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Top 5 Michael Jackson Guitar Solos

Posted August 23, 2009 by Charvel Jackson Randy Rhoads in Blog | No comments yet

With Michael Jackson's birthday coming up (August 29th), and his burial set for September 3, 2009, I've decided to write a tribue blog post to the King of Pop, entitled "The Top 5 Michael Jackson Guitar Solos"!

Here they are

#1 - "Beat It" with Eddie Van Halen

This is the acoustic version:

And here's the one ripped from the full song:

#2 - "Dirty Diana" with Steve Stevens

#3 - "Give In To Me" with Slash

A lot of the videos I found cut out Slash's solo from Give In To Me...Well, here's one that has his solo! (at the end):

#4 - "Black or White" with Guns n' Roses Guitarist Slash

Slash doesn't actually appear in the Black or White Music video, but I found a clip with him & Michael Jackson performing together:

#5 - "Whatever Happens" with Carlos Santana

I don't think there's an official music video for this, but it still sounds great

Some of the other guitarists that have played for Michael Jackson are Steve Lukather, Greg Howe (@greghoweguitar), Jennifer Batten (@mondocongo) more recently, Orianthi Panagaris (@orianthi).

Michael Jackson Guitar Hero

Posted August 23, 2009 by Charvel Jackson Randy Rhoads in Blog | 1 comment

One of my favorite video games is actually Guitar Hero. And one song I find myself playing over and over is Michael Jackson's "Beat It" (video above)

Now with his recent passing, I wouldn't be surprised if they came out with a Michael Jackson Guitar Hero or Rockband video game that's dedicated to all of his songs. (Personally I'd like to see Black or White, Give in to Me and Dirty Diana on there!