The Duellists... and The BLUES of Adrian Smith

In this video, I explain why this awesome guitar solo by Adrian Smith is actually a Blues solo!

Guitar: Gibson SG Standard
Plugin: Neural DSP Archetype Petrucci
DAW: Reaper Audio
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Strings: D'Addario XL10-46
Picks: Ernie Ball Heavy

[marillionman]

The whole powerslave album is full of absolute gems when it comes to duel guitars and solos the duellists being one of the stand out ones.

[stavrosmaiden]

Playing the solo on top of this blues rythmic was just insane!

[danbal]

One of the best instrumental & solo sections in Maiden history.

[andrewwalsh]

What a cracking version with the 12 bar blues!

[AndrewWhite-lxdf]

This is exactly why I love Adrian's playing so much. He's the perfect fusion of my two passions - Metal and Blues. I don't think anyone other than Gary Moore could do it this well. For this particular solo, I actually prefer it over the Blues backing track. Either way, Adrian is awesome!

[Jester_Kang]

2:53 “so the first thing some of you might have noticed”. Hilarious. Such a smooth pivot. You definitely work in sales

[ElevatedLevetator]

The duellist is Adrians best solo ever.. so elegant

[phant]

My favourite of all time. From any band or artist, and I dont know why. But this is it for me.

[CharliRUSSIA]

I love bluesy style of Adrian Smith's solos. And this is a reason why I started to play guitar

[alexandervalle]

Mr. Adrian Smith should be very proud of you Nico 🎸

[ioannisdenton]

Ome of his best solos imo and he has a ton of the great solos.

[techdeath]

There it is 😄 thanks a lot Nico.
This solo is criminally underrated in Adrian's catalogue of great guitar solos. Maybe my favourite and the harmonics give me goosebumps anytime I listen to it.
When I started listening to Maiden, I was fond of Dave's playing and then I started playing and studying guitar and Adrian became an obvious favourite of mine. Dave is great, but Adrian got something more. When I list my favourite Maiden's solos, Adrian is holding the major part of it

[juanneman]

That is what makes Adrian special for Iron Maiden and so fit for other projects, his blues/rock foundation and basis. Many thanks as usual Nico and carry on like this 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[samright]

Adrian sounds like Eric Clapton and David Gilmore . Adrian plays real bluesy chops his Smith/Kotzen stuff is Awesome! He’s a really good singer

[carlosabad]

The Duellists is one of my favorite songs from Iron Maiden. Now we need the Murray's solo.

[DanPellegrino]

I laughed pretty hard at your "You may notice you aren't subscribed". I've never seen that done so well by a channel.

Great video as always.

[tonyd.]

Definitely one of their most under-rated songs. The twin guitars, in fact that whole mid-section, to me, is Maiden at their best. Cracking video :D

[kennethgagin]

This channel is a hidden gem 💎. You do a great job teaching/instructing in a way beginners can learn. And because you love what you do you can tell you're authentic and down to earth. Keep it up and I wish you great success.

[gtr]

Like you said once you hear it… you cant unhear it … man that was so cool😂

[fredericadda]

Very nice analysis of the roots of heavy metal