Criss Oliva ( Savatage ) Best Solos Part-1

[@johnoliva5014]

Jon oliva here .thank you for this for my little brother made me cry thank you again

[@jfrog1979]

Ok “John” Oliva🙄👍weirdo🤣

[@jivancich]

Love you guys

[@mgdarenz]

@@jfrog1979 His real name is John. He has a FB account too, and drops by a couple group sites.

[@solange920]

@@jfrog1979 I doubt he would write his last name like this. Lol

[@danielgrimes6320]

Love you bros

[@bouxesas2046]

"Summer's Rain" solo was always my favourite. Really glad to know that it was his favourite too.

[@trondnystad7471]

Cool name you have it’s almost savatage

[@Christine16425]

I juste discovered this group by KZbin, always late in France 🤬 it was truly a genius ⚘️

[@Savatanica]

Never too late 😉

[@Christine16425]

@@Savatanica merci, but I'm 60 now

[@TheDunpeaL]

He was an amazing lead guitar master. And also he was so kind person... R.I.P. 🥲 and also thanks to your efforts. 👏👏👏

[@thomasgray7128]

For sure we all know that Cris was taken from us all way to soon!!! R.I.P. Cris! Miss you and Savatage so much!!! TSO is a wonderful reminder of your talent among others!!😁👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘! Rock on forever!!

[@melvinlewiswellsjr.6728]

so glad i got to see Savatage just before Criss passed away...during the Hall of the Mtn. King tour....wow that album blew me away....still one of my favs!😎❤💯⚡⚡⚡💥😇

[@michaelpeacestewart]

most melodic guitarist to ever grace this earth!

[@samgio0217]

Criss was the best! So perfectly underrated.

[@tritontransport]

Not only an underrated player but also an underrated writer. He wrote a lot of the guitar music and riffs to these songs as well

[@metalmanchild1454]

Raising the fist of this METAL CHILD!! THANK YOU SAVATANICA. RAGE ON!!

[@ANGELWARRIOR]

My favorite guitar solo hero

[@jaimericardovargasflorian870]

GREAT VIDEO AND SOLOS...CRISS WAS AMAZING. R.I.P CRISS OLIVA. THE BEST GUITARIST EVER

[@sandorsztik1566]

nagyon nagyon kár érte ,fantasztikus gitáros volt🎸

[@thomaskutches2613]

Simply put he was just an amazing player. Every solo had feeling in it, not many players have that special gift.

[@SouthernSkeptic]

Because he loved the guitar and he took it very seriously.

[@axeisblue]

Absolutely love ❤️ Criss Oliva guitar and Jon's vocals. The best !

[@SouthernSkeptic]

Follow Me is my favorite Criss solo.

[@charlesrice4138]

One of the greatest guitar playersI’ve ever heard.

[@thomasyazvac1219]

you are the best Jon> Miss you! Back in the 80's had a great renting you my Korg DW8000 Synth.And then seeing you in Frankfurt in 1991 >

[@matthewbernarde340]

To me.. The solo to "Miles away".... That's the one that really stands out....

[@da2881]

Grazie criss! Grazie per le emozioni che riesci a darmi ! grazie

[@ekremdursunluer9119]

Bir savatage hayrani daha 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@agentaxe]

Ghost in the ruins and summer's rain oh,and all the rest!

[@SouthernSkeptic]

Ghost is my favorite followed by Follow Me He Carves His Stone.

[@zl_neptune_lz7428]

Dream theater is another one of my favorite bands. To now know that they had plans to work together breaks my heart. The feel that everyone would have felt would have created music that is so enveloped with technical strategy, yet so simple that we all hear the same thing. Yet still layers upon layers of talent. I will dream tonight wondering how that would have gone. The meeting and interactions. To the feeling of the music they all would have felt. Such a loss. Gone much too soon. R.I.P Criss, Forever known through us.

[@francescopascarella9440]

Criss era.... Anzi è.... un numero 1.

[@da2881]

Assolutamente! Condivido. Melodia, tecnica...tutto! È il mio preferito. Tra 5.000 chitarre lo riconoscerei. Stile unico

[@SouthernSkeptic]

7:20 So brilliant and with such feeling.

[@redsix49]

I:m happy as hell to have lived in the time when Criss was playing. I would of loved to meet that guy... wonder what Criss and Dimebag could of done together.

[@ghostwriter1415]

Both guitarist's share a similar "from-the-soul" approach. \m/

[@davidaix5771]

Both are two of the best guitar that ever lived along with George Lynch Michael Angelo Batio Steve Vai and even Zakk wylde's up there Jake E. Lee and Yngwie Malmsteen

[@ddeadbeat]

not many people can make there guitar sing, Chris sure could!

[@SouthernSkeptic]

Criss could make you picture scenes in your head while you listened to his solos.

[@trondnystad7471]

Yes one of the best I’ve heard for sure

[@armingold922]

I love Savatage

[@nisanurguler]

favorim summer’s rain…

[@zl_neptune_lz7428]

Savatanica have you heard it's up to you and the Larry from the Lost tracks (there are two Larry's) apparently Larry Elbows was written for the h.o.t.m album but didnt release due to time restrictions. If you have not I think you should give them a listen. Appreciate ya. This video I put on all the time at work at just an grateful you put this together. Hopefully one day we can get that part 2

[@Savatanica]

Thx for the tip.That part-2 will come for sure🤘🏻

[@marcmccourt843]

Criss Oliva hands down was way underrated! Rank him right there with Dave Mustaine!!!

[@tritontransport]

He’d have even given al Pitrelli a good run for his money

[@marcmccourt843]

@@tritontransport Al was a good replacement for Criss!

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@tritontransport I love AL but Criss blew him away. Criss was 2nd to none imo.

[@tritontransport]

@@SouthernSkeptic it’s all good! There’s no right or wrong answer. We could ask 10 people who the best rock or metal guitarist is or was and we would probably get 10 different answers 🤘

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@tritontransport that's why i said "IMO"

[@johnunderwood3132]

I didn’t realize after all these years that he was killed by a drunk driver.

[@BCTTV_DTJ]

I love the Yngwie story!! However, Dave Mustaine has come out and said that he never asked Criss to join Megadeth. Not because Criss wasn't good enough or anything, it just never happened.

[@CanYouHearMeNow929]

He must have memory issues because it is a fact that he did and Jon Oliva and others will tell you it's true.

[@jaimericardovargasflorian870]

@@CanYouHearMeNow929 you know the truth .my savafriend

[@belizcivelek3913]

Amazing video!

[@bigcat1411]

Criss is "Ritchie Blackmore" on newera!

[@PaulyV56]

Right behind Michael Schenker for me. Guitar God.

[@tyrannosuperior5248]

13:28 does anyone have a recording of that?

[@PaulyV56]

every bit as Good ...as EVH

[@bigcat1411]

I remember the tune🎶 "Thunder and Rain Part2" , 　played by VICIOUS LUMORS.

[@Savatanica]

Like the one you mentioned, Overkill's Undone was also dedicated to Criss

[@bigcat1411]

@@Savatanica , Yes!! I know.

[@jivancich]

Badass thanks

[@АлександрБыков-м6ф]

💥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸💥🔥🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🤘🎼🔥

[@dmdavidmiller]

7:21 what is Name of song ? Anyone ?

[@Savatanica]

Ghost in the Ruins

[@drewatlawmte27]

Chris Oliva = Dimebag Darrell

[@zl_neptune_lz7428]

Anyone have footage of the time criss had Jon forgetting lyrics? I NEED to see him playing to put down yngwie. God I can just picture the intensity that night. One that frightened his own brother. Whew reading that gave me goosebumps but make him such a badass. Good guys can bite too.

[@Savatanica]

That would awesome ! I hope one day someone will upload it.

[@StackBundle]

Based on the bands touring lineup (John Zahner was touring with them after streets came out), I can pretty safely say it was the show in 1992. There is real, decent footage of Yngwie playing his set which means that there probably was, at some point, footage of Savatage's set. But if we consider the story to be true and Criss did play as well or better than Yngwie then Yngwie surely would not let that footage see the light of day. Too much ego.

[@zl_neptune_lz7428]

​@@StackBundle damn. Gotta be something. I'll dig around and find more info. Thanks. Stay strong, warriors(of the world).

[@timcatrett1340]

Who is Dave must stank?

[@HakunaMatata225]

which song is the first solo?

[@Savatanica]

D.T Jesus

[@HakunaMatata225]

@@Savatanica wow, I had to google this, I never heard this version of Jesus Saves!!! :)) and I'm a Sava fan since 20+ years!!!

[@zl_neptune_lz7428]

First song issssss???

[@Savatanica]

D.T. Jesus