i just listened to Fleetwood Mac's "I'm so afraid" and i want more.
― LaToya JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)
― moley (moley), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)
Well, technically you were more likely to hear twin leads with the editions of the Mac featuring Peter Green/Danny Kirwan and Bob Weston/Bob Welch. Buckingham being the only axeman in the band on "I'm So Afraid."
― George Smith, Friday, 25 February 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)
Blackfoot, too -- heavy southern band with two axes into the twin lead guitar thing.
― George Smith, Friday, 25 February 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)
OR
Hüsker Dü's "Pink Turns To Blue" one of my favorite solos of all-time.
no comment on "Hotel California,"
HS
― hector savage, Friday, 25 February 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)
I like the smiling angel bit.
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)
I sat in my bedroom for hours trying to learn the dueling solo, by the time I finally did I stopped liking Metallica.
― rob mackey (mackey), Friday, 25 February 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 25 February 2005 06:38 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 25 February 2005 07:36 (twenty years ago)
Damn right, that thing is hackles-raising.
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 25 February 2005 08:18 (twenty years ago)
― Seuss, Friday, 25 February 2005 09:32 (twenty years ago)
― Lee (fsharp), Friday, 25 February 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 25 February 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)
― Si Carter (Si Carter), Friday, 25 February 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Friday, 25 February 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 25 February 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 25 February 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)
― marac, Friday, 25 February 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)
― Jez (Jez), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)
Also a lot of Spirit songs
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)
― Trip Maker (Sean Witzman), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)
― stefan, Friday, 25 February 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 25 February 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)
Black Oak Arkansas had three lead guitarists, too, but I'll leave them to Chuck/Scott/Don/George to dissect.
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Friday, 25 February 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)
― mucho, Friday, 25 February 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)
― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 25 February 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)
queen? although i suppose that's often more than two..
― 6335, Friday, 25 February 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)
― 6335, Friday, 25 February 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 25 February 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)
During that long solo part there is quite a bit of dual guitar soloing that interweave a bit like an Allmans jam. During the climax of that break the sax and both guitars matchup on the riff a couple of times, once they build up and breakdown, then the second time they ride it to the end.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 25 February 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)
OTM.
― tk (tk), Saturday, 26 February 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)
― Lukas (lukas), Saturday, 26 February 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)
― iang, Saturday, 26 February 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 26 February 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Saturday, 26 February 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)
― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 26 February 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 26 February 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 26 February 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)
i think i'm growing up
― LaToya JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 26 February 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)
― LaToya JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 26 February 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)
― Guitarthur and the Ecstasy Defecators (Arthur), Sunday, 27 February 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)
Sorry Johnny, but I couldn't agree less. Most folks couldn't care less, but there's also obsessive anal-retentive folks like myself who NEED to know these things! It's a non-issue if the two guitarists are distinct & distinctive enough to be easily identified by ear (Allman/Betts, Verlaine/Lloyd), and it doesn't matter *much* if they're equal enough in talent/style to be fairly interchangeable (Tipton/Downing), but what about players with unique styles, who you've never heard play by themselves or in any other context except with their counterpart so you don't know who's who? I've practically given myself ulcers over the years, fretting (ha) over not knowing which parts were played by Thurston Moore and which by Lee Ranaldo, or Harkleroad/Cotton or Shelley/Diggle or etc. I wanna know!
Far as harmonized twin-leads are concerned, I've never liked that sound much, don't know why, just a personal thing. It was nice once in a while, but seemed kinda monotonous when done to excess. Seemed like Iron Maiden had to cram a harmony part into every single song they did, like it was their duty.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)
― Keith C (kcraw916), Monday, 28 February 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)
― cb, Monday, 28 February 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)
So would Allman Brothers be the closest American approximation of Wishbone Ash? I have At Fillmore East but never got into it. Maybe I need to hear Idlewild South or Eat A Peach or something.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 22 February 2008 21:59 (seventeen years ago)
Novos Baianos, "Linguagem Do Alunte" - loud twin leads, from brazil
― jsimp, Sunday, 24 February 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)
Johnny's Gonna Die
-- dave225 (Dave225), Friday, February 25, 2005 7:21 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link
YES
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 24 February 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)
I was never much into hair metal but I slways loved the interplay between Brad Gillis and Jeff Watson on Night Ranger's better songs.
Gillis' whammy bar-happy solos would have been too much if he were the lone guitarist, but set off against Jeff Watson's clean crisp speed, ti works very well, and made them one of the best pop-metal bands of the 80's.
― SecondBassman, Sunday, 24 February 2008 03:21 (seventeen years ago)
So would Allman Brothers be the closest American approximation of Wishbone Ash?
close enough, though the Ash were more boogie/less blues. yes try Idlewild or the s/t ABB debut.
― m coleman, Sunday, 24 February 2008 12:53 (seventeen years ago)
one of my favorite twin-lead moments is phil manzanera's overdubbed solo on "serenade," especially the parts where he's just slightly out of tune with himself.
― Lawrence the Looter, Sunday, 24 February 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)
I've been listening to a lot of Thin Lizzy lately. Awesome stuff. They had to have been the biggest influence on Iron Maiden, sometimes I feel like I'm actually listening to Maiden.
― Bill Magill, Monday, 25 February 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)
The Church "Hotel Womb"
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 February 2008 18:16 (seventeen years ago)
Deerhoof "Dummy Discards A Heart"
― Maltodextrin, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 06:07 (seventeen years ago)
Rocket from the Tombs - What Love Is
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 10:54 (seventeen years ago)
Quicksilver Messenger Service!!!!
― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 February 2008 11:02 (seventeen years ago)
Radio Birdman
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)
"City Slang" FTW
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:51 (seventeen years ago)
Nitro Michaelangelo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDu0NWa2Iws
― valoss, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)
i'm beginning to see the light
― PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)
I've been playing the shit out of Wishbone Ash's Pilgrimage. Anyone who's never checked it/them out needs to do themselves a favour.
― narlus spectre (gnarly sceptre), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:45 (seventeen years ago)
Probably inspired by Thin Lizzy:
Belle and Sebastian "Hang Loose" has a pretty sweet twin lead.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)
Frank Zappa and Adrian Belew do a cool twin solo in "City of Tiny Lites"
― Moodles, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:02 (seventeen years ago)
Even though there's only one of him in the band, Tom Scholz/Boston kind of owns this stuff. The end of "Peace of Mind," where he just keeps adding harmonies, is great!
― Little Hussein (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)
Black Oak Arkansas - Moonshine Sonata
― P'zone, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)
A friend of mine has a saying that whenever a guitar lick is played and then repeated, doubled in thirds, an angel smiles.
― disdick (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:21 (seventeen years ago)
I think he made the comment about David Bowie - Black Country Rock
― disdick (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:22 (seventeen years ago)
Another good one: Humble Pie - Walk on Gilded Splinters. I wish the whole song was just that one lick.
― disdick (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:23 (seventeen years ago)
(course that one is actually doubled in 6ths; inverted 3rds really)
― disdick (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:24 (seventeen years ago)
I'm so glad I brought Powerslave with me to work today - 'Aces High' is truly the song that can make demons and angels smile alike.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)
I'm not familiar with musical technicalities but is this a twin guitar lead? - Fontän's "Early Morning" (LOVE it when that riff comes in at around 0:52)
― willem, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)
Baroness, Baroness, Baroness.
― Durian Durian (Jon Lewis), Monday, 16 November 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago)
BARONESS! The Blue Record (or Blue Album or whatever) might be my favorite record of 2009, might be my favorite metal record of the decade, and IS fucking crazy great plus stuffed to the gills with twin/harmonized guitar leads. Such a nice sound, and as an album, it's up there with the best of Thin Lizzy & Maiden (not that it sounds a great deal like either).
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago)
It's my fave 2009 album. Seeing them friday night at Bowery Ballroom, so psyched.
― Durian Durian (Jon Lewis), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago)