DEEP DIVE: Eddie Money "Two Tickets to Paradise" | Studio & Performance Guitar Lesson

[@ausman05]

The amount of time i drove around in Grand Theft Auto listening to this song, such a great song.

[@sugarymushroom]

There isn't a single song from the classic rock station from that game that when I hear it now doesn't immediately take me back to somewhere in that game.

[@profkeenan]

ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK SOLOS EVER!!!! This solo is so lyrical and with the drums swinging this is one of the most iconic rock solos ever.

[@blakesuggs8380]

Agree 100%

[@rbk7876]

As a classic rock drummer from the 70's I really enjoy your videos, never could play guitar, always wanted to but hey we all in it together ! 🎶🎵🎸🥁

[@P51]

ahhh Jimmy Lyon. an 80s fave. flying corporate jets after music.

[@mikewood6071]

The drums on this song are absolutely GNARLY!!!! It just sounds like a makeshift jam session, that Eddie added lyrics to

[@owengrubbs4050]

One of the songs on this album has a lyric, "this ain't your last day on earth." Breaks my heart every time. RIP Eddie and Jimmy (and Nancy).

[@beenice9867]

I saw Eddie Money at the Bottle & Cork in Dewey Beach, DE in 1997. He was amazing. It’s still one of my favorite shows ever and I saw the dead for 2 decades.

[@josephcovino9697]

Hey, thanks Michael for letting us sit in with you on your warm up for your gig tonight with Neighbor, you gave us again some great pointers on how to think about the challenge and attack it ! Have fun tonight. 👍🏼

[@keendeesjarlais3636]

im 63 and have been playing this solo since this song was written...... enjoy it youngins-- those years were great when we played these songs, the audience really appreciated it note for note-- gotta keep the paying customer happy-lol not exactly malmsteens '' blackstar or far beyond the sun'' solos, but it was the 70's and Lyons simple little solo is way more memorable as a hook to millions of people ,who enjoyed laid back songs with grooves and that chill 70's cadence that will never be forgotten. as for malmsteen.. can anyone remember the solo to far beyond the sun?

[@Gruff86990]

I can picture homer listening to this after Ned wins the tickets. 😂😂 Excellent guitar riff

[@markmasercola3958]

Killer album. Jimmy Lyon was the guitar player. The album is littered with tasty guitar melodies, fills and solos that complete “the song”. Great lesson Michael.

[@EightPieceBox]

I loved Eddie Money in the early 80s. I was about 6 when MTV came out. They played this one a lot.

[@LookinUp2001]

Great song Michael, I was luck enough to see Eddie Live a few times. Great performer. May he RIP.

[@coffeewithmyfatherjwolfe5317]

I’m old enough to remember when this came out. Forever One of my favorites, I’ve alway wanted to learn this. thanks for the lesson

[@mabellynn4605]

That was awesome! Love Eddie Money! Can you do more 80s music?🤍

[@Dave-gf3kd]

Great stuff to share with us Michael! I hope you put up the actual performance for us. Also, let us know what if any conversations you have with the band before you play it. Then, what actually happened on stage! Super helpful!

[@susansuarez343]

Eddie Money rocks! Love his music so much ❤🇨🇦 1:49

[@ToddSauve]

I loved this song when it came out! It was back in the very late 1970s or early 1980s, IIRC. I had the album and we played it a lot on the stereo. Jimmy Lyon was the guitar player. He stuck with Eddie Money for a while but life on the road did not agree with him, or he had a family and one had to go--so it was being a rock star that went out the window. I very much respect anyone who correctly chooses their family over fame. Absolutely great blues based rock and roll guitar! So tasty and smooth! Is there anything greater or more fun??? 🎸🎸🎸💖👌😎

[@robertjamesdriscoll_]

Oh boy. I love Eddie Money so much.

[@Guitargate]

RIGHT!?

[@johnmcelhaney8490]

#1 what a cool way to approach this my man! I think you might agree, for a fundamentally simple song, they really sell it. That solo is amazing on whole lot of levels. It is well spoken, it doesn't say anything when it shouldn't. This band was tight and knew the tricks. They rock. This song isn't simple at all. Great job man

[@iangray1010]

Such a great video. Thanks for sharing how you go about learning to play this song from scratch. So helpful. An awesome song! RIP Eddie.

[@VicB325]

Would love to see a video of you playing this song with them! Great video like always!

[@maryannsulic1174]

Great song!!!

[@jhartwick1313]

Great video. Thanks Michael.

[@MikeS4628]

I just learned this song for a gig coming up this Saturday. It's always interesting to see how different people figure their way to the key and how a song is played. I saw Frank Gambale say that if you have two major chords together it's a good guess that it's the 4 and 5 chords of the key. So when I heard the chords I immediately went for Dmaj for the scale that goes with it. It's right. Sure there are exceptions but I've found his words to ring true with most songs. At that point you can figure out which mode you want to call it depending on everything else. But it's been true more times than not that if there are two major chords a whole step apart you can easily figure out which scale to use for improv or to figure out a solo when sitting down with a song. As I said, there are exceptions with borrowed chords and so on but for most pop and rock songs this strategy works most of the time. Been using it for decades now. Some of the best advice I'd heard when jamming and improv is needed.

[@trafyknits9222]

I saw EM and his band live in an outdoor concert and the guitarist just killed it. Played Mesa Boogie rectifiers and blew us away. Great show, but it was the band. EM was, by that time, a sad remnant of what he once was.

[@Jrod510]

Such a great song

[@seangabriel8120]

What a great video - so helpful, great tips for learning new tunes! ❤

[@brianmincher716]

This is why we love you. Excellent.

[@BeLikeNoOneElse]

Thanks for the break down. Hope you have a great time and we get to see video!!

[@mcgrath16511]

RISC OS awesome song..played this in a 4 piece band years ago,, easy song and always a crowd pleaser!!

[@jeremyskinner7545]

My band does this tune for our live shows..... for the rhythm it's all about the "bonk-little donk donk.. bonk little donk... bonk little donk donk... bonk little donk" --- I dont know the right words.... but you hear what i'm saying.

[@PatriotDave87]

Jimmy Lyon is a great guitarist and had a knack for splicing major and minor together. Eddie Money was never the same after Jimmy left.

[@PatriotDave87]

Check out Jimmy's plaaying on Gamblin' Man, Got to get another girl & of course, Life for the taking. Awesome licks

[@tomfoolery2082]

One of the most fun songs iv ever played .

[@tucsonblues1993]

This was inspiring 🍺 thank you!

[@RichSaculus]

Sounds like if the Allman Brothers were from Jersey. Thanks for the breakdown Mike!

[@riksplace]

Saw the Money Man back when this album came out in the 70's....always a favorite....Seals and Croft opened (which was sort of strange combo to open for him)

[@BondJovi_1912]

My band may have to throw that cover in the set! Thanks man. Lovin’ my GuitarGate course by the way ✌️

[@pescadote64]

I know this is a guitar channel, but that drum fill from the intro into the first verse…🤘🏻🙌🏼

[@Guitargate]

Oh. Drum fills are VERY welcome.

[@charlesjohnst10]

Inspired.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Great underrated Jimmy Lyon Vital part to Money man sound

[@OneFlewOver1776]

Nice pick on the tune...Jimmy Lyon was the guitar...a great player he is.

[@ezpzyogi]

I love when you wear that Billy Strings hat, because my girlfriend has the same one.

[@djhorizone5433]

Would love to see you react to any of King’s X ‘s tracks! Ty Tabor is one of the greatest guitarists if you’ve not heard them or any side projects definitely recommend!

[@seventallguitarist]

How do you like the new PRS guitar?

[@Havron12345]

I love your videos and the way you break the songs down musically -- Please do a Gregory Alan Isakov song -- I recommend "The Stable Song" but he has many others -- a great "Americana" singer-songwriter -- I love the banjo riffs on the "cardinal session" with Steve Varney on banjo

[@jrn9872]

You’re playing the PRS tStyle again…how is it now?

[@lespaulguy63]

solo in F# pentatonic, relative minor to A

[@BRO_v1]

I saw Eddie at a casino in southern Indiana in the early aughts and out of nowhere he says “ya know what, I love the 80s and I don’t fuckin care” and the place went ape.

[@myerzmedia839]

Did anyone catch video of your show performance?

[@RickStamler]

Nothing personal, but with this song the solo is the only thing that matters. lol

[@johnsyracuse1238]

Let's get a vid of the performance. And then a react vid to it.

[@augustwest5273]

Where’d your Jerry 3/1/80 go?

[@jasonpoland5507]

Sounds like the tonalities down to E flat due to Eddie’s range in this song: that would be my best guess to why they went to E flat to accommodate Eddie Money’s range

[@donpitts8666]

Jimmy lyons

[@steveo_o6707]

I'm playing the rhythm guitar part, keeping it steady is not easy....

[@TonyaVanZant-qj7qg]

In my opinion the total center switches to D major in the chorus. And D major Pentatonix work good on the fills... Which also reinforce that aspect. And the D major scale being used in a mixolydian is the same difference, very convenient.. Other than you picked up right away on all the aspects.. no one thing if you're playing A major pentatonic there shouldn't be any 7th..reg or flat. That's how Dickey Betts got around the whole mix thing..he did add the 4 th to the major pentatonic . That's his scale I guess.

[@TonyaVanZant-qj7qg]

Tonal not total....lol

[@EileenMuza-h4s]

Mike Dewes slow dancing in a burning room, you need to check him out, I think you will be impressed 😮

[@23skidoo46]

Lyon was such a tasty player.

[@OneFlewOver1776]

Michael...What's with the "I have a prize for you" on telegram?

[@Annunaki_0517]

Eddie Money never really got the respect he deserved. He was a monster songwriter. We just lost him in 2019, like so many other great rockers. Soon they will all be gone it seems, and with no one coming up behind them, I worry for the future of music.

[@joeblough261]

Eddie Money, IMO, is the most underappreciated artist in modern American history. Lest anyone laugh, do some research on the number of hits he had, many of them he wrote, and his longevity. The Money Man is a legend. Also, one of the great American characters in music. He was one helluva man.

[@jkel51]

Why call it A Myxo? Why isn’t it called D major for the key? What’s difference?

[@toddmitchell7542]

Day on the Green, Oakland, Eddie Money, Sammy Hagar, and Boston headliner, I remember Jimmy Lyons tore it up and in my opinion Eddie stole that DOG, if’n you know, you know…

[@dudustickytricks]

This is a great song, but it's kind of been smudged a bit for me, because I heard someone say it sounds like Money is singing "I've got two chickens to paralyze." Now that's all I hear :/

[@TheProjextopfive]

C.w stoneking

[@letsgobrandon5800]

Neighbor? Never heard of them.

[@StevenE-xg7jw]

If Bradley Cooper gave guitar lessons....

[@brentabbott3954]

The guitar player wins every time in this song that and the bass just saying. But give me some water is the real song that no one james anymore just saying.

[@feetheweasel]

Eddie Money on Jerrys birthday?

[@feetheweasel]

I was a tour manager for a band and our lead singer wrote one of Eddie's hit songs, "I Wanna Go Back"

[@feetheweasel]

Please do a lesson/reaction to this guy. His tuning? Is this 10 finger picking? How does he imitate a bass rhythm? kzbin.info/www/bejne/garafJikrNWrhbs&feature=share8

[@mt.shasta9127]

Two pickets to titsburgh…..

[@Lost-xl6im]

I learned that song 45+ years ago .. from the record ...

[@aashishdesai478]

Good but disagree - you HAVE to play the solo note for note on a song like this Everyone knows and therefore expects it - Don’t get lazy now; learn it right Lead guitar - you have ONE job!

[@tobjin22]

@blamesocietyfilms Good Lord…