Helloween - Eagle Fly Free (guitar cover)

About time I did some guitar karaoke of Helloween!

I got Keeper of the Seven Keys parts 1 and 2 on the same day - week of Halloween 1988, (it was also the same day I got my first Slayer tape, South of Heaven). This awesome group of Germans hit just the right balance of Iron Maidenesque melodies and the speed of thrash at just the time in my life... almost immediately after I picked up the guitar for the first time. I was hooked!

I saw them live right after Kai left. I touched on this in another video, but I can say they put on a good show! I'm sorry to say it was the audience that made it memorable for their politeness. They were there to see Exodus and Anthrax and stayed seated, politely clapping between numbers. More like going to a symphony. Yikes. But that what you get for promoting a thrash show and have a power metal opening act. Politeness.

Both Kai Hanson and Michael Weilkath's playing are difficult to emulate. Many of their lines are intricate and technical, but others are brutish, though played quickly - almost like flailing. I did my best learning it all today, but know it probably could be better with time. But time is something I ain't got as freedom day comes but once a year.

Eagles! Eagles everywhere!

Happy Independence Day, America!