What a song, what a solo, what a band, what a PLAYER!!
Terry Kath is so hugely under-rated and I've never understood why.
Even though I've loved that solo as well as other early Chicago, and even though I've fetished guitar and guitar players and guitar magazines since the early 80s, I didn't even know his name until the last few years. It's like we love to look back at Mick Ronson, Robert Fripp, Page, Hendrix, Clapton, Tony Iommi, Randy, Frehley, George Harrison, SRV, Muddy, Chuck, Keef... The list goes on and on. But when did you last see an article (or hear a podcast) on Terry Kath??
He was just way beyond. WAY beyond.
Anyways, thought I'd try to kill two birds with one stone and teach you not just how to play the immense guitar solo from 25 or 6 to 4, but also teach you how to love Terry Kath and marvel at his wizardry!
I also covered all the scales Terry used in this outing:
Pentatonic, Dorian, Minor, Harmonic Minor, as well as Terry's favoured shapes and techniques.
Played this on TJ's new @OfficialEpiphone Dot. Plays like a dream, man!
Yes, I know, it sounds nothing like Terry's tone, but I just plugged the 'Dot' into a Logic Pro preset (Double Driven) and loved what I heard. So, that's what you're getting this week.
Tabs are over at @soundslice.com
Apologies for the rude interruption during the performance of the solo at around 30 secs. YouTube's bot claimed that I had used the 2016 remix of the original - which I most definitely had not. It's just me strumming my @matonguitars EM325C for the backing, and I didn't even try to emulate Terry's great tone - for the precise reason that I keep getting blocked because my covers are too close to the originals.
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