How to Play IN THE DARK - Billy Squier. Guitar Lesson / Tutorial.

[@rayross997]

Just heard Dickie Betts has died. He was a big influence on my playing and that of many others as well. He left us some great tunes. Thanks Kelly for all your lessons.

[@stratcat9432]

😢

[@Ghostguitars2]

Heard about too lost a legend

[@musicbill]

Yeah i just read that myself. Its a sad day

[@wonderXweapon]

Thanks for this tune I’ve always wanted to figure it out …but you do it right ! You’re stuff is always bang on.

[@ponzo1967]

Yep, great musician and my first concert. I loved the Don't Say No album and this song was the first i heard from him. 14 years old I went without lunch all week to get the money then walked 3 miles to the mall and 3 miles back with my record in hand. Music seemed more personal back then. I remember hearing all the songs on that record and falling in love with the heavy guitar pop song structure type music. My next record was Def Leppard High N Dry. Emotion's in Motion had some great stuff as well.

[@deuteronimus750]

He had one hell of a band.

[@seanmcconnell5467]

Hi Kelly, Fellow Canadian and new to Guitar. I had to give up Hockey and other stuff due to some health issues. So I stopped at a guitar centre in Southfield MI and bought my first guitar. Nights and weekends when I have time I watch and rewatch your videos and play along. Thank you for all you do and I really enjoy the songs you pick. Still working on Thin Lizzy but this tune is next.

[@shakeyblues5128]

What a fantastic song choice Kelly I remember this being played on Chum FM & Q107 all the time Top Shelf ♪♫♪♫♪

[@redbaron8989]

You are an amazing teacher and a helluva guitar player! Thanks for the lesson!

[@anthonymiller3970]

Another awesome lesson 👍🏻

[@fastted9390]

Just checkin' - I'm doing it right. Thanks. That song kicks ass in so many ways. Billy IS the best.

[@dantez515]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Great stuff 🤘

[@CC-qb9sm]

GREAT lesson choice!! One of my most favorite tracks from him. I think folks shy away from teaching this one because of the presence of the keyboards but I’m glad you saw past that. Cool guitar parts here, and a great song! Nicely tight as usual KDA! Thanks.

[@joelmartin3466]

Thanks for breaking this one down…..fun tune to jam on

[@gunnerdee84]

Sad that happened to Billy Squier, he was one of the great 80's rockers. Great lesson as always...love that guitar. Truth!

[@cantstartafire]

Very cool, thanks man!

[@soko1450]

One of my favorite songs to play on the drums. Such a great groove.

[@mrmeowcomeshome1300]

Your razor sharp in explaining!

[@fastted9390]

That IS the whole TRUTH.

[@Oldsaltydog2]

A grade as usual kda🍻

[@Scott_6666]

Excellent lesson. Thanks!

[@meljohnson5579]

Agree with you what a shame because of that video. He definitely had a unique voice and band sound. I think he could have lasted over the years, no matter how many genre changes music had.

[@michaelmendillo7513]

100% my friend,,, he was a gifted musician and great song writer ! I am very sure Mr. SQUIER isn't hurting one bit !!!! 😂👍🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@Boombergtastic]

Rock Me Tonite is a GREAT song! Regardless of that damn video!

[@ultrakool]

this band was good. that heavy set john bonham clone was 🔥 thanks

[@jimjohnson-p6b]

don't say no was a great album (yea, I SAID allbum) ... thanks for the tutorial ... i was playing some of that incorrectly.

[@williamweiss6128]

Fun to play very loudly on the drums.

[@LETSJAM118]

Only add I would suggest is the keyboard part translated to guitar at the end of each vocal line.

[@MrRidleyDog]

Great lesson, can you please do "Milk Cow Blues" from Draw the Line by Aerosmith?

[@hod8931]

Hahaha just played in the dark today. And yes that video did it. Liked the music until the prancing video😂 Thanks!

[@allengoeddey2719]

Not only the video, but I believe Def Leppard was opening for him right after Pyromania came out. They overshadowed him for sure. ‘Don’t say no’ was a great album, and part of my youth. Right around the time I was starting on guitar. Awesome lesson again!

[@cantstartafire]

Saw that show in Phoenix, great show but at that time I have to say Billy Squire stole the show.

[@fastted9390]

@@cantstartafire Squire kicked ass then and he still does NOW.

[@108sledder]

Truth! 😃

[@wonderXweapon]

I hate to ask but what Traynor blue amp is that ? I remember them from years ago ….just about bought one. Anyone know the model and style ….thanks Parker “Sugarcane” Shultz : my blues moniker 🤨

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Traynor YCV50 Blue. Kick-ass amp. Great clean tones and awesome high gain.

[@MikeTrujillo-fd2fn]

I grew up with this song 😁 in the dark? 🌃

[@r.llynch4124]

AGREE! such a shame for a great songwriter/musician. excellent lesson as usual Kelly!

[@fastted9390]

Like the lettering on your axe machine if I read it 'right.'

[@buckbryant8599]

Hey you ever thought about doing one on Lonely is the night?

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Yes, and I have to get on that. Has a really slick opening riff.

[@buckbryant8599]

Yeah I can play the intro but that’s it.

[@jsm3233]

I didn't know anything about the video, I always wondered why we never heard from him again. He was great. Shame a video ended it for him.

[@fastted9390]

Now they have 'men' wearing dresses who can't even play a juice harp.

[@Naminorite]

I still can't believe it happened - sudden fall from grace. If you think about tit, if that happened today it would be no issue at all with current culture norms. The world at that time was quite different and he was unfortunately cancelled for something so minor as agreeing to what the video director suggested/instructed.

[@bigsidable]

I EVEN WROTE A SONG CALLED IN THE NIGHT.

[@robertsims6718]

The question to ask is...if you were a fan, what does it say about you for not liking his music anymore?

[@buckbryant8599]

Yeah someone involved or Billy himself, should have said hey this is not a good idea. I remember watching that video as a 17 year old guy thinking what in the world. But I had the album and there is some good songs on there.

[@travismiles5885]

I think his girlfriend at the time knew the director and got Billy to hire him. Billy had a completely different idea for the video, he wanted it about a kid getting ready to go to a concert. For whatever reason his girlfriend and the director talked him out of that and now we have that abomination. I love the song but remember seeing the video and thinking "Wtf is this sh*t?" I was 9 or 10 at the time and knew it was bad.

[@buckbryant8599]

Yeah I saw an interview with Billy and he pretty much said what you did. And they that video a lot too.

[@JD-vz2jg]

On par with Sammy Hagar at the time. He had it going on with mulitple hit, too bad it kind of fell apart.

[@Groduke1011]

Guy was a genius, MTV killed real guitar music

[@keviningles5580]

It wasn't the video. There's plenty of freaking goofed up m. TV videos, it was because he wouldn't play by their rules. He wouldn't do what they said. He did it his way from day one. It was always about the music with billy

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

Billy should have known it was not going to end well when someone thinks it’s a good idea for you to put on tights and prance around .He should’ve been smarter than that, so he really did it to himself. Too bad I did like him….. until then.

[@mickeymars8469]

I wish Billy Squire would have filled in for Ribert Plant and toured with Jon Paul Jones ,Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham. I dont know that there is anyone better that could have done this.

[@mwilson70201]

His promoters made him look really gay when nobody thought gay was cool. His video was a shameful effort to paint him as androgenous . It worked but nobody was buying it.

[@zankt]

get over the video already.

[@cover557]

When you talk through the whole lesson you loose the magic the song has to offer sorry

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

@@cover557 I'm not talking about anything other than how to play it.

[@cover557]

@KellyDeanAllenGuitar I guess I have a short attention span I loose interest quickly

[@cover557]

I did get some insight on the song so thank you my friend