Tony MacAlpine - "Tears of Sahara"

[aqsw1324]

Ja han hade koll på sina fingrar

[sakk3d]

Tony made this song with George Lynch

[stitlskin]

just one beautiful peice of music!

[TheDreamCatalyst]

In my humble opinion this material is that lacks nowadays in the 90% of the progressive/fusion/ instrumental guitar songs of our days...

an actual melody combined with skill!

Not a useless series of techical exersices just to show what a good student someone become!

Put some melody in guys! Jim Matheos stuff isn't so epic because of it's level of skill!

Someone really sweat to come up with melodies like this!

\m/

[valanthslikos]

im very angry.....because i want to write somthing special for this song....BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT!!!!.....ANYWAY........THE SOUNDTRACK FOR MY BEST DREAM...:)

[lilrichbig18]

My fav instrumental song ever. Seriously. And no one plays it better than Tony. Hell yea.

[choenlillo]

sublime......

[27adry]

cancion de los 80 mas de 20 años en mi cabeza y suena como el primer dia

[LuyMR8]

The feeling of this song gives me chills

[sorabulq]

First video I ever saw of him...and now he has replaced Adrian Smith on my list of top 5 favorite gutiarists

[09mrhardabs]

@sorabulq chek out greg howe

[ROCKINJAZZMETAL]

Just beautiful and awesome whether you like guitar or not. Awesome piece.

[mmaacciikk]

Oh My God!!!! Welcome to Slovakia, Tony...October 2010 :-)

[Mirac23]

@mmaacciikk

kde presne.. ako... kedy?? neviem o tom najst nic.. diky :)))

[Sonatametalera]

I love mi face n_n

[sj1778]

Imo Tony is such a more tasteful player than guys like Yngwie . He's not full of himself either .

[cryptblood1986]

the tone is so good.

[sakk3d]

best version of the song becase audio and video

[stilgottheblues]

Ahhh........heart touching.

[Taiji87]

No puedo dejar de escuchar esta cancion. Un auténtico genio.

[einarabelc5]

Hey Joe, why hasn't he brought Tony over to G3? Afraid he might get his ass kicked? Serioulsy, he should do G3.

[superguitarman72]

B.C Rich, Di Marzio, Peavey amps. and Ibanez effects. Según el cassete original, que yo lo tengo.

[metalfuckit]

es una pinche rolota!!! muy buena

[LucianaRoss]

Viva Macalpine!

[jarkanciofan]

Excelent Video and Audio quality! Thx

[HRHMSK]

懐かしい！

名曲です。

[jawsykilla]

Anyone know what guitar he is playing?

[shredftw]

some kind of B.C. Rich... not sure what model

[calasarusrex]

That is a B.C Rich Gunslinger..

[yyzworkingman]

Damn, I've only ever seen tony play keyboard and rthym for vai but MAN, can he shred! I guess that's why vai asked him to join him

[pezrock63]

Honestly, Tony is one of thee baddest musicians to have ever played a guitar.... Check out his clinic from Musicians Institute 1996!!

[chanep1]

great song by a great guitar player. And if we add this guy is a great pianist tony is one of the best musician. i agree, he is underrated

[asherasator]

It should have been Steve Vai playing second back up guitar for Tony's band.

[mkklmann]

I give Vai so much credit for making instrumental guitar music appealing to the masses. He is the one who turned me on to "real" music when all I had was a some boring nu-metal bands..

I also credit Vai for introducing me to this genius. I remember witnessing Tony when "The Breed" visited Denmark some years ago. He had a long keyboard solo in the middle of the set, and it was just magical!

[MrBartt9]

This is one of my favourite guitar songs. And one of my favouite guitarists. This guy is such underrated. I absolutely love his playing.

[MasterOtogi]

George Lynch really played on this song, well on the original studio version on the CD & LP.

This video version is similar but is indeed tony live in studio.

The break down of the Lynch, Macalpine parts for the (original) solo is.

Lynch starts (8 Bars) , Tony (8 Bars) , Lynch (4 Bars) & tony finishes off with his (4 Bars)

[Ibik]

Ahh such a great song! Is it true that george Lynch played in this song aswell?

That sweep picking part is really hard. I am trying to learn this.

[KubaRybny]

Additional solos ;]

[AsphyxGr]

This song is one of the best instrumental songs i 've ever heard !

[aintnaive]

totally agree!!

[XBuLLetSotHEhEARtX]

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[smallmickey]

A superb version,of an awesome track,by one of the most underated guitarists. Maximum Security is a master piece and Tony is simply in my book,one of the greats.Cheers for posting "Tears".

[aintnaive]

i agree he and vinnie moore are so underated gutarists i can believe that crap....

[AsphyxGr]

Yes man, for sure ... i 'd put Patrick Rondat also... it's just that most people get bored of solos etc they do not know what they re missing !

[pagge73]

thought you had the album.....

[shredftw]

finally a good quality version!

[mafigoable]

@shredftw je ne peux que plussoyer

[javierhejtmanek]

the cameraman deserves life in prisson without parole!!, at the best part of the solo's sweep picking arpegios (2:55) the camera was focusing on tony's hair!! haha, anyways...my fav player/composer..long live tony mac

[ShineOnThrough]

Amazing Guitarist...Awful Camera Person.

[OpieJohansen]

One of THE best guitarist/musicians in the world. I wish he'd tour the States soon.

I saw him live on the Edge of Insanity Tour--- at the rockin' Ritz in Roseville Michigan--- one of the best shows of my life! His live piano playing (Chopin) was over the top! Awesome!

[calvear]

one of my favorite songs from T Mac!thanks!

[juansixstring]

gran guitarrista electrico.

[ThrashMan91]

I love his tone...which dimarzio pickups are those?

[shredftw]

probably PAF pro's on Tonezones..

[javierhejtmanek]

i don't think he ever used dimarzio officially (maybe at an early stage of his carreer), he always liked the tone of saymour duncan pickups, but since he signed with carvin guitars i don't know if he was able to still used those, all carvin guitars come with c22 or h22 (somethimes m22) humbuckers, i really dont know for sure but dimarzio i guarantee 100% that it's impossible, just not the glass, liquid tone that characterizes tony's sound

[andrethethrashe]

awesome

[segiperkasa]

One of my favourite guitarist....

[ceremony5150]

Which solo is George Lynch's?

[gorancrny]

from 1;59

[Intoyou00]

Excellent playing !

thanks Rich : )

Jane.

[lubedude2]

very nice!!! Thanks for sharing Rich!!!!5*****

[maxguzzo]

thx a lot for sharing ric!!! 5*****

[ricmalbex]

First clas stuff!!! Amazing playing.

[mosesposes]

love this, watch it with out and sound... it looks funny.

[Stratocaster145]

Great guitarist

Very GOOD

Stratocaster145

[ScorpioX19]

I just noticed he's got a B.C.Rich. That makes him even more awesome!

[ECarlstrom]

ScorpioX19: That's not a BC, it's a custom Carvin.

[ScorpioX19]

Oh.Really? I thought it was a B.C. Rich cuz I was lookin' at the head. Thanx for correctin' me.

[mulderxyz]

you sure about that? The headstock does say bc rich, and tony did play them in the past.

[askldjj]

B. C. Rich Assassin

[cadaverblackmore]

you are wrong thats a bc rich gunslinger

[ScorpioX19]

He's fuckin' killer! Shred On !

[Anthony5555454]

Him and all of the other shredders should write the music for an RPG game it would go so perfect together

[jimmyleppard6]

Tony Macalpine, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert next G3!

[darkdudironaji]

that would be cool but it wouldnt happen because gilbert was in the 2007 one.

[zymoon]

Great tune!

[BullShnit]

Indeed! I just wish there was a vid of Tony & George playing it together. :(

[cassyevans]

hot! good sound

[eastonmackay]

this the thing i like it, it's ok but it hasn't got enough structure or melody for me its just some guy shredding

[brandonshred1]

no melody? right...

[sonofagun767]

LOL, u must be an idiot, and what band has what u said? my chemical romance?? , shut the fuck up noob ..

[suckingfislampigs]

Tmacalpine , Greg Howe and Shawn Lane (RIP) for G3

[dannyboiee]

that woulda been pretty loose... :)

[NOVAVALIANT]

I was listening to Premonition today up loud. Then I put on The G 3 - SATCH, VAI, MALMSTEEN. and I respect all of them as well as Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert and way to many others to list. But Tony I like best. I have 7 of his albums. Malmsteen's hot as well.

[drummer4life30]

who is playing drums on this song?

[stiletto440]

Deen Castronovo

[kirilpe]

I like a lot of guitar instrumentals but this is the best that I had ever heard! Tony is great!

[michaels2boys]

Great beautiful song! George's solo was very dramatic. I much prefer Tony but George's solo was unique and emotional.

[LoneWolf310]

wow...just, wow!

[averylicious22]

Tony is awesome and a better player but, I grew up on Lynch so I like him better. Sorry to offend anyone.

[DrGit]

Tony is an unreal musician......

[pequeniodralam]

all a classic of Mr. Mac Alpine, my favorite song

[fireguye4]

lynch kicked his ass in this solo. totally

[JuneFSU]

T Mac would kick Lynch's ass in his sleep. Lynch said so himself.

[craprapx2001]

Lynch and Macalpine are my two favorite guitarists... macalpine is definately the more technically skilled player, but lynch is at a level that few can comprehend... tony doesnt do as good a job with lynches solo in this.. which is understandable... because its a lynch solo, and only lynch can do lynch...they are two awesome guitarists.

[Metallian]

Odd, I liked Tony's solo more on this one.. Maybe because I'm not a Lynch fan. I like some of his guitar playing (allthough I haven't heard him very much). I'm not a huge Tony fan either but this song is great and I think his debut album was okay. But each to his own! I do like to listen to Tony every now and then and might have to buy Maximum Security someday.

[BlackSnow21T]

good for you

[kyopsis]

yes very good melodic song

[tough1]

Mind blowing!

[shreddeth7]

I first heard of Tony when he was touring with Steve Vai. He looked like he could hang with Vai no problem so I looked him up and was blown away.

He is one of the sickest guitarists I've ever heard. He's a great piano player too.

[GeneratorOfChaos]

Indeed. First heard of him during a G3. Was totally surprised when I looked him up.

Damn good guitarist.

[sham1963]

Great Music, pleasure listening... it is still one of my favourites tune.

[tonybrooksed]

this is a great song! i love the beuty of the guitar work.

[munkaaaa]

i have just found this guy in another youtube video...i am amazed, he's already one of my favorite guitarists

[drummachine9]

tony is a brilliant musician! i love the way he serve the music here and put the emphasis on the beauty of the melody instead of blowing out chops just to impress.

[balkibar]

A true guitar hero!!!

[A7XsUxOrZ]

this nig stain knows his melody

[BeyondTheGates87]

ha a racist little fudge packing a7x fan. go figure.

[OdinX009]

what pickups on those, inf1 and 2 or 3 and 4 or dimarzios?

[JimKevin]

im going to guess Dimarzios... being that he is wearing a Dimarzio shirt

[kuly83]

master!!! he´s is a true guitar hero and survivor of guitar world circuit!! best regards to Tony: one of best of the best!!!

[belaci73]

Amazing, amazing, amazing

[Piemel10]

lid vn de josti?

[shafs33]

absolutely stunning