Canadian rocker first album released in 1974. You can here the influence of Zeppelin and Cream on this album. Neil Peart on drums had not yet become part of the band.
One of the biggest selling albumss of the 80's. released in 1987 this was their 4th studio album
High points are Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me and Hystria
This is Tom Petty's first solo album released in 1989. Many of the songs are co-written with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra and Traveling Wilburys fame.
Free Fallin and Runnin Down a Dream are high points of the album.
From a guitar point of view if you want to know what a
I'm constantly being asked from stumming patterns for famous songs. Students want a graph with down up up up down arrows. A lot of tutor books have such patterns. The trouble is many beginners think there is some set in stone law about how to strum any particular song!
I'm finding people who try and follow such patterns are the ones who struggle most with strumming. It's a bit like learning to dance by following footsteps drawn on the floor. Although the footsteps are correct you are going to look very stiff and uncoordinated following the steps.
The following video lesson is aimed at using your own natural rhthym to work out a rhthym pattern. After all how do you learn to strum a song that on the record is played on the piano?
Every song has a pulse which you can set a metronome to. Strum the this with down strokes making sure you change the chords at the right places. Once you can do this move on to adding a rhythm achieved naturally by listening to the record.
