Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi -- Dirty Women - 1978

Tony,Bill,Gezzer and Ozzy gettin down on one of their coolest riffs: Dirty Women. Live 1978

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• Tony
• Iommi
• Bill
• Ward
• Gezeer
• Butler
• Ozzy
• black
• sabbath
• 1978

[goalnick]

Anybody else catch how close the breakdown chorus in the middle of this song sounds an aweful lot like Ozzy's " I Dont Know " slow part?

[jhlville]

@goalnick Well, Ozzy has a style so you could say that about alot of the stuff he did.. This song was recorded more than five years before he did "I Don't Know" ...

[bunterx]

iommi, Page and Blackmore are much better guitarists than the likes of malmsteen satriania and vai because they are all round musicians -- servants to the song and to the band - and they all have their own unique sound and style. So has Angus, Brian May, Mick Ronson, Dave Gilmour, Eric, Jeff beck, Keith, Jimi, and Alex from Rush. Malmsteen and his kind have lost the plot - noodlers for the sake of it - technical virtuosos they are but lacking in that magic that makes a brilliant player.

[ColtraneTaylor]

@oliverecords Mine too!

[oliverecords]

@ColtraneTaylor Very true! Sometimes one can wonder if cameramen ever saw how a guitar is played. And this solo is my favourite from Tony, so here it's an audiovisual caviar for me..

[ColtraneTaylor]

Wasn't it great that the cameraman chose to focus so close on Tony's hand. There's so many today that would get unuseful long range or really short range ones of their face whatever.

[ColtraneTaylor]

@sabfan66 You said it. Brilliant composer.

[aquietfire]

@goalnick 2:57 sounds like breaking the law by judas priest too.

[metallicaman31130]

geezers playin a rick!

[sabfan66]

as previously posted was at this concert. Its still my favourite live version even after having been at several live peformances up to 2005. hope 2012 will take me up to 40 BS live concerts. Tony plays with 2 fingers most of the time and these solos are not rated by today's guitarists but of their time I think they are great and I still like today - okay they go up and down the pentatonic scales but I still think they are great to listen to and better than many of todays guitar gods offerings.

[Chrisdrumz]

@BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS He loked A LOT worse in 1986 during his "Ultimate GLAM" period.

[thomasbarchen]

@bunterx well said my friend!

[sabfan66]

@Chrisdrumz @Chrisdrumz Agree with you totally. I was in the audience for this concert at age of 23 now 56! The first solo is so melodic that I can sing it almost like a song. I play guitar and some guitarists are so dismissive of Iommi and other 60's 70's and 80's guitarists. I admire the technical ability of malmsteen and others but there's more to the guitar than moving up and down the guitar neck with speed. Tony Iommi has an unique style and is also a brilliant composer.