How To Play 18 And Life By Skid Row - Guitar Lesson - Scotti Hill - Dave The Snake Sabo

[@chriss1492]

I’ve always loved this song. It is an 80s classic for sure! One of my favorite solos of that era. Scotty Hill created a masterpiece!

[@mikedtubey]

Great Song, Great Lesson!!! Crazy story, one of my favorite band late 80s early 90s I was lucky enough to hang with the guys from skid row, during that period. I saw them at Paramount NYC and at Paramount, cards fell from the disco ball to hang with them at Bond Street Cafe. So I jumped some seats at end of show was able to get some of those cards. While at the at Bond Street, drinking at the bar, one of the Crew thought they knew me and asked if I'm going to see them at Meadowlands, I said I'm not sure if I can get out there, they told me, if I do they'd get me backstage. So it was 91' going into 92' unheard of back then I went online, got a ticket at $90 from one of the scalpers. I got 3rd row, dead center, excellent seat. it was a mad house. my thoughts of getting backstage were diminishing. a mosh pit started and seats were collapsing. a girl and I and I'm sure many others were getting crushed by the chaos. so security wound up putting us to side next to stage in a safe place. some time had gone buy i could now breathe fully. I saw a tour bus behind the fence, and somehow saw the guy that offered me backstage, by chance. he came to fence and gave me a backstage pass. things were getting real. so now i wound up backstage, talking to members of skid row and pantara, skid rows family was there so was talking to them also. i remember snake and scotty hill talking about the stock market. I was also wearing a $1000 chainmail shirt that the singer of my band bought and lent me. looked like the one Bas used to wear. Funny enough, i was talking to Bas and Rachel when Dimebag comes over and said, wow this shirt is so cool! he looked at us and pulled out a knife and said stab proof and he jabbed me for a little bit laughing all the way. the only thing i missed from this show, was the performance of ace because I was backstage and was not screw that up. i was able to meet ace a few times over the years. so i hang with everyone someone backstage was talking great photos of us with pro cameras, i still to this day have not found the person who took the photos so could get a copy. I do still have a pantara guitar pick, photos from 3rd row of both bands and this video surfaced from the show on youtube so I have another thing to add to the memory. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpfKoaxrbrWohLM

[@tysondog843]

Great song, great lesson. I watched Skid Row live in Sydney in 1993, and they Rocked hard, brilliant.

[@jonathangreen4491]

VERY COOL lesson....awesome song....80s brought so much!!!

[@CAP21]

I always felt this song was one of the top sings of the 80’s hair bands👍 So glad you decided to do a tutorial on it 😎

[@TheDodger74]

Scotti Hill and Dave Sabo hand there own ready made "Sound" on this Album. 1st record and Slave to the grind are killer!

[@Mr13Forrest13]

Thanks!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome!

[@djoyce777]

Rock On! OMG, when Sebastian let's it rip early early and that guitar hits at the exaxt same time!!... dude, what an iconic song, nice job with this thanks man

[@Gerardo-qk3ed]

That whole record is amazing and everyone is on the same high level performance

[@smallmouthguy2264]

Takes me back to my bedroom in my Mom's house used to play that song all time

[@tonymilam206]

Really great tone Marty, especially on the solo! You and I are very close in age, so pretty much all the songs you select to teach are my life's soundtrack. Thanks as always brother.

[@robbnasinovish]

Great breakdown. Gotta hammer out those last runs 😮

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yeh for sure! They are tricky!!!!

[@joelgueller2979]

your lesson are very good great sound Amazing !!!!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you! 😃

[@jamesrexsannatracy8318]

Thanks man ,I forgot about this tune . Great as always . Have a great gig 2 night my friend be safe dude

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man!! 😎🎸

[@john749]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

Hi Marty! Killer lesson! Good stuff, awesome track! Thanks Marty

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks bro. Have a nice weekend man 😎🎸

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Great lesson Marty always thought this solo was a great example of a song within a song very melodic and tells a story reminds me of the days when MTV played videos and Metal ones at that thanks man 👏👍🤘

[@doughnut5871]

Great tune! Great job!

[@814Taylor]

That Les Paul sounds Awesome!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks. It's one of my favorites. 🎸😃

[@australien6611]

I remember you equally awesome song

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Most definitely man!

[@bradsutherland_writer]

What a great guitar player you are, Marty.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks a million man. I appreciate the support. 😎🤟🏻🎸

[@beforethunder4987]

Hahaha "good luck" Love it!

[@Samlol23_drrich]

Another good one!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! 🙌🎸

[@papablue3015]

🤘 thanks 🤘 Marty

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

No problem, dude!

[@EJH-jn6mo]

Great job as usual!

[@blak1lyte]

Met them both at spooky horror last year. Cool dudes great guitarists

[@Thedudemannn]

An underrated tune ! Could you maybe do a video on how to play the new Van Halen “unfinished” track ?? It would be a great way to pay homage to Eddie and teach us some classic VH licks !

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

That would be amazing, I'd have to really live with that tune a while. Whole lot going on there!

[@Thedudemannn]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker You’re right ! I know the acoustic part would be a really cool & easy bite sized lesson everyone could learn. So stoked !! 🤘

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks Marty

[@brandonjackson5865]

18 and Life is a really fun song to play, the solo is manageable up until the shreddy part at the very end that I can’t figure out and I think Scotti plays it a little different every time as I believe it was improvised in the studio. It’s also a song everyone recognizes even casual music listeners. Youth Gone Wild and Monkey Business have some cool and fun riffs as well. I love the first two Skid Row albums. The timing on the last lick feels so weird to me like I know where it starts and where it ends but feels like I’m not able to fit all the notes in. It’s not the notes and patterns it’s the timing to land on that last bend an octave higher than the note the descending lands on right before it, I just can’t seem to get it right with any consistency.

[@Gerardo-qk3ed]

Rattle snake shake , sweet little sister & piece of me soooooo great

[@luvmuppets]

I can’t help but think the intro to this is Aerosmith’s “Last Child” sped up.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yeh I hear it 🧐

[@Techo1329]

The trick is to get that up to speed and articulate it properly...good luck with that! Well said.

[@jmata4237]

I hear a little Gary Moore Empty Rooms in that there intro.

[@robyates136]

It’s such a throw-back to when I learned to play in the 80s and EVERYTHING was played in the two natural minor shapes. Now that I’ve finally started to learn some songs in major keys I’m all “oh hell I know all these shapes!!!”

[@Motleymick]

Show us how to play anything from their second CD.

[@DavidMadeira29]

But 'my name is' sung by Eminem doesn't kick automatically in...

[@TheRealBarshonk]

65% correct, 35% not.