closed-circuit guitar post

my dobber's been down the past week, so i retreated to the seventies station this weekend and made a li'l joyful noise. it took me back to the school lunchroom -- especially the intro riff and cover image of a shirtless albino man with mutton chop sideburns, red lipstick, diamond necklace, and a prominent mole. anyway, i loved the riff to free ride, but never took the time to suss it out. the original guitarist is surely featured on the mount rushmore of 70s guitar: either rick derringer, ronnie montrose, joan jett, or brother johnny -- i'm betting on derringer.

the tab below isn't much help, but there's some fine youtube instruction available.

RIFF1: (play while droning the open "A" string--not tabbed)
v sv ^ v h ^ v ^ v sv ^ v h ^ v ^
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B----( )--9-10--10--8--7--------( )- -8-8--7-(5)--2-----------------
G-----7---9-----9---7--7---------7-- -7-7--7-(6)--2 ----------------
D-----7---9-11--11--9--7---------7-- -9-9--7-(7)--2-----------------
A7--9---------------------7----9--------------------0-0-------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

here's the intro, electric full-length and an acoustic version that moves a li'l slower. i started with the acoustic version, then worked my way toward the other two. i'd recommend applying a li'l reverb (5 outta 10), zero distortion, and using the 2nd (dire straits) position on a stratocaster. the trick is a limber slide between the 7th and 9th fret and muting through the chicka-chicka -- which works a whole lot slicker with a li'l chicken grease on your fingers.