Mythology live (Iommi & Ward - pre Black Sabbath)

[frankktillery82]

Amazing!

[yarekhunt]

AMAZING! I never knew this was available! thanx for the uploads!

[GregERobertson]

. . Tony is always masterful with blues . .Check out "Heart Like a Wheel" from the 7th Star. . .

[loldacz]

I think, that better example is "The Warning" from the Black sabbath album..

[GregERobertson]

Oh certainly, I agree. Warning, I think the only Sabbath cover tune, is THE ultimate example of Tony's blues prowess and his improvisational skills. Heart Like A Wheel is seldom heard because it was post-Ozzie and -Dio, there fore not that popular , but still a great blues piece. But I agree; 'twas Warning that showed me that side of Tony. . . one o' my greatest influences. . .

[loldacz]

I'm learning Warning on guitar for two weeks and this is impossible:-D . Yes, hearth like a wheel is also great, whole "Seventh star" album is great, Glen is great singer,also good bassist, but i prefer Geezer.

[GregERobertson]

True that . .always looked a Sab as the interplay 'tween Tony and Geezer; I know it's not a popular sentiment but I never really cared for Ozzie.

The difficult thing about learning any Sabbath song is that Tony always, 'cuzza his finger, tuned down a step or two.

I do Warning in the key of D; that way, when you do that step up for the middle part, you're in E for all the inprov. then float back down to D when you go back into the song proper. That was the first Sab song I learned,

[sk8ncre8]

yeah, that's the one, I couldn't remember the name, Just filthy. This is incredible

[deskducker]

The important thing to keep in mind about the whole "tips" thing is not the technical side of his playing so much, but the fact that he had to tune is guitar down to play with them. That is where the real dark, heavy sound came from.

[avs002]

The bottom line on the "tips"is this - for Tony, they're real, not a gimmick. For anyone else, they would be, natch.

Unless they want to play "Hey, I'll try that too!" - which is too warped to even think about. And then there are the "I'll go one step further" guys...

[Terrible1]

do you think its possible iommi probably gets a good portion of his tone from his plastic fingertips now metal i believe or before were metal i dunno but they could act as if they were a slide right ? just thinking that

[TheMetalWarrior1993]

@Terrible1 Yeah he talked about how his tone kinda changed after he started playing with the tips on his fingers.

[OscarBubb]

Good stuff, thanks man.

[Helmut63]

Wow

Tony Iommi has ever been the king of riffs.

[Crimprawn]

Amazing

[avs002]

NOW, if only someone would sell synthetic little finger extensions - I'd be in like a flash!

[ZROCK30]

tony and bill never played in the rest ozzy and geezer played in the rest while tony and bill played in mythology thanx 4 posting the vid tony is unbelievable isnt he

[moparcrazy]

Actually Ozzy and Geezer were in a band called The Rare Breed.

[sararobinson]

@avs002 did you know that tony used the tip of a fairy liquid bottle on his finger. that's why his solo's lasted 10 times longer than conventional solos.

[toecutterr6]

cool,I like 'room with a view' the best.

[30the3550]

loeny? check me out!

20.F here 2B

[avs002]

lucidity helps, you know...

[avs002]

If you're keen for the whole concert, it's already up here on YouTube (I didn't know that when I made this).