zorrow Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Night Ranger (to me the most American of all American rock bands) have released a new live package, "35 Years And A Night In Chicago". I got the 2CD + DVD edition here: https://www.amazon.com/Years-Night-Chicago-Combo-Deluxe/dp/B01LYZGNDF There's plenty of enjoyment for guitar fans like us... because you know it's all about that bass:
diablo175 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Tasty stuff right there! Brad sounded real good but that dude on the LP was tearing it up, too! Nice clean, precise contrast to Brad's pyrotechnic frenzy!
zorrow Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, diablo175 said: Tasty stuff right there! Brad sounded real good but that dude the LP was tearing it up, too! Nice clean, precise contrast to Brad's pyrotechnic frenzy! Yeah, that LP guy is Kerry Kelli (or something like that), who replaced Joel Hoekstra, who had replaced Jeff Watson when he left (or got fired or whatever). The guy can certainly play and does complement Brad's playing perfectly --well, the same Jeff Watson used to do. BTW, I never was into Night Ranger, but that Star Licks video starring Brad Gillis changed my life forever, as well as a transcription of his solo in "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" that was published in Guitar Player in 1982 or 1983. Back then I was making my first steps at classical guitar and had never played anything rock. I just wanted to try electric guitar, and the educational material from Brad Gillis was the first I stumbled upon. It seems like a century ago. Curiously, I've kept to this day a lot of what I could copy from him back then. I guess that counts for me to cite him as an influence, right?
diablo175 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, zorrow said: Yeah, that LP guy is Kerry Kelli (or something like that), who replaced Joel Hoekstra, who had replaced Jeff Watson when he left (or got fired or whatever). The guy can certainly play and does complement Brad's playing perfectly --well, the same Jeff Watson used to do. BTW, I never was into Night Ranger, but that Star Licks video starring Brad Gillis changed my life forever, as well as a transcription of his solo in "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" that was published in Guitar Player in 1982 or 1983. Back then I was making my first steps at classical guitar and had never played anything rock. I just wanted to try electric guitar, and the educational material from Brad Gillis was the first I stumbled upon. It seems like a century ago. Curiously, I've kept to this day a lot of what I could copy from him back then. I guess that counts for me to cite him as an influence, right? I can't help but derive some measure of irony and amusement that Bard Gillis, arguably one of the foremost whammy bar maestros in rock music, was a significant influence on you, an eschew-er of whammy bars. Good on ya that you found his playing broad enough to impact you despite his reliance on the bar.
zorrow Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, diablo175 said: I can't help but derive some measure of irony and amusement that Bard Gillis, arguably one of the foremost whammy bar maestros in rock music, was a significant influence on you, an eschew-er of whammy bars. Good on ya that you found his playing broad enough to impact you despite his reliance on the bar. Yeah, man. But back then I wasn't reluctant to the whammy bar. I didn't know yet about all the hassles related to it. Nonetheless, Brad Gillis does lotta of other things, like bends in the lower register, chromatic climbs and a lot of cool legato licks an trills.
polara Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 That sounded great. Funny band: stellar players and I saw an interview with Blades that made it seem like he's the most level-headed, cheerful guy ever. Never clicked with the material, though. Tastes vary but I sure respect them.
diablo175 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, zorrow said: Yeah, man. But back then I wasn't reluctant to the whammy bar. I didn't know yet about all the hassles related to it. Nonetheless, Brad Gillis does lotta of other things, like bends in the lower register, chromatic climbs and a lot of cool legato licks an trills. It's all second nature to me. Honestly, I don't even think about those hassles. But yeah, Brad's got a LOT going on in his playing. Well rounded rocker, for sure.
zorrow Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, polara said: Never clicked with the material, though. Tastes vary but I sure respect them. That's exactly my feelings about them. I do respect them big time, in spite of the fact I don't dig their stuff. You bet they are great musicians! And yes, I must admit Brad Gillis did influence me quite a bit, even if I'm not into his band --and BTW, the same applies to George Lynch in my case, given I'm not a Dokken fan either. Weird, isn't it?
Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Night Ranger is one of the few hair metal bands whose songs aged well enough for me to still enjoy them today.
BubbaVO Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 CDs would be my choice. I love their musicianship. DVD...ugh... I don't need to see any of that. I can look in the mirror for that.
zorrow Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, BubbaVO said: CDs would be my choice. I love their musicianship. DVD...ugh... I don't need to see any of that. I can look in the mirror for that.
Dave Scepter Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 A little off topic but I love Brad's tone in "Speak of the Devil" and was really impressed that he had less than a week to learn all the Ozzy/Sabbath songs before they went on a world tour~
diablo175 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame said: Night Ranger is one of the few hair metal bands whose songs aged well enough for me to still enjoy them today. I used to regard NR as the too fluffy side of hair metal/hard rock and didn't pay much attention to them other than the initial wow factor over their guitar prowess. But their songs are well-crafted and readily recall-able. Love a band that's a little long in the tooth but can still bring the rock!
MCChris Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 38 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said: A little off topic but I love Brad's tone in "Speak of the Devil" and was really impressed that he had less than a week to learn all the Ozzy/Sabbath songs before they went on a world tour~ Yeah, he was legitimately evil and twisted on that album, two things I appreciate about a guitar player.
jettster Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Saw them a little over a year ago and they sounded great and put on a killer show. Listened to Midnight Madness a ton, pretty great one all the way through even though some of the songs were over played. As previously stated, Gillis was fucking killing it on Speak of the devil, that one still sounds great. When it comes to whammy bar antics, he can definitely hold his own. He also looked great to be bumping 60 when we saw them. This was always a favorite. For some reason it doesn't allow embedding. https://youtu.be/UyIe1CCm2fc
LefThanDed Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 11 hours ago, diablo175 said: Gillis, arguably one of the foremost whammy bar maestros in rock music, Was never much into the shredder/metal thing but no argument here: He has always been my go-to reference for impressive whammy bar skillz.
BadgerDave Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 11 hours ago, zorrow said: Yeah, that LP guy is Kerry Kelli (or something like that)I Kerry Kelli was in Alice Coopers touring band in the early 2000's. I remember thinking he was the most "ROCK" player I'd seen live in a very long time. Great player.
it's me HHB Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Gillis on the Ozzy record w the floyd and the boogies. Holy shit
scottcald Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Yeah, Brad's awesome, especially with the old school no fine tuners Floyd.
BubbaVO Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Now you had me looking at NR on youtube ... crazy bastards can bring it...
Jeff R Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 23 hours ago, it's me HHB said: Gillis on the Ozzy record w the floyd and the boogies. Holy shit For decades now, put me in front of a "new" Mark head, sitting used in a shop, a friend's new acquisition, whatever, and hand me a guitar to check it out and like BG, I'm probably belting out "Symptom of the Universe" straight out the gate LOL
zorrow Posted January 29, 2017 Author Posted January 29, 2017 On 2017-01-27 at 9:05 PM, it's me HHB said: Gillis on the Ozzy record w the floyd and the boogies. Holy shit Not only on the record, but also on the DVD, which has the same "Speak Of The Devil" title, but actually features the Rhoads-era Ozzy setlist. Highly recommended, if you want to see Brad bringing his own mojo to those tunes --including some tone improvements.
HamStd Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 For the Brad Gillis fans out there. The original "Red guitar". Today he uses a Fernandes BG model guitar. Peter
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