Live at Rock in Rio Festival. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Junio 1985. David Coverdale(vocals) John Sykes(Guitars) Cozy Powell(Drums) Neil Murray(Bass) Richard Bayley(Keyboards)
This is 1985, Whitesnake replaces Def Leppard at Rockn in Rio, what a performance, what a song, John Sykes, one of the most incredible guitar solos in hard rock history, simply majestic.......
There ain't no such thing as the "world's best guitar player" , but if someone points a shotgun to my head and demand me to answer who it is I'd say John Sykes.
Brutally fast right and left techniques..with a singing vibrato he done for a solo,is a tough work to do.. What a beast.. You are still the best songwriter,guitarist of Whitesnake..period.
Amen to that and David Coverdale went through some bad ass players Steve Via but I don't think those dudes played a Les Paul like that last time I saw anyone spread one was Tom Sholts well Joe Bonamosa
Damn! I wish John Sykes stayed with Whitesnake! If only their ego's would have realized back then that they could have created so many more amazing songs together.
@David Topchiev ...hehe, you're right, Dave. And, what is interesting, Mr. Bailey is much much more progressive musician than everyone else on the stage ( no matter if he plays chords or does any solo ) He is a good flute player, too. (Richard's years with Magnum. You can hear his great playing) Cheers!!!!
I know most of you love the song as much as I do. But we all know which is the greatest part of this performance, so here you have 4:16 thank me later ;)
Estou quase em prantos em relembrar esse momento, saí de São Paulo para assistir esse grande festival, hoje com 54 anos, muito feliz de ter vivido tudo isso.
In-ears weren't really invented and popularized until the 90's or so. But yeah, they make a world of difference. Particularly on loud stages like this.
Listening to this is the best evidence to support David's decision to ditch keyboards in favor of guitar. The keyboard in this performance turns a heavy hitting song into a wedding reception performance.
My first time watching this performance. John Sykes is phenomenal. I wonder what they were fighting about for them to break up. I don’t think white snake ever had a better guitarist and John Sykes.
2:45 you can see Coverdale motioning he cant hear himself to the side of the stage. Then saying ‘fuckin hell’ or something similar. Not a bad performance. Sykes is epic especially as he rarely uses his little finger. Just goes to show you that you don’t need to go to school to be a terrific guitarist. So much fire and passion. David was struggling to stay In key. Probably due to some monitor issues.
ya he is definitely flat on the vocals and the keyboards are to loud john sykes is a amazing player but like you said it could be a lot to do with monitor issues
Na primeiríssima noite do Rock in Rio I, realizei logo um dos meus grandes sonhos em relação a sons de Hard Rock!!! Ver ao vivo a fantástica música "Crying in the Rain" com a super banda WHITESNAKE!!! E o melhor de tudo, com a banda ainda no auge, com a excepcional formação de David Coverdale (vocais), John Sykes (Guitarras), Cozy Powell (Bateria), Neil Murray (Baixo) e Richard Bayley (Teclados). A performance foi realmente alucinante e a platéia delirou completamente. Foi um dos grandes shows do festival. Tão excelente que o assisti em 2 noites!!! :D :D :D
fuck that, Sykes is way better than EVH. EVH is waaaaay too over-rated imo and honestly he is not that great of a guitar player there are so many players better than EVH but just my opinion!!
You're entitled to your opinion even though its very ignorant. He's the most influential and innovative guitarist of our time along with Hendrix. EVH single handedly reinvented the guitar and popularized so many tricks, sounds, products. Ask any guitarist of the 80s who's the biggest influence and everyone mention EVH including JOHN SYKES and you can hear that in his style. I prefer words like innovative and influential because BETTER is a subjective useless word.
for me personally, it's johnny marr of the smiths. i know it's a completely different musical style from what sykes and eddie were doing but he did get a lot of british kids to realize that there's a lot more to the guitar than just power chords and riffs.
How do you play lead & rhythm guitar at the same time? Sykes manages it. Always thought he was a massively underrated guitarist (and vocalist, watch Blue Murder videos if you doubt me).
...enter John Sykes,WS started evolving from a heavy blues rocking band,to a hair metal institution...Mel Galley and Bernie Marsden were great...but DC understood that time was right to ride on the hair metal wave that soon would become a fllood,powered by fresh-born MTV...!
Man it's a shame my generation of guitar players doesn't know who John Sykes is. He directly inspired James, Dave and Kirk. What a fucking beast of a guitar player and so far ahead of his time.
The best camera angles of a masterpiece guitar solo. Also, the Gary Moore live blues camera work is incredible, too. John' tone and vibrato can make a grown man cry.
melhor som de guitarra que ja ouvi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o bordao da corda E faz UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! nada se compara a esse som !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Long live Lew Al for realising there is ALWAYS something different and interesting just round the corner - might be a really fucking long corner that seems straight, but when you look back you see the truth. Hold on Friend, it's always worth riding it out.
And for a little while Johnny was the hottest ticket. And then it went tits up and he disappeared for 30 years now. What a loss as I am such a fan, already since the Tygers of Pan Tang days.
"Blue Murder" (1989) "Nothing But Trouble" (1993) "Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott" (1994) "Out of My Tree" (1995) "Loveland" (1997) "20th Century" (1997) "Nuclear Cowboy" (2000) "Bad Boy Live! (2004)
