Quick Riff #45 - Life is a Highway

[@b.j.surfdog3724]

You nailed that uber chunky tone! Your one of the few that have done this very important part of this song. Thank You.

[@bassfishingspecialist8976]

This video is so British I love it

[@nickywhitmore4350]

My favorite song of all time great music

[@ethandenton3393]

That solo though!!!! Great!

[@AllBikesGreatAndSmall]

Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it and it just helped me to play the riff of one of my favourite songs. Cant wait to show off at our next family gathering.

[@jamescassidy3995]

Digging this in England 2022! Lovely lead licks!

[@anthonygonzalez8684]

Nice I hear a little Steve Lukather chop in there. Great guitar teacher. 🎸 👍🏻👍🏻

[@zachfree6126]

Thank you, Dave. Much appreciated. Great lesson.

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@2728muzikmann]

It is actually a Tom Cochrane song as he wrote it and performed it well before anyone had ever heard of Rascal Flatts

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

Thanks, some one else here pointed it out. I had no idea. The first time I heard it was while watching the film Cars with my kids. Good tune!

[@thetravelingrailroadist]

2728muzikmann while that is true that Tom Cochran wrote the song and made it big to his fans and people familiar with his music in Canada, it was the Rascal Flatts version in the cars movie that made the song what it is today.

[@HiredGoonage]

It was a huge hit in the 80's, and it's kind of funny to see all these "Rascal Flatts" videos

[@knight2000-NC]

@@HiredGoonage going to have to disagree with it being a hit in th 80s considering Tom Cochrane released it in 1991-- the radio killed this song and I remember it being used in a Baywatch episode where Matt & Summer went bike riding on a beach trail that also gave it some fame.. that video is here on youtube as well.

[@yrreteugarps2835]

@@thetravelingrailroadist Sorry Seth, this was way popular when Tom Cochran released it on It's a Mad Mad World in 1991. It was on the radio all the time, all day (night) long ...

[@caleblewis488]

thanks for the help man

[@rubenpaulpeschmann6408]

just perfect

[@TheRealBrendon]

It's cool enough for me

[@theresagoldson7859]

That is pretty good

[@rikkikirr8538]

hiii dave great lesson .... sounds a little like a song from red rider from way back ?? is that possible ??

[@RDPettifer]

yup. tom cochrane wrote and recorded the song in 1992. rascal flatts did a cover of the song for the movie "cars" in 2006...NOT as good as the original imo

[@rikkikirr8538]

ahhhhhhh yesss ... thanks again for the info and for your lessons ... ahh yes tom cochrane rock on rick in montreal ....

[@davidvandenbos3638]

LIFE IS A HIGHWAYY I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LOOONG I love this so much

[@nahuel6136]

nice, very helpful

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

Glad it helped.

[@marcerab16]

I have a question. I'm new to guitars, and in the actual song at the time stamp 3:14, you can hear him in the background doing a quick riff of notes... it kind of sounds like alternating notes. is there an actual term for that?

[@TheExxl]

What are the chords to that high single note ?

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

Just a high F5 chord - Notes are F & C - 13th fret on strings 1 & 2.

[@TheExxl]

@@DavePriceGuitarist thnx

[@theracketeers9284]

Where is the rest of the song?

[@paulseff2109]

who the hell is rascal flatts? unless Lester Flatts taught him to pick, should I even care? This song was a big hit in the early 90s, Tom Cochrane's song off his solo album after the demise of his band Red Rider (they had a song "lunatic fringe" that was a hit too).

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

To be honest, I only heard this version after taking the kids to see the film Cars. It was only after I posted this video I learnt their's was a cover and Tom Cochran was the original artist.

[@paulseff2109]

@@DavePriceGuitarist S'ok, I'm sure Tom is very happy with the publishing royalties he's getting & I got to give Lester a shout out. :)

[@zach.shepard]

All those strats and no Les Paul?

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

Zachary Shepard I finally bought a Les Paul about a month after this video was recorded. It's a great guitar 🎸

[@zach.shepard]

Haha, yeah I just got one too. I love it!

[@wearyflame9107]

Is it metallic distortion or normal distortion?

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

darshan vn just normal overdrive.

[@mattmadden3716]

That was worthless. No one seems to want to show the chords to the pre-chorus.