Once again my mind is blown and I am in awe. I feel so lucky to have been a kid learning guitar in the 70s. I have no regrets, I wouldn't want it any other way. Thank you so much Carl. Neither I nor the music will ever get older just better.
Tons of songs from Presence could be on here!! Achilles Last Stand, For Your Life, Nobody's Fault but Mine, Candy Store Rock, & Tea for One! Great video as always!
Awesome list! So stoked about the inclusion of "Led Boots"! Wired and Blow by Blow are 2 of my favorite guitar albums. Here are a few more suggestions for a part 2: "Live for the Music" Bad Company; "Gimme Back My Bullets" Lynyrd Skynyrd; "Calling Dr. Love," "Detroit Rock City" & "God of Thunder" Kiss; "Jailbreak" Thin Lizzy; "T.N.T." AC/DC; "Go to Hell" and "Guilty" Alice Cooper; "American Girl" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; "It's Only Love" ZZ Top; "The Temples of Syrinx" Rush"' and "Back Street Kids" & "All Moving Parts (Stand Still)" Black Sabbath ... very underrated album, imo.
Playing the Beck material is the most daunting task! I loved that material when I was young. It seemed other-worldly as a player. That’s because it is!!!!! Btw…that’s a great list!! I think American Girl was a 1977 release. I’ll double check the others as well. Peace!
Fantastic overview and analysis of some of the best riffs of 76. I really like your breakdowns of Led Boots and Stargazer...you showed some tricks that Beck & Blackmore did that eluded me til today! Another great riff to add to the list.....Tommy Bolin's Post Toastee!
Thank you! This episode gave me a chance to show more technical range given the artists. It was a daunting challenge, but I was very proud of the result!! Thanks for appreciating my playing!
That nuanced flamenco strum on Tie Your Mother Down was the penny dropped moment for me. Profound ! As soon as you showed that I was straight on it to nail it, thanks again Carl
Geez, what a trip down memory lane! I was a senior in High School in '76. Listened to Casey Kasem's top 40 rundown many Sundays. Heard so many of these on the radio and have a few in my collection. Thanks for this video.
The 70's in general was my favorite period for music... Everyone back then had their own identity.. I totally got into the Tom Scholz / Kerry Livgren portion of this video... Interestingly enough Tom Scholz unbeknownst to most is a native of Toledo , Ohio. I remember when I was starting out in 76 on guitar... I was 11 years old... I remember hearing Boston for the first time on my dads stereo.. I was just literally blown away by the guitar sound... I was like "Holy F~~~" What is making that hot ferocious sound! It was a Marshall.. An LP fitted with a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the rear and a p90 in the neck.. And Toms bag of tricks... Then Kerry Livgren... That incredible Marshall Amp sound...Still probably my over all fave guitar sound.. The body, The tone... The incredible head room. It's what I've kind of strived for.. Carry on to me epitomizes what a Marshall should sound like. At least in my mind. Again... You nailed this!... Keep'em comin'! ♥
Omg wow, thanks for this one. I actually love and play all these but the Frampton tune. I was 14 in 1976 freshman in high school and all this music was so important to me. I forgot just how much good music came out of this year, Frampton Comes Alive, Presence, Rocks, Wired, Hotel California, Agents of Fortune, Day at The Races, all the music you played. I didn't play all of it on guitar just yet but I was very familiar with and loved it all ...,.. Great episode 👍☮️
Man. This is great Carl. Brings me back. I saw BOC and Kansas live for these albums on a Day on the Green in Oakland. What an amazing time to be alive for this great music and these incredible riffs.
Hey Carl, Another awesome video. I'm learning so much from you. Keep it coming. Grand Boulevard is very cool. I picked up plenty of LZ influence, and ACDC 🙂. 1973 was another fabulous year. Here's a few of my favourites. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh, Wishing Well - Free, Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rat Bat Blue - Deep Purple, Caroline - Status Quo, Radar Love - Golden Earring, Money - Pink Floyd, take your pick off Billion Dollar Babies, We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad, Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer, Cradle Rock - Rory Gallagher.
Presence, Wired, and Rocks all have mutiple songs you could add to your list. Hard to pick just one or two. Good choices. We play half these songs in our band. Great work.
Astounded that you got away with The eagles and didn't get copywrought! haha amazing video as always, definite perfectionist while having your own style.
Greetings, Carl! I just discovered your channel. 1976 is the year I started buying rock albums by Frampton, Yes, Deep Purple, and Aerosmith. I started playing guitar the following year and got into all of the prog bands. Thanks for your videos!
Great list! Played a number of those songs myself back in '76. "Wired" was a FANTASTIC album and Buck Dharma is one of the most unjustifiably underrated players. Now a plug for my all-time favorite player; more Peter Frampton please Mr. Baldassarre! Cheers, MB
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic That he does! His playing was and is, at least in my opinion (for what that's worth) unlike any of his contemporaries. I purchased Humble Pie's "Humble Pie Performance Rockin' The Fillmore" album when it was released in '71. It was his playing on that album that made me want to play guitar. With all due respect to the other great live albums that are out there, including "Frampton Comes Alive", it's still my all-time favorite album. The only album for me that rivals it is "Humble Pie Performance Rockin' The Fillmore The Complete Recordings", which are the four shows they played at the Fillmore that the original album was culled from that Frampton and Jerry Shirley released back in 2013. 🤣 He is of course, a much better player now than he was back then, but that album has and always will have, a very special place in my heart. Cheers Mr. Baldassarre! MB
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! Thanks for the encouragement. I really really really appreciate you trying to drum up more subscribers. My channel hasn’t broken through yet. I just need something to pop off. We’ve got the goods, we just need the audience!
I always look forward to these countdowns, Carl! I watch them with my Dad who’s also your age & you always manage to bring up a killer track he hasn’t heard in a while while also introducing me to some I’ve yet to discover. Keep up the great work, your videos are top quality 🤟
This is such a lovely message! One of my favorites. You tell dad I said he’s a great father. And you, by the way, are most certainly his “masterpiece”. I’d bet he’d agree with me. God bless you both!!
That’s an interesting comparison. In fact, I found a rare audio recording on TH-cam of Van Halen before they made it playing Hots on for Nowhere live in a club when they were just starting out. So I think have something there!!
OMG, I almost cried at the end with the Flamenco rake. All my favorites from that era I bought my first guitar. Thank you so much for sharing that, it's all so inspiring. Great job, it's really fantastic and the tone is absolutely amazing. Please keep it coming, this is my new favorite channel. All the best!!!
What a fantastic year for classic rock driven by songs with guitar laden riffs. Punk as a music genre was born in 1976 but I think these 10 riffs prove that Rock was far from a spent force. Everyone of them is a classic and so identifiable and there were so many more...Emerald by Thin Lizzy and Jailbreak by ACDC are a couple of my faves. As usual Carl you look like you are having so much fun playing these riffs and, you're so cool bro 🤘
I am having fun! It’s really awesome to learn new material. It’s satisfying to me personally to be able to play something new and/challenging. Do you know anything about punk music. If so, can you suggest 12 great punk guitar riffs?
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I don't mind some punk music, I can really resonate with the energy and simplicity but I'm not really an officiando of that genre...I'm more of a Classic Rock fan. Being from Australia I can recommend a song for you to check out from an Aussie band that was one of the first ever punk songs. "Stranded" by The Saints. It has such a driving guitar riff that just hits you in the face!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic "Stranded" by Aussie band The Saints preceded the Sex Pistols and I've seen on YT comments that Malcolm McLaren got the Pistols to emulate their style. It is a great riff you might enjoy.
Getting caught up on the riff series. So clear and easy to pickup from here. Great to see some BOC- I've got an alternate fingering for ETI that's mildly interesting. Anyhow, THANKS and Happy Christmas...!
Thanks you buddy! Send be a phone video of your fingering for ETI I’d love to see it. I can imagine 1 obvious alternative but I’d be very curious as to what you came up with!!!
I never knew the name of it, but when I searched the album, it popped out as being one I remember liking as a kid. I was excited to learn it and include it!!!
Hi Carl, great lesson. Your explanations can be understood very well because they are presented in a professional didactical manner and with a lot of fun. Greetings from Germany, Gerald
You'll have to do another 10 from 1976. Tons of great songs and riffs from that year. Some bands had multiple tunes with great riffs, like Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle", Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand", "Tea for One", and "Nobody's Fault but Mine" and Boston's "Foreplay/Longtime", though all the songs on that album had great riffs. Other songs with great riffs are "Takin' It To the Streets" by the Doobie Brothers, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC, "Passage to Bangkok" by Rush (the "2112" album had some great riffs in general), "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss, "The Boys are Back in Town" and "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy, and "Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates. Oh, and we can't forget the Theme from the TV show "S.W.A.T."! (BTW, did the guy who drove the van ever get out from behind the steering wheel?) You could throw in some ABBA if you wanted. Of course, 1976 also gave us Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"... On a side note, I find the title of your album "Collinwood Yard" intriguing. I used to take freight trains to Collinwood Yard in Cleveland!
Carl,what a great collection of riffs from "76!Thanks for the inspiration to learn some songs I know and love, some I had not heard before.As I learn to play I appreciate, enjoy, and see music very differently.Especially loved seeing "Hots on for Nowhere"..Presence is in my top favorites Zep records.Love Jeff Beck too..Want to play Led Boots ,your .tutorial makes it possible!😊🎸
These greatest riffs by year are super entertaining! Keep them coming! Carl - when you use the JCM800, is the majority of gain coming from the amp or the La Grange pedal which I see you use in other videos? Sounds great!
Thank you! Yes, I bypass the preamp on the Marshall to get straight to the power tubes for that clean crank. Then I hit the input harder with a drive pedal to get the break up I want. For the videos it’s more pedal than amp since I’m running lower master volume. Live, it’s about 50:50.
Thank you for the bend up on the G in Life in the Fast Lane. I slowed down his Tonight Show performance in August and completely missed it. Just reviewed again and now it's obvious.
I knew there was no way Carl would make a Top Riffs for 76 without including something off of Presence. Hots on for Nowhere is criminally underrated and a great upbeat Zep tune! I personally would have chosen the riff monster that is For Your Life ;) Thanks for another great vid, Carl!
Carl intesting story -- opening riff for Life in the Fast Lane. It was a lick Joe Walsh used to warmup. Glen Frey heard it came in the room and said Hey man what is that? Joe said -just a riff I use to warm up. Frey goes that's a Eagles song man! This is according to an interview with Joe on TH-cam with Paul shaffer.
Ha! Glad to not disappoint! Believe it or not…that riff is way more fun to play (and more challenging) than it is to listen to. It seems like almost a simple throw away kind of tune, but it’s a very formidable thing to get right. There are lots of components to it!!
If discussed previously, please forgive me as I’m a new subscriber, can you please talk about your particular les paul, I love the color and sound. Love your channel, thank you!
ZZ Top came out with Tejas that year and they have tons of cool riffs on that one as usual ..'''It's Only Love'' is cool af .. Ly Skynyrd came out with ''Gimmie Back My Bullets '' also in 76..
Love your stuff, I appreciate your work for sure. FYI: The first part of Rebel Rebel seems to be played at the second fret and not slid up like you demonstrated. I watched a bowie live concert and that's the way (Adrian Belew?) played it
Most of your videos remind me that I have poor attention to the little details in a song. I'm going to open up my ears a little and pay more attention. I also don't play much rhythm guitar and I don't know why, this is also going to change. Thanks for sharing these killer riffs with us.
Fantastic job Carl!..And yes, Rob Shaw, "sure did" step up to the plate. Who could argue with any of those selections. Love your sound/breakdown of Led boots and Aerosmith 'Last Child' with 4 great riffs in a song...I wonder if intro riff for Josie 'Steely Dan" might make the 1977 list?. Arguably the most Bizzare 'Hit song' riff in history?
Thanks for noticing! Btw…I forgot to mention that Beck almost never uses a pick! Like everything else, Led Boots has that unique snappy sound owing to his inside out thumb picking. …I’ll refresh on Josie!
You’re my kid brother! Haha! …my editor Billy pulls them together the thumbnails. They’re getting better as we go. I love the look of them. Thanks for mentioning! We put so much time into the details.
Howdy! Just finding you for the first time today. You know your music! I have some great music history. Leave it at that. Ps. Have you ever done a special on The James Gang? Very underated! See if you can figure out where the band Boston got riff for their biggest hit. " More then a Feeling " Yes! James Gang. I know you can figure out the song. Remember Tom Scholtz was a huge fan of Joe Walsh!
Subscribed ! Carl do you know about the Vidami pedal ? it's really cool sir. I'm learning lead & iti s very helpful leaving my hands free for TH-cam learning (69 th B-day gift).
When you first mentioned it, I wasn’t sure. But now that I think about it, I could see it with considerable tonal modification and additional parts on Presence or even on one of the Firm albums.
This is a great series!..Next up 1977 will perhaps become "leaner pickings" due to the ground swell of Disco and Punk Genres?.. If we can put a live album in the mix,.." The Man on the Silver Mountain" from 1977's Ritchie Blackmores ' Rainbow on Stage's is an absolute Killer Riff!
Ha! Did you check out my 1975 episodes? I dropped in Man on the Silver Mountain (and showed both the studio and live version of the riff). The live version is absolutely insane to play!!!
Was hoping you would do Achilles last and nobodies fault but mine from Zeppelin's Presence album! I like those power riffs better than hots off for nowhere!
I haven't even finished watching this whole video but I feel a need to say, well I won't say exactly what came to my mind... yeah I will. Well fucking done!!! Love the BOC riffs!!! Some of the others so far are sort of obscure but great, which makes it even better. Ok I will finish watching now that I got that off my chest.
This was great video. I think if you had played every riff on the album Presence that would have worked as a 10 greatest of 1975 too. Page's high water mark to my ears.
Carl, love your videos, I put you on .50 speed so I can follow better. You really sound like your stoned LOL. Hope that doesn't offend you. Thanks for the lesson. Watch all your videos.
I'm hoping I can really piss you off about the track choice. 1st one to mind 10CC I'm Mandy, Fly Me (brilliant album) 2 AC/DC TNT (the only time I saw them live with Bon Scott but it was Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album when I was 15) 3 Thin Lizzy Boys Are Back In Town 4 Steve Miller Band Rock'n' Me - huge Steve Miller fan 5 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Blinded By The Light You made a bit of an obscure list but you also left out Steely Dan but it could be a very long list.
I looked into this for you! It’s tricky, although he has a few great, stand alone riffs or near riffs, so much of his material is about his atmosphere and solid over beautiful progressions which would work for my to play as a soloist on camera. It’s very ensemble sounding. I’m not that familiar with his work. Can you help me out by sending me a list of 12 riffs by him?
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I am a beginner player. (@ 62 y.o.a.) All i can send you are songs. 1. Too Rolling Stoned. 2. Day of the Eagle. 3. Bridges of Sighs. 4. Little bit of sympathy. 5. Lady Love. 6. About to beginning. 7.Sinners Song. 8. Daydream. 9. Shame the Devil. 10. Long Misty Days. 11. Rock me Baby. 12. In Thís Place. I hope you can work with this... His style was somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Happy Thanksgiving Carl!
Once again my mind is blown and I am in awe.
I feel so lucky to have been a kid learning guitar in the 70s. I have no regrets, I wouldn't want it any other way. Thank you so much Carl. Neither I nor the music will ever get older just better.
Thank you! Here’s to timeless music!
Congratulations on catching that flamenco rake on the queen song. What a detail!! very cool
I was born in 1976! I ROCK!🤟🤣 gunna have to learn all these, thank you for a great video 👏
You’ll love these albums. I’m so excited for you to discover this music!
Tons of songs from Presence could be on here!! Achilles Last Stand, For Your Life, Nobody's Fault but Mine, Candy Store Rock, & Tea for One! Great video as always!
Totally agree
I second Achilles Last Stand 🎸
Achilles is the best song ever.
Awesome list! So stoked about the inclusion of "Led Boots"! Wired and Blow by Blow are 2 of my favorite guitar albums. Here are a few more suggestions for a part 2: "Live for the Music" Bad Company; "Gimme Back My Bullets" Lynyrd Skynyrd; "Calling Dr. Love," "Detroit Rock City" & "God of Thunder" Kiss; "Jailbreak" Thin Lizzy; "T.N.T." AC/DC; "Go to Hell" and "Guilty" Alice Cooper; "American Girl" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; "It's Only Love" ZZ Top; "The Temples of Syrinx" Rush"' and "Back Street Kids" & "All Moving Parts (Stand Still)" Black Sabbath ... very underrated album, imo.
Playing the Beck material is the most daunting task! I loved that material when I was young. It seemed other-worldly as a player. That’s because it is!!!!! Btw…that’s a great list!! I think American Girl was a 1977 release. I’ll double check the others as well. Peace!
2112 is for the the most important 1976 release
Fantastic overview and analysis of some of the best riffs of 76. I really like your breakdowns of Led Boots and Stargazer...you showed some tricks that Beck & Blackmore did that eluded me til today! Another great riff to add to the list.....Tommy Bolin's Post Toastee!
Thanks! So glad I gave you something you could learn from!
love these greatest guitar riffs brings back a lot of garage band memories thankyou
What an amazing guitarist you are Carl. Thank you for these great riffs.
Thank you! This episode gave me a chance to show more technical range given the artists. It was a daunting challenge, but I was very proud of the result!! Thanks for appreciating my playing!
Great tutorial C. '76 was a rockin year! The 70's for that matter. Great Decade of RNR.
Wow, I was born in 76, never heard these songs before. Thank you for the eye-opening content :-)
You are in for a great treat. Please listen to all these albums and let me know what you think. That will take you about a year to truly digest!
That Aerosmith song is one of my very favorites of theirs, along with "Lighting Strikes," "Sweet Emotion," "Draw the Line" and "Mama Kin" 😁
That nuanced flamenco strum on Tie Your Mother Down was the penny dropped moment for me. Profound !
As soon as you showed that I was straight on it to nail it, thanks again Carl
Yay!!!! I know what you mean. It immediately sorts out the riff! Feels great doesn’t it?!!
Geez, what a trip down memory lane! I was a senior in High School in '76. Listened to Casey Kasem's top 40 rundown many Sundays. Heard so many of these on the radio and have a few in my collection. Thanks for this video.
You are the Best. Simple and direct to the point,no bla,blas,blas.Congratulations from Portugal
I love Portugal! I want to come back! Thank you!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic You are Welcome!Thank s
The 70's in general was my favorite period for music... Everyone back then had their own identity.. I totally got into the Tom Scholz / Kerry Livgren portion of this video... Interestingly enough Tom Scholz unbeknownst to most is a native of Toledo , Ohio. I remember when I was starting out in 76 on guitar... I was 11 years old... I remember hearing Boston for the first time on my dads stereo.. I was just literally blown away by the guitar sound... I was like "Holy F~~~" What is making that hot ferocious sound! It was a Marshall.. An LP fitted with a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the rear and a p90 in the neck.. And Toms bag of tricks... Then Kerry Livgren... That incredible Marshall Amp sound...Still probably my over all fave guitar sound.. The body, The tone... The incredible head room. It's what I've kind of strived for.. Carry on to me epitomizes what a Marshall should sound like. At least in my mind. Again... You nailed this!... Keep'em comin'! ♥
Always appreciate your input and thoughtful insights Nick!
What a fun video! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great song selection, thanks Rob and Carl.
Omg wow, thanks for this one. I actually love and play all these but the Frampton tune. I was 14 in 1976 freshman in high school and all this music was so important to me. I forgot just how much good music came out of this year, Frampton Comes Alive, Presence, Rocks, Wired, Hotel California, Agents of Fortune, Day at The Races, all the music you played. I didn't play all of it on guitar just yet but I was very familiar with and loved it all ...,.. Great episode 👍☮️
Man. This is great Carl. Brings me back. I saw BOC and Kansas live for these albums on a Day on the Green in Oakland. What an amazing time to be alive for this great music and these incredible riffs.
Thank you!
Hey Carl, Another awesome video. I'm learning so much from you. Keep it coming. Grand Boulevard is very cool. I picked up plenty of LZ influence, and ACDC 🙂.
1973 was another fabulous year. Here's a few of my favourites.
Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh, Wishing Well - Free, Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rat Bat Blue - Deep Purple, Caroline - Status Quo, Radar Love - Golden Earring, Money - Pink Floyd, take your pick off Billion Dollar Babies, We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad, Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer, Cradle Rock - Rory Gallagher.
Thanks Lindsay. I’ll check out your list! I’m so glad you like Grand Boulevard!
Presence, Wired, and Rocks all have mutiple songs you could add to your list. Hard to pick just one or two. Good choices. We play half these songs in our band. Great work.
That’s got be a great band. That’s some seriously good repertoire! I’d love to see a TH-cam link of you all.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic Actually never thought of recording. Good idea.
Astounded that you got away with The eagles and didn't get copywrought! haha amazing video as always, definite perfectionist while having your own style.
Wow! That’s so kind! I’ve been struck with copyrights on some of my Jimmy Page work! Although it suppresses views, it’s at least a badge of honor!
It's always a pleasure to see that you have done yet another video! Keep up the good work and the smile :)
Great episode Carl that guitar you have is awesome, this deserves an episode
Thank you! It’s in the works!
Greetings, Carl! I just discovered your channel. 1976 is the year I started buying rock albums by Frampton, Yes, Deep Purple, and Aerosmith. I started playing guitar the following year and got into all of the prog bands. Thanks for your videos!
Thank you!!
Great list! Played a number of those songs myself back in '76. "Wired" was a FANTASTIC album and Buck Dharma is one of the most unjustifiably underrated players. Now a plug for my all-time favorite player; more Peter Frampton please Mr. Baldassarre! Cheers, MB
Glad you liked!!! Frampton has such a lovely, lyrical, friendly tone palette.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic That he does! His playing was and is, at least in my opinion (for what that's worth) unlike any of his contemporaries. I purchased Humble Pie's "Humble Pie Performance Rockin' The Fillmore" album when it was released in '71. It was his playing on that album that made me want to play guitar. With all due respect to the other great live albums that are out there, including "Frampton Comes Alive", it's still my all-time favorite album. The only album for me that rivals it is "Humble Pie Performance Rockin' The Fillmore The Complete Recordings", which are the four shows they played at the Fillmore that the original album was culled from that Frampton and Jerry Shirley released back in 2013. 🤣 He is of course, a much better player now than he was back then, but that album has and always will have, a very special place in my heart. Cheers Mr. Baldassarre! MB
As always, amazing Carl! I’m sharing your videos/channel with everyone I know!
Keep them coming!
Happy thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! Thanks for the encouragement. I really really really appreciate you trying to drum up more subscribers. My channel hasn’t broken through yet. I just need something to pop off. We’ve got the goods, we just need the audience!
I always look forward to these countdowns, Carl! I watch them with my Dad who’s also your age & you always manage to bring up a killer track he hasn’t heard in a while while also introducing me to some I’ve yet to discover. Keep up the great work, your videos are top quality 🤟
This is such a lovely message! One of my favorites. You tell dad I said he’s a great father. And you, by the way, are most certainly his “masterpiece”. I’d bet he’d agree with me. God bless you both!!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic appreciate that, Carl!! Much love.
As usual, quality video. Love that you included the much underated Hots On For Nowhere!
I didn’t appreciate how clever it was until I actually tried to play it!!!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic hahaha, that's Page for you!
I know it's about the guitar work here but Bonham really grooves on Hots On For Nowhere like there's no tomorrow.
Carl....OMG......what a great episode......great riffs, and great playing......THANK YOU!!
3 “thank you’s”!
Great picks 👍
Enjoying so much!!
@ Hots on for Nowhere right now, so beautiful 🎉
Oh my. What a year! Such great music! Wayward Son stands out for me.
I know. It was such a great musical year!!
O.M.G. Love that Album !!!
Thank You.
Hots On...is reminiscent of VH's Beautiful Girls! I started playing in 77 which was a huge year in music- disco, punk, hard rock, AOR, amazing!!
That’s an interesting comparison. In fact, I found a rare audio recording on TH-cam of Van Halen before they made it playing Hots on for Nowhere live in a club when they were just starting out. So I think have something there!!
Carl, nice catch on the flamenco rake in Tie Your Mother Down! I've been listening to and playing that riff for decades and never picked up on that.
I’m glad I did the extra work. It was awesome to discover that little wrinkle!
This was great! Casey Kasem! You're 4 years older than me, I appreciate this list and your take on all of it!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks Carl, great video as always 😀👍
Thank you!
OMG, I almost cried at the end with the Flamenco rake. All my favorites from that era I bought my first guitar. Thank you so much for sharing that, it's all so inspiring. Great job, it's really fantastic and the tone is absolutely amazing. Please keep it coming, this is my new favorite channel. All the best!!!
Thank you so much!
Another great riff vid carl, keep em coming good sir!
Thank you!
What a fantastic year for classic rock driven by songs with guitar laden riffs. Punk as a music genre was born in 1976 but I think these 10 riffs prove that Rock was far from a spent force. Everyone of them is a classic and so identifiable and there were so many more...Emerald by Thin Lizzy and Jailbreak by ACDC are a couple of my faves.
As usual Carl you look like you are having so much fun playing these riffs and, you're so cool bro 🤘
I am having fun! It’s really awesome to learn new material. It’s satisfying to me personally to be able to play something new and/challenging. Do you know anything about punk music. If so, can you suggest 12 great punk guitar riffs?
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I don't mind some punk music, I can really resonate with the energy and simplicity but I'm not really an officiando of that genre...I'm more of a Classic Rock fan. Being from Australia I can recommend a song for you to check out from an Aussie band that was one of the first ever punk songs. "Stranded" by The Saints. It has such a driving guitar riff that just hits you in the face!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic "Stranded" by Aussie band The Saints preceded the Sex Pistols and I've seen on YT comments that Malcolm McLaren got the Pistols to emulate their style.
It is a great riff you might enjoy.
I was 11 but my mom listened to rock in the car so I grew up loving it.
Thin Lizzy had some great riffs off the two albums they released in 76'
Just discovered your channel, love what you're doing 🤘
Getting caught up on the riff series. So clear and easy to pickup from here. Great to see some BOC- I've got an alternate fingering for ETI that's mildly interesting. Anyhow, THANKS and Happy Christmas...!
Thanks you buddy! Send be a phone video of your fingering for ETI I’d love to see it. I can imagine 1 obvious alternative but I’d be very curious as to what you came up with!!!
Thank you Carl!!! What an amazing look at 76 I was 14. Page Beck arosmith so well done!🏆🎸🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you! This episode require quite a bit of technical range. I was thankful to not only survive, but thrive on it!
You're on the nose with the best of '76. That BOC song is my very favorite of theirs 😁
I never knew the name of it, but when I searched the album, it popped out as being one I remember liking as a kid. I was excited to learn it and include it!!!
Dig this:
"All praise.
He's found the awful truth.
Baldassarre.
He's found the saucer news." 😁
Hi Carl, great lesson. Your explanations can be understood very well because they are presented in a professional didactical manner and with a lot of fun. Greetings from Germany, Gerald
You're very welcome! Love Germany! What city are you in?
Awesome riffs and excellent playing. Brian May is my favorite guitarist so it was awesome that you included him on the list. You rock 🤘
That’s the first time I’ve looked at one of his riffs! Really cool!
Picking up the Queen Riff was awesome. Nice job, thank you
No problem! My pleasure!!
Thanks for giving some love to the great Buck Dharma with ETI. That’s my favorite BOC tune!
Yay! It’s awesome.
Was watching the year old video &: wasn't aware Page used the Herco Flex 75, been using those forever myself. 😎👍
Oh, my God, yes! "Stargazer" is epic!!!
That was my favorite!!
Killer video and fantastic riffage, my man!
Thank you!!!!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic Yes sir! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Carl!
You'll have to do another 10 from 1976. Tons of great songs and riffs from that year. Some bands had multiple tunes with great riffs, like Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle", Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand", "Tea for One", and "Nobody's Fault but Mine" and Boston's "Foreplay/Longtime", though all the songs on that album had great riffs. Other songs with great riffs are "Takin' It To the Streets" by the Doobie Brothers, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC, "Passage to Bangkok" by Rush (the "2112" album had some great riffs in general), "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss, "The Boys are Back in Town" and "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy, and "Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates. Oh, and we can't forget the Theme from the TV show "S.W.A.T."! (BTW, did the guy who drove the van ever get out from behind the steering wheel?) You could throw in some ABBA if you wanted. Of course, 1976 also gave us Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"... On a side note, I find the title of your album "Collinwood Yard" intriguing. I used to take freight trains to Collinwood Yard in Cleveland!
Wow! You have a connection to Collinwood Yard’s. Have you checked out the album yet?
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@@CarlBaldassarreMusic, not as yet...but I will!
i think a video of your favorite guitarist would be awesome
Hey, don't forget about the secret treaties album...love to here you do something from that one.
Carl,what a great collection of riffs from "76!Thanks for the inspiration to learn some songs I know and love, some I had not heard before.As I learn to play I appreciate, enjoy, and see music very differently.Especially loved seeing "Hots on for Nowhere"..Presence is in my top favorites Zep records.Love Jeff Beck too..Want to play Led Boots ,your .tutorial makes it possible!😊🎸
That makes me happy. So glad to help!!
Thanks Carl,that was cool
These greatest riffs by year are super entertaining! Keep them coming! Carl - when you use the JCM800, is the majority of gain coming from the amp or the La Grange pedal which I see you use in other videos? Sounds great!
Thank you! Yes, I bypass the preamp on the Marshall to get straight to the power tubes for that clean crank. Then I hit the input harder with a drive pedal to get the break up I want. For the videos it’s more pedal than amp since I’m running lower master volume. Live, it’s about 50:50.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic wanted to ask you about Aqualung chain and application of pedals, please?
Thank you for the bend up on the G in Life in the Fast Lane. I slowed down his Tonight Show performance in August and completely missed it. Just reviewed again and now it's obvious.
I know. It’s a great piece of magic. Happy to share the knowledge!!
I knew there was no way Carl would make a Top Riffs for 76 without including something off of Presence. Hots on for Nowhere is criminally underrated and a great upbeat Zep tune! I personally would have chosen the riff monster that is For Your Life ;) Thanks for another great vid, Carl!
Glad you liked!
Love these years riffrospectives! Now, how about a rig rundown?
We’ll need to get that going!
Carl intesting story -- opening riff for Life in the Fast Lane. It was a lick Joe Walsh used to warmup. Glen Frey heard it came in the room and said Hey man what is that? Joe said -just a riff I use to warm up. Frey goes that's a Eagles song man! This is according to an interview with Joe on TH-cam with Paul shaffer.
I was hoping you'd include something from Presence, and of course you didn't disappoint! 😁
Ha! Glad to not disappoint! Believe it or not…that riff is way more fun to play (and more challenging) than it is to listen to. It seems like almost a simple throw away kind of tune, but it’s a very formidable thing to get right. There are lots of components to it!!
If discussed previously, please forgive me as I’m a new subscriber, can you please talk about your particular les paul, I love the color and sound. Love your channel, thank you!
I’m actually preparing an episode on the topic!
ZZ Top came out with Tejas that year and they have tons of cool riffs on that one as usual ..'''It's Only Love'' is cool af .. Ly Skynyrd came out with ''Gimmie Back My Bullets '' also in 76..
Love your stuff, I appreciate your work for sure.
FYI: The first part of Rebel Rebel seems to be played at the second fret and not slid up like you demonstrated. I watched a bowie live concert and that's the way (Adrian Belew?) played it
I debated that!
One of my favorite Stones riff is from 71, Can't You Hear Me Knockin
YES!!! Me too. I have to do that!!!
I taught myself "Life in the Fast Lane" with my Lady's encouragement, but I have yet to nail the nuances.
I hope this video helped. The notes are important, but It’s even more about the expression and articulation.
Most of your videos remind me that I have poor attention to the little details in a song. I'm going to open up my ears a little and pay more attention. I also don't play much rhythm guitar and I don't know why, this is also going to change. Thanks for sharing these killer riffs with us.
Your so welcome
Carl you are fantastic in these videos. I would like you to do a video showing some of Billy Gibbon's best riffs. Thanks,
Bob Richardson
Thank you for the suggestion. Do you have 12 favorite riffs from Billy I should consider?!
Fantastic job Carl!..And yes, Rob Shaw, "sure did" step up to the plate. Who could argue with any of those selections. Love your sound/breakdown of Led boots and Aerosmith 'Last Child' with 4 great riffs in a song...I wonder if intro riff for Josie 'Steely Dan" might make the 1977 list?. Arguably the most Bizzare 'Hit song' riff in history?
Thanks for noticing! Btw…I forgot to mention that Beck almost never uses a pick! Like everything else, Led Boots has that unique snappy sound owing to his inside out thumb picking. …I’ll refresh on Josie!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I sent you a mail..Not sure if you got it.
Man you are Boogie with Stu ! Holding up my lighter 💥
Love love love this comment!
Hots on for nowhere. Is one of my favorites
I loved learning it!!
I was 13. Carl your thumbnail pics are fantastic!
You’re my kid brother! Haha! …my editor Billy pulls them together the thumbnails. They’re getting better as we go. I love the look of them. Thanks for mentioning! We put so much time into the details.
Howdy! Just finding you for the first time today. You know your music! I have some great music history. Leave it at that. Ps. Have you ever done a special on The James Gang? Very underated! See if you can figure out where the band Boston got riff for their biggest hit. " More then a Feeling " Yes! James Gang. I know you can figure out the song. Remember Tom Scholtz was a huge fan of Joe Walsh!
Wow! So you where talking about Boston! Just reading what someone said about Tom and Boston. Maybe you already know the song I was talking about!
Yes! I have a cool episode on the James Gang/Joe Walsh. Check out my past episodes. You’ll LOVE that one!!!!
Hi Carl, love your work, check out Just got Paid riff from ZZ Top and Double Trouble from Skynyrd. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do!
Just come across your channel - Great vids - I'm like a kid in a candy store checking them out.
Glad you like them! I hope you subscribed!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic Already done & dusted.👍
1 st time here,this is great ! from Les Paul's hometown. 70 in Feb. & my hair is as long as Carl's. Go boomers !
Ha! Welcome boomer! So glad to have you. I hoped you subscribed!!
Subscribed ! Carl do you know about the Vidami pedal ? it's really cool sir. I'm learning lead & iti s very helpful leaving my hands free for TH-cam learning (69 th B-day gift).
Would you agree that there's a Page influence in the BOC guitar interlude of "E.T.I."?
When you first mentioned it, I wasn’t sure. But now that I think about it, I could see it with considerable tonal modification and additional parts on Presence or even on one of the Firm albums.
Ahhh, I wish you hadn’t mentioned the Hercos, they’re what I use!
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This is a great series!..Next up 1977 will perhaps become "leaner pickings" due to the ground swell of Disco and Punk Genres?..
If we can put a live album in the mix,.." The Man on the Silver Mountain" from 1977's Ritchie Blackmores ' Rainbow on Stage's is an absolute Killer Riff!
Ha! Did you check out my 1975 episodes? I dropped in Man on the Silver Mountain (and showed both the studio and live version of the riff). The live version is absolutely insane to play!!!
Was hoping you would do Achilles last and nobodies fault but mine from Zeppelin's Presence album! I like those power riffs better than hots off for nowhere!
I hear ya!
I haven't even finished watching this whole video but I feel a need to say, well I won't say exactly what came to my mind... yeah I will. Well fucking done!!! Love the BOC riffs!!! Some of the others so far are sort of obscure but great, which makes it even better. Ok I will finish watching now that I got that off my chest.
Haha! I hope you feel better getting that off your chest. I’m here for you!!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
This was great video. I think if you had played every riff on the album Presence that would have worked as a 10 greatest of 1975 too. Page's high water mark to my ears.
Yes, Presence was a Page centric album!!
You're too good to us with the Kansas 😁
It was purely my pleasure!
carls the man
What effect are you using for led boots? Spot on!
Thank you. Just a short verb and maybe a spit of chorus. I can’t exactly recall.
Better have some Boston in 76..... lol....edit: and you didn't disappoint 👏
I would have picked Lines on my Face from Frampton. What a song
Stargazer from blackmore rainbow is uber spectacular😊
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Perfect in every way!
I love how you didn't just go for all the obvious hits... got some deep cuts in there.. respect!
Thank you!
Carl, love your videos, I put you on .50 speed so I can follow better. You really sound like your stoned LOL. Hope that doesn't offend you. Thanks for the lesson. Watch all your videos.
Well, it was the 70’s! Haha! I’m glad you like and I hope you subscribed!!
I would have loved to see Stay from Bowie's Station to Station courtesy of Earl Slick.
I’ll check it out immediately!
Queen wins that list IMO. Just a badass riff.
That section from Reaper reminds me of part Achilles last stand
I'm hoping I can really piss you off about the track choice.
1st one to mind 10CC I'm Mandy, Fly Me (brilliant album)
2 AC/DC TNT (the only time I saw them live with Bon Scott but it was Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album when I was 15)
3 Thin Lizzy Boys Are Back In Town
4 Steve Miller Band Rock'n' Me - huge Steve Miller fan
5 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Blinded By The Light
You made a bit of an obscure list but you also left out Steely Dan but it could be a very long list.
I really like your list! I’ll check out the 10 CC
Carl, can you please do a video on Robin Trower?
I looked into this for you! It’s tricky, although he has a few great, stand alone riffs or near riffs, so much of his material is about his atmosphere and solid over beautiful progressions which would work for my to play as a soloist on camera. It’s very ensemble sounding. I’m not that familiar with his work. Can you help me out by sending me a list of 12 riffs by him?
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I am a beginner player. (@ 62 y.o.a.) All i can send you are songs.
1. Too Rolling Stoned.
2. Day of the Eagle.
3. Bridges of Sighs.
4. Little bit of sympathy.
5. Lady Love.
6. About to beginning.
7.Sinners Song.
8. Daydream.
9. Shame the Devil.
10. Long Misty Days.
11. Rock me Baby.
12. In Thís Place.
I hope you can work with this...
His style was somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Happy Thanksgiving Carl!
Thank you for this. I’ll have a listen!!
Rock on bro led boots I've done this so dang cool 😎 yer amazing 👏dig yer videos
Thank you!
Great t-shirts,
Yay!