Rick, I'm not a musician, but I sure do love your channel. I can only strum a few chords, but my level of appreciation of what you do is off the charts. Much respect, sir.
Even if not a musician watch, listen and learn a bit and it changes/improves how you hear music. I promise (if it has not happened already) you will hear things in old songs you loved that you didn't know were there.
Rick is awesome at teaching music appreciation! I used to hate “ Kiss From A Rose” by Seal and I watched his “what makes this song great” video and it really opened my eyes to how great that song really is!
Love Carlos Rios. His playing with Kazu Matsui on The Direction-West and also Chick Corea on the first Elektric Band album in 86 is absolutely brilliant
Right. I believe Scott Henderson played guitar on the Elektric Band tour, for that album. Carlos is one of those guitar players, like Alan Murphy and Jimi Tunnell, who weren't "household names" but insanely good :-)
Scott played on two tunes. King Cockroach, and Silver Temple. The rest is Carlos. But after that first album I started listening to Tribal Tech. I didn't like the subsequent Elektric Band albums.
I’ll never understand how Gino Vanelli wasn’t a world wide success. Real class. Brother to Brother is the only album I have that defies categorisation, in the way that Boz Skaggs’ Silk Degrees did for me years before. Oh and Rick, you break my heart with your playing and knowledge. Over here we have a brilliant music savant called Howard Goodall who has opened my ears and eyes many a time, but he’s not an axe-man!
Regarding Gino Vanelli's career, he got into a feud with Clive Davis who blackballed him, for whatever reason, killing his US recording career. Sad story.
I agree with you about B2B...killer disc! Funny you should mention Vanelli and Scaggs as both created songs with similar R&B and jazz influenced structures and chord progressions. Very cool stuff.
I was very fortunate to have attended Jethro Tull's 'A' tour as a teenager when they hit SoCal in 1980. Mark Craney was phenomenal, as was "special guest" Eddie Jobson. WOW what a show that was.
@@Tangento - I saw Craney with Gino at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle, PA back in the late '70s. A very intimate setting and they were incredible!
I'm about the same age as Rick. My friends at that time half-understood why I loved Steely Dan, but they actively made fun of me for liking Gino Vanelli. Bastards. 😆
I think this is my favorite video of yours so far and I've been watching you for years, Rick. I love that you've shared this with us! It's a snapshot of the journey that every guitarist goes on and illustrates the struggles we all encounter when transcribing and trying to learn difficult material. This is so human of you, Rick! Thank you.
I might be inebriated (it's one of those days), but I can't believe how mind boggling this video is for analysis, exposition, and sheer presence it is. Gee... THANK YOU, Mr Beato. 🙇♂️ *Respect*
Not a musician, just a music lover, and I found your channel recently. Can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. It is the perfect blend of music knowledge/theory and accessible content for non-musicians. Awesome!
Like myself, Carlos is left-handed. It changes ones playing of the instrument. Not as much as in the case of how I play piano. But it makes a difference. And I agree with you. Carlos Rios is a tragically underrated guitarist. Simply brilliant!
My problem as a lefty (still, after 50 years of playing) is I can't watch a lefty and figure out the fret work. Not a problem at all when watching a right handed player.
I love me some Gino Vannelli. His and his band's musicianship was always at a ridiculously advanced level. One of the best bands you will ever see live, to this day.
Even more than the breakdown of the guitar (which is insane!) ... I loved Rick's demo of Gino's piano chords, simply beautiful progressions! Gino Vannelli, as successful as he was, is still vastly underappreciated. Bless you Rick, for the Gino love )) You truly understand greatness
Being able to slow music down without changing the pitch is _so_ helpful for trying to hear what's going on. I've been learning bass for a few months and one of the things I've been working on is transcribing bass lines I like to sheet music w/ tab. Mostly I just use TH-cam or VLC to play the song. Being able to shift to 50% or 75% speed is so helpful. Sometimes things just go buy too fast for me to retain it and sing it back. But when I slow it down suddenly I can hear the individual notes so much more clearly and retain the line! It's still slow going, but I've done 1 song so far and I'm mostly done with another. It's quite satisfying when it's done.
Rios' playing on that record was almost unprecedented in rock. Surgically clean, lyrical, virtuosic, and mixing up fusion and bebop. Fantastic pick, Rick. I've long wondered why Rios isn't a household name in the pantheon of guitar gods.
I love your channel. Great job! Keep in mind that Carlos just came up with this off the top of his head which makes it even more astounding.The fact that you figured it out even with the help of a slow downer is amazing.
Oh boy, Brother to Brother was one of my most-played albums at the time! I couldn't believe the musicianship I was hearing back then. It was like another level above anything else I had heard. So fascinating to hear you break down this solo and backing chords. So many great tracks on this album - the title track itself, Brother to Brother, is so good - even as a guitarist I was in awe at the drumming, and I loved the instrumental break in the middle! Apaloosa - another fantastic track! What great taste you have Rick 👍
Gino Vanelli's Brother to brother album was my introduction to Vanelli's music, I think I still have it on vinyl. It's every bit as relevant & exiting today. All the musicians on this record are brilliant.
Carlos Rios- one of my all-time favorites! Top session player, and an amazing live player. Saw him in the late 70s with the Marc-Almond Band (somehow they were opening for Judas Priest). My friends were all guitar aficionados who were blown away with his technique and musicality. Thanks for featuring his work on Brother to Brother a couple of times in your videos.
Rick! Always an amazing teacher - I don't normally comment but this video struck me. I learn everything the same way you did in this video, when i can. obviously, turning to tabs / notation when i have to. Was super cool to see that someone of your skill and knowledge doing those same frustrating "ahh!" when you mess up when attempting that full speed run after learning the actual notes lol! Reminder that we all go through those moments and pushing past them is what makes the difference between a good and a great player, just nice to see that instead of perfection on the youtube scene
This was really insightful seeing you work this lick out. I often get in my own head too much about how I learn through constant repetition, but I understand that it is a universal issue sometimes when it's not a natural way to play your instrument. Cheers as always, Rick 🤘
That Evil Eye was an absolute show stopper along with the rest of that album. All of those solos are still floating in my brain (not in my fingers) since it was launched in '78. I was 20 then and takes me right back there to that time. Rick, your prowess and understanding/teaching of theory has been so helpful to me even as I'm slowing down but still trying to learn this material still...also, I've been using Anytune for a few years now and use both "slow down" and pitch correction for songs like The Cars "Best Friends Girl" which was sped up in the studio for a few reasons. Great stuff!
Right ! This solo is so crazy, I have also this fabulous album; love also the "Brother to brother" solo, Carlos Rios is a real huge player, he is lefty, I saw him live once in France with Dave Weckl and John Patitucci in the 90's !
It’s only taken us another 45 years to have technology equal to slow down Carlos Rios’ solo. Brother to Brother is more evidence of what a great year 1978 was for music. So much awesome on that album.
Gino Vannelli is so seriously underrated. All of his stuff is great but his 70s recordings are mind blowing. I was at a Snarky Puppy show last night (monsters) and there were so many points in the show where you absolutely knew most of the players on stage were massive Gino fans… incredible show btw!
Snarky Puppy... Where you at the Mtl Jazz Fest? Snarky like you said are absolute Monsters, In fact they are almost inhuman... Ironically Gino is from Mtl and I always play the first song from Gino's Live in Mtl: Brother to Brother.
Night Ranger- “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”… The hardest solos I’ve learned. The alternate picking part on the second solo is still SO FRIGGIN HARD. It’s such a great combo of pull offs, alternate picking, and just sheer shredding with some neat whammy tricks thrown in there. Both Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson were such incredible players. I’d love to see you play it, Rick!!
So good Master Rick! This is a good day in school today! Thank you for doing this Carlos Rios solo. He does this sort of lick in Cool Weasel Boogie with Electric Band! Trademark of his. Love it man!!!🤘🎶🎸
I have been a Gino fan since Gist of the Gemini came out. The band is always such a monster, and between Gino's voice and Joe's amazing band I was overwhelmed and why I was such a huge fan. I was in 6th grade and was already a fan and most friends and many adults simply were not listening to such music. I was blessed to have such a mentor musically in Mike my newspaper customer. He took me under his wing and showed me Breck Bro, Sensational Alex Harvey, while the kids in school were listening to Cheap Trick
You just wrinkled my brain. I’m familiar with that tune and you breaking that down and playing that scorching lead. Something I’ll never be able to play. You never cease to amaze me man. Props to you!
This was great Rick. As an experiment, it would be so cool to give this same puzzle to Phil X to watch his thought process as he tries to figure it out. He's amazing and you guys are a lot of fun to watch together. Just a suggestion 😉
It's so refreshing seeing Rick struggling to play something, considering how insanely good he is, both at identifying what is being played, and then playing it back. This lick would be a vulnerability for anyone, but it's nice to see Rick putting it out there, warts and all - then demonstrate the benefit of properly practicing when he posts the lick video later (and likely nails it) Legend.
Still! To this day! One of my favorite albums ever! The musicianship on this is incredible. Plus it’s just got a great groove to the entire album. I am so glad you did a review on at least some of it.
Been following Gino’s trajectory pretty since the start-Crazy Life Powerful People, Pauper in Paradise, Gist of the Gemini, B2B, Nightwalker, Black Cars-all great albums with superb musicianship. Fascinating and very talented artist who isn’t afraid to take chances and try new things. Even a more interesting person, too!
The entire "Brother to Brother" record is insane! In fact I'm going to listen to it again now on my iPod. I'm so glad you gave some recognition to Gino Vannelli because both he and his band were top musical talents.
Wow Rick, I love it. I saw Gino Vannelli in the 90's and he had a sax player instead of a guitarist doing all the guitar solos, I missed the guitar at first but after a while it was amazing . Thank you for your great body of work.
@Rick Your interviews are really something to be treasured, and I hope you continue to have insightful conversations with such talented musicians, and that over time you find a way to archive these off youtube (because who knows what will happen with youtube in the future).. It's kind of crazy to see so many influential musicians passing-away. One artist I hope you get to, if he's at all interested, is Donald Fagen. He seems to have done interviews before, but with you as the interviewer, I bet he'd appreciate your musical literacy . I have no idea where he stands on interviews now, but it'd be super fascinating to hear more from him. It's heartbreaking that Walter passed away already. I only got to see them live as Steely Dan once.
I was smiling all the way through this video.. Totally captivating to watch. Having watched hours and hours of your videos this one is up there with the very best of them.
I love this kind of videos, when you show us the beauty of the "tension chords" joined to a majestic guitar solo, and teaching all that to everybody. To me, they're hidden gems to discover.
Man you are so wicked you break down guitar riffs with finess and you can tell you have a passion for it keep putting out the videos . Wish some day i could get to meet someone like you and just talk music i have lots of knowledge in music but could never put it in practise . Keep up the excellent work and performance
Awesome. Speed aside is what you're highlighting is that lead means nothing without interesting chord progressions. Sure you could play it all over a pedal like you do (and it sounds gorgeous!).. but there be no drama..
The solo in the title track 'Brother to Brother' is just as insanely good. I just started listening to JV again after not since the 80's-90's. His live vocals and bands are also top notch.
Good points, Rick. Each chord structure has a pretty distinct sound, though voicings can produce some variety. This sort of exercise is great work for anyone's ears and musical brain. As for practicing slow--this is a time-honored thing in the classical world. Even super technicians like Rachmaninoff would play a piece at (as I put it) about 2 miles per hour as they got it into their fingers.
I appreciate the vulnerability in this! No matter what skill level someone is, showing yourself struggling with something speaks volumes to people (like me) at a lower skill level. Props.
Once again I am inspired to get my butt into my studio and work my ass off to learn those hard leads I've avoided. Thanks Rick. Rochester Rocks! Love the slow-downer. I can still remember trying to learn songs off of 45's by constantly repositioning the needle...amazing how well that worked, but soooo time consuming.
Those note-choices the composer used... OMG, my ears are so delighted! :D And to be honest, while it's AMAZING that the guitar player could play that fast, it takes a bit of "slowing it down" for that fast section to fully reveal those delicious tones to my non-musician ears! :D But even at that smokin' fast pace, that section is SO BEAUTIFUL!
Isn't that a lick rather than a riff? A riff to me is something that gets repeated like Led Zep's Black Dog. Amazing work for you to work it out and can't wait to hear you play it all up to tempo. What a great solo
My family had a music centre with a turntable with settings for 78, 45, 33 and 16 RPM when I started playing. I used to use the 16 RPM setting to work out stuff from vinyl albums. It was in tune, though obviously in a lower register.
I’d never heard of the artist, album or song before. This solo absolutely RIPS, and it’s been in my head ever since I first watched this video a couple weeks ago. Thank you for the analysis, and thank you for turning me on to something new and very cool.
Hey Rick. Have you ever listened to Tony Iommi's solos on the Technical Ecstasy album? Way back, I bought the sheet music for the album, and I believe, it was transcribed (mostly) accurately. You should see this. It's incredible! The solos are insane throughout. Keep rockin!
Rick, slow and steady wins the race. On parts like this I use an app called Audiopo that slows down the difficult sections.... when I get the section down at the slow speed, I then use the app to repeat the section over and over, increasing the BPM automatically by one each time it repeats. You'd be amazed how fast and how accurate you can get doing that. But the most important part is getting it right slowly. Speed means nothing if it's not right.
After figuring out that Sergio Mendes song (Never Gonna Let You Go) which got one of my favorite chords proggression, now you come up with this monster song and solos from one of my biggest favorite musician/singer. You're awesome.
Credit for Gino who wrote and arranged all of it, and likely showed all the musicians the basic parts. Many don't know he is one of very few who can play every basic rock band instrument well. Classically trained on piano, played drums in early bands, does songs live with just acoustic guitar, and occasionally played bass on some recordings. Few others had that (Dan Hartman, Todd Rundrgen, Prince, Kevin Gilbert, Steve Windwood, Paul McCartney). He scored for orchestra (half of the album he did before this is a purely classical suite). Know for his voice or ballads, he's a musician who can dish out the Jazz and Funk. Consider reaching out to him to talk not just about his songs and singing but also about what he rarely ever gets to talk about, his musician side.
I remember running 33 rpm albums @ 16 rpm on Mom's old zenith console stereo as a kid learning EVH and Yngwie. Sure, you had to detune a few cents, but it was pretty rad for old school "slow down" hardware. You got to be pretty good with the old stylus accuracy as well. Awesome video!
Hey Rick, Your hometown (Rochester, NY) has a World Class Jazz Fest. Have you given any thought to doing something "in", around or about it? In addition to featuring folks like Pat Metheny, Bonnie Raitt and Trombone Shorty they always feature the local High School Jazz Bands, as well as, folks from the Eastman School of Music and those with local ties such as Joe Locke, Steve Gadd and Bill Tiberio. The musicianship going on here every June is off the charts!
Love Gino and had forgotten about this . Thankyou! Your ear and ability at 15-16 though was rocket fueled by an amazing ear and you family musical milieu. You definitely were the student who blew the curve in my ear training freshman college class.
Brother to Brother solo was my fave! Reinhardt Meltz is now his drummer, here in Portland, Oregon. I sought out my hero Graham Lear here after replacing him and Michael Shrieve as drummer for Brothers of the Baladi. Gino's most recent band is as great as ever!
Back when you and I were 16, the "Slow Down" app was setting your turntable to play at 16.5 instead of 33.33 RPMs. Helped me figure out a bunch of solos, even though I played them an octave low.
Î enjoy your videos so much. I’m not a musician but your love for music and your gifts in sharing your talent make them incredibly enjoyable for me. God bless you for what you do. Truly amazing.
Brother to Brother was a life changing album...due to Carlo's....back then. Just amazing!!!! My buddy bought the amp/compressor that he used on the record!
I was born in 1966 here in Seattle, and my parents were folk singers & and guitarists, so my mom's nylon string guitar was in the tiny home we lived in. The first thing I heard musically, which freaked me out on a deep level was Scotty Moore's solo on Hound Dog. It was that swing, that pocket that just grabbed me. So it was so easy and natural for me to figure out the sounds on the vinyl, into my ears, and then thru my fingers. This is when I was 8 thru 12. And as my vocabulary grew to bands like Queen, The Who, Led Zeppelin, KISS - gdmn; when KISS Alive (1) came out it was like the youth of America were awakened. My parents had the Beatles White Album, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, and Revolver. The Rolling Stones High Tide & Green Grass and many more Stone's albums. Blood, Sweat and Tears, Three Dog Night, Mike Bloomfield's Super Sessions Album. Paul Butterfield's East/West album. And the greatest thing I can remember is - every single morning felt like Christmas to me when I first picked up that nylon string guitar. I was learning Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Rick Derringer, Aerosmith, early Judas Priest, early Queen, Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent's 1st album, Yes, etc... Rick, you always floor me with your playing and knowledge.
The musicianship in the 70’s was off the charts smokin. Even a basic pop song was layered with incredible playing.
Yep, it was a great time to be a kid with an AM radio, record player, and lots of free time.
You can thank drugs additionally!
@@renaissanceman3 Highly unlikely in Carlos case.
can't forget Shaun Lane. started in the 70s with Black Oak Arkansas
Yeah even top40 music was great back then!
Now that's the Rick Beato content I really dig! This is what, more than anything else, makes this channel great.
Totally agree. 👍👍
@@andregarceau5567 agree, and i'm not even a musician.
Yes more of these song break downs please. I enjoy it so much
an interview with carlos rios would be even better.
Rick, I'm not a musician, but I sure do love your channel. I can only strum a few chords, but my level of appreciation of what you do is off the charts. Much respect, sir.
Even if not a musician watch, listen and learn a bit and it changes/improves how you hear music. I promise (if it has not happened already) you will hear things in old songs you loved that you didn't know were there.
Rick is awesome at teaching music appreciation! I used to hate “ Kiss From A Rose” by Seal and I watched his “what makes this song great” video and it really opened my eyes to how great that song really is!
Rick's the boss.
@@godless_pacifist Yep, same here...
Word....
Love Carlos Rios. His playing with Kazu Matsui on The Direction-West and also Chick Corea on the first Elektric Band album in 86 is absolutely brilliant
Right. I believe Scott Henderson played guitar on the Elektric Band tour, for that album. Carlos is one of those guitar players, like Alan Murphy and Jimi Tunnell, who weren't "household names" but insanely good :-)
@@bourgeoisbrats They're both on it, playing both lead and rhythm. Depending on the song
Cool Wiesel Boogie is a great tune
Scott played on two tunes. King Cockroach, and Silver Temple. The rest is Carlos. But after that first album I started listening to Tribal Tech. I didn't like the subsequent Elektric Band albums.
@@reidwhitton6248 i have some of those solo's transcribed if anyone is interested....Cheers
The knowledge and music sense Rick has is incredible. He deserves all the notoriety that comes with it.
Such an absolute joy to watch you go through this process in the moment. What a time to be alive.
I’ll never understand how Gino Vanelli wasn’t a world wide success. Real class. Brother to Brother is the only album I have that defies categorisation, in the way that Boz Skaggs’ Silk Degrees did for me years before. Oh and Rick, you break my heart with your playing and knowledge. Over here we have a brilliant music savant called Howard Goodall who has opened my ears and eyes many a time, but he’s not an axe-man!
Regarding Gino Vanelli's career, he got into a feud with Clive Davis who blackballed him, for whatever reason, killing his US recording career. Sad story.
@@jaylozier4083 Clive Davis. Oof.
Brother To Brother was the only record to combine rock, funk, soul, jazz, r&b and prog.
@@jaylozier4083Maybe he should have stayed with A&M? Gino always said good things about Herb Alpert.
I agree with you about B2B...killer disc! Funny you should mention Vanelli and Scaggs as both created songs with similar R&B and jazz influenced structures and chord progressions. Very cool stuff.
Gino's whole band was just crazy talented. Mark Craney's drum work on the Brother To Brother album is sublime...
He also had Graham Lear and Enzo Todesco on the other occasion.
I was very fortunate to have attended Jethro Tull's 'A' tour as a teenager when they hit SoCal in 1980. Mark Craney was phenomenal, as was "special guest" Eddie Jobson. WOW what a show that was.
@@Tangento - I saw Craney with Gino at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle, PA back in the late '70s. A very intimate setting and they were incredible!
One of the greatest albums!
I'm about the same age as Rick. My friends at that time half-understood why I loved Steely Dan, but they actively made fun of me for liking Gino Vanelli. Bastards. 😆
I think this is my favorite video of yours so far and I've been watching you for years, Rick. I love that you've shared this with us! It's a snapshot of the journey that every guitarist goes on and illustrates the struggles we all encounter when transcribing and trying to learn difficult material. This is so human of you, Rick! Thank you.
Carlos Rios is so amazing! So much energy !
I might be inebriated (it's one of those days), but I can't believe how mind boggling this video is for analysis, exposition, and sheer presence it is. Gee... THANK YOU, Mr Beato. 🙇♂️ *Respect*
Watching you understand the harmony before even learning the run is such an important lesson in itself
Not a musician, just a music lover, and I found your channel recently. Can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. It is the perfect blend of music knowledge/theory and accessible content for non-musicians. Awesome!
Like myself, Carlos is left-handed. It changes ones playing of the instrument. Not as much as in the case of how I play piano. But it makes a difference. And I agree with you. Carlos Rios is a tragically underrated guitarist. Simply brilliant!
Yep, left handed here too. I can’t pick to save my life, but my legato is strong. 😅
My problem as a lefty (still, after 50 years of playing) is I can't watch a lefty and figure out the fret work. Not a problem at all when watching a right handed player.
I love me some Gino Vannelli. His and his band's musicianship was always at a ridiculously advanced level. One of the best bands you will ever see live, to this day.
I have to agree. saw Gino back in the 70's. besides the percussion, everything was played on keyboards. Amazing
Even more than the breakdown of the guitar (which is insane!) ...
I loved Rick's demo of Gino's piano chords, simply beautiful progressions!
Gino Vannelli, as successful as he was, is still vastly underappreciated.
Bless you Rick, for the Gino love )) You truly understand greatness
Being able to slow music down without changing the pitch is _so_ helpful for trying to hear what's going on. I've been learning bass for a few months and one of the things I've been working on is transcribing bass lines I like to sheet music w/ tab. Mostly I just use TH-cam or VLC to play the song. Being able to shift to 50% or 75% speed is so helpful. Sometimes things just go buy too fast for me to retain it and sing it back. But when I slow it down suddenly I can hear the individual notes so much more clearly and retain the line! It's still slow going, but I've done 1 song so far and I'm mostly done with another. It's quite satisfying when it's done.
Rios' playing on that record was almost unprecedented in rock. Surgically clean, lyrical, virtuosic, and mixing up fusion and bebop.
Fantastic pick, Rick. I've long wondered why Rios isn't a household name in the pantheon of guitar gods.
Beautiful comment.. I often ask myself the same thing. Rios was a serious virtuoso with a distinct feel..
I love your channel. Great job! Keep in mind that Carlos just came up with this off the top of his head which makes it even more astounding.The fact that you figured it out even with the help of a slow downer is amazing.
Oh boy, Brother to Brother was one of my most-played albums at the time! I couldn't believe the musicianship I was hearing back then. It was like another level above anything else I had heard. So fascinating to hear you break down this solo and backing chords. So many great tracks on this album - the title track itself, Brother to Brother, is so good - even as a guitarist I was in awe at the drumming, and I loved the instrumental break in the middle! Apaloosa - another fantastic track! What great taste you have Rick 👍
Gino Vanelli's Brother to brother album was my introduction to Vanelli's music, I think I still have it on vinyl. It's every bit as relevant & exiting today. All the musicians on this record are brilliant.
Love how you broke it down. That lick is super insane! 😂🥂
That was a great dissection Rick! Keep up your fantastic work and sharing👍
Carlos Rios- one of my all-time favorites! Top session player, and an amazing live player. Saw him in the late 70s with the Marc-Almond Band (somehow they were opening for Judas Priest). My friends were all guitar aficionados who were blown away with his technique and musicality. Thanks for featuring his work on Brother to Brother a couple of times in your videos.
Rick! Always an amazing teacher - I don't normally comment but this video struck me. I learn everything the same way you did in this video, when i can. obviously, turning to tabs / notation when i have to. Was super cool to see that someone of your skill and knowledge doing those same frustrating "ahh!" when you mess up when attempting that full speed run after learning the actual notes lol! Reminder that we all go through those moments and pushing past them is what makes the difference between a good and a great player, just nice to see that instead of perfection on the youtube scene
Awesome to hear Gino's music on your channel! Brother to Brother is such a perfect album, such a shame its so tragically underrated.
This was really insightful seeing you work this lick out. I often get in my own head too much about how I learn through constant repetition, but I understand that it is a universal issue sometimes when it's not a natural way to play your instrument. Cheers as always, Rick 🤘
That Evil Eye was an absolute show stopper along with the rest of that album. All of those solos are still floating in my brain (not in my fingers) since it was launched in '78. I was 20 then and takes me right back there to that time. Rick, your prowess and understanding/teaching of theory has been so helpful to me even as I'm slowing down but still trying to learn this material still...also, I've been using Anytune for a few years now and use both "slow down" and pitch correction for songs like The Cars "Best Friends Girl" which was sped up in the studio for a few reasons. Great stuff!
Right ! This solo is so crazy, I have also this fabulous album; love also the "Brother to brother" solo, Carlos Rios is a real huge player, he is lefty, I saw him live once in France with Dave Weckl and John Patitucci in the 90's !
It’s only taken us another 45 years to have technology equal to slow down Carlos Rios’ solo.
Brother to Brother is more evidence of what a great year 1978 was for music. So much awesome on that album.
Gino Vannelli is so seriously underrated. All of his stuff is great but his 70s recordings are mind blowing. I was at a Snarky Puppy show last night (monsters) and there were so many points in the show where you absolutely knew most of the players on stage were massive Gino fans… incredible show btw!
Underrated even in Canada...
Snarky Puppy... Where you at the Mtl Jazz Fest? Snarky like you said are absolute Monsters, In fact they are almost inhuman... Ironically Gino is from Mtl and I always play the first song from Gino's Live in Mtl: Brother to Brother.
Night Ranger- “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”… The hardest solos I’ve learned. The alternate picking part on the second solo is still SO FRIGGIN HARD. It’s such a great combo of pull offs, alternate picking, and just sheer shredding with some neat whammy tricks thrown in there. Both Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson were such incredible players.
I’d love to see you play it, Rick!!
So good Master Rick! This is a good day in school today! Thank you for doing this Carlos Rios solo. He does this sort of lick in Cool Weasel Boogie with Electric Band! Trademark of his. Love it man!!!🤘🎶🎸
I have been a Gino fan since Gist of the Gemini came out. The band is always such a monster, and between Gino's voice and Joe's amazing band I was overwhelmed and why I was such a huge fan. I was in 6th grade and was already a fan and most friends and many adults simply were not listening to such music. I was blessed to have such a mentor musically in Mike my newspaper customer. He took me under his wing and showed me Breck Bro, Sensational Alex Harvey, while the kids in school were listening to Cheap Trick
Alex Harvey!
You just wrinkled my brain. I’m familiar with that tune and you breaking that down and playing that scorching lead. Something I’ll never be able to play. You never cease to amaze me man. Props to you!
This was great Rick. As an experiment, it would be so cool to give this same puzzle to Phil X to watch his thought process as he tries to figure it out. He's amazing and you guys are a lot of fun to watch together. Just a suggestion 😉
That would be interesting because Phil X seems to know how to play every song ever recorded!
Gino is one of my all time favorites
Carlos' work with Gino is outstanding and of the highest order he smokes it
It's so refreshing seeing Rick struggling to play something, considering how insanely good he is, both at identifying what is being played, and then playing it back. This lick would be a vulnerability for anyone, but it's nice to see Rick putting it out there, warts and all - then demonstrate the benefit of properly practicing when he posts the lick video later (and likely nails it)
Legend.
What a gem that lick.
The way I'd practice is, normal +15 BpM and THEN perform it at normal tempo, really takes away the performance anxiety
this is the way, also accounts for that small chance that you end up playing it a bit faster live lol
Still! To this day! One of my favorite albums ever! The musicianship on this is incredible. Plus it’s just got a great groove to the entire album. I am so glad you did a review on at least some of it.
Amazing video Rick!
Been following Gino’s trajectory pretty since the start-Crazy Life Powerful People, Pauper in Paradise, Gist of the Gemini, B2B, Nightwalker, Black Cars-all great albums with superb musicianship. Fascinating and very talented artist who isn’t afraid to take chances and try new things. Even a more interesting person, too!
Man, the content you post every time is so useful and interesting! Excellent solo by the way, I never heard it before!
Greetings from Spain! 🤟🏻🤟🏻
great comment ☝️ aloha from Australia 🚬🐨
just subscribed to your channel on the basis of that comment alone 👍🏻
Rick, you never cease to blow my mind. I love your approach to teaching us and your attitude is infectious. THANK YOU!!!
Carlos is just amazing.
I use Anytune on my Mac on a daily basis learning songs for my cover band gigs. Time saver and good ear trainer.
The entire "Brother to Brother" record is insane! In fact I'm going to listen to it again now on my iPod. I'm so glad you gave some recognition to Gino Vannelli because both he and his band were top musical talents.
Wow Rick, I love it. I saw Gino Vannelli in the 90's and he had a sax player instead of a guitarist doing all the guitar solos, I missed the guitar at first but after a while it was amazing . Thank you for your great body of work.
@Rick Your interviews are really something to be treasured, and I hope you continue to have insightful conversations with such talented musicians, and that over time you find a way to archive these off youtube (because who knows what will happen with youtube in the future).. It's kind of crazy to see so many influential musicians passing-away. One artist I hope you get to, if he's at all interested, is Donald Fagen. He seems to have done interviews before, but with you as the interviewer, I bet he'd appreciate your musical literacy . I have no idea where he stands on interviews now, but it'd be super fascinating to hear more from him. It's heartbreaking that Walter passed away already. I only got to see them live as Steely Dan once.
I was smiling all the way through this video.. Totally captivating to watch. Having watched hours and hours of your videos this one is up there with the very best of them.
That is such a crazy progression, but Carlos Rios, wow!! I will be looking for that short, Rick
I love this kind of videos, when you show us the beauty of the "tension chords" joined to a majestic guitar solo, and teaching all that to everybody. To me, they're hidden gems to discover.
Man you are so wicked you break down guitar riffs with finess and you can tell you have a passion for it keep putting out the videos . Wish some day i could get to meet someone like you and just talk music i have lots of knowledge in music but could never put it in practise . Keep up the excellent work and performance
Awesome Rick! Well done. Can’t wait to hear this in another week…after you spent time in the ‘woodshed’. Your channel ROCKS!!! Cheers!
Awesome. Speed aside is what you're highlighting is that lead means nothing without interesting chord progressions. Sure you could play it all over a pedal like you do (and it sounds gorgeous!).. but there be no drama..
Rick…I just love your combination of genius ear mixed with being so human when you’re trying to work out tricky solo parts.
The solo in the title track 'Brother to Brother' is just as insanely good. I just started listening to JV again after not since the 80's-90's. His live vocals and bands are also top notch.
Good points, Rick. Each chord structure has a pretty distinct sound, though voicings can produce some variety. This sort of exercise is great work for anyone's ears and musical brain.
As for practicing slow--this is a time-honored thing in the classical world. Even super technicians like Rachmaninoff would play a piece at (as I put it) about 2 miles per hour as they got it into their fingers.
Gino Vanelli... Start with his album Nightwalker if you don't know him, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, amazing songs!!
Always fascinating to watch your process in action
Rick, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Anything by Gino is appreciated. Please try and get an interview with the maestro.
I appreciate the vulnerability in this! No matter what skill level someone is, showing yourself struggling with something speaks volumes to people (like me) at a lower skill level. Props.
Thank you, Maestro. I have never heard of Carlos Ries, so thank you for the introduction. It sounds like he is playing a tele to my ears.
These videos always mak me smile and shake my head! Love to see such raw talent, keeps me trying! Thanks Rick - Rock on! 🤘
That beautiful strap!!! Especially in combination with the guitars' color is just plain magic!!
I absolutely love this album, and you introduced it to me when you introduced the title track "brother to brother"
Great album!!!! Jazz/Rock with vocals!!!
OMG! Thank you for this one! Such an
underrated player on an underrated album!!
Once again I am inspired to get my butt into my studio and work my ass off to learn those hard leads I've avoided. Thanks Rick. Rochester Rocks! Love the slow-downer. I can still remember trying to learn songs off of 45's by constantly repositioning the needle...amazing how well that worked, but soooo time consuming.
Best ear training course commercial ever. You're a genius, Rick.
Brothers to Brothers. Gino Vanelli.
Excellent album, singer, and guitarist
😄😄 - Love it!
I've been using VLC player for this sort of thing; it too has a slow-slower-slower-slowest facility in the playback menu.
Those note-choices the composer used... OMG, my ears are so delighted! :D And to be honest, while it's AMAZING that the guitar player could play that fast, it takes a bit of "slowing it down" for that fast section to fully reveal those delicious tones to my non-musician ears! :D But even at that smokin' fast pace, that section is SO BEAUTIFUL!
Rick you are an amazing musician and so frigging talented. I had no idea how much, so I subbed immediately. Wow!
I really appreciated the closer look into your process for figuring out chords by ear. Very helpful! Thanks, Rick!
Nice! I remember you did something on your second channel from this record awhile back, was gonna learn it and totally forgot about it. This is great!
Isn't that a lick rather than a riff? A riff to me is something that gets repeated like Led Zep's Black Dog. Amazing work for you to work it out and can't wait to hear you play it all up to tempo. What a great solo
WOW you're so talented Rick you've truly been giving a gift, ( colour me inpressed ) stay up and keep rockin brother
It’s a gift to have an ear like Rick does
Love your content Rick. Thank you for always doing what you do.
My family had a music centre with a turntable with settings for 78, 45, 33 and 16 RPM when I started playing. I used to use the 16 RPM setting to work out stuff from vinyl albums. It was in tune, though obviously in a lower register.
I’d never heard of the artist, album or song before. This solo absolutely RIPS, and it’s been in my head ever since I first watched this video a couple weeks ago. Thank you for the analysis, and thank you for turning me on to something new and very cool.
Great job, video, and beautiful guitar Rick! Thank-you for sharing!
Hey Rick. Have you ever listened to Tony Iommi's solos on the Technical Ecstasy album? Way back, I bought the sheet music for the album, and I believe, it was transcribed (mostly) accurately. You should see this. It's incredible!
The solos are insane throughout.
Keep rockin!
That album by Gino Vanelli is absolutely brilliant. I am surprised you haven't done any reviews on it yet because to me it is an absolute classic.
Rick, slow and steady wins the race. On parts like this I use an app called Audiopo that slows down the difficult sections.... when I get the section down at the slow speed, I then use the app to repeat the section over and over, increasing the BPM automatically by one each time it repeats. You'd be amazed how fast and how accurate you can get doing that. But the most important part is getting it right slowly. Speed means nothing if it's not right.
After figuring out that Sergio Mendes song (Never Gonna Let You Go) which got one of my favorite chords proggression, now you come up with this monster song and solos from one of my biggest favorite musician/singer. You're awesome.
Love what you give us and LUV that SG!!! Oh my... wear my Beato T - shirt proudly. Carry on.
Credit for Gino who wrote and arranged all of it, and likely showed all the musicians the basic parts. Many don't know he is one of very few who can play every basic rock band instrument well. Classically trained on piano, played drums in early bands, does songs live with just acoustic guitar, and occasionally played bass on some recordings. Few others had that (Dan Hartman, Todd Rundrgen, Prince, Kevin Gilbert, Steve Windwood, Paul McCartney). He scored for orchestra (half of the album he did before this is a purely classical suite). Know for his voice or ballads, he's a musician who can dish out the Jazz and Funk. Consider reaching out to him to talk not just about his songs and singing but also about what he rarely ever gets to talk about, his musician side.
I remember running 33 rpm albums @ 16 rpm on Mom's old zenith console stereo as a kid learning EVH and Yngwie. Sure, you had to detune a few cents, but it was pretty rad for old school "slow down" hardware. You got to be pretty good with the old stylus accuracy as well.
Awesome video!
Hey Rick, Your hometown (Rochester, NY) has a World Class Jazz Fest. Have you given any thought to doing something "in", around or about it? In addition to featuring folks like Pat Metheny, Bonnie Raitt and Trombone Shorty they always feature the local High School Jazz Bands, as well as, folks from the Eastman School of Music and those with local ties such as Joe Locke, Steve Gadd and Bill Tiberio. The musicianship going on here every June is off the charts!
Love Gino and had forgotten about this . Thankyou! Your ear and ability at 15-16 though was rocket fueled by an amazing ear and you family musical milieu. You definitely were the student who blew the curve in my ear training freshman college class.
Vanelli's music is so recognizable. I have that album, but didn't play it as much as some of his other albums that I have. One of my favorite artists.
Brother to Brother solo was my fave!
Reinhardt Meltz is now his drummer, here in Portland, Oregon.
I sought out my hero Graham Lear here after replacing him and Michael Shrieve as drummer for Brothers of the Baladi.
Gino's most recent band is as great as ever!
Back when you and I were 16, the "Slow Down" app was setting your turntable to play at 16.5 instead of 33.33 RPMs. Helped me figure out a bunch of solos, even though I played them an octave low.
Î enjoy your videos so much. I’m not a musician but your love for music and your gifts in sharing your talent make them incredibly enjoyable for me. God bless you for what you do. Truly amazing.
Brother to Brother is a great album with an amazing line up of musicians including Jimmy Haslip on Bass.
Brother to Brother was a life changing album...due to Carlo's....back then. Just amazing!!!! My buddy bought the amp/compressor that he used on the record!
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4:30 Rick's moment of pure joy!
I was born in 1966 here in Seattle, and my parents were folk singers & and guitarists, so my mom's nylon string guitar was in the tiny home we lived in. The first thing I heard musically, which freaked me out on a deep level was Scotty Moore's solo on Hound Dog. It was that swing, that pocket that just grabbed me. So it was so easy and natural for me to figure out the sounds on the vinyl, into my ears, and then thru my fingers. This is when I was 8 thru 12. And as my vocabulary grew to bands like Queen, The Who, Led Zeppelin, KISS - gdmn; when KISS Alive (1) came out it was like the youth of America were awakened. My parents had the Beatles White Album, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, and Revolver. The Rolling Stones High Tide & Green Grass and many more Stone's albums. Blood, Sweat and Tears, Three Dog Night, Mike Bloomfield's Super Sessions Album. Paul Butterfield's East/West album. And the greatest thing I can remember is - every single morning felt like Christmas to me when I first picked up that nylon string guitar. I was learning Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Rick Derringer, Aerosmith, early Judas Priest, early Queen, Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent's 1st album, Yes, etc... Rick, you always floor me with your playing and knowledge.