George Lynch On Dokken's In My Dreams: Crafting The Perfect Guitar Solo

[@olliefoxx7165]

Apparently, this channel is where people with great taste in music go to hang out.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Ok this needs to be on a t-shirt! 😃🤘

[@jeffallen3382]

George has been my all time favorite ever since I first heard him play in 1984 with the Tooth & Nail album. The tone he gets is above any other player out there I feel. I just love the growl he gets from his guitar.

[@jeffallen3382]

Would love to hear a break down of his song called "Until I know (slight return)" off of the Shadowlife album. Dokken fans have mostly not liked this album but George's playing on this short instrumental is some of his best tone work. Another great song that not many know about is his song "Satan's Shorts" instrumental he did. These are 2 songs of his tone that I can't get out of my head!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I'll have to go back to those cause I don't even remember them. I didn't keep up with the band after Beast. I did love that live album though!

[@jeffallen3382]

@LicksOfTheBeast I love all their albums! Dysfunctional and Shadowlife are both great. They really show how good their song writing was back then! I just wish Shadowlife didn't get so much hate from a lot of their fans. I don't get it when the album is filled with some of their best writing and George's tone was just off the charts! My wife and I have seen Dokken/Lynch Mob over 18 times

[@jeffallen3382]

@@LicksOfTheBeast thanks for doing this video! Really appreciated it!

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

George Lynch is one of the most amazing shredders ever, absolutely Love him❤

[@prod.bentseh9348]

I would love to see a video about Vivian Campbell’s guitar work on the early Dio albums

[@FortressofShred]

Dude his chops were legendary!

[@oststadtseuche]

Vivian was a beast . live in holland '83 still one of my favs kzbin.info/www/bejne/qavCamSLgtGgZ7M. Great solo kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ6wgZmBdq6JjMUsi=8H-0nvfWUZ3lb9Fn&t=2214

[@CC-qb9sm]

100% One of my absolute favorites back in the day! I only saw him once with Dio … but OMG!!!!! The guitar work on those three albums is just amazing and so memorable 🤘

[@lsu1992]

This solo melted by 12 yr old brain back in the day. Love Lynch. "It's Not Love" into and main riffs are my all time loves...and the most 80s video ever created. Also, George's sliding finger tremolo technique is otherworldly.

[@cc_1983]

Him and Warren demartini and brilliant at that. Jake e lee was also in the mix. Makes sense as they all knew each other and or lived with each other

[@michaelanderson1587]

AWESOME video, starting it with your new axe. I have always leaned to the early Dokken/Lynch guitar work. Cool that your pup came in and made an appearance. Very interesting at the 8:44 mark, you talk about Lynch's style and it is more difficult, and you nailed the slide notes. As always, love your break downs.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Miles makes an appearance quite often... We just don't include those scenes too often or people might think it's a staged gimmick 😂😂

[@Mrs.Foster1719]

Thank you for featuring George Lynch! Your explanations are top notch Nico. I first saw George when they opened for Aerosmith when Back For The Attack came out. I love his work on Under Lock and Key but for me BFTA is his best work with Heaven Sent, Prisoner and Mr Scary major faves. I watched him play Mr. Scary front row once with Lynch Mob and it was incredible to watch him up close. I think he won an award for In My Dreams . His tone and phrasing is outstanding. Very well done! 👏

[@CC-qb9sm]

I saw them on that tour too! Aerosmith was in bad shape on that tour unfortunately but Dokken was awesome!!!!! They were the main reason I went to that show!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I'm glad you enjoyed this and I absolutely agree about BFTA. Cheers!

[@jeffallen3382]

Yes, he won Guitar Player for the Practicing Musician magazine (I think that was the one?) solo of the year award for In My Dreams. That solo was amazing! Plus they did a great job of videoing it for Mtv. That video really showed how fast his shredding was for this song!

[@MatteoAn93]

Love Linch's guitar works... And that Eclipse with EMG 😱💣

[@jettrink9502]

Nico, props. You nailed it. Tone was perfect

[@Robbie28]

I see a pic of St Randy on the wall behind you. That man was truly awesome and would have loved to have been able to see what he would have accomplished if he was not taken at such a young age.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Randy was my first guitar hero and still a huge influence to this day! I have a few videos about him coming soon 🙂

[@NelderGuitar]

GL has such fantastic and unique phrasing. Even as popular as he is, I think he’s underrated. Killer job, dude! Also, the solo in The Hunter would be a great lesson!

[@daroblackheart383]

Well done! George Lynch is a beast. One of my favorite guitarists ever. Maybe some day some Warren DeMartini and Andy LaRocque licks?

[@Heartkiller999]

Andy licks would be awesome!

[@CC-qb9sm]

100% on Andy, definitely dig Warren also.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I do have a Warren video that will be uploaded within the next few weeks. And Andy LaRoque is one I will look at for sure in the future!

[@daroblackheart383]

@@LicksOfTheBeast Great! Can't wait to hear it :)

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Appreciate the research and explanation that went into this video. 👏

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thank you! I appreciate this comment a whole lot 🤜🤛

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@LicksOfTheBeast 👍💙

[@rjc7289]

A George fan here, and I feel the album where he really opened up and diversified was his 1993 solo album Sacred Groove. So many grooves, styles, melodies and speedy runs on that album. There was something on that record for everyone to get into. Having guest singers like Glenn Hughes and Mandy Lion certainly didn't hurt!

[@stefanokrivtzoff1593]

Man your tone fucking rules

[@timdavid3574]

Another great video; truly look forward to your analysis. Thanks and please keep up the good work.

[@eugenechek7288]

It would be nice to do a review of this ESP.

[@UltraPvnk]

Eddie, George and of course Vito Brata are the trifecta of "freestyle". Thanks for the upload!

[@_vixen_4504]

Oh yes, Vito Bratta just made up the solo on wait on the spot as a warm up before he was going playing the real solo, however, the producer recorded it and it is What was stuck on the album.

[@UltraPvnk]

@@_vixen_4504 really? I did not know that. Fun fact indeed. Thanks.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I was never a huge fan of White Lion but of course I've always had huge respect for Vito's playing. What would be a good one to eventually break down and analyze on here? Wait? Little Fighter?

[@UltraPvnk]

@@LicksOfTheBeast lady of the Valley, wait (best solo according to zakk), L Fighter, Lonely night, tell me, living on the edge

[@MrRichardgosiawood]

Excellent video Have you thought about "Licks of the Beast On Tour"? A couple of hours set showing off your Maiden/Dokken skills. 😊 Cool dog btw

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thank you!! I have never considered the possibility of something like that, but who knows what the future brings? 😊 I really appreciate your encouragement. Thanks again!

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

I'm not a guitar player but George is my favorite. To be honest, my favorite song by Dokken was "The Hunter". That was when George was really hitting it all the musical cylinders for me. Don doesn't understand, even 40+ years later, what a powerhouse team he had in George, Jeff and Mick. No other "version" of Dokken has ever come close to replicating that "magic" and never will. I'm glad George and Jeff continue to write and play awesome music. At least their legacy didn't end when Dokken broke up.

[@eddiejr540]

You are correct Sir…there’s a big difference between dirty sloppy and just plain sloppy…well done🤘

[@damonke586]

great video bro also nice tone, like that!!!!

[@EpicJamTracks]

This is great!

[@mikecarson7769]

5:46 - best advice right here !!!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I'm certainly not gonna argue with him! 🤪

[@md22773]

As a Mullet haired teen in 1988 I had an 8x10 Glossy on my bedroom wall of George in the leather jacket with the Fur collar holding his Mr. Scary guitar.... You KNOW the shot 🤟

[@samright4661]

I seen Dokken open for Judas Priest! Dokken was touring on Tooth and Nail and Priest was on Defenders of the Faith album. I was in Guitar Heaven that night my 15 year old self 😂! Tooth and Nail is still my Favorite Dokken album. Don Dokken was a mondo guitar player !! Please do into the fire if you ever get enough time! Awesome job bro as always

[@chungaleta1234]

The dog is right, we also want Dream warriors LOL

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

😂😂

[@malawigw]

George Lynch is in a leauge of his own, maybe together with Allan Holdsworth and Jeff Beck

[@jettrink9502]

George is amazing……one of the best in the hair metal genre

[@ColtraneTaylor]

From your hint I was expecting some kind of Dokken meets Maiden surprise but just Dokken is great too. In My Dreams might be their BEST song and that solo is totally Top 3 Lynch-Dokken! Jon Levin also did great stuff on their albums.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Levin is good. I got to hang out with him and Mick and Don for a bit some years back, had a great time.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Well…. I already showed much appreciation on the original release of this wonderful bit of content so not much more to say here lol OK, I’ll say something since you twisted my arm 😂 Brilliant!!!!!

[@CC-qb9sm]

Actually, didn’t really rewatch this earlier and am watching it now and I see you’ve got a different guitar! Is that a new one? Looks great and sounds great and I’m sure the scale length probably makes those stretches a little more pleasant! Thanks for the explanation at the top of the video on the reshoot and now I will enjoy rewatching the rest of the original! Cheers!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Yup it's a new acquisition 😊 But it needs a new bridge as the saddles were cut too deep and the strings end up too close to the fretboard. You can hear in this solo, the tone is a bit choked like the strings are not vibrating freely.

[@CC-qb9sm]

@@LicksOfTheBeast - Just re-listened with earphones on and can hear what you’re talking about. I think that fiddle has some great potential though! Very cool.

[@jettrink9502]

Most important lesson for any 6 stringer - it’s all about what you solo over, otherwise you’re just noodling

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Absolutely!!

[@saturnskull1242]

It would be great if you could also cover some other, more underrated guitarists, like Rocky George from Suicidal Tendencies, a melodic shredder with a unique style and feel! Or Lars Johansson from Candlemass, whose style is also immediately recognizable and has offered so many fantastic solos! Cheers

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Rocky George! Damn some of that guy's work is so cool... possessed to skate and the whole how will I laugh tomorrow album have some fantastic lead playing!

[@saturnskull1242]

@@LicksOfTheBeast yeah that's what I had in mind!

[@Janifani-c4n]

love you teach some neural setting for different gutar players you nailed it always with neural

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I don't know about settings for different players because I mostly use the same settings for everything with some small tweaks here and there. But I'll definitely make a video about Neural plugins!

[@Janifani-c4n]

@@LicksOfTheBeast Tnx.

[@eddiejr540]

Dokken is great but I think Lynch Mob is what Dokken would have become if they stayed together

[@AnonymousSourcesConfidential]

Actually Lynch Mob was born because Don Dokken couldn't become this.

[@giorgiodalesio7388]

oohhhh!! charvel!! can i ask the year of construction?

[@GG5150]

Every Tab back in the day had tapping for that one section.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That doesn't surprise me... I always had the feeling that a lot of those older tab books were not transcribed by metal guitarists. 🤷🏻😅

[@AnnikaLaurenCassidy56]

I'm no guitar player, but I've been listening to "in my dreams" for close to 40 years now, so why can I hear slight differences when it's played here?? He seems to slow it up in places. Almost like he loses the beat for a second- twice. Why can't he play it identically?

[@AnonymousSourcesConfidential]

The host answered your question before you even asked. He gave examples of how Lynch creates his own sounds. I believe I counted 4 .

[@snixelpig]

What are you tuned to? Why no mention? Thought I was out of tune.

[@MrSidekickone]

Can you do Mr.Scary next phase

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I will definitely cover that one in some way in a future video!

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

Dokken remastered that song. It's sounds even better. 🎉😅

[@ColtraneTaylor]

The Rock Candy ones? Yeah.

[@kengyang1908]

Mr Scary pinky can bench press 300pounds for breakfast that's why nobody comes close, maybe Paul Gilbert n his five finger index finger paws alright alright alright alright alright Lynch is truly one of the last true tone guitar hero left,, God damn lm old

[@paulbateman]

You done well but not us good as George

[@AnnikaLaurenCassidy56]

Thank you! It's just not identical.

[@ParanormalResponse]

so jealous. I have the smallest asshole hands in the world. I have to finger tap that 12 to 19 stretch. Be grateful for your stretchability!

[@riplead]

You're not alone. I have to do that on the Ice Cream Man solo.

[@seanmiller7889]

🔥