25 or 6 to 4 Lead Guitar Solo

[VoiceofReason06]

dude this is awesome!



[musiccrazy3003]

terry would have shit fantastic

[afunyguy]

Seeing as how I have a Masters in Music Education, I usually give "advise" as to how to improve one's performance. However, you did extraordinary. You played with a great tone and did very well in the style of the music. My only comment is to make sure that you don't cut off the end of the phrases too early. You only did it like once or twice though, so.....all in all, you are a phenomenal performer! Keep it up man!

[marighlo5]

Fuck youu meeen, you play it fucking awsome!

[robertoms123123]

to creo que el que mejor toco este solo de todos los videos que e visto jajaj a parte del creador un saludo desde las baleares que krack

[luvtotruck]

SIGH. THINK I SHALL NOW PUT MY AXE AWAY AND TAKE UP THE TRIANGLE. WHILE NOT AS LONG AS OTHER LEGENDARY SOLOS VERY VERY FEW CAN PULL IT OFF RIGHT. I'M SURE T.K. WAS SMILIN. FUCKIN PERFECT GUY!

[pjsbulldog67]

great job and great sound

[beableish]

awesome! 

[TheCannabisKing]

ill bet my ass that terry was in the midst of a hallucinogenic trip when this solo was comprised

[JayMaySayHey]

How the [F-word] can there be any dislikes? Terry Kath in Heaven is standing and applauding during this solo! Amazing work. (And eight jealous YouTube members.)

[opopiip]

great,great,great

[kn3call11]

Nailed it - Well done...

[jimbovision1]

Good job dude.

[johnpec5346]

great!

[nursetom61]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!that was f*****g AMAZING I am a 49 year old beginner and only hope that one day I can be half as good as you, I hope you are in a good band where you should be up front showcasing your amazing talent. Thanks for sharing that with all of us

[MrGuitargod91]

Sweet! Check out my version please!



[picker50]

great

[irfaanpremji]

Technically very good, but where's the feeling and tension?

[buildelectriccarsnow]

@irfaanpremji

WHAT !?

He's playing the best and *by far* the closest to the actual original studio take with Terry Kath himself, you can find anywhere.

Just because you don't SEE a lot of facial expression(s) in this clip doesn't mean any lack of feel !!!

[74Gibson]

What happens if he breaks a string live? Can you improvise?

[beableish]

great playin!!

[SammSquamch]

i hate to point this out (to myself), but watching you play this brought out nuances i hadn't caught by casual listening for over 40 years... GOOD JOB!

[stringbender57]

Seriously, how could anyone give this excellent guitarist a thumbs down??? Jealous idiots maybe? I have bought several lessons from this man and he is a class act all the way! You get your moneys woth and more. Keep them coming Tom! You Rock!

[Davefingers]

Great job man! When I put in a search for lesson on this song I didn't expect anyone to nail it.....you nailed it. I always considered this to be one of the best guitar solos of all time along with Reeling in the years" (which I know well). Thanks I am now subscribed and will be learning it, thanks for your help. Dave

[TheRunedExperience]

all i can say is..... SHEEYET! and in the good way too :P

[zarchy55]

That was great! I don't think I've ever heard anybody nail that solo.

[rogerbalandran]

Awsome dude, just few have it. . .

[DarkAgent80]

:O

[tilog]

Damn... this is impressive!

[verlew]

When Jimi Hendrix was asked who he thought the world's best guitarist was, he named Terry Kath of Chicago.

[ledwhofloyd101]

@verlew Actually when he was what it was like being the best guitarist in the world he replied: I don't know go ask Rory Gallagher

[MyComputerwizard]

@verlew billy gibbons from zz top was another favorite of hendrix

[XcgaX]

Sounded just like Terry Kath...GREAT stuff man.

[MegaKirk13]

Spot on!

[azmarkus]

O U T S T A N D I N G

[ducttape83]

I never thought much about the solo in this song until watching you perform it, just now. I now believe I'll never be able to play this well, so I should just quit now. Well done, sir.

[MarcSavardisapussy]

wow amazing.

[roysuomki]

wow, well done....

Terry Kath was ahead of his time...

[EddySwass]

If your in L.A. hit me up I wanna sing some Chicago songs in a band. Great Job.

[ciarraibuzz]

Terry Kath couldn't have done it better. Why not move on from YouTube, as another has commented.

[nursetom61]

@ciarraibuzz sounds like someone is jealous, you should go with comments like that

[cbarrett34]

nice, a-minor pent scale

[stringbender57]

You Nailed it my St. Louis friend!

[rlawton002]

Stop Jerking off already..if you have these skills you should be live!

[86tylertylertyler86]

Fucking awesome!

[MarshallAmpMan]

This is great! Can you do Poem 58 or the solo from Liberation (on CTA)? What kind of amp are you using? Wonder what Kath used?

[cameraguy5674]

HEY! Where's the wahwah pedal?! Just kidding. Sounds great!

[BalladOfThinMan]

I'm not a guitarist however I have spoken to several guitar players over 50 and either Terry Kath or Mark Knophler comes up as the best pure guitarists. I think hendrix said Terry Kath was his favorite guitarist and another ny the name of Phil Keggy

[tornmask]

the best lead guitar solo in ROCK history.."25 or 6 to 4"..long live the GREAT & LEGENDARY Terry Kath of the Original Rock Group CHICAGO! =0]

[filolovejoy]

The only thing missing on this guy is his cape. I have always loved this song but never understood the intricacy of this solo until now. it not only amazes me that this is note fore note played by a master, but the fact that Terry Kath originally came up with this in the first place. Yep.... better keep my day job.

[dflier52]

r u guys incapable of expressing yourself without profanity? Must not have paid attention in school and can't talk or think too well. Sad.

[Trashfished]

This guy is ssoooooo good he might be ready to try some Tony Iommi!!

[Del87beatle]

The best cover of this solo on youtube

[americandreamjoe]

excellent 

[guitarconasor]

kick ass, take names...or is it take names and kick ass.  either way, a very sweet solo.

[silkenmistgrrl]

jeez lou eeze

[kg4wel]

yea great job on the cover... You Got Talent! Really!

[joemizzi1]

I've watched pretty much all his videos,and he's the fucking master.Anyone who says otherwise is just fucking jealous.I'd kill to play this good

[joymuneco]

Narimatzu!!

eres un idiotaa!! ur idiot!!

u dont know a good guitarrist infact y tink....i dnt know

but this guy are married!! weell i think .... i suposse for the ring in his finger

[blacktopaz8]

nice!

[cranez006]

You have done your homework, man...3 thumbs up, YOU ARE GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!

[Levon1973]

Nice job. That sounded fantastic.

[jer19541]

dang!

[warman2020]

thankyou so much!

[jagad52]

I sent this lead work to a very dear ol' friend in the NW whom I've played with for years (he's a RnR Legend, recently deceased, from the NW 60's) and his response was......"Christ, I can't even begin to do that....!!". I had the great fortune to see CTA in SF, Ca in '70 and to this day one of the best shows ever.......

Thanks for yer' note for note cover..... It just reinforces the greatness of Terry Kath

Daryl D

[YShattered]

Awesome Solo, I hope the7 people that put thumbs down BURN in Hell for Eternity

What a great solo rock on bro 5/5 *****

[Trashfished]

Whoever this mother ficker is ,he is THE MAN!!!!!!!!!

[sensortags]

Have you contacted Chicago-go play with them

Mark Fouts 800-934-7080

[carina2244]

WOW!!! I'm officially blown away!!! Can you do "Uptown" by Terry Kath? Thanks for sharing your talent!!

[MOSKII58]

man you have alot of patience...

[marcfedak]

Sounds great. Excellent clear but aggressive tone and precise articulation.

[wheatonna]

Nice work man. I've been hearing that solo for 35 years and playing guitar that long too but I can't do it.

[3goals4bonzai]

OH YEAH?!?!?! but can you play DRAGON FORCE ON EXTREME ON GUITAR HERO!!?!!? LOL jk -great solo. great song period.

[rucb1alum]

Can u do Poem 58?

[MrTMcManus]

Thanks. Outstanding!

[TedskiTX]

I'm biased, of course, as early Chicago ranks right there with the Beatles as my favorite bands, but I think, from a musical standpoint, Terry Kath laid down one of the all-time greatest guitar solos on this song, and you nailed it. Great job.

[cinebeatl]

Fantastic job, man!! You are so great and talented!

[82pjs]

I'd give my left you know what to be able do that.

[playgibson96]

this is the best solo cover ever man

[tonalpohualli]

Great man!! this is the only good cover of this solo i've seen on you tube

[Rimbrand1]

just top of what ever

[jeffkrebs]

fake.... kidding of course.

It was wonderful

I'll never be able to do it as well, so I guess I'll just continue improvising in A minor

[EricCirca6566]

Great man! That's a differcult solo to master, and you've got it down. Well done!

[jpturbo98]

This solo sounds alot like WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS BY THE BEATLES.

[buildelectriccarsnow]

@jpturbo98 - - - eh ... I had a comment to that ... But it's not worth it

[sdsck]

backing track, please?

[pjhatrick]

hes not using a backing track, just playing over the original

[sdsck]

pjhatrick.......was not being sarcastic, like pah---leeeze....was just trying to request a backing track of that song..one of my favs as is the great Terry Kath!!!!!

[ugotpimp]

hell ya !!

[JWRock147]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[TomtenT]

This is THE best ! The best Terry-Kath-25-or-6-to-four solo cover I've found !

Respect !!!!!!!!

I've seen expressions like "this is sooo rediculosly difficult "

Would you agree on that ?

It looks hard, but I personally can't really tell since I can only strum a chord or two.

Would this be hard for a driven HeavyMetal guitarrist ?

[DirtyMagic]

nice

[EpiCasino198]

Can you post a lesson please? Your awesome

[ajmertojr]

That's awesome!!!!!!

[wawwa26]

ＣＯＯＯＯＬ！！

[glee9]

VERY NICE!!!!!

[haumid16]

so amazing

[ryryrecords]

That's the shit man! Awesome job... now I gotta go learn it!

[beppiebep]

badass for sure the original is one of the best solos of all time, you nailed it

[thepolishprince1]

Holy smokes! I just got through watching that lead guitar solo & it was absoluely amazing! I don't know how long it took to learn that or if you're actually playing it as it was written, being that there are the same notes that can be played at different places of the fretboard, but I am totally blown away as to how great that solo is! Whomever is in that video playing that solo, you hit it way out of the park and into another city! It takes a lot to impress me & I think that solo was perfect!

[SeattleLA]

Absolutely excellent, exactly like Terry Kath. Thank you.

[rockclimber14r]

you crazy motha fucka, that was bad ass . im realy drunk right now. very nice

[backwardsmoney07]

Excellent!! Simply Excellent!! You made Terry Proud my man!!

[vidkid5555]

Damn... you are da Man!!! You blew me away.

[fayette202]

Terry Kath would be proud

[ferhippie740]

Im from mexico

Terry Kath is realy AWESOME

[edimebag]

terry kath "era" genial

[FLY2SXM]

Back again and again...Awesome

[alexotto2]

wow u ass's still dont think its fack!look at the computer!

[ShavaShav]

Look at the guitar. Anyone who plays knows he is too. Don't even bother commenting without a brain

[Flyingerror]

Omg!! Sick!

Great work!

[bigted1953]

very nice....very terry like- just dont play with guns!

[sirjim1221]

OMG Great job man, honestly that was the best cover ever,

[beyondalohas]

yep, playguitarsolos

..knows their stuff 5 stars

[bonedog782]

pretty kick ass dude

[jonosin]

Damn boy!!

[Trashfished]

WOW!!

[cincityallstar]

Thats bad ass, im on a mission to learn that, so im probably going to watch this video about 50 more times..lol

[wiredtojupiter]

spot on-ive been listening to that phrase for 37 yrs =uve nailed it man=great stuff.

[tuue]

goooooood!!!

[jaymantis]

OH to have the skill to play like Terry Kath.... wonderful video.

[TheSwamper]

Great job!

[resoblues]

Holy shit Batman. Terry Kath is smiling down. He was to my liking one if not the best guitarist of the time. Thanks for taking the time to appreciate such a great artist we all miss.

[alexotto2]

stfu wenin i raped ur moma

[SkateAnton95]

wtf?

[Epidrake]

Man, that was great. I have been trying to learn that lead since I first heard it all those years ago. I'm still trying. You NAILED IT!

[Stallowned35]

Very good.

One of the earliest kick ass solos on par with Iommi or Page.

Seen original Chicago several times, great band.

[ndhudecz]

Man you know you're runs..

[Trashfished]

UN FREAKIN REAL!!!

[arhuxtable]

If Terry Kath were alive today at age 63 and saw this dude playing,he would have been extremely impressed. I was just talking about a 40th anniversary reunion of the 6 surviving original Chicago members and the dude in this video would be a perfect fill-in for Kath.

[alexotto2]

ya to bad its fack

[gnuattack]

stfu look at his other videos

[SkateAnton95]

HAHAHAH

[Hotladysmokerz]

2 things, yes Terry improvised this... incredible!

Second, the guy in this video took the time to work it out note for note.....

also incredible!

As a struggling guitarist, it is so wonderful that people take the time to make videos like this. It helps us learn how the greats created the music we all love!

[alexotto2]

still fack

[eforce1200]

Damn!

[manki777]

hi! very well! don´t carry about the wrong comments. i posed some vids too and got differnt comments. doesn´t matter i play just for fun and who will like, like and who not....f&ck u ;-)

i´m a great chicago-fan and i´m still sad of the death of terry.!

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[pa017064]

This is my first time commenting on anything ever! I'm an old guy of 55 who still makes a living playing. There is an art to note- for -noting a classic solo and this guy nailed it! NICE JOB! So what if the original is playing in the background. I saw Terry twice back in the day, and yes it is improvised...again, so what?

[MrDrDuck]

the original song is coming from the computer. but he's playing over it.

[alexotto2]

and believe it our not my uncle was the old manager of the band chicago and my dad had terry guitar so stfu

[NatureMuzic]

Well, I see alex knows nothing of the guitar; even if the solo was coming from the PC - which it's not - but the guy is still hitting all the right notes on the neck ! Ahh jealousy has hit alex right between the eyes !

[alexotto2]

any one can fack play guitar i no i have one u dum ass u no nothing about music so go suck a cock

[Wenindoubtukisscraig]

Wow Alex, you're dumb. Nuff said!

[alexotto2]

omg u people r retarded u see the computer in the back ground its all coming from that

[qdog53]

It was good and I am sure you are a fine guitarist BUT Terry Kath improvised this. You are just doing what someone else created. Nice job nonetheless.

[sushiman1595]

DDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMNNN. I need to learn this.

[sussexcounty]

This guy is awesome!

[Timitzii]

So great playing, love this solo :)

[raiderfan28t]

u suck this shit is fake ur hand are not moving fast enough and there is a delay on ur fingers to the song and u can see the computer in the back playing the song

[MarshallATV]

You suck ;) 'Cause this guy rocks! So stfu!

[Narimatzu]

are you fucking kidding me? you are a fucking idiot kid, go play your guitar hero you little bitch

[1969MustangMACH1]

It's for real. I'd like to see a video of you attempting it (no guitar hero doesn't count)

[Timitzii]

If you think this sucks, make your own video, fucking geek! -.-

[philrox427]

Possibly one of my favorite solos of all time. I was so surprised to find this in such quality. Very nice job man. Keep coming out with more.

[PubOnLee]

Thank you. That made me smile.

[68sgstandard]

Very good, man.  I used to play this with my band in high school during the time it came out. You have that solo nailed.

[archeeizm]

UNFRIGGIN REAL!! That was some sick shit dude you made my day!~!! WOW!!

[Hamaghetz]

awsome man!

[DrPunkin]

Badass!

[josiechas]

excellent!! I loved your rendition

[dicksatan]

HIS rendition? Great job but it was note for note, not a rendition.

[ckg1965]

I have watched a few of your videos now , and want to tell you CONGRATS MAN ! You can PLAY DAMN GOOD !!

I wish was that good, but it makes my fingers hurt JUST WATCHING YOU PLAY! Keep up the GOOD WORK ,and THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the Solos you have POSTED !! ROCK ON !!

[1969MustangMACH1]

fuck man.....nailed it. 5***

[Rimbrand1]

exact hetzelfde als Terry Cath,Chappeau!!!

[EQTrax]

woooo!

[Roddirat]

Smokin.........You really nailed it

[Banj95]

Cool playing,. Keep it up!

[Chiffonade]

Makes me want to cry. I hate what Chicago turned into after Kath died. Beautiful work. <3

[Widespreadpanic41]

Note perfect. Superbly played!

[swampfoxer]

incredible work!! Love watchin the fingers do their thang up & down the fret. Kath was one of the most underrated lead guitarists. Thanks for bringing back his sounds.

[lookatmattscar]

Wow! Nice. That is one of those leads that when I was small.. Made me want to become a guitar player in a rock band. Great Job.

It was a dark day when we lost Terry. He was truely one of the greats and you honored him well.

[melenadeplant]

I love you

[Spinaltapped333]

Wow. I was thinking to myself, "well, I can play this". That thought left my mind about 15 seconds in. Bloody well done.

[drphilstruck]

nice

[Ajntb2Sli]

Wow!

[tarpus31574]

Terry is one of my favorites for sure...that particular solo gives me goose bumps everytime...and you sure nailed it good. Just image what he could have done if he'd stayed around.  btw...your media player gave me a migraine.

[tencz57]

Righteous cover . I enjoyed the shit out of it

[goomer8]

I'm too old to be impressed by much, but THIS video is GREAT!

[dyrhee1]

sikly good

[johntasha2]

After a second listen it dawned on me that you were playing on top of Kath, making any slight deviations apparent. Brave boy. Nice work.

[johntasha2]

Wow. I'm 60 and I rarely use the words, but that was "awesome, dude".