The Solo That Defeated Me.... Let's Learn It!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

What's a solo that defeated you but then one day you finally learned it?

[@CalliGom]

Always thought Jeff was taking that solo

[@aleksik4028]

Sweet Child O' Mine solo 😆

[@CurieBohr]

Bohimian rhapsody

[@ScottMacLeodCompany]

Hotel California! I never thought I would be able to learn it. I finally figured it out. My takeaway was this:. Believing it was too advanced was the only thing standing in my way. It's long as hell, so I had to break it up into sections. I now have my sights set on Eruption. Short, but about 10x faster. Mierda!

[@mikaelflodstrom6370]

Sultans Of Swing

[@kbrinson85]

little known fact: this was actually played by Brendan O’Brien who went on to produce for the crowes! Nice one!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Just blew my mind

[@intargc]

That’s super neat. It does show him as a multi-instrument collaborator in the credits for that album.

[@donalddemille5910]

Correct.

[@HamsterSpanks]

Yup Mr. O'Brien laid that track. So good!! He talked about it in an interview.

[@AndyDion]

Didn’t know that!

[@edrosenquist6541]

Yes!!! This has to be one of my favorite solos and I've never even attempted to play it because it just sounded too difficult. Until I started using your lesson. Absolutely AWESOME ROBERT!!!! Thank you so much for this. It says in the Good Book that some are given the Gift to Teach. Thanks for sharing your gift, my friend!!! I was so intimidated that I slowed you down to 50% speed...then 75%...then FULL SPEED!!! It only took me about an hour to learn what I couldn't play. Thanks again. I'll have to look at your lesson plan.

[@stricknine8623]

Always been one of my favorite guitar solos !!!!!! It may have whipped you earlier but you damn sure have it dialed in now !!!

[@MrAttilaHermann]

Man you floored me! The song that got me hooked up to the Crowes and the solo I most wanted to learn from them. Finally I’m able to do it 🤩 Thanks so much! Keep it going - you have a new follower!

[@vegasaxeman]

As ALWAYS... U B A Smoove MoeFoe Bro!!! I LOVE IT MAN! Thanks for a lesson that will be fun, fun, fun to learn my friend! It's the "subtle nuances" that you ALWAYS CATCH that make so much better than MOST any other teachers on KZbin! You never cease to amaze and you never cease to satisfy... Keep the faith and keep fighting the good Rock-N-Roll fight 💪 God bless and take care...

[@ryanphillips5412]

Yes! Learning this right now for my band. Needed this. Thank you!

[@brandonjackson5865]

Ah the old bend and release/pre bend release one the coolest things you can do especially when you wringing the most out of the least notes . I’m sure people done it before Slash but Slash is who I think of doing it and abusing it and me loving it every time . Kids once you get comfortable bending up to pitch mess around with the pre bend and release. It’s a little sneaky in the start of this solo because it doesn’t jump out it’s a cool cool cool trick!

[@thomaspalumbo1128]

One of the first full solos I learned!! Still tricky for me to get all the nuances. Love this tutorial. Ty Robert!!

[@jcburger733]

Thanks for the latest solo lesson and your new Rock & Roll Bootcamp Next Level course!!

[@edzappia2892]

Nice lesson. This was another solo I’ve played at about 85% accuracy for the last 35 years, but now learned perfectly. Thanks, man.

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

I'd somehow gone my whole life without hearing this before. So many tasty licks! It's so fun to play! Thanks for the lesson!

[@stricknine8623]

You are very young I presume ?

[@jackzeppelin4]

My fingers tend to not listen!!! I slowed down the video to 1.5 on YT and nailed it! Thank you Robert!

[@chriss1492]

I always appreciate your sincere enthusiasm and genuine heart for what you teach. This is a great solo! I love Black Crowes! Saw them in Houston last year and the absolutely rocked...still got it!

[@julesdlevitt]

Thanks dude this is a great run-through!

[@zeelowsguys]

Great lesson, love your tone man😎

[@mikemckim845]

An awesome and amazing job on this song, Robert.😎🔥🔥🔥

[@Greg-rd8qr]

Awesome tutorial, thanks!

[@brianruyack7632]

Love your sound with the P90s! I have a Les Paul 50s tribute and I love my P90s, I hear some similar tones on mine.

[@robertbernas1104]

Great breakdown of this solo - Rich Robinson- the nuances and so on - rock / r&b - of the original “Hard to Handle”🤙

[@rwest8905]

Rich did not play this. Brenden O’Brian (producer) played it.

[@TaxPayingContributor]

First year learnt this looking for a song to put it to. Big thanks gold top

[@andrewkelly2863]

Just saw the black crowes last month in Missoula MT! Awesome 👌

[@mikebrookfield]

Yeah that’s a great lesson🔥🎸👍

[@tone1798]

Great vid Robert! Thank you for this instruction. Just for all out there: Brendan O’Brien has produced so many talented folks. Lots of STP, Last VR album and PJ and many others.

[@edzappia2892]

Thanks!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

So kind of you thank you Ed

[@michaelrichards2988]

Awesome solo! How about the outro solo? It has some extremely tasty blues licks as well.

[@DannyMck]

Tried any of the Autograph solos? The two handed tapping in Blondes in Black Cars is insane

[@alphalonzo]

That's a catchy tune!! I believe anything from Steve Lynch is from another planet! One of the most underrated players that came out of the 80s.

[@paulngardner]

Play this in my cover band and can now finally play the solo correctly - thank you 🙏- PT2 please 😃

[@acousticaacousticduo1458]

Believe it or not for me is was the solo to The Cars ‘Just What I Needed’. It’s a lot harder to get it right than it first sounds like it would be.

[@stricknine8623]

Elliott Easton is a fantastic guitarist. "My best friends girlfriend" solo is another awesome one

[@acousticaacousticduo1458]

@@stricknine8623 Definitely! I agree!

[@trevornever27]

Word for sure, i still play it wrong when i compare to watching EE play it live but still fun either way. Elliott just has such a indelible way of animating a solo so it sticks in your just like a catchy song would

[@davedecker1725]

Dangerous type

[@acousticaacousticduo1458]

@@davedecker1725 Yes! Thats another one of his that sounds fairly simple until you try to play it like Elliott Easton does, he definitely has his own unique style.

[@anthonymichael3029]

I thought I read somewhere (maybe even Steve Gorman’s book) that it was producer George Drakoulias that actually played that one. I was always a big fan of Jeff Cease, in any case.

[@jamescampbell2829]

You nailed it

[@me.roderick]

I struggled with this and gave up years ago. Well done young man you some stuff dog!!!💪🎸🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@hansfreekit]

cool solo, loved that song.

[@jeffreyhoehn9307]

Fascinating, this solo I can play …. The outro solo is the one that is a brick wall to me.

[@umbertoyltp]

bayootifool! tricky to judge it as easy. many times I got tricked by Glenn Tipton, he played with such ease, I thought it was a walk in the park. yeah right - for him. Would you try the crazy lick at the break in Rock Forever by Judas Priest? I know how to play it, but my brain refuses to understand!

[@alexiszunigarodriguez]

Great playing!

[@Jacko4859]

The solo that’s currently kicking my butt is the ending solo of ‘lonely in the night’ by Eric Johnson. Practically impossible to pull of accurately unless your Eric Johnson himself.

[@domingogp]

Ohh boy! that song and solo is genius, a beauty! I've always loved it since they released their record and heard it from the first time, loved Black Crowes... Like Rolling Stones on steroids haha!🤘🏼😎🍻🇲🇽🎸regards Rob!

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

The one I want to learn but can't is "Look into the Future" by Journey, back when they were more prog and fusion based. Neal Schon has some runs and licks in there that I cannot play anywhere near full speed.

[@andyguzman7143]

Muchísimas gracias Seńor Robert 👍🏼

[@kojam1]

LOVEOVE LOVE ATHE Crowes! Gave me so much for theusic scene back then! Too bad the bros couldn't get along. Do the intro to Warrant's Uncle Tom's cabin. one of the best acoustic intros!

[@mark240862]

It's a predictable choice I know... But the solo.. (the fast part) of Highway Star. I know that there's been alot of faster solos since... but playing that precise and clean and bang on the beat.... Its still tricky to this day..but sometimes..occasionally.. I can just about pull it off. Now... That's in my house... Playing it in front of thousands of people is another thing entirely.

[@SDesWriter]

I've always wanted to learn an ACCURATE guitar version of the keyboard solo (since good keyboard players are tough to find anyway). I found a couple decent ones, but nothing to the level I'd like yet (and transposing keyboard notes is insanely difficult for me). But playing the whole thing as a guitar solo would be really cool live.

[@geneevans7885]

I wasn’t into this band the first time around, but hearing thier songs lately, those guys were pretty damn good.

[@Musician-r5q]

My curiosity got me, I already know it, cool song, cool riffs, Practice! Practice! Practice! that's how you get to Carnegie Hall, Lol! Peace

[@sandyreece3004]

Robert I've been following your playing a long time you are really at the highest level play on!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thank you Sandy

[@J.R_Guitar]

This also defeted me for a first 30 minutes, then it just flew 😅🤙🏻

[@wesleyc.4937]

Awesome... but don't forget to save some of your lucky charms!

[@shawnhockey4841]

You own that solo Robert 🎸🤘

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Great as always 👌🔥

[@jeffreyeagen4896]

That is a cool solo!

[@louisflege3741]

Going through that beginning lick is kicking my butt. Trying to get the past section before the sliding down the neck.

[@johnroche7541]

Hard to Handle has a great groove throughout the song. Is it originally a Marvin Gaye song that was then covered by Tom Jones and then covered by the Black Crowes?

[@joeygentile7829]

It was originally done by Otis Redding. I don’t know how old you are, but Otis’ big hits included Sitting At The Dock of The Bay, Can’t Turn You Loose and Try A Little Tenderness. He died on December 10, 1967 at the age of 26 in a plane crash on his way to Madison, Wisconsin after playing in Cleveland at Leo’s Casino and after filming an episode on The Upbeat Show (it was Cleveland’s take of an American Bandstand type show).

[@johnroche7541]

@@joeygentile7829 Thank you for that. I forgot if it was Ottis Redding or Marvin Gaye who had the original. I knew it was originally a Motown/Soul track. Once again thank you for clearing it up.

[@joeygentile7829]

@@johnroche7541 you're welcome. I love music history and I'm from Cleveland, so it hits close to home.❤️

[@partriotsfight5039]

Never cared for this song but damn that solo is bad ass. Now I gotta go it, thanks

[@lzrosenbaum64]

Bought the new lessons!!! You rock.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks so much!

[@joem6859]

Robert: are we changing to major pentatonic in the middle section?? First part is definitely B minor/blues pentatonic, right?

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Yeah it kind of does that during the entire solo moments of major and minor

[@andrewdenine1685]

I love that gold top p90s once you go there it ain't no going back

[@JMorg2116]

That’s hilarious. I decided to start trying to solo and that was my first one. I quickly gave up on trying to solo.

[@douglascrawford4791]

Very good

[@Addicted2Guitar]

Yeah the feel of that solo is what makes it so tasty. It sounds like a singer.

[@lukegalvan3093]

Whats the rig? I love this sound!

[@RandyTheSavage5150]

Symphony of Destruction Solo continually whips me. I can get the first two parts but the bluesy jazz lick at the ends is beyond my comprehension. Marty Friedman is a tricky guy

[@llywelyngruffydd8474]

Do SRV's cover of Little Wing. You could break it up into installments and you'd have like 2 years of content.

[@loveguitars]

Robert, What are your favorite pick ups? 🎸🙏

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

either P90s or Pafs for sure

[@stricknine8623]

@@RobertBakerGuitar Yes,..The PAF sounds very similar to a P90 but it is less noisy and a little bit sweeter but has that "airy" sound and snap but will sing and sustain. The best I've found are the scatter-wound PAF Tonerider AC2 & AC4.

[@loveguitars]

@@RobertBakerGuitar Thanks!! I am turning into a P90 guy!😍🙏

[@bobnewiss1055]

Yep! I've been playing it wrong. 😟

[@SDesWriter]

I suspect I have always played this with the same incorrect notes as you (more or less). I really dig the texture of doing it correctly, but not sure if I'll be able to integrate it into my natural playing after doing it wrong for 30 years.....

[@doctoribanez]

Iconic

[@davedavid7061]

Been playing 2 yrs and have been tackling solos for about 6 months and it's kinda giving me fits

[@scaryLuv1]

Mine was the walk this way by Aerosmith solo lol I felt like I would never learn it

[@stevesither7270]

Mine was Inside Lookin Out....Grand Funk.......using the record....scratched it up quite a bit tryin to learn it.. lol... By the way , this BC solo ,is the ONLY thing I ever liked that this band ever did ! Ok.. Just sayin...only my humble opinion --- not trying to be mean or contrary.......

[@u.s.a.198]

How about a discount package on both the rock n roll boot camp and the new advanced? Purchased together? I'd buy both like this...

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Shoot me an email my man [e-mail]

[@jeremylrichardson]

Do some more of these videos

[@PooNinja]

dime a dozen solos that are worth a million in knowledge

[@LewisShieldsUS]

A little rolling motion never hurt nobody.

[@mburtondavis]

I think I need to get the R&R boot camp next level before I try this solo. It’s a little hard to handle.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Winner of comment of the day!

[@dlo23344h]

Tightrope by SRV is taking me a while

[@dereklinfitt8875]

Rich never played this if I remember correctly. I am pretty sure I read this in numerous guitar mags over the years following that albums release.

[@LiamNashMiller]

He played it during their Audley Freed days.

[@dereklinfitt8875]

@@LiamNashMiller but the recorded solo we all hear wasn't him.

[@LiamNashMiller]

@@dereklinfitt8875 I am well aware of that.

[@dereklinfitt8875]

@@LiamNashMiller That's nice. What is your point with mentioning him playing it during the Audley Freed days?

[@LiamNashMiller]

@@dereklinfitt8875 I assumed you meant Rich NEVER played the solo.

[@AndreAmeli]

this solo isnt from rich , is from the at the time recording assistent brendan obrien, yeah, the same producer

[@joeurbanowski321]

Sounds a bit like Walk This Way…🤔

[@vonzoomtunes9847]

ooooooohh.....them P90s make a stanky tone!

[@alfredmawuntu842]

Thank you Lord Jesus coz You can play guitar so well

[@calansvc]

As good as that solo is, the tone on the outro solo is even better. There are a couple of sustained notes that are just evil sounding (in a good way :D ).

[@70mjc]

Rich didn’t write sir. Brendan O’Brien wrote this masterful solo

[@benheaver4332]

👍🍺

[@maxsalas8815]

6:12

[@Bob-jl2oe]

I’m not hearing the difficulty. Yo me it’s very simple. If you want to hear difficult solos, listen to Scofield, Pass or Martino.

[@markrobinson8410]

Any allan holdsworth solo defeated me.

[@hawg427]

I want you to play Rock Bottom by UFO ;-0

[@thseed7]

Every solo defeats me, that's why I don't play lead 🤣🤘

[@johnfoskey7855]

Why no love for Charlie star?

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

He’s sooo amazing!

[@jasonlee8497]

Brendon O’Brien actually played that solo I believe

[@jimcrowell5093]

Damn😳❤👍

[@peggycooke6799]

This is not a Rich solo. Rich couldn’t really play lead very well until later on in his career.

[@Bob-jl2oe]

This isn’t even difficult for my son who is 9 yrs old playing for 1 year

[@christopherdavis8248]

the solo is in B. i hate this song btw and that band!!