Picking the RANDY RHOADS MR. CROWLEY LICK

[BigRidge1]

HELLO, I REALLY LOVE THIS SITE, BUT I’M HAVING DIFFICULTY APPLYING YOUR CONCEPTS…THE FIRST LICK IN THE FIRST SOLO TO OZZY’S “MR. CROWLEY”
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PICK WITH THE PULL-OFF COMBINATION? i’VE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THIS UP TO SPEED. CAN ANYONE HELP?
THANKS!

[Brendan]

Hey, thanks for posting and glad you’re enjoying the site! We actually have a forum topic already on the Mr. Crowley solo. Maybe this will help. Please take a look and continue the discussion here if you like, so we can keep all the Mr. Crowley conversation in one place:

Mr. Crowley Solo Lick

I’m gathering that most people on this forum are familiar with Randy Rhoads, and specifically his playing on the Ozzy song, “Mr. Crowley.” In the middle of the first solo (at 2:38 in the video I’ve posted below), he plays a repeated 6-note lick that’s now become practically a cliche’ in rock music. I’ve seen many transcriptions that maintain the lick uses legato or pull-offs. In the video, I can’t really tell for sure what Randy is doing (even when I zoom in and use slow-motion), but it sort of …