3 Richie Kotzen Licks From 1993

[@bertgetner9397]

I never was a Poison fan but when I picked up Native Tongue for the song "until you suffer some" I fell in love with that album because of Ritchie's influential playing on it. What an outstanding album.

[@PedroSilvaMusic]

And... Richie is a phenomenal singer on top of it all. Impressive talent

[@Busyfingers24]

Thanks Dave, RK is one of my favs, been on that bandwagon since his Shrapnel days...finally got to see him live a couple of years ago up in Portland. He walks on water in South America, Europe and Asia since those Poison days. Incredible vocals to go with his amazing playing. Shame the US was too busy with pop and rap all those years and missed out on all of his killer albums. Legendary talent 👍

[@brianruyack7632]

I don't care what you play, I just love to hear your tone and feel! Great job!

[@Zappabain]

Sounds really good, yes. I thought it was just me that thought it specially good. A simple vibrato sounds so beautiful, the tone is soft.

[@bongojimmy9537]

Wow! Thank you! Kotzen is my favorite guitarist in the last few years after seeing him live. Great all around musician.

[@DaveGOfield]

His album with Greg Howe is 🔥🔥

[@tonepoet]

I remember the day I bought Fever Dream, it gave me vertigo. Haha! It's enough that the guy could rip notes, but sing as well?!? BTW, you channel is underrated AND you did a great article in the latest Guitar Player magazine. You're doing great things for the guitar community. We appreciate it.

[@uberjava]

That's funny, I remember the day I bought Fever Dream too. I got it just based on the album cover. Years later I ended up running his website for him, he's a very cool dude.

[@partriotsfight5039]

Richie is my personal all-time favorite artist ever. I actually have his telecaster and his red Stratocaster that was actually a pain in the ass to acquire, but I got my hands on it and they are my favorite guitars by my entire collection. They’re about the only two I even play anymore out of about 40 guitars. Anyway, was fortunate enough to meet him last September and he signed the back of the headstocks of each of them. So now I have an RK Strat and an RK Tele with his autograph on on each. he was hands-down, the coolest musician a.k.a. rockstar I’ve ever met in my life and I have met so many. That guy is just one hell of a gracious down-to-earth individual I honestly can’t say enough nice things about our experience together that dude is legit.

[@davidsollenberger2998]

Great job as always David. Looking forward to the follow up with Blues

[@banorilsk]

Thanks!! Richie Kotzen and Blues Saraceno are amazing! Love this channel!

[@uncleremus5046]

His debut is still my favorite album by him. Thanks 🍺’ski!

[@dennydabbs9272]

Great Lesson. Killing it Dave. Richie Kotzen does it all. Can't wait for the Saraceno video.

[@frettyfrets3373]

His “Inner Galactic Fusion Experience” is worthy to checkout as well. He demonstrates masterful versatility in his playing, like Kiko and Guthrie.

[@TheSoulsandRevive]

Very Informative! Richie Kotzen is a phenomenal musician, very inspiring. One of his best traits is his versatility.

[@durkar3791]

Can't wait for the Blues Saraceno follow up Crack a Smile was fantastic too, definitely the best work Poison ever produced with Blues and Ritchie on guitar, as much as I liked some of the early stuff guitarwise these were a different league.

[@ddaneh3090]

Great lesson, great licks, very clean playing!

[@Djent7779]

Great lesson great phrases

[@khalilhabib9607]

Another incredible and interesting session. Lots of creative ideas. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, Dave!

[@Snostrebla1]

Maybe the most underrated player out there. Dude is a BEAST!

[@AshRavens]

Very cool lesson mate, and love the analysis as well.

[@HotRodSixString]

Another killer lesson

[@lanceross3633]

You have a mind blowing tone David.

[@joshpaul1976]

Awesome stuff. I remember a very similar descending maj pentatonic lick from a guitar world lesson with nuno back in the 90s.

[@Icedsymphony7]

Wow i can play those licks my entire life and never get bored

[@ChienJaune01]

Blues Saraceno is awesome, even as a young player he reigned his chops in with feel and melody, in the vein of Satch. I'm waiting for this one.

[@Zappabain]

I had literal goosebumps listening to some seconds of his Hairpick album. Only has happened to me with jason becker's perpetual burn and some 2 or 3 special moments; strangest one listening to vai in midi from tabs!!! Amazing melodies sound good (jason becker too) even in midi!!!!

[@bullitt81]

Tremendous job as usual, Dave! Kotzen is a slippery player --so tasteful. AND you're doing another Saraceno vid?! Totally awesome, thanks man.

[@guillotinedeath]

Love all your lessons wish I could have some private instruction from you Michael lee firkins licks !

[@Sanson101]

dont play guitar but love your videos....they are SO good!

[@robertdyer8517]

I had completly forgot about that !

[@marramusic]

Excellent David! Love the live footage from this era! And Blues is up next? Woo hoo!

[@davidyates8880]

I saw Richie play on that tour with Poison. He was great.

[@psychopoison]

Native Tongue and Motley with Corabi, both albuns very underrated

[@sageneverdies9414]

Hah! Exactly! Kotzen and Corabi made them better!

[@chrisbr1969]

Richie is so underrated. His newer stuff is so incredible too.

[@sixstringswl]

I had thought my Kotzen binge was finished....

[@crisprtalk6963]

"Somewhere around 27 years ago Kotzen was fired...." 1993 was 27 years ago. Damn that just hit me.

[@enricopallazzo2987]

Ridiculous. I still feel like it's 2000. Lol

[@michaelwade9455]

Right! That "new" era of the 90s seems like it wasn't but a few years ago.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

wow you're really that bad at math, huh?

[@Brunodowney1]

Thanks again Dave, Id love to see some Steve stephens licks or some Doug Aldrich from his House of Lords time. Much appreciated Bruno from ireland.

[@enricosenno7767]

Great vid

[@bongojimmy9537]

Still chewing on this one...Kotzen is a true musical rebel in my opinion. After Poison, maybe to save face, he joined up with Stanley Clarke for Veratu. Complete hard jazz, and completely ruled it. The guys a genius, piano/ organ, great writing with incredible vocals. Plays all instruments on his solo stuff. Just mind blowing..

[@DocRaunchy]

great stuff.

[@sprtstr96]

I remember buying Fever Dream in the dollar been at Camelot Music & I wore that disc out! Incredibly underrated album!

[@scottgallagherguitar]

Socialite!

[@gregcastdrywall1645]

Steve Stevens would be great!

[@patpolowyk6434]

AWESOME!lessons as always.i read it was an ex fiancee and Richie is still with her today.

[@PitJunFan]

Excellent video, Jason Becker licks would be great! Regards

[@alecr666x]

Saw him on that very tour with Poison in Glasgow. He was awesome. Pretty sure Deanna was Rikki's ex-fiancee at the time rather than current though.

[@julianschulz1620]

You should do a Dweezil Zappa one, circa 89-91.

[@Zappabain]

I'd like to suggest not to (or not just to) name the note but it's nature in the current scale (1 2 3b ...) as I find it so much more informative and I don't have to constantly remember which tone we are in, in which chord, etc and "calculate".

[@ignacioinder]

Great one D! Huge fan of that kotzen record. Sorry but when you follow the history...Kotzen practically did all of that record for them. They where on a down low cause drugs and the whole CC fiasco. How sad tho to be Brett and once Kotzen arrived everyone is asking about the new guy singing!? Love that bendings in that era (he comented some tricks he learned in those days from his personal friend J Becker. The genesis of the shrapnel records). It seems that was the only time when he abuses that until the farewell from mr big. That live solo from japan osaka might be a future RK 3 4 all? Blues Saraceno is tha bomb! that tone.....one of the close shredders to dimebag! Anyways....That affair of RK was his daughter...the one that made a few videos for him!

[@scottwaszak698]

Kotzen in Poison was roughly akin to a maestro in a jug band.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

lmao for real. Poison were so untalented.

[@tudobem12]

I really miss those good old kotzen days, he was really creative with a lot of tasteful licks. Today he plays like he doesnt want to be there, and always repeat a bunch of the same licks (it started with the no pick thing)

[@wibowocahyono634]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIfPZIBnqpusirc how about this?

[@vladcd02]

I don't know about that. I love Richie's later albums, especially the The Whinery Dogs, he's both technical and soulful. Personally, i love that no pick thing you're talking about. I know he may have been searching for a new sound in these recent years, but he's still awesome

[@edwardjons8684]

I hear the opposite - he’s way better now: better tone, better songs, and his style has found it’s best expression away from the cheesy Poison stuff. His long solo at the end of Devil’s Hand, his fusion riff in Riot, his country twang in The Damned... his effortless aggression in the Live in Japan 2015 recording.... on Fear for example...

[@tudobem12]

kotzen is my favorite musician ever, i love almost everything he did, even with forty deuce and his strange album with another name Wilson Hawk KKK, but i cant enjoy his music after 24 hours, this 50 for 50 album is so boring

[@tudobem12]

but its nice to talk with people that respect different points of view, its rare on youtube commentaries

[@Zappabain]

Sorry, does he have a video where he comments how he gets his tone? (the teacher I mean!).

[@StrangeloveTheDoctor]

I love Kotzens playing and singing. If you can find it buy Bi Polar Blues that and Electric Joy are worthy additions to any guitarists music collection. I think he did his first solo record when he was really young and the press savaged it and him saying he was a talented but soulless guitarist. Look at him now. He is by far one of my own greatest influences.

[@r_aguilar68]

Another great lesson. Can you do Vivian Campbell. Thx!!!

[@claydecoursey2339]

Richie Kotzen is #1

[@TestarossaRocks]

Until you suffer some is one of the best solos of all time imo. I see you broke down multiple licks from that one solo.

[@ja10308]

Hey, Dave, Great lesson! Would you play the third lick over D major/B minor? It obviously highlights D quite a bit and doesn't fit in D minor (ie I'm very amateur theory-wise). Also, Happy New Year!

[@candaraskn872]

A Video about your sound, amps, pedals etc. Pls

[@Jasper12]

what camera are you using sir?

[@Bricklinsv1970]

Can you do a Mark St. John lesson please.

[@jlmcgrot]

That first lick is great. Did that show up on a Poison record?

[@williammolina9792]

Interesting that many of the shredders when they get older they start to play more blues.just to mention some. Gary Moore. Ritchie kotzen.Paul Gilbert. And even Yngwie Malmsteen are starting to play more in a blues style.

[@richardvincetalagtag3696]

I will wait for Herman Li to play blues.

[@wibowocahyono634]

@@richardvincetalagtag3696 😄

[@williammolina9792]

@@richardvincetalagtag3696 First he has to learn the pentatonic scales...

[@mr.e8432]

I know this is an old video but you should do a lick's video based off of his 2015 show in Japan. Listen to the song Love Is Blind. It sounds like he's playing slide guitar but he's not. I don't know what he's doing but it sounds awesome.

[@colincartmell1440]

What gear are you using here? What is that amp? Always such a great tone...

[@GeoffSweet]

It's an inexpensive Behringer Vampire 1 x 12. Its a modeler. A pretty decent one too.

[@xibeb]

your second lick is close but the end of the lick is a bit different : it uses the same slipery thing you talk earlier...your tone is sweet by the way : is it a spider line 6 behind you ? good job by the way ;)

[@eltonjustogtr]

3 Steve Stevens licks from... please! 🙏

[@meowwoem6372]

oh yes. he's been one of my fave players for a long time. his work with billy idol was fantastic. idol wouldn't have been as big with out steve stevens.

[@zls9890]

I liked how Steve went super shredder on Vince Neil's "Exposed" album

[@glenncoleman6253]

Elton Justo his solo album Atomic Playboys was great too.

[@HiHello-ku1fl]

Kotzen ended up marrying Deanna and she became Deanna Eve Kotzen. They even had a few kids. So maybe it was worth getting fired from Poison. True love just happens. Listen to the song Woman and a Man by Richie Kotzen. You can tell he was really in love when he wrote that. Reminds me of Claptons Wonderful Tonight at first but then starts sounding very 70's Motown soul which is cool too. Great song that would have been a huge hit in a different decade.

[@rudiyantohalim736]

Man...I love Richie Kotzen on Electric Joy. That's the side of him I really love. Could u do his version of The Thrill is gone? Lot's of nice expressive bends on that song. Btw, any chance of doin some licks of Vitto Brata of White Lion? 🤣👍👍🤘

[@madadami81]

...man your tone is killer....

[@robbievalentine8239]

Ritchie "steal your girl" kotzen

[@nathancloud6344]

His instruction video with the Pin ball game?? OMG this guy destroyed anything I've ever hear. Someone tell me this isn't the best guitarist ever!!!!!

[@zzkeokizz]

My guitar teacher taught Blues Saraceno for one lesson because Blues was already too good!

[@CVGuitar]

3:17 lol

[@nathancloud6344]

He got fired for screwing other band members girls. But OMG Ritchie is and has always been among the top 10 in my book.

[@dadude7]

Ex girls....

[@anthonydemmons5951]

Know the full story.... They were broken up for months. Richie was asked to help her write tunes for her record. They spent a lot of time together before they became a couple. And had a girl. Poison wants people to think he just jumped into Rickys bed with her while he was helping Brett pick out bandana material

[@dadude7]

@@anthonydemmons5951 True. Brett behaved like the arsehole he was. They pretty much died when Richie left.

[@sageneverdies9414]

Yep. Brett didn't want to be shown up.

[@JPM777]

Man, I enjoy your channel and lessons... but the sound.... maybe closer, or another kind of condenser mic will help.

[@thesaj1110]

We want you to do a German 🇩🇪 band called bonfire, they r amazing! Please.

[@krisfarrow4399]

If you love great string bending ideas, and you haven't heard of Jerry Donahue, I highly suggest you give this video a look! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6iwmWionJ2reZY

[@TheTerryd5150]

My takeaway is that it was good to see the guitar player steal the the girl from the drummer for a change.

[@CORNPOP24]

Please put on a Angel's lesson. Rick & John Brewster.

[@alexrousedds]

3:49 :-)

[@punishmentdue73]

Tasty

[@J24777]

Does it Mean C C DEVILLE IS NEXT?? He definitely has some Cool and Awesome Riffs and Leads!

[@sageneverdies9414]

Eyewwwww. 😊