Tony Iommi the riff master. Supernaught was the first Black Sabbath lick that I learned. Thanks for the lesson. R.I.P. Eddie, you will ROCK for eternity...

The mighty Tony Iommi!!!! Metal Month continues!!! Thanks, David! Also, EVH R.I.P.

Learned a lot from Iommi and it blew my mind as a kid when he played those major third octaves in intro of War Pigs. So big and luminous and powerful. Still love his playing and his riffs, thanks for this lesson, Dave!! 🤘

RIP Eddie. He would want us to keep learning the fretboard; so let’s keep it up 🎸🤘😭👍

As a left hand player Tony iommi has been a huge influence on my playing style thanks so much!!

Sabbath rules and yes Tony is the true Godfather of metal. I said, "blew peoples minds" just before I heard you say the same thing..ha, great minds!🎶✌

Here before the bombardment of people asking for another EVH lesson

What always did it for me was the quick string vibrato, the pick/fingernail attack, the squeaky sound of prosthetic fingertips across the strings, and the sheer massiveness of his tone. If there is something more quintessentially heavy metal than Wheels of Confusion, I would love to hear it. Love your channel, David! You are a gifted player and I appreciate your historical knowledge. 🤘

A side note while we are all feeling the loss of King Edward Never say Die was considered a lesser release from Black Sabbath but it really is one of my favorite Swinging the chain, Jonny Blade,Queen of the dance it was full of fantastic stuff but at that time the end was near and the new kids on the block VH were breaking there was a Guitar World issue that has Tony and Eddie on the cover i still have it now its more valuable to me than ever !

I didn't know!

Thank You 🍺’ski. Iommi means the world to me in my journey on guitar. The Godfather of Heavy & just love his power & vibrato. True legend!

I absolutely love his playing on Seventh Star, combined with the vocals of Glenn Hughes.

Devil and Daughter is my all time favorite Tony Iommi song. Tony Martin too come on now!

There is only one Hand of Doom, the true origin of metal

As a Sabbath fanatic (like so much it freaks me out sometimes) and guitar player, I really appreciate that you dig into more advanced nuances of his playing and not the obvious stuff that so many cover (often incorrectly) over and over. The late 70s Sabbath output gets panned sometimes, but I think it was still really great stuff, just different from what many expected. There is not another album that sounds like Never Say Die, and it has some fantastic songs and Tony's playing was taking on a new expressiveness. Thanks for your insightful and really helpful videos. You're an excellent player!

Awesome thanks! How about licks of Eddie Van Halen of 1984, next time?

When I was "growing up" I was so into Sabbath. I had a 64 SG (my Dad's) which I still have, and a Fender Champ. I learned so much from Iommi. What a great way to learn the blues scales and minor scales. But what I really dug was the classical segue-ways between songs. It turned me on to classical guitar. btw... love your videos, keep up the great work. I have learned a lot about more current players from you too. I'm into current gypsy jazz, so not much time for the rock stuff. through you, I know who to check out! Thanks.

Hey, David. This was a really cool video. I have always liked playing Iommi songs/licks. They sound cool and yet are doable for beginners and casual players. Like you, I'm terribly bummed about Eddie's passing. If you are going to make an EVH tribute/lick video, I hope you take some time to really think about it to do it right. I know it will be great. Thank you for the hard work on your books and your YT channel. Cheers!

Great lesson once again! I’ve allways loved Iommi’s frantic solo style! Cheers!

Great episode !!!!

His shit is actually tough to nail at first lol it seems simple but matching his style good is hard

Rip EVH…🙏🏽💐🎸

So I was at the NSD tour concert in Oakland, Dec. '78 and obviously at the time didn't realize the significance. I knew VH was new but had no way to know Ozzy was on his way out. Awesome show btw!

Very cool lesson, especially revisiting the under appreciated '78 Sabbath. REST IN POWER, EDWARD! THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL.

Great lesson David! Glad you did it. Love the Master of Reality album on the wall!

Good stuff to say the least; it showcased an aspect of Iommi's style seldom ever discussed in today's album to tab, which I don't knock by any means as far as having those songs accurately, for the most part transcribed for when I am being lazy in learning a bit or tune, but digging into the actual live performance of the musician does so often provide a more realistic insight to their style & technique than study albums can due to the production process so often involved. So, 😎. And Iommi's work has definitely swung back around to being an inspiration for myself as arthritis often impedes my own ability to do things I used to could manage, but the upshot to date is that as long as I play regularly, it's not as bad as may otherwise be per past times when I took a few weeks off from playing that actually made the discomforts less managable than when I do keep my fret hands busy even if but the ole 'Grip Master' I got back in the late nineties I think it was or doing wrist curls with a 25lb dumbbell. And since this a Iommi bit, I'd add that was part of what attracted me to Django Reinhardt after reading an interview where Iommi discussed his industrial mishap and being turned onto Reinhardt. Their experiences far exceeded what I was dealing with in my frethand's index finger often inability to bend far at the knuckle which made making the 4 string partial chord fingering of the major chord next to impossible. I learned to do a partial barre as one technique as it was hard for me to get the first 2 strings fretted cleanly and I still miss on occasion, but in the midst of a tune I don't 'fret' it😀 like I once did. But, even though that 'traditional' 4 string Major chord shape poses still trouble to my index finger, I've managed to deal with it in a way that I'd say is reasonably well, whether be the partial barre or even using the full 6 string Major barre form. And for solo/lead stuff, I've actually probably come to use a number of Django's & Iommi's techniques even if not fully aware of it in order to manage doing cover tunes and I'm sure it influences how I work out my own original material. The guitar is such a cool instrument, particularly so, with all the neat tech that allows a guitarist to manage numerous tones so easily. But, then the good ole cranked up tube amp on occasion is pretty nice as well; to fell that raw energy is something I think a large number of young aspiring guitarist miss out on too often now with all the good amp modeling stuff available and that could be one downside of all the new tech now available and the newer tech available next week.😎 I now rant...😉

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It was tony iommi that got me interested!!!

I saw that 1978 tour with back sabbath with Van Halen opening in Austin TX. None of us had heard of Van Halen. They blew everybody away. Black Sabbath was bored. They were terrible. I had 3rd row seats because I got to the record store just as the tickets were released.

So smooth are these licks you play. Thank you for the lessons, these are great! I speak for everyone here, Rest in peace to one of all our heroes growing up with a guitar (however cheap it may have been) in our hands, King Edward Van Halen 😭. Thanks again B🐓!

Great Stuff D....I'm learning so much from you !! Thank You ! Tommy

Cool video. Thanks for the lesson and the licks

Sweet. Thanks Dave.

Great lesson!! Thanks for doing this. Was thinking about the solo from Children of the Grave. There’s a fantastic sequence in the middle that utilizes the Pentatonic Highway.

That is what these Late Night Lesson make it so special: Explaining the historical context, in this case the year 1978 the end of one era and the parallel rise of another. KISS were another top act struggling in that year and Gene Simmons helped Van Halen recording their demo. Eddie will NEVER EVER be forgotten :(

Hail Iommi!!! Thank you. Hawk picks ordered today, thanks for that tip as well!

the tone comin out is so so huge man!

Love the Lesson!!!!!!. Those Strap Locks though.....

You should def, make a Part two on iommi

Love it! I’ve always been a big Black Sabbath. I love that first example and the bonus kicks especially. You nailed the essence of Tony’s playing.

Very good man, I respect all that you have said & played in this segment... you do very well in keeping with what "music" does to our hearts, I love the respect you give.

Hi David. I really do thank you for posting such great sampling of all the great players and their riffage. I was listening to this clip and when you got to the part where you say it reminds you of Jimmy Page then you rip that lick at 3:17+ That also sort of reminds me of Eat The Rich style licks from Krokus. Next I am off to check out your Krokus clip, in case you couldn't guess.

Excellent

Great tone, as always, David.

Kick ass

David you're not only a great teacher but a very impressive guitarist in your own right. You're vibrato is exquisite especially that growl on the lower strings. I saw the Never Say Die concert in Philly and we had no idea who Van Halen was. Luckily we were sitting stage left and on Eddie's side of the stage. Me being only a drummer then was concentrating mostly on Alex. Picked up guitar at 32 years old in January of 1992. 🎸 keep up the great work.

Saw them together in Pittsburgh Pa. back then

My grandad was able to see Van Halen and Sabbath at the Odeon Hammersmith in London on this tour. I wish I was able to see either of these bands haha

I can't remember which guitarist it was, he was from one of the 00s metal bands I didn't like but when an interviewer asked him about writing riffs he said "we're all just ripping off Tony Iommi" and that's about as honest an answer as I've ever heard.

Yes, it was pretty crazy. I got my first album, Paranoid, when I was about 8. And I loved all the spooky stuff. Hand of Doom. Before I got into music I was reading Marvel's Dracula. So I loved all that stuff. But Sabbath with Ozzy still had a little of the hippie vibe. Priest changed the look and sound a lot. And when Dio joined Sabbath and Randy started writing with Bob Daisley heavy music changed. Even Back in Black came out that same year. And Brian's voice was very metal. But you can definitely hear the influence that Eddie had on Tony's playing.

Please do another EVH video brother! The great innovator deserves to have his spirit kept alive.

Sir, you are an absolutely amazing player and teacher. Also very very under rated. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. Your fellow rockers, broMark

Late Night Lessons never let ya down...

"Bit of finger" is probably their greatest song

That timeline photo of Iommi is hilarious.. I'm sorry I know he's the Riff Lord but I can't help but laugh at the cartoon drawings....lol

the ramones opened for sabbath on the never say die tour as well.

Also make note that Tony Iommi has his 2 fingertips of his fret hand cut off in an accident prior to their 1st album.

Next week: "3 Edward Van Halen Licks from 19__" Speaking of the "Pentatonic highway," I like to use the "Hirojoshi" pentatonic scale, and use it both in the box as well as the "highway" form. I love to either go out of the standard pentatonic idea into the Hirojoshi scale to make things interesting, or start out in Hiro and slide into something more "comfortable," as it were.

Dude you should sykes out your les paul with the mirror pickguard ad mirror pickup selector ring, and black knobs.

I can't lie as far as pentatonic in "A"?... I will sit there and play blues and switch back and forth between minor and major when it feels appropriate and"A"always seems to be the first key that I go to when I first pick up my guitar and plug it in.

Three For All request: Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless. Great solos on all their songs, the first few albums are instruments and full of amazing guitar work! For your personal pleasure check out the song Godspeed!!

Some cite Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac as a godfather template to metal due to Green Manalishi which was a driving force but he doesn’t compare to Iommi

Blue Cheer was a really heavy band for it's time...But Sabbath was the heaviest..

Hey, David. A viewer of yours with Autism mentioned that the red light on your amp strobes in the video playback and can be very disruptive and distracting to folks with Autism. I'm thinking that a small, folded piece of black cardboard could hang from the top of the amp (with a small weight on top to hold it in place) in front of the strobing amp light without getting tape or anything on the amp. It's easy for me to ignore, but it's really tough for someone with Autism.

These commercials make me want to fucking scream!

Yeah we're all out of sorts today.

It would be really cool to have tab included for less experienced players if possible. awesome licks!

Sabbath definitely had the dark vibe before everyone. I feel that they are actually closer to doom with their earlier albums. They have a very blues-based approach. I consider probably Judas Priest to be the first major band to play "heavy metal" with Stained Class, Killing Machine and especially Unleased in the East. But if one looks at 1980 that's the year we had Ronnie with Sabbath and Randy with Ozzy. And I feel that Randy was the definitive heavy metal because of the gothic classical influence. And If you think about it, that's still basically Sabbath because of Ozzy. Anyway cool licks! Thank you for sharing. I've been really bummed out about Eddie. I knew he was sick but I didn't know how bad. I think that Eddie inspired Tony to level up his playing. Some of those trilling pentatonic runs that Tony does are just blistering. Thanks Dave!

Iommi is the Father of Metal, fuck the revisionists. And Ozzy is one of the best vocalists ever, period. The whole band kicked ass. God Bless Black Sabbath!

Black Sabbath was probably the first pure heavy metal band, and also the first to add the gothic/horror element, but they definitely weren't the first band to create heavy metal music. Many songs from the late 60s could be classified as heavy metal (by 70s standards at least) even though the name didn't exist yet and nobody thought of it as that. E.g.: Communication Breakdown - Zeppelin, 1969 is basically proto-Paranoid, with a template for both punk and metal. Helter Skelter - Beatles, 1968 In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly, 1968 Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf, 1968 (name taken from this song's lyrics) Race with the Devil - GUN, 1968 (covered later on by Judas Priest and Girlschool) and I think the original heavy metal guitar player was probably Jimi Hendrix. 1967's Spanish Castle Magic from Axis: Bold as Love is a very heavy song.

Everybody talks about Iommi's heavy riffs, but he's just as prolific as a lead guitar player. And he had a great way of having dynamics in the music, with thematically lighter or cleaner parts alternating/contrasting with heavier parts.

Yeah but Tony said they were just a good hard rock band Blues music the heavy metal label didn't come along until the 80s

4:50 You have to watch this at 0.25 speed. Is this what it’s like to be on mushrooms? Good lesson all kidding aside.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, can play an Iommi solo note for note. Of all the players I've seen live I think Craig Goldy came the closest. Not Randy, not Zakk, not vivian. Brad Gillis did nail all the Iommi riffs.

Que larga aue la haces,menos cuentos y mas musica!