Iron Maiden Legendary Guitar Player Adrian Smith visits Matt’s Guitar Shop ! Amazing Blues Playing!

We were lucky to have the visit of the legendary Iron Maiden Guitar Player and one of the best guitar players of all times Mr Adrian Smith (Thanks to Yvon and Alexis)
Here you can see Adrian and Matt chatting about the Amazing 1955 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty, formerly owned and played by Paul Kossoff from Free and Eric Clapton during Cream.
Instagram : @mattsguitarshop
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[@tyroneenglish8396]

Dude loves music and loves to fish. Sounds like he’s solved the riddle of life.

[@MattsGuitarShop]

He is the best n

[@billyaitken7461]

Same as Roger Daltry 😎👍

[@lb9029]

Why the hell anyone loves fishing is beyond me though, but maybe I’m just not enlightened yet.

[@billyaitken7461]

@@lb9029 for a lot of folk that grew up poor, it’s putting food on the table. I can’t see Roger Daltry struggling to feed the family these days though 🙄💰💸💵💶💴💰. It tends to be more relaxing than golf ….🤔

[@lb9029]

@@billyaitken7461 I mean, yeah, fishing for food I get. Fishing for entertainment is what I don’t understand

[@vicesquadpunk]

Had a few beers with Adrian over the years, he’s a lovely bloke… decent, down to Earth and incredibly talented ✊🙂🇬🇧

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Indeed! A very Down to earth guy

[@seethroughhead505]

For any that don't recognise it; from 1:00 to 2:00 he plays Free's 'Fire And Water'.

[@lfader]

Immediate Kossoff ......

[@ryant3600]

One of my all time favorite guitarists.

[@getchapull4370]

One of my favourite players ever, definitely my favourite in Maiden, he writes incredible solos & riffs...

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Wasted years is a masterpiece !

[@shredx81]

I think the Somewhere in Time album was heavily influenced by Smith. Really modal and different to the other albums. Seventh Son is still my favourite, but I feel Smith really took control of the direction of SIT and put his stamp on it. Sea of Madness solo is 👌

[@getchapull4370]

@@shredx81 agreed pal, both those albums dare I say are a step up from previous efforts, tbh, I lost interest in Maiden when Smith left, I personally felt the following songs/albums suffered without him, I know it's a team effort but he is integral for me, The Writings on the wall solo, say no more!!! Cheers

[@Maidenrules29]

​@@getchapull4370 I think TWOTW solo is one of his best.

[@jonshaw9472]

@@getchapull4370 100%.. I also think Bruce's best solo work was heavily influenced by Adrian.

[@phillipjacksonguitar]

Came across this by chance, excellent, love Iron Maiden, love the playing of Paul Kossoff, and I own and play Les Pauls. Great video.

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Indeed a special moment! Thank you for the kind comments

[@siriusfun]

Nice to see Adrian out of the Maiden context. He looks great, too!

[@Alex-wf4px]

I'd certainly pay for an Adrian Smith blues album!

[@slimsantilli4476]

Adrians "ASAP" Solo album is still awesome. 🔥

[@jimmyhartman573]

THE SOUL SIDE OF MAIDEN

[@MattsGuitarShop]

❤️

[@sytharnia1717]

Adrian has always been the "cool" one in Iron Maiden ... legend

[@billyaitken7461]

By the time Adrian was done, Iron Maiden’s best music was done too 🫣😖🥲, great music back then.😎🤘

[@osamaqtaitat]

@@billyaitken7461”done”!? Lol

[@Godai-cg3lk]

Yeaahh His my favorite number one greatest rockk n roll

[@leehambleton9919]

Adrian Smith is class

[@rhamphorhynchusmetal2038]

Adrian The Great

[@Motocoupemusic]

Adrian’s my spirit animal 😅

[@scottbouchard2673]

Smith and Murray, my favorite guitar duo ever. They never get respect. Damn shame.

[@thomasbonnett4800]

Still remember a Guitar World or Guitar Player from the early ‘80s with them on the cover. Still going strong four decades later. Seeing ‘em next year! 🤘

[@56Century]

Plenty from me

[@paulrockatansky77]

They got plenty of respect... Hundreds of bands were inspired by Maiden. Even Satriani was gushing over the Dave & Adrian duo.

[@ketihezza]

​@@paulrockatansky77yeahhh...i agree

[@ericanderson8786]

One of the greatest guitarists and riff makers of the last 40 years just messing around on random guitar while paying tribute to his influences: I love this video!!!!

[@billyaitken7461]

Adrian is the reason why my first guitar was a LP single-cut. ……Rocking a gold-top Les Paul back in some of those more classic Iron Maiden Days 🇬🇧🎸🤘😎👍❗️

[@lfader]

The Black Beauty Custom w p90s has an allure Adrian & Dave fierce tandem 🌟🌟

[@ketihezza]

my favourite guitar player all of time❤❤

[@56Century]

Amazing player, songwriter and all round cool dude

[@paulrockatansky77]

Lady: "That's pretty... do the Hendrix! " Adrian: "No" 😂

[@slobair]

Indeed!

[@jeannoelmbengue1005]

A legende❤

[@bjorneriksson6480]

you can hear Jimi Hendrix deep in his playing.

[@RaminAbtin]

Legend 😍

[@jomamma1750]

4:27 Hanging out with Adrian Smith jamming the blues on a '55?? Too Cool!!

[@jond.2868]

He makes that guitar worth every penny.

[@iainholmes2735]

Adrian, Somewhere in Time is an amazing, brilliant album. Still love it since I scraped together/borrowed a few quid to buy it on its first day of release.

[@CoolMikey81]

i was enjoying that, i hate when people cut the video off. Wish it was longer ??😩

[@jeffbaker5038]

Who'd a thunk it? Adrian Smith layin' down the blues. Outstanding!

[@benderocks788]

I find Adrian stands out from all the Maiden chaps as he seems to constantly evolve in his playing. Listen to many of his solos in the last tour, check-out KZbin videos and you'll see what I mean. His solos from old songs sound fresh, full of feel, immediate, anchored in the present moment. There is an evolution in his playing that I don't hear from the other chaps. I guess playing the blues is part of Adrian's evolution and it makes him sound fresh. I can definitely hear the blues influence in his Maiden solos.

[@metalEric69]

I sure don't care for the Smith kozen. I can take only so much of the blues.

[@metalEric69]

But on the other hand, I love him in maiden. Always have.

[@benderocks788]

@@metalEric69I was never a blues fan too, and don't resonate at all with that Kozen guy, but I can see the blues influence in Adrian's playing in his Maiden solos, especially during the last tour like I said earlier. His older solos seems to have even more feel than they previously had, and I think the blues is part of that.

[@jasonmorris3533]

He's always been the bluesier player in Maiden.. Murray sounds totally different.. Equally great but very diff style

[@tdchagas02]

The GOAT!

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Yeah!!

[@surfgod509]

iconic player....😅. the ild customs are like a fine piece of furniture and sound brilliant in all positions, Stark white binding indicates a new version?

[@hazor777]

Just listen to all his lead parts : all heavily rooted in Blues

[@stringbean3442]

Proof thay everyone loves and playes the blues.. Even the irons ✌️✌️

[@charleigh195]

Marvellous x

[@Tuslpd1987]

Always the G string! 😆

[@chrisvanallsburg]

He's one of my favorite players. Adrian is a master of melody.

[@timothya.olmeda7299]

1955-2024 = 69 years mate. Adrian is one cool cat. 👍

[@benderocks788]

Adrian turning 70, man TIME FLIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garycooper3066]

He is born 1957👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@timothya.olmeda7299]

@@garycooper3066 My original post was referring to the age of the guitar that Adrian and the person he was talking to was discussing. They both incorrectly added the years of the age of the guitar wrong. The guitar is a 1955, we are in the year 2024, which means that the guitar is obviously 69 years old at this point in time. Cheers.

[@miguelalmeida5806]

He will forever be my number one

[@MattsGuitarShop]

⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@neutron_audio]

Great vid, and playing! 40th Anniversary of Powerslave in a few days. Woo Hoo!

[@Leatherjacks]

Adrian Smith the Guitar Myth!

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Oh yeah!

[@Maidenrules29]

I would love for Adrian to do a straight blues album. His stuff with Kotzen was awesome as hell.

[@osamaqtaitat]

Blues mostly and often is boring, but i know the influences on rock and metal and many genres, but most blues isn’t my taste! But i listen to all good stuff for me from any genre generally!

[@rabarebra]

Blues is utterly boring. Agree.

[@allanramusiewicz996]

@@osamaqtaitatBlues Was The Beginning of EVERYTHING ! Where do You Think the YOUNG Elvis Got “His” Stuff ? And I KNOW There Were Other Artists in the Beginning I’ve LIVED Rock Since 1956 and Didn’t Stop During ANY Era Always Been Listening to “New” Players: “Before Elvis There Was Nothing.” - John Lennon

[@allanramusiewicz996]

@@rabarebraAh, R U for Real 😳 ? Maiden and Priest are Hardly “Special” ! Now if You Want to Talk About the ORIGINAL Sabbath OR Zeppelin and I’ll Even Go With Metallica ! Plus are You Aware “Helter Skelter” IS Considered the FIRST Metal Tune ? Man, You’re LOCKED INTO One Type of Music Go Listen to Some Disco SAME Mindset, LMAO 🤣 😂😮

[@thefonzkiss]

Yeah that was way better than Maiden has been for 15 years.

[@samright4661]

I never imagined Adrian would be jamming SRV Awesome!

[@kenjohnson8752]

Maiden fan from day one and Mr. Adrian Smith fan from the day he joined Maiden. This video is so cool and as is the guitar! Thanks 🙏

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Thank you! We wanted the fan to be happy with this very exclusive content!

[@andrewtate8303]

🤘

[@carlosdeno]

No pick because he’s been hangin with Richie.

[@Godai-cg3lk]

jannick gers and dave murray also document their guitar playing too

[@lesergent]

sueur froide quand j'ai vue le jack non coudé riper sur le canapé pouvant ainsi abimer la guitare -))) c'est bien la black beauty de Kossoff joué par clapton également ?

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Yes! Mais elle va bien!

[@CallousCoder]

The big question is, did he buy it?!

[@jingtroc23]

He's so fecking good. My fav guitarist for over 30 years.

[@kid1267]

Sembro io quando da ragazzo mi infilavo nei negozi di strumenti musicali e provavo per ore tantissime chitarre e ampli...... E poi me ne andavo soddisfatto :)))))) Solo per passare un po' di tempo e far sentire ciò che sapevo fare! A casa avevo già tantissime chitarre u E un bel mesa rectifire !! Ahahah

[@brianneill3609]

both he and Dave Murray are big Paul Kossoff fans

[@allanramusiewicz996]

NOT too Many Who Aren’t !

[@jean-pierrestraub7530]

A guitar and a glass of red wine = a cool evening

[@TheUncleshoes]

Holy shit guys, we have our very own Adrian Smith backing track! Been playing with it for a while now lol....

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Haha! That’s good then! 😂

[@prosatanic82]

Legend. (One out of six 😎)

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Real legend and class act yes!

[@saudio78]

Magnifique rencontre avec Monsieur Adrian Smith, guitare fabuleuse ! Beau travail BRAVO !!!!

[@swedeman5785]

Looking serious as usual,no smiling there..

[@peteyoung7665]

Because he knows that he have to go and play Maiden stuff later in the evening.Which must be a drag.

[@shanecopner7827]

His guitar does the smiling for him. Adrian rocks👍👍

[@БобиМешков-в8ы]

Като гледам как се мачка кабела направо ми става лошо (безотговорна работа) . А колкото до свиренето на тези неща ... глупаво губене на време ! Иначе харесвам Мейдън само да спомена .

[@clintlandrum9498]

Where is Matt's guitar shop?

[@maxlegrand3348]

Paris

[@ferit8571]

True musician and a guitarist this guy !!

[@rkabrx2722]

🤘Up the Irons!

[@shanecopner7827]

Is anyone cooler than adrian

[@damned1313]

A black beauty with P 90s amazing

[@airtechmech6681]

They all started out that way

[@allanramusiewicz996]

@@airtechmech6681Your Reply is an INSULT to Both the Les Paul and Great Players Presuming Simply the Person Who Commented “Amazing” is Unaware When He Could Be Talking TONE !

[@ymelfilm]

yeah, break that lead! Most of the makers put the phone jack out on the stupidest place of the guitar: on the side. L jack does NOT help

[@IanPotts-lv6os]

Hope hes got some new tracks for maiden

[@JamesEvans-uh7nu]

And me because they ain’t gotta patch on Saxon or priest in decades

[@IanPotts-lv6os]

@@JamesEvans-uh7nu lol are you serious Saxon and preist basically release the same old stuff every album where as maiden push boundaries get real

[@MaximFoyerbach]

Did he buy it ? :)

[@timp.9582]

Something tells me he's in the market for a 50's era LP like a burst or custom like this one.

[@paulolsen6870]

Brad Whitford is killer at blues too. 🤘🏼

[@allanramusiewicz996]

Brad Whitford is an AMAZING Guitarist With Far too Much Class to Let Joe Perry’s EGO Get to Him ! I Was Working the Boston Rock Scene When Very First Arrived and There Were Many Times You Could Catch Them FREE or Just the Standard $2.00 Cover Charge Then ! Whitford NEVER Argued While Playing But Perry Did Even at a Live Boston Garden Show I Was at After “Dream On” Took Off; Tyler & Perry Argued Live On Stage Over the PA for ALL Present to Hear….

[@MojoMedicineMan]

👍

[@danieletondelli1743]

Always N.1 ❤ That Man

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Indeed

[@greekflatpicker]

Yes!

[@MattsGuitarShop]

The best

[@mikekopmanis2099]

So did he buy it?

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Not enough cash,

[@jamesw4895]

The amount of hours these guys have guitars in their hands can make them grow so much.

[@misaeleliasguzmanrodriguez2229]

🍻🎸😎

[@MattsGuitarShop]

✌️🤩

[@the_trooper_72]

He's absolutely wasted in Maiden!!! 😅😅😅

[@jakewelch9927]

That’s why he does his solo

[@samright4661]

I grew out of Maiden in the 80s Bruce gets on my nerves

[@the_trooper_72]

@@samright4661 okay.. That's great to hear..

[@jonybeam21]

@@samright4661 he said much the same about you which is why he left in 93.....ALL YOUR FAULT SEE!

[@samright4661]

@@jonybeam21 Well his solo music is so much more interesting. Bruce Dickson gets on my nerves! Adrian is very talented

[@phil2208]

adrian is too good for these guys

[@johntate5050]

Hardly amazing playing.

[@ScoobieSwisher7413]

Does this shop sell guitar picks?

[@garycastronova7939]

Doesn't need one. I play half the time without picks for different techniques and style of music. Try it out. You'll improve your overall skill if you use fingerstyle picking.

[@ScoobieSwisher7413]

@@garycastronova7939 I wasn't looking for guitar lessons, and how do you know I dont? Can you play 250 BPM without a pick?

[@jasonmorris3533]

​@@ScoobieSwisher7413I've totally never had a problem doing artificial squeals with and without a pick pretty, luckily for me, effortlessly, like once you can, lol you just can.. But for fast runs and full out, my full on fastest licks,I gotta have a pick.. Preferably at least a 1.14 tortex.. But definitely not a thin floppy thing haha..I used to break the tips off of the old fender medium picks.. Now I'm stuck on the tortex purple 1.14, reg size with the jazz 3 tip

[@ScoobieSwisher7413]

@@jasonmorris3533 I use Tortex orange pics, I'm a heavy rhythm player on a 7 string tuned down a half step.

[@jasonmorris3533]

@@ScoobieSwisher7413 gotta have that turtle for sure lol.. The faster I got, the heavier and heavier my picks got too..I don't even know how anyone can use a floppy pick and play really fast precision runs

[@JeremyBercow]

If the Undertaker was a Blues guy

[@jej17]

Matt, tu sais que l’alcool est interdit sur le lieu de travail ! 😂😂😂

[@MattsGuitarShop]

C’était une soirée privée 😂

[@jonshaw9472]

I'm amazed Adrian is spending his spare time in a guitar shop...you usually find him in a fishing tackle shop on his days off.

[@eldiablo3794]

Was he playing SRV or just a blues shuffle? Either way its cool to see him play something other than metal.

[@MercilessGuitar151]

It was just a standard 12 bar blues run.

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

@@MercilessGuitar151Well the overall feel was very reminiscent of Pride and Joy.

[@yeahwhatevermike]

I wanna ask him about his Lado guitars. Does he still have them ?

[@michaeldean7220]

Check out Nico's Licks of the Beast KZbin channel. He's just done a review of a Lado similar to the one that Adrian used

[@yeahwhatevermike]

@@michaeldean7220 I have one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3LPh5hqerNmqKMsi=BNdHHHdvZsv0Zj-U

[@benderocks788]

I've been wondering that for a while too. Adrian's Lado guitars, and Steve's bass too (Harris had a blue Lado) were used during the Powerslave era, but have not been seen for a long time now. BTW, Powerslave will turn 40 YEARS Sept 3rd 2024, 40 FREAKING YEARS!!!! I still vividly remember September 3rd 1984, driving downtown with friends, heading to our favourite record store to buy Powerslave on the day of its release. I remember hearing an "Egyptian sounding" guitar riff when I entered the store, turns out it was the song "Flash Of The Blade" from Powerslave. Good old days!!! And I still have that vinyl record to this day.

[@yeahwhatevermike]

@@benderocks788 I hoped on the legacy tour they’d come out for a song or 2 to my disappointment they didn’t

[@benderocks788]

​@@yeahwhatevermikeKind of like Rush playing Xanadu with the double-necks. I was expecting that from Rush in their last tours and they finally did it. In the case of the Powerslave-era Lado guitars/basses, maybe someone close to the Maiden camp could ask one of the chaps if they still have them Lados, and let them know it be nice to bring them out again for a song or two. Adrian had a nice one, the black one in the Aces High video. And I think he had a grey one too but I'm not sure as this memory dates back to about 40 years ago, and it's kind of blur in my mind as these years were filled with "smoke" for some reason 🤣

[@Sandman.68.]

Do guitar heros suffer that awful " what do I play? " When in that situation??

[@MattsGuitarShop]

Indeed, he was in admiration in front of Paul Kossoff’s guitar for a few minutes, though he quickly knew what to play 😂

[@billybloggs3214]

Adrian is one of my best students 🏌️‍♂️

[@threeamigos842]

Nutcase..

[@emirepresa9500]

Yes!!!!! Been waiting for this chapter forever!!!

[@lboy1514]

Как красиво разводят элитного покупателя, с винишком😂

[@jaquesels581]

Les paul does not suit Adrian. Jackson 4 life

[@jaquesels581]

Saying that, he is amazing guitar player, love his style of playing

[@ManuelGonzalez-tv2ob]

He has spent half of his career playing and recording with Les Pauls

[@bjrnsjohnsen1278]

@@ManuelGonzalez-tv2obExactly, have these people never seen Live After Death from 1985??

[@ManuelGonzalez-tv2ob]

@@bjrnsjohnsen1278 seems they haven't. His deluxe goldtop has been his main axe since the early days. Still using it in the studio and playing it live along with a black classic. On the other hand, Dave Murray looks weird with a Gibson for sure 🤣

[@paulmcdonough1093]

he is a guitar legend your not

[@thinkingofvenice]

He left Iron Maiden to play more blues…musta not paid as well.

[@osamaqtaitat]

???

[@rabarebra]

@@osamaqtaitat He did in 1990, then came back, after Dickinson pleading for also let Smith in when Maiden "begged" Dickinson to join again, after the awful club-based concerts in the mid 90's with that awful singer they had.

[@osamaqtaitat]

@@rabarebra yeah, i know the departure thing! But I don’t understand what he means!

[@rabarebra]

@@osamaqtaitat How can you not understand? He means that Adrian left in 1990 to play blues. That's when he quit being a band member in Iron Maiden. Adrian had a reunion with Maiden in 1998/1999 along with Dickinson.

[@FOB-1975]

usual standard strumming

[@ned1621]

Ohh, so you could do better? Write a song like Wasted Years then....

[@FOB-1975]

@@ned1621 That's the video I mean. And what about Wasted Years?

[@greatunz67]

I like Adrian, but if thats supposed to be SRV's pride and joy @2:45 he totally butchered it, wrong notes man lol

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Who gives? Is he even known as a real blues player? No, he just likes it and plays it for himself.

[@hazor777]

Really? 😅😅 I love when people chime in and look like fools- haha! He played it fine and you can hear his fret hand articulating the unique harmonics associated with playing that type of Blues . So, either you’re clueless on all this or you haven’t developed your hearing enough, yet.

[@Nightshade1881]

🤣you’re clueless dude! So many damn songs that have that same Texas blues shuffle of pride and joy! SRV isn’t the first to write a song with that shuffle and isn’t the last. Adrian was literally just improvising a blues shuffle

[@nealo814]

All players start on the blues then go off elsewhere

[@visionboxed]

not true...

[@threeamigos842]

There is always an argumentative twat on here

[@samuelhendrie3746]

Pathetic sorry, but not very good honestly,, come on,,

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

You are pathetic... Judging a legend in his 70's while fucking around after some wine.

[@SandBoy408]

Dude, age comes for everyone. He`s still a legend and he wrote some of the best riffs in the entire heavy metal history. WTF

[@jaquesels581]

The worse critic sits on th side.... would love 2 see you play

[@gregoryhodge9452]

You're kidding, right?

[@thedarkdefender7780]

@@lovecraftmusic8717 In his 70s? You've got that wrong.

[@MercilessGuitar151]

Should have left the tuner covering the gibson logo on the headstock. They might sue you now. 😂