Bye, Corona!

Berton and Prescott have a message for fans during another lousy day in paradise.
In a desire to aid fellow musicians who have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic, The Knack, and its publishing administrators, Reach Music, have pledged to donate the first quarter 2020 digital streaming royalties for "My Sharona" -- which have seen an uninvited uptick due to the crisis -- to Music Health Alliance, a Nashville-based organization that provides healthcare support services to uninsured members of the music industry.

[@MikeGervasi]

One of the greatest solos ever recorded. A masterclass.

[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

WRONG! THE greatest electric guitar solo of all time.

[@Happyboymargarine]

It really is, especially those patterns at the end

[@fernandolujangomez9445]

After all these years, this is STILL my favorite guitar solo of all time, hands down!!! Melodic, clean and rocking..you almost want it to go on forever...fucking classic.

[@senormedia]

I curse at the radio dial every time the edit gets played. Easily one of the top 3 guitar solos ever. Probably my #1.

[@cobbervin7563]

Mine too

[@ttguitar1]

I hate the radio edit.

[@Keith2732]

Amen! Why do they edit it out?

[@ringmike]

Thank god the radio stations here in Toronto don't do that...I had forgotten that abomination exists...almost as bad as the shortened version of Won't Get Fooled Again. Anyway, that is my #1 all-time favourite guitar solo as well

[@estedetringham7528]

I DESPISE radio edits. I used to be a DJ and newscaster on a small radio station in NH - an Adult Alternative station, so we didn't often play edits, but when some years later, I worked at an "oldies" station (mostly 60s and 70s), EVERYTHING was edit. Keith2732, you asked why they do that. It's done to fit X amount of music into a time slot, and have room for what pays the bills: commercials. Typically edits are 2:30 long. They always suck. In this house we ALWAYS yell at the radio when they play edits right along with you, senormedia.

[@robdisner]

Even more impressive when you know that the original solo on record was basically recorded in a single take!

[@Lumpy63]

Rob Disner ... seen in the Getting The Knack documentary ( which shows the actual studio recording of My Sharona) producer Mike Chapman told Berton when it comes solo time just burn it.... as he did and then some!

[@Prof_Jeff]

That can be said of the entire Get The Knack album. Chapman essentially recorded a concert in studio.

[@steveremley4389]

Berton, my favorite guitar solo EVER! You have made my day for years upon years! Thank you, good sir!

[@badgerbadger-badger-Poppy]

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

[@nucleusmedicalmedia]

Instead of wiping down the neck, he should give that guitar a cigarette. :^) J/k don't smoke, kids. One of the greatest guitar solos ever and played flawlessly by the master, himself! Nice work!

[@raydecampos7327]

Burton A. is THE most underrated lead guitarist of all time. Period!

[@josephbiron9103]

It is such a damn shame this solo was removed from the radio edit. It is so good, I almost can’t believe it exists. Magical. Everything you would ever want in a classic rock solo is here. It’s like a journey within the song. So good.

[@gomoistic]

Pure inspired joy in this solo- have loved it for decades-Berton thank you.

[@wjanderson8771]

One of the best guitar solos of all time. Thank you!

[@kateandphoebe]

I'm not a guitarist but I can recognize beautiful, graceful fingers when I see them!!

[@DanimalistBoot]

And I thought I used to play this so well back in the 80s... It's like the best Mark Knopfler solos, melodic yet...jawdroppingly quick. Like a mini-song within a song.

[@calvinillo]

Exactly man , It's one of those guitar solos that has its own independent melody.!!

[@knowelltemp2081]

this is my favorite guitar solo of all time! sweet!

[@yostich69]

Mind a blown a! Love this video and the solo. I agree that this is one of the best lead guitar jams ever. Shedding with grace and tremendous skill, the speed that thrills is the speed that kills! I am now a zombie.

[@chipman83815]

This guy just knocks my socks off. He’s got technique, talent and tone to spare. Wow!!

[@physic3524]

thankyou Berton for the greatest solo of all time. That bit at the end where you play chords with the bassline is nothing short of supernatural divine music.

[@AnaSofiasPassion]

The BEST guitar solo ever! ❤❤❤ I was there when the song was played on the radio!!

[@RETROTV1394]

Great job guys... Get The Knack was one of my favorite albums ever. Many great songs I still love all these years later. My Sharona, Good Girls Don't, Your Number Or Your Name, The Monkey And Me, Let Me Out, Lucinda, Frustrated.... Rock On guys. I still miss Doug and Bruce.

[@catofeden3443]

it's 2022, this song is still rockin' and never gets old

[@timaddison707]

Great solo, love 'The knack' humour as well! great stuff Berton and Prescott, brilliant !

[@OriginalGrasshopper]

So great to see Berton and Prescott again! Thanks guys!

[@wehnerwaepatriciarjl7074]

Those pups! More pups! This solo could never be too long. Just fanfrikintastic!

[@villesokero1252]

Best rock guitar solo ever. Nice to see artists get creative in quaranteen :) peace

[@lizjohnstone6056]

Berton and Prescott are adorable. Thanks.

[@Tallguy203]

Berton, when I first heard this solo back when My Sharona came out,I was floored. Fantastic. Thanks for the great guitar work.

[@joycesander]

Just stumbled over this and ditto to everything that was written below me!!

[@huronkeel]

Thanks for sharing in these somewhat darker times. The Knack will always be one of the tightest, incredible energy bands ever. Amazing individual parts that made a rare achievement ...a damn near perfect band. Your playing led the charge . So nice to see you out there in the zeitgeist. We know some friends are missed. Thoughts of Doug, Bruce , Jeff... Resting In Peace.... Thanks again for sharing....Be well sir....

[@bertonaverre6096]

Is that you Scott?

[@huronkeel]

Berton Averre .... Greetings and salutations ..No sir, sorry, I am not your friend Scott. I am just an old friend of Jeff Johnson’s and a retired music company executive . Add in simply a person who has had the songs, stylings , pure fun and joy of The Knack be a vital part of my life’s soundtrack. Jeff’s songs and band “Another Carnival” are/were fabulous, he got his songs out there and he had his shot. While being a rock star so to speak is obviously quite nice I always thought and told him once that heck, you get to be part of and support the guys and the family of The Knack. We are in this world professionally one way or another because we love music , especially pure rock n roll.... is there anything or one that embodies that more purely then the blast of joyful energy that is The Knack ? Not bad work young Jedi, we are all going to be ok.. Hope you and those that matter are huddled close and safe. As we know there is enough loss and darkness in our lifetimes and our time is finite and moving way too fast. . Thank you again for the video and a little dose of your classic playing. Keep on, maybe a new stage musical coming from you, ha.? Be so very well ......

[@bertonaverre6096]

huronkeel We're all very well, thanks. It's so great to hear that about Jeff.

[@Duriologist]

We played My Sharona in my rock band in '79. Watching him play the solo is EXACTLY how I figured out how to play it! Brings back fond memories. Very cool. Very, very cool.

[@garywebster5106]

Thank you sir! I'll never forget summer of '79!

[@johnmackenzie9421]

Thank You Gentlemen for making me smile and believe since 1979....back when I was a wee little 16 year old drummer.....still drumming and still play along to this!!!!

[@stevengerraputa5489]

This is one of my all time favorite solos!! Thank you for all the music..Love The Knack!!!!

[@americarsqueensland1667]

How great is this, still interacting with fans 40 years after my sharona was recorded annnnd, with the exact same guitar! THANKS Berton.

[@leilanirocks]

This was so beautiful back in ‘79 but even more so now because we need it so badly. Thanks for the lesson, and most of all... Bye Corona!! 🦠💉

[@benjclarke3010]

Haha Berton and Prescott, that was really fun and informative, and super sweet to watch you work that excellent solo! The Knack is top-shelf power pop, so glad you guys did the thing you did.

[@testvideosMUSIC]

He can still make that guitar solo flawlessly and maybe even twice as amazing as the original. So awesome!

[@ttguitar1]

That is one of the all time classics guitar solos.

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

I love it how Prescott has the same black tie and the same curled fingers style bass playing and they both have a framed certificate for (My Sharona ??) on the wall in the background.

[@radiostarr6460]

this is an immortal song! back then when i was young every time this music video comes out on our black n white TV i would stop whatever im doing to watch you play this song guys & never get bored of listening over & over again. This solo inspired me to learn & play the guitar. thank you sir Berton Averre & the rest of the knack!

[@grantswann9328]

Loved the video man, miss Doug a lot, but loved seeing you and Prescott still in action!

[@jaberie308]

Killing it now. killed it then. Thanks!

[@johnh6532]

Still just as great as ever! One of my favorite songs and solos. Thanks!

[@AnimationsAndOtherStuff]

He's still got it! Wow! The best!

[@cobbervin7563]

Thank you for posting this! Berton and Prescott, you and the boys, and THAT solo are legendary. I was learning drums when this album came out, I tried my best to keep up with Bruce while playing along through my headphones. Every song on that record is amazing. I wish I could've seen you guys live. Take care!

[@jugglingbeast]

Would love to see Berton performs now the COVID is kinda over.

[@tbromel]

That kicks some serious ass! Best guitar solo of all time. Thank you!

[@3B_Productions]

I have been thinking of taking guitar lessons but after watching you, Berton, I just gave up before I even started. Incredible. Amazing. Beautiful Les Paul, too. Thanks for the much needed smile. Bye, Corona!

[@beatlesfantoo]

Don't let that awesome solo scare you away from learning to play guitar!!!! You're never to old to learn.

[@MikeGervasi]

No. When this album came out I dropped saxophone and picked up guitar full time BECAUSE of this solo. Be inspired not discouraged by it.

[@juampa711]

this solo is only mildly hard, with enough practice you could learn it within a month easily, the hard thing is the length of the solo, a lot of moves to learn, but once you get it you won´t want to stop playing it!

[@waltgaffert2554]

Thank You Berton! You continues to inspire me!

[@btipton6899]

One of the greatest solos of all time!!!!❤✌

[@riffrockband]

One of the epic solos of all time. Love it.

[@RojoSaldañoJuanManuel]

Grande de los grandes, grande maestro. El solo idéntico como en la grabación de estudio. My Sharona un clásico de la historia del Rock y de las mejores de todos los tiempos. Un saludo al cielo a DOUG.

[@basildave]

OMG, that was so great... good to see you, Godspeed to Doug, The Knack was NOT A ONE HIT WONDER!

[@alsosean]

This solo could never be too long. Just fanfrikintastic!

[@cast390]

What an influence that First Knack album was back in '79. I was 16. I was the only kid amongst my peers who knew that solo(My Sharona) note for note. Everyone who played and knew me wanted to learn it. No cd's at this time only LP's.I used to have a turntable with 16 speed on it. Made figuring out fast guitar passages easy.

[@Lpooncedar]

Still got it. nice Solo !! Keep Safe.

[@thevbat]

Awesome Solo , what a great song Thanks Berton and Prescott, Cheers from Australia

[@irical100]

FANTASTIC, and I must concur with many of the comments here - One of the greatest rock solos ever; the build up is thrilling, the melodic structure is so charming, the ROCK OUT vibe hits so strong in this solo - it's practically ARCHETYPAL

[@jasona9]

Two great musicians! Thanks Prescott and Berton!

[@5red5red]

So awesome, you guys. Thank you!!👍👍👍

[@huntergreen99]

WoW Berton Averre,, you’ve still got it friend. 🏆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🏆

[@stephenward5133]

Incredible and a great message too!! Keep well everyone!

[@calvinillo]

Hi Berton . you're a Master , I know that idea the My Sharona belong to you and speaking about the guitar solo , but a .......it is simply extraordinary, out of the ordinary, it is of another level. If we talk about Ace Frehley inventing tapping and Eddie Van Halem perfecting it, we can definitely say that you invented this unique style of guitar solo where it seems that two guitars are playing at the same time, Thanks for your tremendous contribution to Rock, the song My Sharona is eternal and the guitar solo has the signature of Berton Averre, I am a fan of The Knack and its guitarist who is a source of pride and a school for many Rock bands, a big hug from Lima, Peru. Cal-Vic De la Torre Roberts.

[@ozmatterhorn2147]

To me this exactly like when I watch that studio guitar lesson of Zakk Wylde breaking down miracle man solo. You can hear acoustically how absolute savage their right hand is and feel the guitar begging for mercy. That’s note perfect to the recording like some Randy Rhoads doubled solo off Diary Of A Madman. When guitar gods play they have a shield around them you can’t enter. Sorry to wank on but this just gives me so much of a good feeling I can’t describe it. A 100% for Guitar World Magazine top 100 solos of all time every freaking year.

[@lionheartroar3104]

Thank you for the amazing music...Critics had no idea what they were talking about. Saw you guys i New Orleans when I graduated college and the show was sooooooooooo tight!

[@videogeekin]

“ Berton Averre as well as Elliot Easton were my favorite lead guitarist of the late 70’s and 1980’s”.

[@marianoarribasdelgado4303]

Fantastic , the best solo od the pop music greetings from Spain

[@RobbieD213]

Thank you for doing this Berton. This solo is timeless and still to this day one of my favorites.

[@KillerKev1961]

During your classic Sharona solo, I always smile at the stall portion that you and Bruce put down. Frikken CLASSIC! RIP Bruce and Doug. You havnt lost your touch Berton! \m/

[@nachonacho8558]

De los mejores solos de la historia del rock... lección magistral!!The knack siempre vivos!!!

[@curtishill3862]

Awesome...and love the fact that he top wraps the tailpiece on the beautiful Les Paul!!!!

[@kenyonstewart7120]

One of the best solos ever!

[@Shimes]

thank you so much for this... I am a 56 year old drummer and never realized how hard that solo was.... youre a darn genius... thank you!!!!!!!

[@s.barnett-yamamoto7129]

Awesome ~ (was) rockin' along w/you in the 80s. Nothing changed.

[@uggadugga8070]

I was 19 when "My Sca-ro-tum" came out (j/K). Even though I was into GF Railroad, then Van Halen, Scorps, etc... Once I gave a listen to your 1st album, i was really blown away! Every song was great (almost). So tight, so dynamic! Your video was a chuckler as well!

[@MuscleDad420]

This solo always struck me as one of those that was self-serving, but wholly required for the song. Great to see you’ve still got it!

[@lilacgirl9332]

So talented, and always so fun to watch. They always seemed like really nice guys too!

[@Lumpy63]

Oh man great to see guys!! and your doing well! This was very cool and Berton still ripping that legendary solo! Miss you guys, seen you several times in Detroit ( Doug’s hometown, well near by Oak Park), memorable shows from the Masonic Temple show in ‘79 to the Sunflower Festival and all in between, still one of my very favorite bands, of course you never forget those songs that became the soundtrack of your youth! RIP Doug and Bruce, miss you guys... Berton and Prescott stay strong and be well!

[@blairf27]

Still got it man!

[@christiemiles8923]

I have always loved your music..I was a teenager in the 70's. So I've heard probably all the 70's and 80's music. So anyway. I miss Doug and Bruce. I'm sure you do more than me but anyway. If you don't mind telling me where ya'll live now. ..you don't have to tell me if you don't want. I live in Gunbarrel city Texas. I know...yeah yeah. It sucks here.. but I still love you both. And will always love you. Stay safe..keep up the music for everyone..

[@davewebbtheauthor]

Good to hear from you guys. You are hilarious btw. (And loved the dogs' cameo too.)

[@j.d.jdthinktankersorg.asa.4237]

Love it! Thank You guy's, very fun..

[@SteveLoves2Fly]

For years ;I thought the guitar solo was dubbed with to takes. Now that I see it with my own eyes I am really impressed!

[@AzKaraokeVic]

LOL! Awesome! I hope you guys can get more views on this! I only wish the other guys were here with you.

[@jackoneill842]

Berton Averre is a one of a kind guitar player. I used to think the day I could play the Sharona solo, I would be at the pinnacle of my playing, but what about the guy who can write a Sharona solo? Be well, Knack!

[@navyskaterdude]

Love You Both, saw you Guys around Boston in the Early Days. Great Shows! Miss Doug too...RIP Brother #ByeCorona!

[@edfastriveradventure]

one of my favorite solos ever

[@kibohei]

As much as I’d like to, I’ll never be able to replicate that solo. Incredible! Great video!

[@browboy79]

The dogs Winnie and Freddie are soooo cute! #byecorona

[@jimbomatison4107]

Daaaaaaaang! Way to rip it and not trip it. Solid, my man.

[@tumerica]

This. Is. PRICELESS. THANKYOU!!!

[@ZIMBY66]

This Is not One of the greatest slolos... This Is the greatest Guitar solo of all times !

[@Oztralianmade]

Well done on thinking outside the square .. Thanks for the music over the journey as well . .

[@jrock2264]

Dude, you still ripped it after all of these years. Kudos.

[@lovenotwar598]

Till this day my favourite solo back then it must have sounded so futuristic but you sir are a great guitarist sorry about your friend Mr fieger awesome singer and great presence

[@andrewfischer556]

Well done & thanks for the memories ! - For those fans who want to skip to the fun part, skip to 2:40 and watch from there, but you'll miss a great guitar solo

[@Ghosttothepost]

Thats a beautiful Les Paul. I heard you play My Sharona on a Telecaster in a video, and thought to myself that it sounded better when you played the Les Paul. Just my 2 cents. Keep on Rockin Berton. Thanks for the sound track to my teenage years.

[@joumar2220]

Sr.Fieger, ud. ha escrito uno de los solos más memorables en la historia del rock , y lo que más me reconforta es verle hoy manteniendo sus condiciones al más alto nivel, yo intenté hacer este solo con mi banda allá por el año 1979, me costaba bastante en ese entonces ;sonaba muy fuerte the knacks entre otros en nuestro país, saludos desde mi país Uruguay, by corona,please!!!!!!

[@johncunningham7075]

You guys were a huge inspiration to me as a young musician/songwriter. Thank You!

[@alejandroc1965]

Gran,gran solo de guitarra.Felicitaciones

[@foamrob6577]

So cool to see those guys. That guitar solo is one of the greatest solos in rock and roll. The band is also ripping behind him