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Revelation Mother Earth. Just listen to it again and you’ll see what I mean.
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WOW, What a question.Thats like trying to pick between 2 supermodels.I personally like Revelation(mother earth)or Mr Crowley.But you cant go wrong with any.How about the solo in You looking at me Looking at You(which is almost the same as Breakin up is a heartache by Quiet Riot with Randy)Any way I love all of Randy work.
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>As I have mentioned in the past, I like the outro of "Tonight" as a >great piece of work, however Mr. Crowley has phenomonal work in it as >well. Hell I can’t think of a song where Randy tanked it. Well just >color me biased.
Well, there is nobody I like more than Randy, but I can’t say I follow his thinking 100% of the time. Faves: Mr. Crowley, Tonight, no question these are phenomenal. I’m not a big fan of "Goodbye to Romance" – I know some people love it, and I like it, but it just starts out soooo great, and you feel this Schenker type emotion about to hit, and then he throws in a speed run that I just don’t follow at all. But, what the hell do I know. 
I love the solo to Flying High Again, but I wish he never did it, because every great guitarist still has at least ONE solo that their detractors and the unknowledgeable will point to and use to misrepresent the player. Randy used beautiful double-hammerons in this solo, but I think a lot of people who heard it assumed he was an EVH rip-off. I wish Randy would have never, ever used double hammer-ons. For all I* know he was doing them in QR before EVH, but the public perception is that anybody doing them ripped of EVH. Little do most EVH fans know that Steve Hackett was using them in 1971, and continued to use them in the progressive period of Genesis through 77, and then used them in his solo career, so everything comes from somewhere anyway. Personally, I think Randy’s compositions were more important than any soloing he did. I love his soloing, but soloing is always a field where guys like Allan Holdsworth reign, and to me I’d rather hear people talk about how great many of the songs were on Blizzard and Diary. The title track of DOM to me is such a landmark in early 80’s rock! I’m always amazed that he apparently never heard any Sabbath because that song reminds me so much of the brilliance of The Writ. I don’t know if Ozzy coached the arrangements or what, but that song is so brilliant it blows me away every time I hear it. It has that epic fell to it, like The Writ does. Ken
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What would you say was Rhoad’s greatest solo? Mr. Crowley?
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> What would you say was Rhoad’s greatest solo? Mr. Crowley?
My favorite would have to be S.A.T.O., including the part that kinda continues into the verse "Wind is high/so am I". L8r, ozzy — # # Check out my metal music page at: # http://web2.airmail.net/ozzy #
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>>What would you say was Rhoad’s greatest solo? Mr. Crowley? >As I have mentioned in the past, I like the outro of "Tonight" as a >great piece of work, however Mr. Crowley has phenomonal work in it as >well. Hell I can’t think of a song where Randy tanked it. Well just >color me biased.
Well, for me, the greatest solo he did was the live version of Children Of The Grave – it just drips emotion. Still gives me goose bumps! Studio wise, I have to agree, I can’t think of anything that wasn’t excellent…I suppose Mr. Crowley from a technical point of view but one of my favorites is the first of his I ever heard…Crazy Train. * Chaz *
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> What would you say was Rhoad’s greatest solo? Mr. Crowley?
IMO his greatest "solos" were the acoustic pieces like Dee, Can’t Kill RnR and (OF COURSE) Diary. His brilliance was unhampered by distortion, delay…gadgets. The natural feel of appregios et al display the master he was. And an amazing orchestrator!
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Over The Mountain is one of my particular fav’s if I were to choose one…… track on the Tribute album.