5 KILLER RIFFS - Whitesnake 1987

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  • @LeonTodd
    @LeonTodd  4 роки тому +40

    100k views - thanks so much everyone! If you'd like to hear more, why not check out my band Ragdoll? - ua-cam.com/video/0jYiUzIvclo/v-deo.html

    • @TelesPlayMetal
      @TelesPlayMetal 3 роки тому +3

      It’s a great video. Your tone is amazing.

    • @huseynguitar4676
      @huseynguitar4676 3 роки тому +1

      You have beautiful hair, friend

    • @canaldoadelton6614
      @canaldoadelton6614 2 роки тому

      Love ain't no strange!!???

    • @rafacorrea01
      @rafacorrea01 Рік тому +1

      Very, very nice! Persevere all you guys! And you are a great guitar player and know how to tone a guitar, amazing haha

    • @Cgreen-ky7vi
      @Cgreen-ky7vi 9 місяців тому

      They had balls when they created ,stuff it was not all push button crap !
      Like it is today!😢

  • @wyattblackwood3927
    @wyattblackwood3927 5 років тому +117

    A lot of people make fun of 80s metal because of the hairstyles and fashion but the 80s did produce some of the most technically proficient guitar players rock music has ever seen.

    • @rodolfomisao123
      @rodolfomisao123 2 роки тому +3

      80s and Earlies 90s Hard Rock >>>> 90s grunge and Alt Rock

    • @rodolfomisao123
      @rodolfomisao123 2 роки тому +5

      90s Guitarists: Bill Leverty, Pete Lesperance, Steve Brown.

    • @Rrouthmusic
      @Rrouthmusic 2 роки тому +4

      Everything about the 80’s was awesome.. I unfortunately was born a little too late to enjoy it lol.

    • @SurviveTheDay
      @SurviveTheDay Рік тому +5

      Let’s remember how powerful the 80’s was. Even US politicians had senate hearings over rock lyrics. Man those lyrics and sus chords powered that whole genre of music.

    • @rangerdoc1029
      @rangerdoc1029 Рік тому


      Who? LOL.

  • @marcos_c_m
    @marcos_c_m 11 місяців тому +11

    Sykes is like the personification of what the perfect badass rock player is . Great melodic taste . Perfect balance between feeling and agreesive chops . Instinct to write timeless songs . Along Randy Rhoads And king Edward make the great trinity of 80s . For me the most underrated of the greatests of all times

  • @chadhudson2046
    @chadhudson2046 5 років тому +292

    John Sykes was the most underrated guitarist of the 80's. He's definitely my #2 favorite guitarist right behind Eddie.

    • @TheodorusRex
      @TheodorusRex 5 років тому +4

      Agreed

    • @jakemf1
      @jakemf1 5 років тому +2

      Chad Hudson just a killer player

    • @flashy5150
      @flashy5150 5 років тому +10

      I totally agree. Listen to his Thin Lizzy stuff.

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 5 років тому +6

      Whitesnake > Led Zeppelin Yeah I said it! (in some ways, IMO, but not as prolific) :-)

    • @Gazzpunk
      @Gazzpunk 5 років тому +9

      Sykes is an amazing guitarist with tone and riffs to die for. His stint with Thin Lizzy on the Thunder & Lightning album is brilliant. Some of his earlier stuff with Tygers of Pan Tang also worth checking out.

  • @mhmoretti
    @mhmoretti Рік тому +14

    Sykes is the complete package. Killer player, singer, and can be a front man. Writes insane riffs. He is the truth.

  • @codacreator6162
    @codacreator6162 5 років тому +123

    Sykes is way more tasteful and restrained with his pinch harmonics than Wylde is.

    • @theonlyredspecial
      @theonlyredspecial 5 років тому +8

      coda creator I agree. I’m surprised more people don’t agree.

    • @bradfordknights7554
      @bradfordknights7554 5 років тому +8

      totally agree, plus he had a wide, sick, controlled vibrato that for me is second to none.

    • @Nopeandnope3861
      @Nopeandnope3861 4 роки тому +3

      bradford knights I know....and without fail hits them on the low E...up and down the neck...

    • @denizhanozyurek
      @denizhanozyurek 4 роки тому +6

      I agree but Zakk's early style is more tasteful than his later stuff with BLS in my opinion. Sykes and Wylde are my top 2 guitarist!

  • @joetroutt7425
    @joetroutt7425 5 років тому +38

    Now I want to listen to the whole Whitesnake album again after thirty years of not hearing it.
    Excellent job.

    • @KCJAM1
      @KCJAM1 4 роки тому +3

      In a year of AMAZING albums I believe the Eponymous Whitesnake album was the best of the year. One of the last of the true great albums with hardly a poorly written (none of the songs were bad, imo!) song in the entire collection. It definitely required a full listening of every song unlike the incredibly abysmal shite cobbled together today just to be able to claim the album status.

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 4 роки тому

      @@KCJAM1 musically and guitar wise, the albums id kust as great as it gets. Lyrically, i think its pretty shit, Coverdale's lyrics are not really the strongest point in the band haha but great singer thats for sure!

  • @jaialaiwarrior
    @jaialaiwarrior 11 місяців тому +3

    *BAD BOYS!!!* Awesome playing and interpretations! Sykes is one of the best ever, he took Coverdale to the next level and Dave never forgave him for it!!!

    • @TinusTegenlicht
      @TinusTegenlicht 7 місяців тому +1

      I so wished they would get back together, but they break was permament. Imagine if Sykes was on Slip of thr Tongue?

  • @Jovisjourneytribute
    @Jovisjourneytribute Рік тому +2

    MY LORD... your tone in this is absolutely amazing. jesus

  • @Horrorfreak106
    @Horrorfreak106 5 років тому +10

    Crying in the Rain is my favorite solo of all time. It's really beautiful and vicious!

    • @megaduck7965
      @megaduck7965 2 роки тому +1

      “ Featuring Mr John Sykes on guitar while the rest of us look on meekly “

  • @heathday7360
    @heathday7360 5 років тому +29

    John Sykes was such a badass. That album would have never been without him imo. Great video!!

  • @lucassosa4660
    @lucassosa4660 5 років тому +69

    George Lynch, John Sykes, jake e lee. the best from the 80's

  • @NeroTheIncredible
    @NeroTheIncredible 5 років тому +16

    John Sykes, those riffs, those harmonies, it made me come back to guitar in 87 and Here I go again now ! I just need a les paul now ! Blue Murder is one of my favorites too !

  • @demokraatti
    @demokraatti 5 років тому +24

    These are the best riffs of all time. Sykes is such a monster player.

  • @alexmajors565
    @alexmajors565 4 роки тому +19

    Thank you raiding John Sykes’s name. It breaks my heart that he’s not mentioned in magazines or most online pages. What he did and created as a musician is one of a kind. He’s directly from Mount Olympus. Eddie Trunk is one of the few people from that era who still talks to John. More people should praise the name of the British Lion, Sir John Sykes. Cheers!

    • @ek3910
      @ek3910 3 роки тому

      So true

  • @stevendearden8030
    @stevendearden8030 2 роки тому +5

    Absolutely superb content. I love Whitesnake and am old enough to remember when the 1987 album was first released. This video brought back so many memories and immediately made me pick up my LP and crank my JCM 800. You play these riffs with genuine enthusiasm and I loved the expression you made when picking those natural harmonics on Bad Boys. Well done Leon.

  • @Chris_Brah
    @Chris_Brah 5 років тому +15

    Straight for the heart is my favorite track, just as good now as when I heard it at age 16 back in 1987...

    • @gojohngo106
      @gojohngo106 5 років тому +4

      Great tune!

    • @guruzini1971
      @guruzini1971 4 роки тому +2

      a fellow 71 model

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 4 роки тому

      Great song. Probably the cheesiest one (sounds like a very happy Japanese anime song lmao), but its a banger for sure!

  • @TestarossaRocks
    @TestarossaRocks 5 років тому +80

    To be fair the whole album is killer.

    • @julianortiz4151
      @julianortiz4151 5 років тому +5

      TestarossaRocks, absolutely! Still one of my favorites to this day and I’ve had it since its release. I was 13 years old when it was released and I moved on to heavier and darker Metal but I continued to love this album and I still play it often.

    • @TestarossaRocks
      @TestarossaRocks 5 років тому

      Julian Ortiz right on!

  • @grantwright8071
    @grantwright8071 2 роки тому +6

    IMO, Whitesnake one of the very best heavy Rock bands ever.. They took a step backwards when Sykes was politicked out, but are now once again in good hands with Joel Hoekstra..

  • @codacreator6162
    @codacreator6162 5 років тому +7

    I've never seen anyone cover Sykes so effectively or accurately. Awesome playing, man!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +2

      Thanks man! I loved this album growing up so it was a lot of fun to get in to the details with it.

    • @codacreator6162
      @codacreator6162 4 роки тому +1

      @@LeonTodd I keep coming back. 87 is my all time favorite album, hands down. I was 22 when it came out and RUINED everything I'd been listening to... Saw Whitesnake with Motley Crue headlining and argued with some random 12 year old who thought Mick Mars was the most gifted guitarist to grace planet Earth... The other thing that stood out to me about that show was that while I'd been a fan of both Vandenberg and Dio, I really, really wanted to see Sykes. Now, I wouldn't bother to spend the money. Coverdale has been touring with a cover band since '88...

  • @allan-shephard
    @allan-shephard 2 роки тому +2

    Great video. I always thought "Still of the Night" was more like Deep Purple's "Rat Bat Blue". I think I've still got 1987 on vinyl in the cupboard. 🤘😁🎸

  • @TheGuitarMan8670
    @TheGuitarMan8670 5 років тому +6

    So many great WS riffs. Love the wide and fat tone in those songs. Great stuff 🎸😎👍

  • @jmar482
    @jmar482 5 років тому +3

    Great demo. I loved Whitesnake. When this album came out I was 13-14 years old and was totally blown away by it. My friends and I spent a lot of time figuring out the riffs and solos. John Sykes is such an underrated guitarist.

  • @jonbigg7385
    @jonbigg7385 5 років тому +5

    That opening Still of the Night riff has always been one of my favorites. You've just inspired me to go learn some of the other riffs from that album.

  • @TVoltG
    @TVoltG 5 років тому +7

    Sykes, golden Riff Master. Great as always Todd!🤘 and your ending words are spot on..

  • @allentroxel9719
    @allentroxel9719 5 років тому +7

    John Sykes is one of my all time favorites. Great playing man. Cheers.

  • @dirface
    @dirface 5 років тому +5

    Complexity and emotion through simplicity. Take note every Kiezel guitarist ever.

  • @emmettgros8535
    @emmettgros8535 5 років тому +10

    John Sykes was brilliant, incredible player and writer

    • @saynotobigotry
      @saynotobigotry 3 роки тому

      Listen to his playing with ‘Blue Murder’. ✌🏽

  • @lionelkirbyshire7683
    @lionelkirbyshire7683 3 роки тому +6

    In my opinion 80s guitar hasn't been beaten, I love it, so many great bands.

  • @Nopeandnope3861
    @Nopeandnope3861 5 років тому +5

    I just learned (like you have) John is very versatile......who knew he could sing so well and play so great too?

  • @JorgeCanela
    @JorgeCanela 3 роки тому +2

    One of my favorite albums as well. You've got a massive amount of tone in you: both in your fingers and in the sound you get out of your equipment. Congrats!

  • @theonlyredspecial
    @theonlyredspecial 5 років тому +5

    So many memories of this album when I was a teenager. Sykes was a monster. Loved some of his solo stuff too.

  • @greekfreak1980
    @greekfreak1980 4 роки тому +24

    Whitesnake´s "1987" is propably one of the greatest heavy-rock albums of all time.
    It´s just a shame,all the bullshit that happened behind the scenes of the production of this record,which culminated with Coverdale firing Sykes and pretty much the entire band.
    P.S. Zakk Wylde actually mentions John Sykes often,when he´s asked about influences.

    • @SteveFullerBikes
      @SteveFullerBikes 3 роки тому +3

      Had that not happened, we might not have gotten that first Blue Murder album, and that would be a damn shame.

  • @DevinRyanVitek
    @DevinRyanVitek 5 років тому +8

    I’m so glad to see some love for John Sykes! HUGE tone. Dan Gower gets that huge tone with his modded plexis. I want one but a Les Paul custom is calling my name

  • @EmbarrassedComposer
    @EmbarrassedComposer 5 років тому +7

    Bad Boys is my favourite Whitesnake riff too! Just sick!

  • @NaRhala
    @NaRhala 5 років тому +4

    your tone and the whole youre gonna break my heart again riff is absolutely RIPPIN!! im totally hooked, great stuff dude!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому

      Thanks so much for checking it out!

  • @BAND-MAID-USA
    @BAND-MAID-USA Рік тому +4

    WhiteSnake is such an amazing band. Coverdale was an absolutely insanely incredible singer. And he’s had some of the best guitarist ever aligned. Sykes, Vandenberg, Vai and Campbell? I mean come on now. 4 of the best in history. Freakn amazing songs that are just as good or even better decades later.

  • @ch3nz3n
    @ch3nz3n 5 років тому +8

    Sykes' prominent left hand slides (ala the glissando opening to Still of the Night) blew my fragile little mind back in '88. lol

    • @keithkrick2255
      @keithkrick2255 5 років тому +7

      Man, all his noises blew my mind, i was just getting in to guitar and I had no idea how he was getting some of the sounds on that album (and to some some extent still don't :D) The guitar sound on this album is unbelievable.......and that vibrato.........and those harmonics........the palm muting.......the HUGE bends......ok, i'll stop now :D

  • @acrossthefire1587
    @acrossthefire1587 5 років тому +30

    FireHouse had some badass riffs too yes hair metal but the guitarist shreds those 80 grind chords. Next maybe? .\m/.

    • @Metallian81
      @Metallian81 5 років тому +1

      Definitely! Bill Leverty is amazing and one of my favorites, right up there with Satriani, Criss Oliva, Matthias Jabs, and Zakk Wylde.

  • @ScreamingStevenHoward
    @ScreamingStevenHoward 5 років тому +4

    Killer tone mate. One of all time favorite albums.

  • @0226lauren
    @0226lauren 5 років тому +2

    Doesn’t matter what people think, I can feel the vibe from your playing. Keep up the great content 🎼👍

  • @paulknowles6433
    @paulknowles6433 5 років тому +8

    I was expecting children of the night. That riff is epic 🤘

  • @zedddddful
    @zedddddful 3 роки тому +2

    This album was the culmination of everything that was awesome about the 80's i still play it at least once a week.

  • @pdooley730
    @pdooley730 5 років тому +10

    People always kinda crap on John Sykes lead playing but he is the whole package, you ALWAYS know when John Sykes is playing and that is the true test of a Guitar Hero!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +4

      Do they? I've only always LOVED his stuff.

    • @pdooley730
      @pdooley730 5 років тому +1

      Yea I’m in a couple Facebook groups for Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore and a lot of people don’t like Sykes. And maybe it’s really just him with Lizzy they don’t like.

    • @beornthebear.8220
      @beornthebear.8220 3 роки тому +1

      I can always tell the sound of Sykes, even from my Tygers of Pantang albums.

  • @rbevans4581
    @rbevans4581 4 роки тому +1

    The commentary in between riffs is valuable. Keep it up.

  • @Husabuse
    @Husabuse 5 років тому +3

    Holy fcuk - aced it, best riff based record, bar none! The huge tone is a must as well, and you had that as well. Kudos.

  • @Gazzpunk
    @Gazzpunk 5 років тому +1

    Super renditions, really enjoyed seeing and hearing your enthusiasm for Sykes and that Whitesnake album.

  • @gordontubbs
    @gordontubbs 5 років тому +35

    True story, I mentioned the word "riff" one time and my wife was like "what's a riff?" -- I said, "okay, hold on" and then proceeded to play Still of the Night. Asked and answered!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +9

      The riff you play when you want to explain riffs! It is that good.

    • @GearGasms
      @GearGasms 5 років тому +3

      Give Me All Your Love Tonight is SUCH a proto-John Sykes riff! Killer!

    • @Bls-of1ld
      @Bls-of1ld Місяць тому

      Atleast she didn't call it a rift like a lot of ppl on youtube lol

  • @MadDrummer100000
    @MadDrummer100000 5 років тому

    Great video, man!
    Been waiting for a video like this for a very long time!
    Glad you’re the who made it!
    Awesome playing!
    Cheers!

  • @joefrederick5494
    @joefrederick5494 5 років тому +11

    This is one of your best videos! Sykes is my favorite along with the boys from Queensryche. You should do a QR 5 favorite riffs.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +11

      QR is next!

    • @DomTremendous
      @DomTremendous 5 років тому +2

      Dude, you are bang on. Sykes is a master! And QR are metal architects!

    • @joefrederick5494
      @joefrederick5494 5 років тому +1

      Awesome, I can’t wait to watch it.

    • @BAND-MAID-USA
      @BAND-MAID-USA 4 роки тому

      I could NEVER choose 5 for QueensRyche. They have a KILLER riff in literally every song since the Prophecy. DeGarmo was 1 of my biggest guitar idols from 84 until Promised Land. I was literally at their 1st EVER show in Portland, Oregon. If you choose to do QR next you'd better choose wisely. You know EVER QR fan on Earth is going to put you under a microscope. Choosing 5 riffs from them would be impossible for me, and I know every riff they ever done, front & back.
      Looking forward to seeing what you choose. And don't choose ANY After DeGarmo left of course. That will piss all QR fans off lol.

  • @brandonproctor3639
    @brandonproctor3639 5 років тому +2

    My god I love those riffs! That sounds so good man, great video as always mate!

  • @markthomas5030
    @markthomas5030 5 років тому +7

    A tutorial would be good on these few killer riffs , great video leon

  • @levijohnson6034
    @levijohnson6034 5 років тому

    Fool for you lovin one of my favorite Whitesnake songs

  • @LukeCannotSkate
    @LukeCannotSkate 4 роки тому +22

    Whitesnake seriously has 2 songs called 'Don't break my heart again' and 'You're gonna break my heart again'
    ffs David hahahaha

    • @steelin666
      @steelin666 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah, and they're in the same key. Probably the later one originated as a jam of the earlier. David admitted that Children Of The Night was born with him and Sykes just messing around with Burn. And David really likes to revisit his earlier works to reinvent them in some way.

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 4 роки тому

      Yes I always get confused between those two 😅😂

  • @pedropete52
    @pedropete52 5 років тому

    Awesome playing! I love it that you enjoy some killer 80's double stop riffs

  • @kimmoparonen1737
    @kimmoparonen1737 5 років тому +4

    On 1987 there's also a killer clean guitar part on "Is this love" Demo that sometime! :)

  • @guitarfool3881
    @guitarfool3881 5 років тому

    Another great video Leon ! It's all about having FUN anyway !!! Riot (Fire Down Under) old school.

  • @brainynbrawny9562
    @brainynbrawny9562 5 років тому +6

    KILLER! and your playing and tone are spot-on! JOHN SYKES - the original ZAKK WYLDE!

  • @darrendavidson3269
    @darrendavidson3269 Рік тому

    Thanks Todd, Great stuff. Whitesnake 87 was my gateway into 80s Glam Metal. All those great riffs. I didn't realise at the time that they had such a back catalogue of music or that David Coverdale was in Deep Purple. What an era of music.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Рік тому +1

      Mine too! Such a special album

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks Рік тому

    I’m really coming around to this. These riffs are so fun to play.

  • @rangerdoc1029
    @rangerdoc1029 5 років тому +5

    Makin' the 80s Great Again!
    Holy Hell! That tone! It's f-cking HUGE! Is that the Axe-FX?

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +2

      Yes indeed. It's the MK IV model in there

  • @KJohansson
    @KJohansson 5 років тому

    Excellent, threw me back to when I was 15 and bought that album, in 1987.. Classic! :)

  • @mmilan67
    @mmilan67 5 років тому +32

    And please more from Gary Moore 🎸🎸🎸

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +10

      Soon!

    • @greekfreak1980
      @greekfreak1980 4 роки тому

      * puts Emperor Palpatine voice on *
      *DEWWWWWW IT!!!*

    • @timgove5337
      @timgove5337 4 роки тому +1

      Gary Moore, Corridors of Power album, with its own Gonna Break My Heart Again
      Btw, I completely wrote this whole part (indie tune) on that C/D opening chord, the “whitesnake queensryche dokken whitelion pinkfloyd chord”... ua-cam.com/video/3l7xdStLvg4/v-deo.html

  • @TelesPlayMetal
    @TelesPlayMetal 5 років тому

    The last minute of this video is why I have been subscribed for a long time...keep it up!

  • @andyy7052
    @andyy7052 5 років тому +3

    You mentioned your love for Queensryche ,would love hear you break down some of their early albums, so much variety in those albums

  • @teacherluciano
    @teacherluciano 5 років тому

    Love that the hair configuration serves as a visual aid to indicate talking or playing moments of the video. Like, "damn, his hair is loose, here comes the song!"

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +1

      Hahaha exactly!

  • @wolverine3344
    @wolverine3344 5 років тому +3

    Great playing Leon, i also loved John Sykes in a Blue Murder too. I’m a little bummed bc I was really hoping for more instruction on playing these killer riffs, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Your tone is spot on.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +1

      I'll do a video soon!

  • @chrismitlyng1411
    @chrismitlyng1411 3 роки тому +1

    Love the content and it’s always refreshing to hear someone else’s take on another amazing guitarist and their tone. You’ve given so much to the art and your love for it shows!
    Screw the haters Leon.
    50k subs can’t be wrong!

  • @mje6444
    @mje6444 5 років тому +5

    Still of the night is legendary

  • @mistercutts
    @mistercutts 3 роки тому

    Stunning, thank you Leon. Enjoy your solos more than the song themselves, amazing clarity and what an album!

  • @thejoeshow66
    @thejoeshow66 5 років тому +3

    I always thought that Sykes was underrated. To be honest, i didnt know him til this album came out, but man, his riffs were deadly!

  • @dunkie5150
    @dunkie5150 3 роки тому

    Love this… great riffs, awesome tone! Guest appearance by your Dyson too! 😉👍🏻🤘🏻

  • @BigHairyGuitars
    @BigHairyGuitars 5 років тому +3

    Love this!!!

    • @13strigoi69
      @13strigoi69 5 років тому

      Are you going to do a breakdown of the tones? That would be awesome. I've heard that one of the reasons Sykes was fired were the studio expenditures in trying to nail down his sound.

  • @robertdavis9801
    @robertdavis9801 5 років тому +1

    One of the best albums ever made. Listened to the whole album last weekend, and it never ceases to get my head banging 🤘 nice playing bro.

  • @julianortiz4151
    @julianortiz4151 5 років тому +10

    “ZZ Top on cocaine and Aquanet.” 🤣🤣🤣🤘

  • @robb4340
    @robb4340 7 місяців тому

    Awsome, One Of My Favorite Hard Rock Albums!

  • @wakjob961
    @wakjob961 5 років тому +6

    Blue Murder is amazing.

  • @triclone123
    @triclone123 5 років тому

    Crispy clear. Great! Thanks!

  • @guillotinedeath
    @guillotinedeath 5 років тому +9

    John Sykes rules show us some tygers as well

  • @carlosrocha9550
    @carlosrocha9550 5 років тому

    Good idea! Excelent vídeo! This Whitesnake’s album is a class of rock guitar!

  • @The73mp73
    @The73mp73 5 років тому +7

    I remember buying a Blue Murder album that was crazy good. Anyone have that?

    • @Easy_Skanking
      @Easy_Skanking 5 років тому +5

      That was an amazing album. Tony Franklin's fretless bass under Sykes guitar and driven by Appice's drums.... That was a hidden gem in the 80's.

    • @The73mp73
      @The73mp73 5 років тому

      @@Easy_Skanking Definitely!

  • @danhensley1629
    @danhensley1629 5 років тому +1

    Great vid! I'm a huge Sykes fan as well. Rock on!

  • @empirelight5477
    @empirelight5477 5 років тому +8

    You mention Zakk but so much of this reminded me of Jake E Lee.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +5

      The double picked stuff is very Jake

    • @garylaverty6607
      @garylaverty6607 5 років тому

      @@LeonTodd soon as I heard the double picked bit, my old brain screamed bark at the moon.
      Hell, most of my stuff is recycled Zeppelin if Blackmore filled in for Ozzy. I'll let you ponder on that.
      Great video Leon.

    • @jonfaerman7518
      @jonfaerman7518 5 років тому +2

      All sykes sons sykes was the real epitome of 80 guitar and if he play today is still scary real deal dude

  • @andre.1984
    @andre.1984 4 роки тому +1

    "You're gonna break my heart again" is really a forgotten gem. It's absolutely awesome riffage all the way.

  • @mmilan67
    @mmilan67 5 років тому +63

    „Play authentic“😁😂😎

    • @rangerdoc1029
      @rangerdoc1029 5 років тому +8

      @Rumy 73 think he's pointing out the black tape over the headstock.

    • @mmilan67
      @mmilan67 5 років тому +2

      Rumy 73 I do, believe me 🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸

    • @mottosierra1372
      @mottosierra1372 5 років тому +4

      4,000 guitar and goes out of tune with a couple of riffs..🎩

    • @jamiepetrakovitz4238
      @jamiepetrakovitz4238 5 років тому +4

      He was pointing out that his “authentic “ guitar was going out of tune!! Lol

    • @jamiepetrakovitz4238
      @jamiepetrakovitz4238 5 років тому +3

      “My guitar is going out of tune. Play “authentic”!!
      Sorry I want my guitars staying in tune, got rid of all my “authentic” junk for actual quality guitars, and they cost less money too!! LOL

  • @Meetlofe
    @Meetlofe 5 років тому

    Awesome stuff! I was 16 or so when it came out and the cassette stayed in my car's tape deck for at least a year or 2. Very well played, dude! It took me back, for sure.

  • @Jay-sy5yf
    @Jay-sy5yf 5 років тому +4

    M'Lord's rotund cat spotted at 4:42

  • @Tony_Zagoraios
    @Tony_Zagoraios 2 роки тому +1

    Man your sound is a killer, plus your playing of course!!

  • @jonrizzle87
    @jonrizzle87 4 роки тому +3

    John Sykes!!! 🤘🤘

  • @alanst.4417
    @alanst.4417 5 років тому

    Wow Leon, this is one kickass essence of some of the greatest Whitesnake riffs I love, too. Always a pleasure when you put them in your demos. Not enough guitar channels use them though, which is a shame imo.

  • @oisinmcphillips2090
    @oisinmcphillips2090 5 років тому +7

    Still of the Night blew my mind when my Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC only listening 14 year old self heard it. That whole second half of that song still gives me chills

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому

      That would have been a revelation!

    • @Axess-sv8nq
      @Axess-sv8nq 5 років тому +3

      I was impressed by John Sykes's work in Whitesnake. Then, he created Blue Murder after leaving Whitesnake. I picked up the album on a whim. And I was stunned into pure AWE! If you never heard the first Blue Murder album, I HIGHLY recommend it!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  5 років тому +6

      @@Axess-sv8nq that first Blue Murder album is perfection.

    • @Axess-sv8nq
      @Axess-sv8nq 5 років тому

      @Leon Todd - Absolutely! Just incredible! Valley Of The Kings and Riot are my favorite songs on the album - but, they're all incredible!

    • @mhoff7722
      @mhoff7722 5 років тому

      @@LeonTodd Yep one of my all time faves! That was the first time I heard fretless bass in a heavy rock context. My bass player immediately knocked the frets out of his P bass lol.

  • @mooseknuckle9662
    @mooseknuckle9662 3 роки тому

    " I know you, you know me. I'm the black sheep of the family". love the vid.

  • @markcatron8996
    @markcatron8996 5 років тому +10

    Judgement day is another excellent Whitesnake tune, The days of Steve Vai

    • @Metallian81
      @Metallian81 5 років тому

      Mark Catron
      Probably my second favorite Whitesnake album. Sailing Ships is my jam though!

  • @ralpherl5657
    @ralpherl5657 5 років тому +1

    This album is so good, the sound was so huge and Sykes is amazing. Crying In The Rain is one of my favorite songs of all time

  • @alexander_noren
    @alexander_noren 5 років тому +3

    their "Slip of the Tongue" is the best hard rock album of all times :) "Whitesnake 87" is very good too!

    • @j1shot2
      @j1shot2 5 років тому +2

      Slip of the Tongue was the beginning of the end

    • @alexander_noren
      @alexander_noren 5 років тому

      @@j1shot2 unfortunately :(

  • @inerceptor
    @inerceptor 4 роки тому

    I was so looking forward to you playing “You’re going to break my heart again” and you didn’t let me down. Thank you

  • @Gene2713
    @Gene2713 5 років тому +3

    Whats the axe preset Leon? Bad boys sounded mean.

  • @DorinRocks
    @DorinRocks 5 років тому

    This video was effin great! I love Whitesnake and always thought they had killer riffs. Great job!

  • @demondrive147
    @demondrive147 5 років тому +15

    Not related but... is 3way switch upside down? :)

    • @polanzo
      @polanzo 5 років тому

      I was wondering the same thing

    • @mercatorjubio3804
      @mercatorjubio3804 5 років тому +1

      It's most likely just wired in reverse.

    • @chrishopkins209
      @chrishopkins209 5 років тому

      EVH would approve

    • @69goldi
      @69goldi 5 років тому

      No way is that the neck pickup

  • @joepipe1010
    @joepipe1010 4 роки тому

    The definitive gibson hard&heavy tone .
    Compliments !