Who told you that?

@@billydeewilliams9104 You did. Don't you remember?

Best guitarist Ozzy ever had!

I don't think he's underated he's one of the best and most people know that as well

@@patrickshannon4516 Yes, people know about him. But, he's not been recognized nearly half as much as he should be.

Still rockin as hell

...of all time.

He one of my favorites but honestly there were a shit tone of shredders like him in the 80s.

But not all of them can write albums like Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin. Shredding is one thing then there's composition, style and being able to coordinate with a band and in a studio. @@jjmturbo

His composition, feel and melodic choices are what set him apart!!@@crypticreality8484 @jjmturbo

What events did he participate in in high school

Is he as nice of a guy as he seems to be? I have a feeling he’s probably a great human being.

IB!!!!

Every night before going to bed 😛😛😛😛😛

Jake is great, saw him live with oz But , he's no Randy Rhoads. And I don't say that because he died ... ( Questionably ) . I like Jake's Badlands work , great playing.

It's 2023 and I, out loud ... Said that's fucking sick and re watched it like fifty times

Ditto (2024)

Andre Richard true jake underrated guitarist he deserves more than mediocre he's excellent virtuoso I love his work with Badland also man what a guitar player 🎸

Andre Richard Agreed!

Andre Richard I used to think he was talentless hack, but this video is blowing me out of water. Wow. Alex Lifeson is before him, no matter what. But him and Alex share a unique fun filled stage presence! I'm proud of both of them. Not trying to stir up an argument.

Jake was literally on top of the world for those 4 and a half minutes, must have been better than any high. incredible feeling

Andre Richard Check out The Rust a collaboration he did with Mandy Lion .Awesome somg ☺

came from his disco/funk background in clubs

Empresarios da musica faziam musica naquela epoca. Hj fazem dinheiro kkkkk

That's why I've always thought Paul Stanley was such an underrated guitarist, because he did all that shit while dancing better than J-Lo...

@@4fingas69 no man it calls emotions and passion that fire no musicians today had they all play like stiff robots

Its called 'Show Business' for a reason. You're on stage because you are different to the punters and in the emotion of the performance. If someone asks you what you do, do you answer solidly 'musician' or feably 'I.T. Support but I play a bit of guitar'. Its an iportant point and if you want to get on in the industry you have to completely absorb that you are a performer and your persona is whats onstage. If you're lucky then thats the real you - these people are rare! :o)

Oh yes, until he got screwed and then fired by that evil carcass from hell Sharon The Malevolent.

Yeah looks happy till the ozz man rips his hair out 😂😂

Just think about it, young talented, and in probably the best band of that time. And having all those people screaming for something you created... It's intoxicating just thinking about it !!!

Yeah, do you think on The Ultimate Sin tour he looked a bit distant?

great to see

Filling an emotional void after someone passes is a monumental task. Its the same thing Jason Newsted dealt with after Cliff Burton passed. Fairly or not that always seems to be held against the next person. I agree that Jake was a great guitar player in his own right.

Define proper respect that someone deserved. What does that even mean?

@@elitetrader5468 not being told what to wear by the wife of the lead singer of the band, not being pushed out of the band, but being paid properly and given proper credit for the body of work he contributed to Ozzy

​@goodenuffgarage3673 - I've heard Ozzy mention a few times in interviews, even into the Zack days, that Shot In The Dark was his personal favorite song in his catalog. I see that this 7 yr old vid popped up on your youtubes radar tonight too 👍

Ver good point!@@elitetrader5468

agreed!! Especially during this solo! I first watched this solo in 1984. It's insanely killer and shows Jake's dexterity of the fretboard. Gotta love it when Ozzy grabbed his hair and pulled him down. They put on a great show!

Great player and showman!!!

My favorite..I think Slash is my second favorite

Sharon and Ozzy are money-grubbing assholes who couldn't appreciate Jake's talent.

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Pulling that shizz of with no whammy bar, beautiful to watch sir

@@ajayb4651 Thought this Fender was going to catch on fire !!

What was his rating?

@@jumpinjojo Below Yngwie, Nuno, Doug Aldrich, Randy Rhoads, Jason Becker etc. He should have been given the credit they were. He's not talked about half as much as the others. That's what I implied when I said "rating". Having said that this solo is his own interpretation of the solo Randy Rhoads had played on this track.

Ok. I don't know how someone can be "rated" in a subjective form like music but whatever....

@@elitetrader5468 My response to your wise ass and rather cynical jibe is that by saying "under rated" we are not necessarily implying that there's a competition where participants are assessed and graded with numbers. It means that we don't acknowledge a Guitar players attributes often enough and give him due credit. This is barebone common sense and that's why 'under rated' is used in many disciplines. But since common sense itself requires clarification in your case I'm only left to believe that you are in some way cognitively challenged...sure whatever..

@@jumpinjojo 7.2

Yes indeed

Not hard at all when you're a guitar player

it’s a showboaty little thing to do. not that hard, but relatively cool to see

The longer you play guitar the easier it is to do

My girlfriend is a professional musician. She tunes instruments by ear without the need of any keynote. Right after restringing. You can whistle a tone and she'll tell you the right pitch. I can tune my guitar by ear, or my bass, when I get a note to know where to start. Pretty easy. Even for a kid as long as it's not totally tone-deaf.

True. It’s like recording today is made by autistic idiots. Oh wait that’s exactly it.

That's the difference between a recording from the mixing booth and one from the open air.

@@Buddlebot xD..indeed.

Re-engineered in the studio

@@fretre2171 what I was thinking ain't no way this was just directly uploaded to youtube

Masterful even when he's divebombing and tuning up perfectly from the peg 2.20 Jake was such a refreshing style away from the neo-classical shred that was emerging from the other guitar masters at the time

edit Randy was screwed also "Bob Daisley: "I didn't see it first-hand but Tommy Aldridge told me that Ozzy punched Randy in the face when he found out Randy wanted to leave. I also heard from a very good source that Sharon went into the office soon after (hours or days) Randy was killed and changed his contract. Mrs. Rhoads had to sue the Osbournes for years for her son's royalties thereafter. Nice little camp, eh?"

I know, right?!!! I saw this in 1985 when my roommate turned me on to this and it messed me up!!!

I agree w you totally! I recorded this show from t.v. on VHS! Watched it till it wouldn't track anymore. Changed my life!! His performance on the Ultimate Sin tour, just after this one, was equally stellar!! (That one was a store bought VHS!) Sharon wont release these on DVD! :\

When people bitch their guitar won't stay in tune I want to tell them they are still in preschool. You have to OWN the physics of the instrument to even begin being a real player. Being in tune & in time is the basis of everything.

It's elite level guitar playing..

@@grahamtaylor8912dear GOD that thumb and pinky stretching is amazing. I heard he was roommates with Warren D’Martini and Warren had big hands and could do stretches on the fretboard easily and Jake had small hands and because he wanted to top Warren he learned how to stretch across the fretboard with his thumb and pinky. So badass.

Zak who?

Welcome to the show

@@dwaynejessome1728 His real name is martin lawrence or something like that out of n.y.c. or jersey ? Front man of black label society. A VERY skilled singer, player, songwriter, husband and father !

@@shanghunter7697 oh okay so Zak is just the character he portrays - part of being VERY skilled is not over playing. Is that something that Martin can do? cause Brother Zak (or does he want to be referred to as father Zak?) the character, overplays all the time

Absolutely 😁

Kevin Whitaker agree totally with you

Kevin Whitaker plus he basically wrote all of The Ultimate Sin while ozzy is on rehab. Then when ozzy gets out...hey, got an albums worth of material for ya...thanks, and your also fired. Total crap.

this guy I don't think that Ozzy decided to kick Jake out of the band, it was most likely Sharon who decided to fire him.

this guy Jake said somewhere that during writing of Ultimate Sin he kept his best ideas for songs for himself. Dunno if used for Badlands as music is so different.

He comes right out with it on Eddie Trunk that he signed an agreement to not claim his publishing rights to those songs, which were HIS material. But he still fucked Sharon's signed agreement because he TALKED about it. "This could put me in hot water... ahh I'm in hot water anyway." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJaohaaQ29vXgWQ.htmlm14s

YES!!!!WELL SAID! Jake definitely saved Ozzy. I dont care what Sharon says.

Randy used all the modes too. The solo that Randy Rhoads plays on Tribute is better than this one.

@@TheChefDQ that was the most cringe thing I’ve read. Very hypocritical as well. You point out that he is trying to impress and then try to explain like a teacher when no one asked, and he can say the same to you. And no need to say Jake sux. He beat out hundreds of players for this gig and would blow you away anyday. I doubt you get paid to play guitar on world tours

@@TheChefDQ "Jake sux" ....idiot

Jake E. Lee and George Lynch were both b5.. 'fans'.. Maybe they influenced each other on that sound

@@ManosHalividis Actually, George is such an influence on Demartini that he's taken him to task many times in interviews and accused him of ripping him off. He's particularly sore at Warren's vibrato slide which is pure George. But both are great. Jake is very much his own man. I've listened to every influence he's ever cited and can't really hear any of them in his playing, except the faintest hints of Page, Tommy Bolin and Zal Cleminson. Otherwise, Jake is in a class of his own.

...and I've seen a lot. 👍

he was the only guitarist where you'd actually forget about Randy

Ozzy said Jake was better than Randy and the tribute solo is sloppy as hell and not that great .

But he plays lot of notes that make no sense and slop. He muffles his runs then plays these wide hammer ons that have no musical value. I saw him on this tour and it was just ummm ok.. Not anything great. So no he muffled his way through Randy's stuff. He DEF COULD NOT step into Randy's shoes. I saw them both up close. Randy was the O.G.

@@2216sammy That complete BS , troll comments. 😂 🤡🤡

not a solo.... filler

Wilmar Papa don't be a Debbie downer. Lol

Yes!! I believe Randy would 100% approve!

The Rich Rose they knew each other, all the California rock boys who all played the whiskey a go go in the late 70s and early 80s like warren demartini who was roommates with Jake E Lee, and George Lynch who knew both of them along with Randy rhoads and Eddie Van Halen all knew each other back in those days. All the California boys.

Randy and Jake played with emotion. Zakk though.... some of his solos just seem like a bunch of pentatonic shredding. He's a good guitarist but Jake and Randy were superior and had a flare to their playing that Zakk just doesnt have, at least in my opinion. Sorry Zakk.

Mine too, among Ozzy's guitarists...

Born in 2003 and it’s sad to say but you’re right 😒

Agree, and in the day I saw most of the guitar greats. This performance is simply astonishing, brilliant.

LOL

@@ivanboesky1520 going around posting “lol” on our posts..what a winner you are.

Stan Lee: King of Cameos

👍

Sara Lee: King of snack cakes.

robert e lee..king of the south

Behind every awesome stuff there is a Lee behind it

+Jack Stryder Jesus I would of quit playing the solo, and slapped Ozzy for that insane hair pull. WTF was OZZY thinking. I bet Jake told him after the show. Dude don't ever fucking pull my hair like that again. I couldn't believe the intense yanking. Maybe he was pissed Jake was playing too long. Who knows what brought that on, maybe pure adrenaline. DUNNO, but uncalled for.

+Tommy Armour He did it to Randy too. There's photo evidence of that. Probably just a coked out Ozzy thing.

+Tommy Armour nah! it was just showmanship. He probably pulled Jake's hair a ton of times on both the BATM and TUS tours. I hope Jake didn't take too much offense to it.

+Jack Stryder it's part of the show

I was wondering what that was all about..the heat of the moment I guess

Carefull, you apparently haven't heard about Mr Jeff Healey haven't you?

Uh, no. Mr. Randy Rhoads is the greatest guitar player.

@@jeffl.8489 top 3 maybe

@@collegeparkwhiteboy who are your Top 3?

@@jeffl.8489 Duane Allman, Shawn Lane, Hendrix in no order, but highly regard RR bud... living: Petrucci, Marty Freidman, Paul Gilbert, Batio... so many

Scott Arivett yeah. I'm the same way, I hardly use my whammy. Jake was definitely influenced by Alex Lifeson. You can just tell.

Scott Arivett All that dicking around with the tuning keys and he’s still never out of tune! Just tight as a virgin in church!

Neat, he really chose that guitar over other models for the sound, nothing else. It was a tonal advantage and also allowed him greater pitch stability to do weird things like pitch the low E way down for 'stunts' and keep ADGBE playing in tune.

Yeah he says he hates bars and if he wants to do the "stupid shit" as he put it he can easily without one. He's just an all around badass who is criminally underrated.

Is it similar to EVH?

Let me join you my friend.

I was there too! Good ole Salt Palace!!

so jealous

@Wild C i would not doubt it, i believe mars has said racist shit before

nothing more to say!

And water is wet lol

Did you read the article where he said he bullied the wrong guy in High School and never bullied anyone ever again. Nothing but respect for Jake

Angus Young yup. He's a nice guy doesn't think about money.

@@adminstrativeuser8930 What Angus is saying is that it is a travesty that Jake wasn't walking around with 100 guitars in a gold plated wheelbarrow when he should have been rich and famous. HIGHLY underrated guitarist.

and now Charvel has released three Jake E. Lee signature guitars.

It's called S H A R O N

He should at least have free Charvels.

the only person who competes with Eddie to me is Literally Randy and Jake, if Jason didnt get ALS he wouldve became the best guitarist ever around the mid 90s cos he already was the best ever just no one really knew yet. Stuff like Eddie and especially Jakes stage presence tho cannot be taught.

@@jyejye1077 Becker was a beast.

Note here its not that about technique but more at becoming one with is instrument,wich YOU FUCKING A.I music bot,wont ever be able to do =P.

​@@jyejye1077you forgot George Lynch!!

Dimebag > Hendrix

Mind you this Was in your prime we all love

He was one of a kind

lol he's play with the Ozzy and you colwn

I'm a guitar player and have no idea what that thing @ 1:25 is WOW!

I know it's been 5 years but, Ummmm....Randy Rhoads?

True

He is rated exactly where he belongs.

That was a really good heavy band with a bluesy feel! RIP Ray Gillen.

I agree, badlands with Ray Gillan on vocals, Jake on guitar was one helluva band!

Oh yeah. Great band

Don't forget Carlos Cavazo, Reb Beach and Neal Schon. I could go on, but the sad truth is that plenty of guitarists back then never got their due respect. For shame, because they could easily wipe the floor with any of the posers in the modern day.

Hellraiser Gordon Had to throw in Ty Tabor too, that dude had such an original style and sound.

***** Indeed. Ty Tabor's guitar tone really set him apart from the rest in those days. He was a really diverse and prolific guitarist.

I couldn't agree more. Their styles were technical, creative and had lot's of emotion.

yes indeed!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing more to say!