5 Great Boston Riffs To Learn - Peace Of Mind,Hitch A Ride,Smokin,More Than A Feeling,R N R Band
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- In this video I demonstrate how to play 5 Riffs from the debut album from the band Boston, including Peace Of Mind, More Than A Feeling, Smoking', Rock N Roll Band and Hitch A Ride. Tom Scholz is one of the most influential players that impacted my growth as a guitarist as well as my playing a writing style. I am happy to share my love for this incredible band. Boston's debut album was one of the most successful debut albums ever by a rock band and to this day continues to impress and influence musicians across the world. I hope you enjoy the video. Please subscribe!
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Big thing on those Boston albums is so much laying on the guitar tracks impossible to play everything you hear on the tracks at once, Scholz was an engineering genius.😎🤘🎸🏍
Again great lesson who doesn’t love Boston???
Great city, great band.
This is great Marty .. my vote is for a part 2 .. and part 3 🙂 Thanks!
My Grandparents got me a Boston CD for my 16th birthday. My Grandad and I always shared a cake each year growing up,his birthday was the day after mine. Anyhow, I put the CD on and after Amanda played,my Grandma said that was the prettiest music she'd ever heard......great memories and still keep that album close by. Thanks buddy
Part 2 yes. Full Hitch a ride lesson would be awesome . Thanks again Marty
I've been playing that "more than a feeling" riff for decades but I never learned anymore of it till now...😁👍 it's also fly by night by Rush...
Still remember when it came out was in HIGH school 😂 had a friend who's mom had a killer stereo he played it and we were blown away great time for music because shortly after Van Halen 1 came out so it was like a one two punch good times 🤘
Van Halen get a lot of credit for changing rock and roll and guitar... and with all due respect... they deserve it. But Boston really pushed it forward as well... and earlier. Sonically I don't think anyone could touch them up to that point.
Great band.. great playing.. thank you
You're welcome! 😎🤟🏻
Marty, I was a kid when that first Boston album came out and it was like nothing else we had ever heard at the time. Boston guitars, drums, and Brad’s vocals are amazing. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome! I was listening to third stage tonight. I have heard that album 10,000 times at least but haven't listened to it fully in a few years. Cool the engines is just incredible. The rocket ship sounds. Man. Tom Scholz is a brilliant dude.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker can't wait, I only know a couple songs from it.
A man I’ll never be is probably my favorite Boston tune or let me take you home tonight
That's a good tune man! Brad Delp actually penned that one. 👍
👏👏 More !!
Yes! Follow up lessons 👍
More of this!!
More to come!
Great Lesson!
Thank you!
Loved Boston. I wanted to hear you do the lead to More than a feeling. Now I have to go find the song and hear it again. Your lessons are giving me flash backs. Remember Peter Frampton LOL.
Next time! Thanks for watching man! 😃
Tom Scholz is a master of what he does, I can’t believe he got those tones out his Rockman !
Great channel Marty !!
Def Leppard got Hystria from the Rockman
Awesome man so much fun learning more Boston.
I remember in 1978 going to see V H and black Sabbath in Niagara Falls at the convention Centre, and more than a feeling came on the radio, to say it changed rock guitar tone henceforth is not an understatement, the tone completely consumes the listener. That fact that they could recreate it live, in varied contexts,was also amazing. I guess it helps to be an electrical engineer.
I watched a video of Boston from 1979 on TH-cam. Full concert review. Dude. They were amazing. Tom and Barry really played well together. The fact that they could do this stuff live is impressive to say the least. And Delp was just wonderful.
Nicely Done, Have to agree Brother Hitch a Ride intro just puts you In a state of mind it's like oh yea , Instant euphoria 🎸
You got that right!
Absolutely best riffs ever put together..que the Rockman xpr 😎👍
You’re lessons are AWESOME!!!. Please do a second and third video. I love this stuff. Paired with my Rockman I’m living it up!!!
Thanks John! Will do!
Thank you for this, I am a big fan. I listened all the way through.
Thanks so much 😎🥂
Great lessons and at the 6:12 mark reminds me of the Foghat song Fool for the City. Your new Les Paul reminds me of Gary Richrath. Thank You for these lessons
You're welcome Mark. I'm really in love with this new LP! 🤟🏻
There is a content creator on here called “James James” and he breaks down classics but he was sporadic at best but he is a great teacher wether he likes that label or not…..but you have taken over or filled the gaps in a great way it’s great watching and learning from you keep it up man.
James James! Great TH-camr! Marty putting together some great stuff!
Too bad so many bands faded before their time! The hardest thing to do is keep a band together and moving forward! Thanks Marty
It's true. Honestly. Boston released Walk On around 1992 I believe. And that was really awesome. They had quite a run. I saw them live 6 years ago and it was great. But Tom was the only original member.
Thanks Marty! Boston is great for sure. I've got a Rockman out in the garage I picked up somewhere. Don't think I've ever tried it out. Gunna go dig that thing up.
Nice! I have a rockman and a stereo delay. Love them!!
I found mine in a foreclosure house back in the recession years. 2009 or so and just tossed it in a box in the garage. Never plugged it in.
by the way that yellowburst sounds absolutely amazing
Marty, I really enjoyed this video. Aside from how to play riffs/song/solos, I dig the theory aspects, please keep that aspect of your videos. I don't normally comment on videos but thought you needed to hear from someone that appreciates your choice to cover these Boston songs even though they aren't the most popular band for guitar lesson videos.
You're welcome. I love to hear comments like this. It helps me know I'm on the right track. Thanks so much for the support!
Excellent! 😎👍🎸
I think Third Stage is great too!
Marty I met the whole band Boston at Bentley College backstage front row passes they did a show at bently College because a friend of mine's friend taking some kind of class Bentley to become a manager of stuff like this and so he set up this concert there as part of his teaching and getting credit that allowed me to get backstage and meet all the banning all that stuff it was cool that was right when they first came out right after their first album dropped 75 76 and 77 I can't remember maybe I'll tell you the story and details sometime it was pretty cool
Nice one, man! Subbed!
Thanks so much! 😎🎵🎵
Boston 1 is a perfect album, on of the greatest debuts from any band
Excellent riffs, thanks Marty! Man, my favorite Boston tune of all time is We're Ready.... Man, amazing guitar off of that track and entire album period. 😎🎸 Happy Easter to you and your family sir. Rock on! God bless!
I love it too. Also Cool The Engines and Hollyann!! Happy Easter 🐇
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Oh yeah Cool The Engines and Hollyann!! Indeed. Lol I dig Amanda too as a melodic sort of ballad. It's one you don't hear on radio anymore but chicks really use to dig that, when people hear it they're like man I miss this tune! Especially girls named Amanda. Third Stage takes me back to an awesome time. 86
@@DeputyVanHalen5150 same here man. I still have my tour shirt haha
Good shit marty
Thanks man, I appreciate the support so much!😎
Great lessons Marty, Man I'll never be is a great one too but different album. I'll really enjoy this one, thanks Marty.
Thanks Douglas. I appreciate the support you bring to the channel man. 🥂
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Its only because you put on the best lessons out there. Have a good one Marty.
Always cranking out some great videos! Thank you!
One of the best all time bands in my opinion
Hitch a Ride is great, it's one of my favorites too. Check out LLB version if you haven't seen it. Great cover.
I'll check it out!
Outstanding brother! I remember buying Third Stage on vinyl when it came out - I need to revisit this band again. Working in Aerospace, I really thought that was a cool reference they did with the songs. I later bought the fist Boston and loved most every song on that one too - Thanks man!
The rocket launch in cool the engines is still amazing!
Awesome thanks wants more❤
Thank you, NOT Van Halen, but it'll work. I still have this on 8 track AND cassette. Who knows, I might buy the cd.
BTW, how about some Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush? Specifically the 1979 LIVE album. Listen to side 2. Johnny B. Goode to Purple Haze. Love the LIVE jam!! Give it a listen😎🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sincerely,
L. Albert Jackson Munoz
I definitely second some Frank Marino, there is very little out there for this monster of a guitar player.
Great Job! Always watching your channel! I never noticed, until you slowed the beginning of More Than a Feeling, that it is so similar to Rush's SOLILOQUY from 2112. Basically starts the same and ends differently.
Thanks for the support man! That's a great analogy!
Awesome riffs
Thanks!! Just superl
Love this kinda stuff !
I love that Tom Scholz built his own pedals and whatnot. Cant exactly replicate his tone because he designed and built his own. Genius. Love the videos
Great lesson, killer new guitar too! Funny, I thought I was the only one who plays the D like an Am!
Good to hear I have a brother in arms on the D chord! 😎🤟🏻
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Go from Dm to D - way easy our way!
Hi Marty, By far this is one of my all time favorite albums of all time. I completely wore out the first album when it first came out in 76. I am a Bass player mainly & the bass really drives as well. What more can you say these songs never get old. Stay safe and well and keep Rocking. Signed John ( Zepbass) Gregory from Munster Indiana.
Marty I have played my D the same wat for over 20 years
thanks dude your awsome
Still here
Got To Love The Boston Tunes! 😉👍
Awesome loved this, thank you for posting !
Great lesson! Bring on all the Boston that you want to share.
That's the plan!
Tom Scholz contributed as much on the gear side of Music as he did actual Music. The Rockman would be featured on many platinum albums.
Sorry to comment twice. Tom would have preferred you cover his music with a guitar you made. Afterall, he made all of the equiment that he recorded his albums with. He probably won't be mad, just dissapointed. LOL
Have a great easter weekend!
When Boston came out it torqued our gourds man 😎✌👍
You got that right!I
My hometown band. Some of the best guitars ever recorded.
Great stuff Marty. I'd forgotten about these Boston riffs from my teen years. You've reminded me of some great tunes and memories 👍
Rock on! 😎🎵🎵🎵🎵
This is all great Marty and a full video of Hitch a Ride would be awesome!
It's sooooo amazing! I will get it.
Thanks again Marty. I really appreciate these lessons 😊
You're every welcome. Glad to help man! 😃🥂
Marty. Really appreciate your tutorials. Inspirational !! Great job
I appreciate that!
Dude, you seem like such a fun guy to hang out with and jam with, maybe toss a couple beers back and trade licks. 🍻🤘
Love that song! Brings back memories. I was a senior in high school. Yep, I'm old. Haha.
Hey Marty! I’m finally getting around to this lesson. Great stuff from an iconic rock album. I would definitely love to see a “Hitch a ride” lesson as it’s my favorite Boston tune too. I still get chills when I hear that intro and when Brad’s vocals come in. 🥶🤘🏻
It's so iconic man! Thanks for the comment and support man!
Thanks for the riffs! You do a great job breaking them.down. 😊
Glad to hear m! You're very welcome 😎🥂
Boston is a great band, bought that first album when it came out and I was hooked, Tom Scholz is a genius at song writing, learned alot of their stuff off album one and don't look back , love this band, thank you Marty for a great video and flashback 🤘
Couldn't agree more!
Why yes sir Mr Marty Boston!! Such a great band with great music and tragic history. Barry Goudreau was Brad Delps brother n Law. He introduced Brad to Tom. Tom ended up firing Barry between albums. Not many people know that Barry wrote and recorded those 1st Iconic Boston songs.
Yep. Internal struggles and money. Tom works slow and is a hermit as well as perfectionist. Barry, Sib and Brad were gonna do a record and it sort of looked and sounded like an alternative to a Boston record. I can see where that would be an internal issue and a business concern. Labels. Money. Etc etc. The music biz! Lol
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker
Pissed Tom right off, he told Barry to do what he wanted with his down time. And for that! Barry got Eggroll. lol
Love it. Im 54 and the first Boston/Van H 1 lp r the most dear to me. Good job
Thanks David!
Great Boston or Tom Scholz Lesson. That was my sound in the 80's i used to play my rockman 1/2 rack effects right through the board at whatever club i was playing at the time.
Thank You for this Marty. I have loved Boston since the first time I heard them. Tom has been my favorite along with EVH followed by Neal Schon and Billy Gibbons! 57 years old here, oh have to mention Stevie Ray as well! The Cars as well! lol I vote for part 2 and 3 definitely. Those were great years! The only good thing about being 57 years old! lol
Great video! I’ve been getting into Boston lately. The only problem with doing Boston songs is finding a Brad Delp to sing them. I was just getting into guitar when this album came out. I remember the first early space station called Sky Lab was going to fall out of orbit and crash to earth during this period. Of course even back then the media made a big thing about it. Me and some other guitar friends were making a joke about it crashing on us and used our very limited ability to play More Than a Feeling as the theme song for the crash. Of course it crashed into the ocean and soon became old news.😁
Edit:
Have to make a few corrections. Skylab fell in 1979. I guess we were learning guitar and Boston was still huge. Also it actually landed in a deserted area of Western Australia near Perth. At 58 my memory is a bit sketchy now and then.
Thanks Marty! Another excellent lesson. Sounds great on the Les Paul. Probably would sound good on the VH guitar but it would be different sound than Boston recording. That's my opinion anyways.
Peace.
Agreed! Tom love the LP 😎
The New Les Paul is freaking Awesome!! Killer Guitar
Being an EE myself I really appreciate Tom Scholz.
I too have a number of favorites. Tom, EVH (RIP) and Brian May. I’m probably better at covering May, but love playing in the others styles.
Strange enough, having been born in the U.K. (Wales), Brian is the only British player I like. The rest of the Brit bands are too dark and morbid for my taste. I prefer the “get up and go” American 80’s rock/metal, with harmony and melody.
I have to assume that Peavey amp, with the Cessna dashboard, must be growing on you. It’s still there 🙂
Hey Marty i own Rockman preanps to get that Boston tone oh yes
I have a rockman and a delay. I sold my sustainers... I had 2.
MARTY5150, try to do a Tom Scholz Theory lesson because he uses SUS chords, relative mode and modulates keys. Try to find a bunch of examples of boston songs that he modulates keys, where he uses the relative mode and uses SUS Chords to lead to the next section. He uses SUS chords like Augmented chords to lead into the next section of the song. He was classically trained on organ which I think it says on the back cover of the 1st record so that is why his melodies are themes and his chord progressions have phrases. He is good at making phrases and themes.
Good info on Tom. He really is well trained and had a unique part writing and melodic senses. 😁🎵
i agree scholz is one of the best innovative players of all time the guy is a genius
nice maybe you could break down Something about you ., great tune..
Great suggestion!
Love these series! Ever thinking about doing Skid Row's 1st album? It's got some good guitar work on it!
Thank you! Been a while since I listened to that first album. It is strong I have to admit.
Nice job as always Marty,new look to your space?
Yeh I moved my youtube studio area into a different room. Sorry about the fuzzy looking video, the camera was not liking the lighting for some reason. 😞
Looks great,you'll iron out the crinkles in no time
@@stephenfalkenberg1954 thanks man! the lighting was too dark. It looked ok at first. My camera acts odd. I just need to make it brighter.
Made a comment on another video saying Van Halen 1 was the best debut album of all time. Somebody replied, advocating for Boston’s debut. I still stand by my selection, but still a great record.
That's a hard call for me! 😎🤟🏻
Boston >> VH
VH limited each album to just 2 or 3 good songs.
Boston went all in on every album
I know bits and peices of these songs but not the whole songs lol same with van Halen I know enough to get in trouble I hate it been doing these since the 80s I'm 58
Nothing wrong with that. It's fun to learn parts we've skipped over for years. I have many songs on my list like that! 😁🎵🎵🎵
Good lesson Marty but there is a far easier way to play the intro to Hitch a ride , just start of at the 7th fret a power chord and move dow
n a whole step, then d string down a half step then the 1 st position a chord, Same notes but far easier to play
Very cool man!
My dream is to see a pedal come out someday that let's you get the double tracked harmonies.
Marty love you man but the reason why hitch a ride is so hard is because it’s supposed to be am A string open D7-G9 then A open slide down 2 frets D5 G7 then same but D4 G7 then A chord first 3 strings . Which is super easy to play. You still blow me away on guitar but I can’t let you suffer any longer.
Pretty cool, also have you seen the ads on here for the name brand guitars for twenty dollars?
Nah I have not. Sounds like a scam to me!
Billy Corgan in a interview stated Nirvana basically stole the "More then a Feeling Riff for Teen Spirit" ,,,you can sure hear it !!
WOW! I can't believe "Don't Look Back" didn't make the cut😨
Next video! I am also going to add Party, Amanda, Cool The engines, we're ready. Feelin satisfied.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker That's the best news I've heard all week😎 I've always thought it was their best song and they have a lot of them👍
Another lesson added to my saved, where are the tabs? Anyways another great lesson
I have had a hard time last week getting the spare time for writing and editing so I just released the video. Didn't want to miss a week of posting. Been so hectic lately. It takes a few hours to write and edit which I just didn't have. So sorry. 🤷
I love the guitar harmonies in Boston's songs. My favorite song is probably Hitch A Ride. The best tutorial I've found on it is by this fellow. It seems very accurate. th-cam.com/video/RB70RcS0Z7k/w-d-xo.html
All Van Halen fan are also Boston Fans!
All Boston fans are NOT Van Halen fans!
Third Stage is one of the Greatest Albums of all Time. Dont look Back is also incredible.
@Ben Burnett I was just saying how much I dig Third Stage from Boston. Excellent record. 😎🎸
Hello
Yeah, you do play D major weird.
Ha! Back when I was a teen and learning Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Zep I made that D Major conversion and never looked back.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Love your channel and what you teach us! Thanks for being a real accessible person. I have really pared down in who I subscribe to, but you are my fav!
You have got to do tone lessons!
At least I think you “need” to! 😂
It's funny I grew up in a small town and we had one rock station. I hated Boston and Journey (I was into thrash and punk) but I've grown to love them. ...but I don't know what it is, but I still hate Foreigner. I know they are talented and wrote well constructed tunes.. still can't listen to anything they do
Funny how musics grows in you and things change over the years. I feel the same way about cheap trick. 🤷
Hoorde ik je daar een beetje Nederlands praten?
Marty, I really love your channel and I think you’re a talented guitar player and I learned a lot from you even considering I’ve been playing the guitar for almost 50 years but I definitely come to the conclusion you don’t or at least you don’t seem to ever investigate songs through Tabs when you learn them, which I guess is a good thing that you learn by ear apparently because several different tablatures from all of the many different writers i’ve searched Tab with this and many other songs,are tabbed very similar and it’s always way different from the way you play it now I know there’s many different ways to play the same song because there’s so many of the same notes on different strings of the guitar unlike the piano, which lays out all the notes out in a linear fashion, I understand the guitar has the same notes located in many different areas of the neck but it always seems like you come up with your own creative individual way of playing these songs, unlike any of the tabs online show how to play it, I’m just wondering if that’s intentional or just that you don’t use tabs at all and figure it out on your own and that’s the way you play it?
Most players focus more on notes than structure and feel. One must learn these songs to enhance their own capabilities and style. You can get so far in the weeks looking at specifics the entire point of the lesson gets lost. These lessons are for guidance, ear training, structure and technique. I stick as close to the original as possible. Plus there are usually multiple layered parts on these songs so we have to pick and choose what to focus on and get the best bang for the buck.
Hope that helps!