper riff (Billion $ Babies, Muscle of Love, School's Out, et al).
I really thought you were gonna have Rumblin’ Train by Badlands in your list. Jake E. Lee loved his sloppy, sleazy playing due to not touching the guitar after he was fired from Ozzy’s band and he was right, that first Badlands album is an all time classic. As a side note, how about some more of the late 70’s - early 80’s Thin Lizzy years?
I would add two sleazy riffs.. Nazareth. From Hair of the Dog album. Whiskey Drinkin' Woman. Humble Pie, Rock On album... Stone Cold Fever. Cool list you have here. Skynyrd choice was Great! Rock On! 😎
I've always loved Adam's Apple, so creative & tricky to play. Yet it's lone songwriting credit is Tyler. It's such a Perry sounding riff, so it confused me that Steven wrote it.
Okay I guess Ima Sleeze. Nazareth, Hair of The Dog Tommy Bolin, Teaser Theory of a Dead man, Bad Girl Friend Kid Rock, So Hott Judas Priest, You've Gotta another thing Comin Robin Trower. A little bit of Sympathy. Love the Video
