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05-21-2011, 07:47 PM

gardener34

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I always liked Aerosmith: Back in the Saddle opening

And Metallica: Enter Sandman

YouTube - ‪Metallica - Enter Sandman Music Video‬&rlm;

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05-21-2011, 07:51 PM

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Ratt's "Lay It Down" has an awesome intro but i dont think it had a video

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05-27-2011, 04:18 AM

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YouTube - ‪Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit-‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 03:41 PM

Midnight Rambler

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Step aside boys and girls! Here are a few. I'll do more later!

YouTube - ‪Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪ZZ Top - Just Got Paid‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Van Halen - Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Dire Straits - The Bug + lyrics‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Ted Nugent - Great White Buffalo (Studio Version)‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪AC/DC - Show Business‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood,‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 03:48 PM

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Lots of great ones already posted

Here's a couple of new you might not of heard

YouTube - ‪JOE Bonamassa takin' the hit - studio‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪The Raconteurs Many shades of black‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 03:50 PM

Midnight Rambler

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This is a better look at what Mark is doing. He plays almost everything finger style or chicken-picking. Looks easy right? Like hell!!!

YouTube - ‪(High Quality) Dire Straits - The Bug Live Basel 1992‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 03:59 PM

aardvarks

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this should have been listed by now

Steely Dan reeling in the years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBllejn5fVA

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05-27-2011, 03:59 PM

Midnight Rambler

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I could fill at least two more pages with Willie G. alone.

Who's next?

YouTube - ‪ZZ Top - Legs‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪ZZ Top - La Grange‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Tush - ZZ Top‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪ZZ Top - Balinese‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 04:08 PM

Midnight Rambler

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Notice a pattern here?

Your damn RIGHT!!!

YouTube - ‪Behind Blue Eyes (studio version) - The Who‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Who are You‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - Special Edition Recut‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪The Seeker by The Who‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪Young Man Blues - The Who (Live at Leeds)‬&rlm;

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05-27-2011, 04:14 PM

aardvarks

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might be the best yet

YouTube - ‪Derek Trucks Band, "Volunteered Slavery," 9/11/2004, Princeton, MA‬&rlm;

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