Damn that’s a compliment from someone who had to learn all Zappa’s stuff note for note at age 21 😅

Excellent

Vai is a gentleman.

Sykes’ solos aren’t good because they’re “challenging,” they’re good because they’re good. And there are many “challenging” solos in the world of shred guitar that are utterly forgettable. Then you have a solo like Cinderella’s “Nobody’s Fool” that is slow and rather simple, yet a great solo.

@@spacejockey4746 sykes is great, of course. Heavy metal with his les paul.

Yes ALL Sykes

He wrote the song

@@user-ro1km3oh7c I already know

He got phucked over big time, then he picked up the pieces and started over just for grunge to take over the music scene. Then the music industry, business side, changed and not for tbe better for musicians. Its difficult to keep getting back up after being beaten down...especially as you age .. more to life than that . He'll be 64 this July.. let him retire and live the rest of his life on his terms....I get it.

Because he's not out doing anything. I wish he would, the guy is a fantastic player.

Because he has a small body of work. That was his choice. He's one of my favorites, but I gotta be honest.

@@guitarjunkie7124 quality over quantity...just saying

@@tangerinerose3724 THIS...he not only got phucked over he got phucked over DRY I HATE Coverdale for what he did not only to ALL the members of Whitesnake when he fired them and brought in basically touring Musicians but also for what Dave did to himself.....the lineup that wrote and recorded the Whitesnake self titled album was AWESOME and Dave didn't want to share the limelight with them mostly with John and the YES Grunge hit the scene and the music industry changed over night!! IMO Whitesnake could have been much bigger than they were but because of Vanity by Coverdale...I always tell People Guns and Roses could have been so much MORE if it wasn't for Axl's attitude!! Dokken is another fav of mine from the 80's and inter band conflict hampered them too!!

There were always 2 guitar players what are you talking about? I agree that Sykes is one of the best to have played in Whitesnake but he wanted to kick David out of his own band when he was ill and actually be the new leader. So basically that's why Coverdale fired him when he heard it . I mean who wouldn't? Yes I understand, they should do what's best for the band but when you know that one of the members actually wanted you off when you were ill and couldn't sing how do you continue touring and writing songs together?

Have you seen the live Crying In The Rain (I think in Rio?) with Sykes. Simply amazing. Obviously before the album came out but still.

@@panoskyrim4943 while they may have always had 2 guitar players, during recording it was all Sykes besides the solos by Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell & Dan Huff. Vandenberg and Campbell weren't full time til after Sykes was fired. He set the record straight though about the rumor that he tried to have Coverdale replaced saying it never happened. Coverdale is known to be a jackass so I believe Sykes and wouldn't put it past David to try and smear his reputation to look like he was the good guy.

@@panoskyrim4943 Sykes said that he NEVER wanted to kick Coverdale out, and that the rumour is ridiculous.

sup clock :)

Yeah, im blown away by how well he sings this.

Tigers of Pantang

Crazy to say that never since the begining of the 90’s heard DC made it better then this, Sykes so underated fore most part of the people out there,and Vai and vandenberg did not came close to the orginal and legend Sykes. His first percormance in Tokyo for Whitesnake is still the most cool and great video to watch on KZfaq. Coverdale hade the most respect at that moment fore his new gold makeing guitarplayer, much like Ozzy they took the worlds greatest artists to be found🙏

Great riffs, great hard rock guitar player, Mr. Sykes. God bless you! Thanks for up the video

Exactly what I was thinking.

And they both fails completely nobody can touch Sykes tone.

Whitesnake always had 2 Guitars

1987 only Sykes.

Coverdale bows to Sykes.

And it's interesting that he played with Whitesnake as well (2005-ish)

He ain't no Tony Franklin

mojoburger they would have been the next Ozzy and Randy Roads if Coverdale wasn’t such a egotistical dick!

Too bad Coverdale was probably threatened by Sikes. Younger better looking sings like a MFer. I bet his Whitesnake was longer than David's!

Sykes never liked Coverdale, he only had one unique partnership and it was Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy.

@@ezioauditore7427 true dat

@@michaelblanco394 Sykes was better than Dave in every way! Diva Dave couldn't have that guy around, he'd never get any...🤣

Underrated? No! Under appreciated? Maybe.

Lol...for chore...but zack start playing more on folk ...2 monsters!

Zakk said un some interview Sykes AND Blu e murder was an influence when he had to put on His project pride AND glory

He was, but never came close to the master.

That is not picking..

@@mozartsmate6358 lmao then what is it?

Soulful he is definitely not..

@@miko1975guitar he worked with him because he was a killer guitar player and songwriter. It was actually Coverdale’s mother that convinced him to axe Sykes from the band. She told David that he can sing. He’s got the look and he can play the hell out of the guitar. Watch out that he doesn’t overshadow you or steal the spotlight. Coverdale fired Sykes a week later.

@@joedell71 He fired him because he tried to stab him in the back, but he failed miserably...

@@mozartsmate6358 I read that the actual story was Coverdales mother got one look at Sykes during a rehearsal and told David to get rid of him before he steals the spotlight. 😂 Coverdale fired him over the phone and wouldn’t even meet with him face to face. The real reason was royalties and publishing issues though. Coverdale didn’t want to equally share songwriting credit with Sykes. Even though John wrote most of that album. Listen to that album then listen to anything that came after. Sykes wrote those songs and Coverdale didnt want to pay or properly credit him.Never heard anything about Sykes trying to stab him in the back. How could he he was a hired gun. He just wanted proper credit.

@@joedell71 When Coverdale was recovering from throat surgery, Sykes put it to the rest of the band that they should get rid of Coverdale and that they either hire a new singer, or Sykes would take over fronting the band including the vocals. When Coverdale got wind of it, he fired the whole band, quite rightly in my personal opinion. It was Coverdales band, he was the bands founder, leader, songwriter and vocalist. I have this on very good authority from a personal friend who is very close to both Coverdale and Sykes. Also, please read the book Sail Away, the full facts on this are in it. Best wishes to you.

Really 😊

Yeeahhh

Forever.

100 % agreed,this guy is a phenomenal musician and killer guitarist !

John Sykes hibernates..

And Whitesnake was wayyyy better with him. He should b mentioned when people talk about great guitarists. Blue Murder was killer too.

Totally agree. There's a lot of talk of "underrated guitarists", but this guy is without a doubt, Underrated.

@@ebozyn Do not worry too much for him guys, in Japan he's a fucking living legend, easily in some of the most mentioned guitar player here. Tons of people knows him, they sell "Sykes style" Les Paul without any problem. He can sold out a show in a blink of an eye in Tokyo whenever he wants.

@@johannherveux1490 that's fucking great to hear bro

@@sbeqstion Did John teach you lot to swear.??

Yeah, that's really sad...

Not more true as Coverdale ! Coverdale wrotte Here I Go Again, Still of the Night riff ( with Blackmore) , Crying in the Rain, and Is this Love ! i love Sykes, but stop tell he's better or the true writter of the 1987, because he's not !

Pierre Morelle Get it right, man...Coverdale brought a tape to Sykes that featured a riff by Blackmore, which was far from the finished version that ended up on the album. Sykes developed that riff and in Coverdale's own words: "twisted it and took it further, as only John could!". No doubt the song would have turned out very different if not for Sykes' involvement, so don't kid yourself by trying to downplay his input or only crediting it to Coverdale & Blackmore...as for the older songs from past Whitesnake, sure, Sykes has no claim on those and everyone knows it. I think Bill is simply referring to the original music written specifically for the 1987 album

I' m not crediting Coverdale or Blackmore, and I'm not discriditing Sykes ! This man make a fucking great work, but I can't stand when people say he is the only one guitarist and all the music from 1987 his a Sykes creation ! Thanks for your messages. I'm agree with you man ;)

All of them were unique in what they did, but 1987 wouldn't have been the same without Sykes, and Whitesnake wouldn't have been WHITESNAKE without David or any of the other members, we're all agree. Personally JS is my favourite tho

Coverdale owes him so much. Whitesnake was a nice blues rock band before him, but went nuclear with the 1987 album. To think that so many fans of these songs may not even realize the video and touring version had little to nothing to do with the album is sad.

@@kitoyobeni1 most fans do this ....

Still hibernating..

4 guys is what you mean

Crimson Idol this video is from 1995 ... now Sykes doesnt do shows ... Coverdale sings for thousand shows

@@arnoldevertsen must not have heard the obvious keyboards

@Crimson Idol Sykes is a way better singer than DC, the Blue Murder albums and Bad Boy Live prove it beyond a doubt. DC wishes he could sing Valley of the Kings, lol.

John has more talent than both Reb and Doug put together.

The songs that he didn't help write were re-recordings of previously released songs (Crying In The Rain, Here I Go Again), and he definitely redefined those as well. Sykes is a monster.

that's Marco Mendoza on Bass

Its not a cover if he wrote it lol

Whitesnake covers? Now that's fucking funny.

He didn't write any of em...

@@mozartsmate6358 Bullshit

No joke. This is by far the best I’ve ever heard of it, solo or with Whitesnake.

It was originally a song wrote by D.C and Ritchie Blackmore for "Burn".

and the guy who was fired from the gig. so let's all remember that John was talented and wrote amazing songs, but he also made a horrible mistake and was fired from the band

@@ivorharden the fuck are you talking about? This song is a John Sykes composition

@@javtimestwo no, he did not make a mistake, other than leaving Philo for that egotistical cunt singer

@@TheGreatAlan75 In 2009, in an interview with Metal Hammer, Coverdale commented on the origins of the song: "When my mother died I was going through the stuff at her house and found some early demo cassettes. One of them was a song that Ritchie Blackmore and I had been working on which was the basic premise of what would become "Still of the Night". It was totally unrecognizable, so Ritchie doesn't have anything to worry about... neither do I! Ha ha ha! I took it as far as I could then I gave it to Sykesy when we were in the south of France, and he put the big guitar hero stuff on there. John hated blues so I had to work within those parameters. I manipulated to be electric blues, but how he performed it was fabulous for his time and relatively unique because of the songs. There were a lot of people doing that widdly stuff but they didn't have the quality of those songs." Burn.

58LP Wasn't Sykes involved in a project that included Portnoy from Dream Theater?

I'll amen that brother - the only guitarists to play with 'soul' with the exception of course to Dimebag Darrell \m/ Just pure in your face!!!

martianshoes He was originally supposed to be the guitarist/frontman for the Winery Dogs but backed out at the last minute. A shame really! Would have been even more awesome.

probably why he ended up playing in thin Lizzy!

Freakin' DimeBag, Brother!! \,,/

He is not a god. There is only one God. He is an electric guitar master.

@@mikebrown7274 it's a figure of speech for crying out loud.

@@mikebrown7274 fuck your god

@@mikebrown7274 #thereisnogod but #satan 🤣

@@FGN666 A joke?

Sykes played on the album..that's why

one of them being steve vai... sykes is the best!!

They not even close to John

Are You not hearing the keyboard? You do know that knowone in whitesnake except DC played on the album..

It's not a 3 piece, with keys obviously for the strings riff at the famous interlude. But still point agreed that John pulled it off with himself doing 3 roles of the current white snake. (vox plus 2 guitars in WS = one J. Sykes)

John must be playing pedal keys also 😁

Marco Mendoza.

Dave of Lieutenant Pigeon... Phenomenal.

Sykes is hibernating..

What you forget is that this was 26 years ago, so your statement is a bit silly, ain't it...

He won't.