I’ll always remember the first time I heard Bostons first album in 1976. I was thirteen and immediately went to the record store to purchase it. Streaming music is cool but there was nothing like seeing that album cover for the first time, holding it, buying it and the anticipation of getting home to listen to it. Thanks for the chord play of Boston.
I was 13 y.o. standing in Peaches Records in Milwaukee in the summer of ‘76 and the store had a kiosk in front of the new releases that had a sound system playing whatever was cued up. I walked over just in time to hear the intro to Hitch a Ride. I stood there transfixed, listening to this song, this guitar tone like I’d never heard before. The outro solo started and there were two guitars trading licks. When it ended I was completely blown away. I bought the album, went home and listened to the whole album. I wasn’t content to just listen. I wanted to learn how to do what I was hearing on those guitars. I’d been bitten by the bug, a species of bug from the Bay State. 43 years later I still get chills listening to that first album.
The word genius gets thrown around alot in the music world. But Tom Sholz is a legit genius. He wrote every song on the first album,played all the instruments,engineered his own equipment and recorded the whole album in his basement...in the early 70's.
Hitch a Ride is one of my all-time favorite solos!!! It's so fun to jam out!!! It's actually brought me tears of joy countless times!!! Especially about 3/4 of the way through when it goes back to the 8th fret on the G string and Melodic walk-down with the clapping... oh yeah!!! I love it!!!
all the previous lessons are top notch, but this my friend is your finest hour... lessons for REGULAR guitarists...not shredders... I know, BLASPHEMY right? Kudos to you for this one sir...
I did my young years in the 70's. Youngest of 5 (closest sibling was 5 years older) and I got a LOT of 70's rock music. Boston was a huge soundtrack to my youth.
BOSTON WILL ALWAYS BE A REAL FAVOURITE ,TOM,IS A REAL MAVERICK,DOING THINGS HIS WAY,SO MANY SKILLS,AND A REAL HUMANITARIAN TOO.UNDERRATED BY MANY,THEIR LOSS.THANKS,DAVE FOR THIS LOOK AT A GAME CHANGER.
First concert i attended was Boston with Sammy Hagar on the Dont Look Back tour. I was 15 and general admission let me stand right up next to the stage. My ears were ringing the next day. One of my favorite guitarists and bands.
Boston's first (2) album(s) just so special! It's not overstating that it's Amazing imo. Around 1985-86 me and my buddy sneaked into NAMM in Orange County. Security was more laxed back then. Believe it was in Anaheim. Met Ted Nugent. But also came across the Rockman Booth. They had like 15 guitars all hooked up with headphones to the Rockman's. I stunk at guitar back then (Much like today lol). But was blown away by the sound that little thing produced. Great video man. Thanks for taking me back.
Awesome!! I remember sitting on the floor in my room as a kid in the seventies playing my guitar, trying to figure out how to get that Boston sound. Great band, Tom was a genius and Brad Delp was such a awesome singer. Thanks dude! 🤘🤘
Boston was my first concert in the summer between 7th and 8th grade! Don't look back tour! Would have been about 1978 I believe! Then later in High School when I started playing I had one of those Tom Scholz Rockman's that was a pre amp that you could put batteries in and put head phones on and clip it on your belt and plug in and sound like Tom! You could run it through your amp as well. I wish I still had that thing! Thanks for the video! Great job! Love Boston!
Awesome lesson Dave. Boston has always been one of my absolute favorites. When I bought my first CD player, Third Stage was the first CD I bought (was dating a girl named Amanda at the time, so naturally...). Absolutely fell in love with that CD and picked up the rest of theirs shortly after. Love their themed, melodic story-telling with their CDs and their catalog as a whole (like how the chord progression from the riff you played from We're Ready is a slight nod/variation on the chorus & solo in Feelin' Satisfied). Cool the Engines saw a lot of play off that CD as well. So many awesome memories. Thanks for sharing this one.
1st Boston Album is a complete masterpiece from a legit genius! I have to add when you say from Boston’s 1st album their was no Boston it was all Tom! Lol
On *Foreplay* Tom was channeling his classical music influences. He grew up listening to Bach, Beethoven, etc. and before Rainbow, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie, etc. nobody was really combining rock with classical music... so Tom thought it would be cool to do it. I was 10 years old in 1976, and I can tell you that you had to be alive during that time to understand how huge that debut record was. Regards
Nicely done! You crack me up when you describe your chords. It's exactly how I do it when I explain different chords and we're almost identical on our definitions except on the 70's chord. I always say Keith Richards from the 60's. Also Boston is one of my favorites. So much I named my son Boston. Take care and thanks for all you do in keeping music alive!
You forgot to mention that all the basement equipment Tom recorded with was literally hand built by him. Tom S. story is a once in a lifetime. Crazy cool!!
I can remember being thirteen years old listening to this album for the first time in my friend's basement. I was so blown away listening to "The Launch" slowly build into third stage separation and then kick right into Cool the Engines! I must have listened to that a thousand times.
If you had a Scholz Rockman R&D X100 you pretty much HAD to play Boston tunes on it. Great practice tool. Mine got broken long ago, but man was that thing handy.
Your breakdown of Cool the Engines' busy single note pattern reminds me a bit like something Ty Tabor of King's X might have listened to, to write Lost in Germany. Great stuff!!
'Boston in a Box', to describe the Rockman amps, I like that and it is true. Scholz was a real innovator in getting good guitar tones from what could be in many ways considered the earliest venture into amp modeling and decades before it has become such a commonplace thing as it now is. And, that is cool and he deserves more credit than he often is given for being an influential guitarist with those additional points to his credit atop his musicianship and studio prowess.
That comment said it all tom was one of the Biggest influencers of that time and place. Boston was on the seen around the time when ticket prices blew up and they need top acts
Thanks for a great video! I’m a drummer but Boston has always been one of my favorite bands. I wore out three 8-track tapes (yes, I’m dating myself!) of the first album in my first car. I definitely associate that album with excitement and freedom. Definitely the soundtrack of an exciting era in my life. Thanks again 👍🏻
David I am really glad I stumbled across you on you tube. All of these Chords of videos are in my wheel house. Especially, Lukather. I might be the biggest Luke fan on here.
Luckily my dad was into good music and got me into Boston and the guitar work of Tom Scholz when I first started playing many moons ago. As usual incredible work Dave!
Seriously love watching these!! Your love of music, and the guitar is so obvious. You made a comment that music doesn’t have to be crazy like Yngwei , sometimes a simple guitar part is all that you need...and you’re right. But it also helps to have Brad Delp as your singer. When you have a musician like Tom and a voice like Brad, it’s going to be magical. Thank you again for putting these up. I saw Boston live back in the 80s and it was really an amazing show.
I'm loving your channel. Believe it or not, this week I was wondering literally "how superb it would be if he´d do a BOSTON episode ". You just read my mind.
Were ready....... To learn more cool riffs,dude,......my fave tune from that album!!!!so good.....takes me back in a few notes!!!😐........great story.....tnx,pat..land o' lakes,wi.usa.
I have been making a new album in a new style based on these videos, its been so helpful watching these chordplay videos in an amazing way, I would love to share my work with you!
Genetic memory's not supposed to happen in humans but in your case it may have happened. Having covered Boston from the late 70's on I can say say, once more, you've nailed it.
I know Tom used an MXR Phase 90 on Don't Look Back, but I think there might be a little Filter Sweep on there too... filter sweep was a really popular studio effect back in the 70's (ELO used it a lot).
David you have to check out the 4th Boston album Walk On. I believe it came out in 1994. Tom Scholz sound is epic on that album. Songs like Surrender To Me, Magdelaine, the Walk On and What's Your Name are awesome. The Walk On Medley showcases Tom's talent on guitar and especially keyboards. Check it out you will dig it.
Hello David. I loved the Boston guitar sound/tone so much, I bought a Rockman R&D X100 back in the early 80's. I still have it to this very day in the same box with the headphones it came with. I would plug it in to the back of my amp on the loop circuit. It sounds awesome. Tom Scholz is a genius. Recording their first record from his basement with his invented sound gear. Love your videos David. Rock! \m/
Amazing content Dave, always appreciate you sharing your love of guitar music and unlocking the inner workings of fascinating players from the decades of great music. Thanks bro!
The "Tom Scholz sound" is as singularly iconic as Eddie's "Brown sound". And I don't think anyone has that "HyperSpeed/SuperSpaceDelay" pedal thing of his even close. Speaking of interesting tones... try a "Chords of Devin Townsend".
I'll agree about it being as iconic, but I don't think that many people wanted that sound like they did Eddie's. For me, I love the Boston sound, but being in a cover band, it just would of been something I'd be bored with very quickly.
I saw Boston in Atlanta on their first tour. No opening band and the ticket was the most expensive one on the planet at that time. A whole $8 and no opening band. Compare that to the $250 per ticket I just paid for KISS tickets I bought for a Sept. 2020 date here. Where did everything go wrong? Definitely top 5 with the Ramones, the B52s in a small club, and the Kinks.
Awesome! I've been a Boston fan since the first album. He was a pioneer in guitar effects and modern rock music. Funny you should start off with "We're Ready", one of my all-time favorites! Thanks for that!
Boston..holy Jesus I still have them all stuff in my car's USB,great stuff while driving,pity we are confined home now because of that damn virus,nice one Dave! 🤘
Discovered Boston when i wad 7 years old by playing "more than a feeling" on guitar hero on my friends playstation (that game was probably one of the main reasons i picked up guitar now that i think of it) loved that song and played it alot and was one of the main songs i played in the earliest time of my playing. Great video as usual man, *so* glad i found your channel =)
Hey LNL dude, I saw an interview with Vito Bratta and he cited Boston as a big influence in his playing. When I learned Hitch a Ride I noticed a close similarity with the chordplay in the song Wait from White Lion. Did you catch that as well? LMK
Another great lesson Dave. A couple of suggestions for future chord studies, didn’t see any of these guys in your videos so forgive me if I missed them and you’ve done them before. Alex Lifeson Nick Drake Steve Lukather Thanks for the great content !
My "problem" if you will, with Boston, is that I could never afford an eventide, and I wasn't about to play in a band with 3 or four guitar players. We're too crazy. Nevermind trying to find anyone to sing the stuff, lol
I always found it odd, yet possibly understandable, that I'd meet some players who would easily dismiss Boston as a generic, cowboy chord, AOR band. It required some deeper listening, beyond the hits I'm guessing. For some reason I was recently in 70's dad-rock mode, and noticed a few parallels of Poco to Boston. Hard to explain...but that Hitch a Ride intro is one... And even those hoe-down type references to dancing. Haha. I'll look up an example. I think Scholz and co must've heard them at one time at least. I slept on Third Stage for years, but it definitely holds up, if not for the signature Scholz recording, then for Delp's performance.
Try the Crazy Eyes record. It's hard to describe. They'll use a Leslie at times which immediately brings Boston to mind. Boston aside, Poco has quite a pedigree and some incredible song writing, so it stands to reason they could have had some influence consciously or not.
Boston sold me on rock guitar when I was a kid. Just found your channel the last few days and you have helped my playing already. May I ask where you are? I am from western North Carolina and you sound like you are from there.
I also cut my teeth on classic rock like Boston in the late 70s. And actually the song we're ready is from the 1986 album Third stage which was about the same time 38 Special was going strong
There was nothing that sounded like the first Boston album when it came out. Just a wall of guitars and Brad Delp's vocals. Kind of started the whole "Middle of the Road" arena rock explosion. Journey, Kansas, lot of bands followed.
I’ll always remember the first time I heard Bostons first album in 1976. I was thirteen and immediately went to the record store to purchase it. Streaming music is cool but there was nothing like seeing that album cover for the first time, holding it, buying it and the anticipation of getting home to listen to it. Thanks for the chord play of Boston.
I was 13 y.o. standing in Peaches Records in Milwaukee in the summer of ‘76 and the store had a kiosk in front of the new releases that had a sound system playing whatever was cued up. I walked over just in time to hear the intro to Hitch a Ride. I stood there transfixed, listening to this song, this guitar tone like I’d never heard before. The outro solo started and there were two guitars trading licks. When it ended I was completely blown away. I bought the album, went home and listened to the whole album. I wasn’t content to just listen. I wanted to learn how to do what I was hearing on those guitars. I’d been bitten by the bug, a species of bug from the Bay State. 43 years later I still get chills listening to that first album.
The word genius gets thrown around alot in the music world. But Tom Sholz is a legit genius. He wrote every song on the first album,played all the instruments,engineered his own equipment and recorded the whole album in his basement...in the early 70's.
Hitch a Ride is one of my all-time favorite solos!!! It's so fun to jam out!!!
It's actually brought me tears of joy countless times!!! Especially about 3/4 of the way through when it goes back to the 8th fret on the G string and Melodic walk-down with the clapping... oh yeah!!! I love it!!!
all the previous lessons are top notch, but this my friend is your finest hour... lessons for REGULAR guitarists...not shredders... I know, BLASPHEMY right? Kudos to you for this one sir...
Boston/Tom is amazing. Tom is an under-rated guitarist / composer.
I did my young years in the 70's. Youngest of 5 (closest sibling was 5 years older) and I got a LOT of 70's rock music. Boston was a huge soundtrack to my youth.
Fancy seeing you in here, Tim.Cheerz from a MoBster in Ottawa!
Tim Gorman I also grew up then, the youngest of 5 with Boston as a soundtrack to my life.
@@mittelfruh Cheers to you!!!
@@paddyodriscoll8648 Nice!
BOSTON WILL ALWAYS BE A REAL FAVOURITE ,TOM,IS A REAL MAVERICK,DOING THINGS HIS WAY,SO MANY SKILLS,AND A REAL HUMANITARIAN TOO.UNDERRATED BY MANY,THEIR LOSS.THANKS,DAVE FOR THIS LOOK AT A GAME CHANGER.
Nice. All of Tom Scholtz music has transcended time. Boston songs are always fun to play.
First concert i attended was Boston with Sammy Hagar on the Dont Look Back tour. I was 15 and general admission let me stand right up next to the stage. My ears were ringing the next day. One of my favorite guitarists and bands.
I use to have the Rockman/Scholz Distortion generator rack unit in the '80s. You were bang on- Great unit. But EVERYTHING sounds like Boston!
Those first three Boston albums always give me the goosebumps! The playing, singing and memories of the times lead to cranking up the radio. Thanks!
Boston's first (2) album(s) just so special! It's not overstating that it's Amazing imo. Around 1985-86 me and my buddy sneaked into NAMM in Orange County. Security was more laxed back then. Believe it was in Anaheim. Met Ted Nugent. But also came across the Rockman Booth. They had like 15 guitars all hooked up with headphones to the Rockman's. I stunk at guitar back then (Much like today lol). But was blown away by the sound that little thing produced. Great video man. Thanks for taking me back.
Awesome!! I remember sitting on the floor in my room as a kid in the seventies playing my guitar, trying to figure out how to get that Boston sound. Great band, Tom was a genius and Brad Delp was such a awesome singer. Thanks dude! 🤘🤘
Boston was my first concert in the summer between 7th and 8th grade! Don't look back tour! Would have been about 1978 I believe! Then later in High School when I started playing I had one of those Tom Scholz Rockman's that was a pre amp that you could put batteries in and put head phones on and clip it on your belt and plug in and sound like Tom! You could run it through your amp as well. I wish I still had that thing! Thanks for the video! Great job! Love Boston!
Yah I'm a Boston fan too.
Thanks for sharing the songs n shedding some light too.
ZZ Top , Def Leppard , Iron Maiden used Rockman . I use the Rockman X 100 into (2) Marshall DSL 100's . Game Changer !
Love your interpretations and your very humble, laid back disposition!
saw Boston twice during the Don't Look Back tour as a kid.....saw many huge shows but Boston was the loudest....great shows for sure
Awesome lesson Dave. Boston has always been one of my absolute favorites. When I bought my first CD player, Third Stage was the first CD I bought (was dating a girl named Amanda at the time, so naturally...). Absolutely fell in love with that CD and picked up the rest of theirs shortly after. Love their themed, melodic story-telling with their CDs and their catalog as a whole (like how the chord progression from the riff you played from We're Ready is a slight nod/variation on the chorus & solo in Feelin' Satisfied). Cool the Engines saw a lot of play off that CD as well. So many awesome memories. Thanks for sharing this one.
1st Boston Album is a complete masterpiece from a legit genius! I have to add when you say from Boston’s 1st album their was no Boston it was all Tom! Lol
🤓 Well, technically... that's not accurate.
Sorry couldn't resist. lol
One of the few inimitable voices in rock no doubt !!
On *Foreplay* Tom was channeling his classical music influences. He grew up listening to Bach, Beethoven, etc. and before Rainbow, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie, etc. nobody was really combining rock with classical music... so Tom thought it would be cool to do it. I was 10 years old in 1976, and I can tell you that you had to be alive during that time to understand how huge that debut record was.
Regards
Nicely done! You crack me up when you describe your chords. It's exactly how I do it when I explain different chords and we're almost identical on our definitions except on the 70's chord. I always say Keith Richards from the 60's. Also Boston is one of my favorites. So much I named my son Boston. Take care and thanks for all you do in keeping music alive!
When their first album came out I was amazed at the sound. It was new! Loved it. and of course there was Brad Delp.
You forgot to mention that all the basement equipment Tom recorded with was literally hand built by him. Tom S. story is a once in a lifetime. Crazy cool!!
I had a Rockman when they first came out. It was awesome. I wish I still had it!
Spot on Tom was classicaly trained on piano and I hear it in his guitar
I can remember being thirteen years old listening to this album for the first time in my friend's basement. I was so blown away listening to "The Launch" slowly build into third stage separation and then kick right into Cool the Engines! I must have listened to that a thousand times.
It may sound funny bt one of the things about toms playing is how profoundly in tune he was, his intonation was spot on.
From Boston always a fan forever
Boston is one of my all-time favorite bands. Thank you for this video!
If you had a Scholz Rockman R&D X100 you pretty much HAD to play Boston tunes on it. Great practice tool. Mine got broken long ago, but man was that thing handy.
Hearing Tom and Gary Pihl playing those lead lines on the last few tours was such a great experience. They were so good live.
Tom Scholz was a genius. Great doc thanks. Good while being confined to watch these older vids too!
Your breakdown of Cool the Engines' busy single note pattern reminds me a bit like something Ty Tabor of King's X might have listened to, to write Lost in Germany. Great stuff!!
'Boston in a Box', to describe the Rockman amps, I like that and it is true. Scholz was a real innovator in getting good guitar tones from what could be in many ways considered the earliest venture into amp modeling and decades before it has become such a commonplace thing as it now is. And, that is cool and he deserves more credit than he often is given for being an influential guitarist with those additional points to his credit atop his musicianship and studio prowess.
'National Anthems from other countries', funny and clever way to consider Scholz's solos. 😎😉
Great way to describe Tom’s solos - like national anthems of different countries!
That comment said it all tom was one of the
Biggest influencers of that time and place.
Boston was on the seen around the time when ticket prices blew up and they need top acts
Great video thanks ,big boston fan and guitar player,I like how you show how to play these riffs now I can watch you and learn,🤟
Boston is why I ultimately decided to formally learn guitar and why I worked hard and earned myself a Les Paul.
Thanks for a great video! I’m a drummer but Boston has always been one of my favorite bands. I wore out three 8-track tapes (yes, I’m dating myself!) of the first album in my first car. I definitely associate that album with excitement and freedom. Definitely the soundtrack of an exciting era in my life. Thanks again 👍🏻
Dont look back is epic!!!!
David I am really glad I stumbled across you on you tube. All of these Chords of videos are in my wheel house. Especially, Lukather. I might be the biggest Luke fan on here.
.38 Special album with Hold on Loosely came out B4 Boston Third Stage's We're Ready.
Luckily my dad was into good music and got me into Boston and the guitar work of Tom Scholz when I first started playing many moons ago. As usual incredible work Dave!
Thank you very much my friend you made me very happy with your contribution I always wanted to learn to play these parts on my guitar
Seriously love watching these!! Your love of music, and the guitar is so obvious.
You made a comment that music doesn’t have to be crazy like Yngwei , sometimes a simple guitar part is all that you need...and you’re right. But it also helps to have Brad Delp as your singer. When you have a musician like Tom and a voice like Brad, it’s going to be magical. Thank you again for putting these up. I saw Boston live back in the 80s and it was really an amazing show.
Love your approach to all these classic bands. Keep it up!
Any what a wonderful lesson!!. Boston sound so awesome!!. So good to see the chords and picking. Thanks for jams and commentary!
Thank you! I enjoyed this very much. I hadn’t seen you before.
I am now subscribed👍🏼
Yeah. I always thought "Hitch A Ride" is a guitar extravaganza. Cool video bro!! 🤟😎👍🖤🎸
Fully agree mate..the dual lead guitar break should be taught at every guitar school as a lesson in melody, phrasing and feeling..feckin love it..!!
Tom Scholz rules! Thank you, David!
I'm loving your channel. Believe it or not, this week I was wondering literally "how superb it would be if he´d do a BOSTON episode ". You just read my mind.
Were ready....... To learn more cool riffs,dude,......my fave tune from that album!!!!so good.....takes me back in a few notes!!!😐........great story.....tnx,pat..land o' lakes,wi.usa.
I have been making a new album in a new style based on these videos, its been so helpful watching these chordplay videos in an amazing way, I would love to share my work with you!
Thanks David B!!
Genetic memory's not supposed to happen in humans but in your case it may have happened. Having covered Boston from the late 70's on I can say say, once more, you've nailed it.
So glad I found you and your taste is impeccable!
Hey Dave, Awesome!! I love Boston!! Thank you.
Good ol Boston man love it
I remember hearing it on my brothers 8 track and was like even as a kid I thought it was well done
Youre the best! Yes great memories of a great time in american history! Journey is similar in the sense that they captured a vibe of american history.
.38 Special’s big hits were early ‘80’s to mid-80’s. Third Stage was released in ‘86.
But it took them nearly 10 years to record off and on, flooding in the basement ruined some early demos.
I know Tom used an MXR Phase 90 on Don't Look Back, but I think there might be a little Filter Sweep on there too... filter sweep was a really popular studio effect back in the 70's (ELO used it a lot).
David you have to check out the 4th Boston album Walk On. I believe it came out in 1994. Tom Scholz sound is epic on that album. Songs like Surrender To Me, Magdelaine, the Walk On and What's Your Name are awesome. The Walk On Medley showcases Tom's talent on guitar and especially keyboards. Check it out you will dig it.
Hello David. I loved the Boston guitar sound/tone so much, I bought a Rockman R&D X100 back in the early 80's. I still have it to this very day in the same box with the headphones it came with. I would plug it in to the back of my amp on the loop circuit. It sounds awesome. Tom Scholz is a genius. Recording their first record from his basement with his invented sound gear. Love your videos David. Rock! \m/
Interesting info...........THANK YOU
Another super lesson!!! Always learn a lot from how you break down songs 👍🏻😊
Dude you are one nice fellow and a wonderful musician. Thank you...!
Hi David - great video!! Boston has always been one of my favorites. Bruce Kulick used some of those cool chords in Crazy Nights as well.
Absolutely love Boston. Great video!
Most enjoyable lesson. Thank you!
You really know your stuff--awesome
Amazing content Dave, always appreciate you sharing your love of guitar music and unlocking the inner workings of fascinating players from the decades of great music. Thanks bro!
I want more Boston. Gimme Gimmie and thanks!
The fact that he tuned up a half step really changed the sound of the music.
I love the 38 special molly hatchet chords
Outstanding work Dave cant wait for the next one.
Mellow dude. I like this guy. Subscribed.
The "Tom Scholz sound" is as singularly iconic as Eddie's "Brown sound". And I don't think anyone has that "HyperSpeed/SuperSpaceDelay" pedal thing of his even close.
Speaking of interesting tones... try a "Chords of Devin Townsend".
tom only made two hyper pedals.
I'll agree about it being as iconic, but I don't think that many people wanted that sound like they did Eddie's. For me, I love the Boston sound, but being in a cover band, it just would of been something I'd be bored with very quickly.
Awesome job!! Thank you
Excellent!
The riff part of "Cool the engines" sounds like a Nuno riff!
I wish those Rockman modules would come back! They sounded great!
I saw Boston in Atlanta on their first tour. No opening band and the ticket was the most expensive one on the planet at that time. A whole $8 and no opening band. Compare that to the $250 per ticket I just paid for KISS tickets I bought for a Sept. 2020 date here. Where did everything go wrong? Definitely top 5 with the Ramones, the B52s in a small club, and the Kinks.
prowlman -Unfortunately, since bands don’t make any money from albums / cds anymore. They have to rely on revenue, from live shows and merchandise.
Awesome! I've been a Boston fan since the first album. He was a pioneer in guitar effects and modern rock music. Funny you should start off with "We're Ready", one of my all-time favorites! Thanks for that!
Boston..holy Jesus I still have them all stuff in my car's USB,great stuff while driving,pity we are confined home now because of that damn virus,nice one Dave! 🤘
Discovered Boston when i wad 7 years old by playing "more than a feeling" on guitar hero on my friends playstation (that game was probably one of the main reasons i picked up guitar now that i think of it) loved that song and played it alot and was one of the main songs i played in the earliest time of my playing. Great video as usual man, *so* glad i found your channel =)
I love those 70s chords!
Hey LNL dude, I saw an interview with Vito Bratta and he cited Boston as a big influence in his playing. When I learned Hitch a Ride I noticed a close similarity with the chordplay in the song Wait from White Lion. Did you catch that as well? LMK
THANKS AGAIN AS USUAL
Another great lesson Dave. A couple of suggestions for future chord studies, didn’t see any of these guys in your videos so forgive me if I missed them and you’ve done them before.
Alex Lifeson
Nick Drake
Steve Lukather
Thanks for the great content !
Yes, when you watch Boston play foreplay live on some old live videos that’s how it was played
Great stuff:) love the way a.o.r guitar parts are orchestrated
My "problem" if you will, with Boston, is that I could never afford an eventide, and I wasn't about to play in a band with 3 or four guitar players. We're too crazy.
Nevermind trying to find anyone to sing the stuff, lol
We're/I'm Ready
I always found it odd, yet possibly understandable, that I'd meet some players who would easily dismiss Boston as a generic, cowboy chord, AOR band.
It required some deeper listening, beyond the hits I'm guessing.
For some reason I was recently in 70's dad-rock mode, and noticed a few parallels of Poco to Boston. Hard to explain...but that Hitch a Ride intro is one... And even those hoe-down type references to dancing. Haha. I'll look up an example.
I think Scholz and co must've heard them at one time at least.
I slept on Third Stage for years, but it definitely holds up, if not for the signature Scholz recording, then for Delp's performance.
Try the Crazy Eyes record.
It's hard to describe. They'll use a Leslie at times which immediately brings Boston to mind. Boston aside, Poco has quite a pedigree and some incredible song writing, so it stands to reason they could have had some influence consciously or not.
Boston sold me on rock guitar when I was a kid. Just found your channel the last few days and you have helped my playing already. May I ask where you are? I am from western North Carolina and you sound like you are from there.
I also cut my teeth on classic rock like Boston in the late 70s. And actually the song we're ready is from the 1986 album Third stage which was about the same time 38 Special was going strong
We're Ready
omg i never met you & I too Call'em 38special chords too
There was nothing that sounded like the first Boston album when it came out. Just a wall of guitars and Brad Delp's vocals. Kind of started the whole "Middle of the Road" arena rock explosion. Journey, Kansas, lot of bands followed.
It's a crime Boston/Tom Scholz is not in the R&R Hall of Fame