"And after all the silliness of Funeral For A Friend, basically what happens is this kind of thing. It starts off with your heroic....." And then Davey launches into one of rocks greatest guitar tracks. What a guy! Friendly, good natured and very self effacing for his creation, a song that has never left my head since hearing it for the first time in 1973. Thank you, Davey, Dee, Nigel, Elton and Bernie! And thank you Terry, for posting this little extra bit from the DVD about the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
That's the guitar that Elton gifted him after seeing Davey drooling over it at a music store. A 1959 Les Paul Custom. It was $9,000 back then (I think, I read the story in the 90s). Elton told Davey "if you like it, buy it!" And Davey said "I can't afford that! That's all the money in the world"...Davey shows up at rehearsal that afternoon and his tech hands it to him saying "Elton bought this for you." Talk about a great guy.
Having just seen Elton's Farewell tour and Davey last night I can say he is one of the truly great under-rated players. All the bloody lessons on here about modes and licks and scales, and Davey plays over multiple key changes and clever chords using chord tones just effortlessly. His Les Paul tone on the tour is spectacular!
Hearing him smash out the introductory riff to Love Lies Bleeding just sends me. What a great tone. His playthrough of it here breaks up almost as much as it does on the record and that's so awesome. It hammers so freakin hard that it almost feels like it's gonna bust the speakers. Truly one of the all time greats!
"kind of a cool little riff" is one of the greatest understatementts of all time , much as this "cool little riff" is one of the best guitar parts ever
This Album will go down as one of the greatest of all time. What incredible music. Changed my life. Elton John is the the Rock genius of the 70s. While the rock and Roll bands were trying to out do each other he reinvented how it is done..
Yeah, Davey, Nigel and Dee WERE the Elton John band. Their sound together was unreal...and they do not get enough credit imo.
An absolute legendary album....one of the 25 greatest of all time....easily.
"And after all the silliness of Funeral For A Friend, basically what happens is this kind of thing. It starts off with your heroic....." And then Davey launches into one of rocks greatest guitar tracks. What a guy! Friendly, good natured and very self effacing for his creation, a song that has never left my head since hearing it for the first time in 1973. Thank you, Davey, Dee, Nigel, Elton and Bernie! And thank you Terry, for posting this little extra bit from the DVD about the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
That's the guitar that Elton gifted him after seeing Davey drooling over it at a music store. A 1959 Les Paul Custom. It was $9,000 back then (I think, I read the story in the 90s). Elton told Davey "if you like it, buy it!" And Davey said "I can't afford that! That's all the money in the world"...Davey shows up at rehearsal that afternoon and his tech hands it to him saying "Elton bought this for you." Talk about a great guy.
Having just seen Elton's Farewell tour and Davey last night I can say he is one of the truly great under-rated players. All the bloody lessons on here about modes and licks and scales, and Davey plays over multiple key changes and clever chords using chord tones just effortlessly. His Les Paul tone on the tour is spectacular!
Hearing him smash out the introductory riff to Love Lies Bleeding just sends me. What a great tone. His playthrough of it here breaks up almost as much as it does on the record and that's so awesome. It hammers so freakin hard that it almost feels like it's gonna bust the speakers. Truly one of the all time greats!
fifty years on, and it still sounds extraordinary and magnificent!
Every so often you come across something on CZcams that makes you happy again that it exists...
who else was brought here by Metallica?
Davey awsome guitarist
"Kind of a cool little riff." Right. "The Titanic was a boat."
Give this man his flowers while he is still here
"kind of a cool little riff" is one of the greatest understatementts of all time , much as this "cool little riff" is one of the best guitar parts ever
This Album will go down as one of the greatest of all time. What incredible music. Changed my life. Elton John is the the Rock genius of the 70s. While the rock and Roll bands were trying to out do each other he reinvented how it is done..
Davey was/is always so creative. And has added so much to Elton's music.
I remember the first time hearing this. Holy shit this is epic.
Sounds like a cello. Beautiful. 👽✌️
I worked with Davey on a project in the early 90s. He’s very funny and works unbelievably fast.
One of the greatest riffs in rock history
Best rock song ever- I listen to it EVERY DAY!