John Petrucci Solo Medley by Rick Graham

[diecorgan]

better than petrucci (from my point of view)

[EndeavorLeadGtr]

Dude, Rick, get outta here with that. You're too good, man! Seriouzly though, I'm a huge fun of Petrucci, and of you az well, thiz video iz amazing! You absolutely nailed "Lines in the Sand", one of JP'z greatezt soloz, mozt tazteful soloz!

[JayFraser0987]

@biloxi1314 at this time he was either using his POD XT Live or a Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 100 into a Cornford 4x12, to the best of my knowledge

[biloxi1314]

how do you get that tone?!?!? and by that i mean what pedals / processors do you use?

[biloxi1314]

how do you get that tone?!?!?

[JayFraser0987]

goddamn....this is incredible- you really are out of this world Rick haha

[ibzmav]

2:28 my favorite solo by john petrucci. great cover rick!

[mad00002]

Very, very solid playing. The best I could do would be to nitpick about little details, but when bother when someone plays THIS well. ;)

[Allyette81]

Timing, fluidity, vibrato, it's just perfect... You're a god men !

[ProjectBerklee]

ao jee sab!

[ace88bf]

wow your tone on lines in the sand is pretty much IDENTICAL to jp's. well done, that can't have been easy to achieve!

[MrMeist]

fucking awesome on the glass prison arps, swept and alt. picked!?? you blew my mind. i have to ask, which is easier? the sweeping or picking?

[ProjectBerklee]

awesome work bro!!!! do you use guitar tabs or do you figure it out by ear??? pls reply thanks alot man!!

[FohlinV]

very nice.. Lines in the sand is one of my fav solos...

Keep utp the good work :)

[bgarra]

the 7 people that didn't liked this are only jealous, because they will never play some as nice and perfect as you did. keep the good job. awesome

[SeudoIgnisChorda]

Omg, that very last solo from which song it is???

[gnarleypunkroker5]

i find petrucci's guitar playing so much more listenable on his solo album than dream theater

[dtjess3]

If i didn't have the video to accompany the audio I would think it was Petrucci himself! Awesome job capturing the feeling and tone. Your technique is exquisite, I can only imagine how much time and dedication you put into playing the guitar. Looks like it has paid off!! Great work! You have a new fan! :)

[hellspawn0391]

borringgggggg

[OneTimer1127]

@hellspawn0391 Why is this boring? Because you don't like Petrucci? 

[hellspawn0391]

@OneTimer1127 he plays the guitar in a beautiful way i cannot say otherwise but i think would be cooler if he makes something beautiful. only bunch of notes on and on...its boring for the ear..at 2:30 is a nice peice i really like that bluesy stuff. but at begining too many 16 th notes

[dingle1]

Rick, move to soufh Devon so I can have lessons!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[lukyhorvath]

Tak si kokot???????!!!!!!!!

[maximcaron]

what was the song at the beginning?

[prawn87]

@maximcaron the bit at the beginning is from one of ricks own songs called thin ice

[maximcaron]

wow!!!!!

[bstockwellc]

Is that a jazz III?

[NAThan9871]

The glass prison with the noise of the pick is very impressive !

[francesco149]

his hands are so big that the guitar looks like a toothpick xD

[weareallgodspeople]

@Stjonnypopo

No. The key to being a good guitar player is PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE my friend.

[12391thomas]

Well played, although this guitar sound ain't my taste. Keep is more simple. Simplicity can be beautiful now and then

[GuillermoSmyser]

How can you leave out Under a Glass Moon? His best solo!?

[eikamm]

@GuillermoSmyser personally i like Lost without you better ;)

[Diize93]

Great!! The Glass Prison solo is just awesome!

[jhj123]

awsome.. i am a big DT fan

[CRUZAGC]

Hombre ese dios, tocas muy cabron, mis respetos, saludos

[D3m0nhunter719]

If you close your eyes you an hear John himself playing!

Nice job. :D

[yairoka]

perfect cover, first i thought this was petrucci personally.. seriously

[kissofshadow]

ABSOLUTE MASTER !!!!

[Stjonnypopo]

The key to being a good guitar player is having chubby hands

[Ataraxian13]

They aren't chubby...just full of tone.

5/5

[88stockmj]

also a lot of time and dedication

[Stjonnypopo]

hard work is overrated

[noxyc]

and why is that so?

[SouLr0x]

@Stjonnypopo Those are strong fingers, just like rugby players.

[racerx3065]

@Stjonnypopo *cough* paul gilbert *cough* lol

[Scarteh]

@Stjonnypopo

What about Steve Vai then? :D

[purplefloyd1739]

@Stjonnypopo If it weren't for Paul Gilbert, I would totally agree with you.

[TheDancingSaxophone]

@purplefloyd1739 And Buckethead. :)

[xtnpxjakeo]

@Stjonnypopo think ybgwie malmsteen he has more than chubby fingers lol

[Aniblasfemus]

@Stjonnypopo

maybe senile hydro-retention is the answer to be an old good guitar player

[bcfblack]

@Stjonnypopo paul gilbert disagrees xD

[Rafsalad]

Does anyone know what the song in the very beginning was?

[MiroRg570]

bravo ..my congratulations ..really nice..

[aytherix]

wicked shit, that was flawless!

[LauriHan]

Really good touch, sound and style!

[tolgarou]

everything s perfect without using wah

[gairabad]

Someone should do one of those betcha can't play this videos and then play something really fast and then for the "slow version" play that lines in the sand solo.

[CavalierediLuce]

GREAT WORK!!!!!!! RULEZ :D

[leetheshredder]

Hey mate, just been checking out this along with some of your other videos, nice playing man, killer technique :D

[maddermofo]

rockin'!!!!!!!

[junglevanhalen]

absolutly fantastic,5 stars rick,perfect covers of the man petrucci,love the js ibanez,never seen satch play the gold 1 before

[TomsRockHouse]

Sorry man...

You one of those who made me shred guitars!

Where's my electric saw?????????

Best regards,

Tom

[TomsRockHouse]

I meant: shred MY guitars...  ;)

[yeste28]

simply awesome !!!

[German18DT]

You're awesome man

DREAM THEATER FOREVER WOHHHOOO!!

[mJDRIFTS]

whats the intro music before the first solo is played?

[iIVIPuILsIE]

good but petrucci is still better xD

[PGM992]

That's like saying yeah you're nice, but God is nicer.

[brunoscsguita]

Muito bom!!! Otimo trabalho...queria ter seu conhecimento de escalas e tocar limpo como voce... CONGRATULATIONS ! :D

[Scottmaster84]

Pure virtuosity! 5 Stars and maybe the best "non-professional" Petrucci playing I've heard here!

[luckyguitar123]

He is a pro, what the hell are you talking about?

[tastefulphrasing]

With all do respect, you dont need to be well heard of to be a pro. This man is incredible. Keep checking him out man. The man comes out with great music.

[Scottmaster84]

ok, you are right! And no doubt he's great...

[666quebec666]

i think that the arpeggio solo of glass prison is alternate picking... but i may be wrong...

loved your vid buddy. one of the first i've seen playing petrucci stuff... like the master itself...

[RippinSkullz]

this guy plays it both ways. shut up

[666quebec666]

what the fuck man !! i know he played it both ways, i watch the whole video!! i just said that in the song by dream theater... the glass prison, the arpeggio riff is (i think) alternate picking. i didnt judge him in any way so what the fuck !?!?!

[lovescarguitar]

just to clear things up (in a non-hostile way) it's sweep picking and a little alternate picking John does in the song. just watch some of the videos of Dream theater doing the song. so everyone is right.

[chiquitobonito]

holy shit, nice alt picking.

[caan07]

lıohlkjh nber ln=D

[hi0u50fd]

great cover of lines in the sand such a good solo

[pwguitarded]

I think it is quite obvious that Petrucci displays a blend of hard rock/heavy metal and fusion. He also shows a good blend of blues from time to time. Almost makes me think of Al Di Meola meets David Gilmour.

[JoshIsNumber3]

He's like a boring hodgepodge of both.

[pwguitarded]

I don't know where this stuff gets boring to you. Perhaps this just isn't your type of music.

[GGTopGuitarist]

is he starting with an upstroke when he alternate picks the Glass Prison solo??

[marcelito11]

Down stroke

[1Kresek1]

great man!

[Ovesternew]

wow excelent, what's the name of the last song solo?

[Ovesternew]

oh now I now

[marcelito11]

dumb ass, its says in the beginning of the video and in the description

[racerx3065]

great playing rick, did you do a re-take on that glasgow kiss solo? i remember you had it up a while back.

by the way, the intro music sounded pretty good, which one of yours was it? cheers

[justgetmethrough]

Fabulous..

Lines in the sand was awesome! .. you've recreated the JP feel.. great tones.. great playing!.. Cheers

[japalubaczow]

That's insane Rick:)! Those solos are pretty demanding, great job man!

[papuza]

awesome Rick, is there something that you can´t play? lol

[JLMendo]

Excelent!

[gooooooble]

i keep watching this, its bloody amazing :D

[DannyBoy777]

Rick, you are just too good man. I was wondering, for your next lesson could you teach some of the tapping stuff you do ?. Like those taps you showed in Glasgow Kiss for example ?. I really fancy learning that stuff. Cool descending taps etc. Just a thought mate. Another fabulous video man.

[Stitchman3875]

Awesome.

[rudocurtir]

Awesome!!!

[scheidtl]

cool vid!

[guitarpaddy83]

Very nice!

[reening]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

now this is guitar playing

[CarterFilmLtd]

the visible difficulty jump between sweeping the arpeggios and doing them alternate makes it all the more mind blowing that the Trooch does it alternate

[billmeedog]

That's one of the things that makes Petrucci such a well-rounded "balanced" shredder:

He plays "staccato" like Morse/DiMeola &  "Legato" like Holdsworth/Satriani!

[CarterFilmLtd]

fine work man. excellent

[BLACKETERNALMOON]

nice!!

[Dunford00]

sweeping and picking those arpeggios?! holy shit.. great medley!

[oddclown]

holy shitttt. God damn nice work on those arpeggios dude

[persini]

awesome as always Rick!!

[charlieshelton]

Mind blowingly amazing Rick! You're a truly inspirational player!

[billmeedog]

Agreed!

AWESOME!

[peforce]

Wow! I saw these videos a long time ago and I remember I was impressed by your technique and accuracy, It's been only 5 minutes since I realized it was you. Amazing as usual.

[MercutioUK2006]

Tip top - great feel and technique :)

[MusicFreak12390]

John Petrucci is one of my favorite guitar-players - fucking great musician! Very well played Mr. Graham ....

[daveireland27]

Great playing man! You have great feel and vibrato... Love the JS2000.. Awesome vid!

D.

[stevem1264]

Hey Rick, your hands are so much more relaxed than most players. Is that something that you consciously worked on, or did it sort of come naturally? I seems like you probably practiced a lot at very slow tempos.

[billmeedog]

GREAT OBSERVATION bro! I've mentioned this EXACT thing to Rick (in another forum) in the past!

I think if you go watch some of Rick's nylon-classical performances, you'll see an amazing level of relaxation and economy-of-motion!

IMO, this is an underrated trait amongst some GREAT players (there are exceptions like Steve Morse, George Lynch & Zakk Wylde, who all seem a bit "tense.") For example, notice the relaxation in Yngwie Malmsteen & Eric Johnson!

Rick's a super-nice person too!

[Lahed92801]

I think Zakk looks "tense" because he gets so into it LOL!

[billmeedog]

If you look at the guys that I cited as "tense," and key in on their forearms while they play, you'll see the tension I refer to.

BTW, another excellent (and relatively unknown player!) guitarist who shows EXTREME RELAXATION while playing, is 2008 Guitar Idol Finalist Tom Quayle from the U.K.!

He's a "LEGATO-expert" with great fusion stylings and impressive improvisational skills!

One of the most impressive things about RICK GRAHAM is his versatility (he seems to have NO WEAKNESSES!)

[mooch666]

ohhh very nice. Huge DT fan, and you did very good.

[Shogun777]

ive always been impressed with your accuracy, everything is so precise.. your phrasing is great, you can mimmick other players when its necessary, you know your theory, and you have great song writing & improvising skills.. you are truly a complete guitarist & musician!!

[starlinginspector]

Hey thanks a lot man, that's very kind of you to say!! BTW, are you Chad Coggin?

[Shogun777]

negative, i put up his videos because i felt they needed to be shared!! the latest 5 or 6 videos are of me noodlin around.. i noticed that you and chad have a similar style in some of your originals.. very cool!

[starlinginspector]

Ah I'll check those out. Yeah he's an awesome player man.

[CryingLostSoul]

Your intrepretation of Glasgow Kiss Solo is so FRICKIN TASTY MAN !

Keep on rocking

[starlinginspector]

Hahaha, classic!! Cheers man

[sceletor]

I saw these videos before. Why did you cancelled them?

[sceletor]

I saw these videos before. Why did you delete them?

[starlinginspector]

Yeah, I deleted them a couple of years ago and then re-uploaded them on a different channel. I wanted them back up on this channel so instead of doing 3 seperate vids I mixed them into one.

[sceletor]

As I remember the first video was the glass prison's solo from you what I saw here. When I realized that you play it with 2 different picking technique I just laughed..because Petrucci can't play this arpeggio section but you can on 2 different ways ..:-)

[starlinginspector]

Haha, Petrucci is a phenominal player :)

[sceletor]

Yes, he is, I learned a lot from him ( and I have 4 JP guitars :-) ) but this section is not for him :-)

[starlinginspector]

Was it written by Rudess?

[sceletor]

It is possible. There are a lot of 'interesting' part in the DT's music , which is not so easy to play on guitar, like the Take the Time's unisono part :-)

[RobertM19]

It was actually. They were in the studio when Jordan was laying it and John made the mistake of saying that he would love to be able to play it on the guitar to kinda build up to when Jordan was to be playing them. Sure put his foot in his mouth that time, eh? haha

[artestra]

would you consider covering 'erotomania' pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease :))

[tadejsusta]

of course Petrucci can play this solo section both ways!!!! WTF are you talking about.

Check some videos on YouTube. He plays both alternate and sweep, just depends how he feels to play it that time!!!!

[sceletor]

Open your eyes and ears better! He can't play it without a lot of mistakes..:-)Anyway, who cares? He is one of the best musicians in the world!

[tadejsusta]

that's bullshit. Why would he make his own lick and couldn't play it without mistakes?

[sceletor]

I don't want to argue with nobody, especially if somebody has no ears and eyes :-P JP has a lot of mistakes all the time ( for example in the Instrumedley on the Live at Budokan; Erotomania and Universal Mind section is so unpunctual ) but almost everybody has because we're humans, not robots. I just noticed that Rick is an awesome guitar player, a little bit better than me :-P

[tadejsusta]

Well OK, I admit i don't have such good developed ears like you, cause you're far better guitarist than me.

But you can't compare the environment of where Rick was recording it with no distractions and where Petrucci plays it live whether alternate or sweep.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I also think that the tempo where Rick plays it is slightly slower that original, is it?

[sceletor]

You have to know something. Portnoy is not precize, keeps slowing and hurrying all the time :-)

That's why sometimes JP cannot follow him :-) And of course they wrote a lot of complex songs, so I think it's almost impossible to remind and practice and play exactly every parts of them. :-)

Anyway Rick's improvise and technique skills are much better than JP's, because he knows the chicken picking very well, and he knows the classical and jazzy stuffs as well.

[tadejsusta]

Another example is the song Home on Live Scenes from New York, in the intro, when they mess tempos :)

[TonskiTAS]

Get your head outta your ass sceletor.

[sceletor]

You don't like something? :-)

[johncaro12]

Yeah you're right. Portnoy is not precize at live, maybe because he doesn't play with a metronome. But who is? Even great drummers have the same problem (Portnoy is great to XD).. We all are human..

Rick is awsome!!! But I don't think he's better than Petrucci.

Maybe Petrucci doesn't know chicken picking, but he also know the classical and jazzy stuffs too!!! Maybe Rick is cleaner than Petrucci at some solos like Glass Prison (Petrucci does mistakes at live but in the original song he doesn't)

[matrixdune]

Dude, if you actually are joking, then i'm not laughing..

[matrixdune]

Yeahh, Sure, u say petrucci doesnt know much about "jazz and classical things" and yet, your page is filled with dream theater covers.

[matrixdune]

You know him well? What, u guys are best friends all of a sudden? knowing him just from his playing, does not make you know everything about him..

[rkalamdani]

he obviously has knowledge of jazz and classical music. You can tell by his phrasing and note choice. You can tell by the key changes and the modal usage in the music. He is not a jazz player or classical player but he certainly has knowlege in them.

[AlexGuitarock]

please don't abuse. Master Petru created those songs. John can't be always 1000% live.. lol but he does know how to play lol

[johncaro12]

Yeah you're right... he does it unpunctual... maybe it's bacause he normally does it with an downstroke.. and in the concert he miss a stroke and started with an upstroke... things like that.. for example..

I've heard him doing the same fragments without mistakes..

Rick is a lot better than me too...

And you're better than me too...

[johncaro12]

He can... but you only have seen a few videos at live where he does mistakes... But I'm sure that he can do it..

[STRATOCASTER1992]

fantastic Rick, fantastic!

[starlinginspector]

cheers man!

[BigCowz]

Nice one rick! is that a JS2000?

[starlinginspector]

Thanks man, yeah that's the Ibanez js2000

[Leeallicat]

Awesome playing!!!!

[starlinginspector]

Thanks!