Delores Rhoads, Music Teacher + Mother of Randy Rhoads, Dies at 95

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Sucks about the Animal. I'm a big Motorhead fan. Iron Horse Born To Lose had one of best drum and base lines I've ever heard. It'll be stuck in my head the rest of the day now.
 
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Achilleslastand said:
Delores Rhoads mother of guitarist Randy Rhoads.
http://loudwire.com/delores-rhoads-dies-95/
I had a chance to speak to her a couple of years after Randy died, she was extremely nice and spoke to me as if I was an old friend.
RIP and finally reunited with Randy.

Former Motorhead Drummer Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor Dies

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Randy and his mom. Together again. :)
Man, I never felt so mud ally connected to someone I never even met.... Knew.
 
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Fletch said:
Heard at the time he was probably the most talented guitarist in the world.
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I don't know about the most because at around the same time Yngwie was just making a name for himself. Ive heard tapes of Yngwie playing when he was 15 and he was technically brilliant. Back to RR though , he often got overshadowed by those who called him a EVH clone/jr, but make no mistake he as very technically brilliant and also had something that most don't have and that is a sound that was instantly recognizable as the one and only Randy Rhoads.
 
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Fletch said:
Heard at the time he was probably the most talented guitarist in the world.
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He introduced classical influence to hard rock metal in the most perfect way.

EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping.
Randy was a great composer. EVH could never compose mr. Crowley, diary, over the mountain, revelation Mother Earth (solo sounds like a violin), SATO,
Yngwie never really took off. Made fun of EVH. Never really developed his own sound. Just played very very fast.

RR and EVH = unique, very recognizable sound. YNGWIE = no.
 
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I was 15 years old when Randy got killed in that tragic accident.

I indeed shed some tears that day.
 
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REDVOLUTION said:
He introduced classical influence to hard rock metal in the most perfect way.

EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping.
Randy was a great composer. EVH could never compose mr. Crowley, diary, over the mountain, revelation Mother Earth (solo sounds like a violin), SATO,
Yngwie never really took off. Made fun of EVH. Never really developed his own sound. Just played very very fast.

RR and EVH = unique, very recognizable sound. YNGWIE = no.
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Cmon man....

"EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping"
You know better.........

And at the same time RR couldn't have composed Eruption, Spanish Fly, the intro to Mean Streets and Cathedral. Not trying to turn this into a "my guy is better than your guy" thingy, just saying i love both and each are/were tremendously gifted.

Ok found it.....A demo from Yngwie in 1978 which woulda put him at around 15 years old at the time. In 1978 both EVH and RR would have been around 21-22 years of age.
The last 10 mins of the demo are jaw dropping brilliant especially given his age and the year{78}
 
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^^^^you can hear the classical influences big time and this even precedes anything RR did by 3 years or so.
 
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REDVOLUTION said:
He introduced classical influence to hard rock metal in the most perfect way.

EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping.
Randy was a great composer. EVH could never compose mr. Crowley, diary, over the mountain, revelation Mother Earth (solo sounds like a violin), SATO,
Yngwie never really took off. Made fun of EVH. Never really developed his own sound. Just played very very fast.

RR and EVH = unique, very recognizable sound. YNGWIE = no.
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Now that was a good history lesson. Appreciate it.
 
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Achilleslastand said:
Cmon man....

"EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping"
You know better.........

And at the same time RR couldn't have composed Eruption, Spanish Fly, the intro to Mean Streets and Cathedral. Not trying to turn this into a "my guy is better than your guy" thingy, just saying i love both and each are/were tremendously gifted.

Ok found it.....A demo from Yngwie in 1978 which woulda put him at around 15 years old at the time. In 1978 both EVH and RR would have been around 21-22 years of age.
The last 10 mins of the demo are jaw dropping brilliant especially given his age and the year{78}
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If you play the guitar then you know full well that all three were really good.

I just pointed out their strengths as I see it.



For me:

EVH was a jammer. I hear his music and It Puts me in a groove and I jam out!
(A lot of people do to know, I'm sure you do... He was the mastery behind Michael Jackson's beat it. That was Great!)

Yngwie was "hey, look at me"... Making fun on EVH by playing eruption with one hand while yawning with other hand. He was a mosh pit of sounds.

RR - now... When mr Crowley, revelation you can't kill r n r, or diary starts... I feel like I am in church... Like it's a sermon.

That's just how they make me feel.
 
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REDVOLUTION said:
If you play the guitar then you know full well that all three were really good.

I just pointed out their strengths as I see it.



For me:

EVH was a jammer. I hear his music and It Puts me in a groove and I jam out!
(A lot of people do to know, I'm sure you do... He was the mastery behind Michael Jackson's beat it. That was Great!)

Yngwie was "hey, look at me"... Making fun on EVH by playing eruption with one hand while yawning with other hand. He was a mosh pit of sounds.

RR - now... When mr Crowley, revelation you can't kill r n r, or diary starts... I feel like I am in church... Like it's a sermon.

That's just how they make me feel.
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Ya, I much prefer Dairy over Blizzard although the solo on Revelation Mother is amazingly brilliant. As you said in earlier post I believe, almost violin like, very fluid and effortless. Two of the best concerts ive seen were EVH in 1979 in a little old place that held about only 2500 people and then Randy in 82 about a month before the accident with UFO opening. Amazing.
 
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Achilleslastand said:
Cmon man....

"EVH was very good but he was all pull offs and three finger tapping"
You know better.........

And at the same time RR couldn't have composed Eruption, Spanish Fly, the intro to Mean Streets and Cathedral. Not trying to turn this into a "my guy is better than your guy" thingy, just saying i love both and each are/were tremendously gifted.

Ok found it.....A demo from Yngwie in 1978 which woulda put him at around 15 years old at the time. In 1978 both EVH and RR would have been around 21-22 years of age.
The last 10 mins of the demo are jaw dropping brilliant especially given his age and the year{78}
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My gosh, Achilles. I am only 12 minutes in, and all I can say is beauty. Very heartfelt. This is some amazing guitar work. Can't believe Yngwie was just a kid back then. He is a prodigy.

As was/is Randy and Eddie, as well. So many brilliant guitarists. My favorite is still Stevie Ray Vaughn, another child prodigy.

Anyway, RIP to the lady that birthed one of the best guitarists we will ever know, and RIP to Phil Taylor, as well. Thank you for the music, sir.
 
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big dog cowboy said:
Same here. I was lucky to see Randy 9 days before he died. What a true talent he was.
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I was at the last show in knoxvlle TN. I was 9 and indebted to my mom and brother for allowing him to take me. Not an easy sell in East TN in early 1980s after the Bat incident, preachers, etc.

Hard to believe ts been that long
 
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