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Lockdown Licks no. 389 "3 Essential Famous Song Endings" played in C. (good in any key depending on the tune.) Played on a HB35+ guitar into a NUX M8 amp set to clean channel with a little reverb. Sometimes these classic famous, slightly comic runs and riffs provide the perfect ending to a song. They also make a perfect "get out" if the other players have no idea how to end a song. Please check out the new Eagles riffs short film on YouTube https://youtu.be/8NeiKYxN8Mk?si=wZCQzykbVRMVq1BO

Wild River has put together some great riffs from classic bands! First of a series of short riff movies from famous bands features the Eagles. It will be on the channel soon, stay tuned! Wild River Guitar channel plays Eagles riffs & solos including Hotel Cali, Witchy Woman. More to come from other Classic rock bands over the festive period & New Year! 🌲

'Easy Slider' shorts 'taster' watch the full film here... https://youtu.be/HXRmHW8b6tA?si=9ByBYfQ7cvbzxkyX

Riffs from Pink Panther Theme Tracy Chapman Shania Twain

Lockdown Licks no. 203. "Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles. Intro solo played on a butterscotch Telecaster on neck pick up into a NUX M8 amp on clean channel with a touch of chorus and reverb. Surely one of the most famous country rock intros. He plays a series of hammer on/pull off 2 and 3 string double stop riffs with some finger slide,before a single note run and back into further 3 and 2 note hammer on and finger slide riffs to end. Original played by Bernie Leadon I believe. So...."get up, pour yourself a strong one" and give it a go on your guitars! "Lyin' Eyes" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the second single from their album "One of These Nights", reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Country chart. It remained their only top 40 country hit until "How Long" in 2007–2008. LL's makes the news! Please read, listen,comment on the 'Lockdown Licks' article in GD online magazine! https://guitardoor.com/lockdown-licks-and-riffs/

Lockdown licks no.6! "Born to Be Wild" intro power chord riff and chorus with dubious pleasure of me singing 😁 feel free to sing over the top so you can't hear me..I would! It was written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf. The song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. It is most notably featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider. It is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" marks the first use of this term in rock music although not as a description of the musical style. The song is however using amplified, distorted power chords in the riffs, which became a 'blueprint' for all the heavy metal bands that followed e.g AC/DC/Metalica...to this day!!

Lockdown Licks no. 381 "James Bond Theme" Signature intro chords and riffs. Played on a HB SC500 guitar into a NUX M8 amp set to 'clean' with some delay effect. The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme music of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No, released in 1962. Composed in E minor by Monty Norman (with arrangements for film provided by John Barry and others), the tune has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in every Eon Bond film besides the 2006 reboot Casino Royale (played fully, instead, at the end of that film).

Lockdown Licks no.180. "Black Magic Woman" by Santana. Intro riffs and solo played in the style of Carlos Santana using a Harley Benton 35+ guitar volume on 7, pup' switch set to mid position which uses both "Roswell" humbuckers. This is plugged into a NUX M8 amp on 'superlead' with gain backed off to 6 and mid reverb setting. Most people identify the song “Black Magic Woman” with Santana from his album Abraxas. It was actually written in the late ’60s by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green. And, in fact, it become a hit in Britain for Fleetwood Mac before Santana ever recorded it! The original version, however, is substantially different from Santana’s iconic recording, (the first most memorable on Abraxas in 1970). Fleetwood Mac’ take is a simple guitar/bass/drum instrumental with a vocal overlaid. Although there are hints of the soaring, melodic guitar riffs that Carlos later made famous, many listeners would barely recognize the song! 🎸

Lockdown Licks no. 329. With the "house band." "The Thrill Is Gone" by BB King. Intro solo played on a Stratocaster into a Trio "band in a box" pedal then into a NUX M8 amp set to clean with some reverb. 🎸I played the 1,4,5 chords in Bm, in time, into the Trio to teach it the pattern. 🎸This was played back into the amp with the drums & bass created. 🎸I then use notes from the B minor blues scale for the solo. BB King had an expressive style using vibrato, tasteful bends and phrasing, much coveted by millions of guitar players since. "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for B.B. King. His rendition helped make the song a blues standard. B.B. King recorded his version of "The Thrill Is Gone" in June 1969 for his album Completely Well, released the same year. King's version is a slow 12-bar blues notated in the key of B minor in 4/4 time. The song's polished production and use of strings marked a departure from both the original song and King's previous material.