Dare I Say, He's Better Than Vai...

[Grandturk]

If the Black Crowes had Ritchie in their band, I'd listen to more Black Crowes.

[Axewielder]

Is this the video you want http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaqZc...om=PL&index=28 Cool tune lousy video , looks like his the days in Poison have not worn off completely , nice makeup and clothes :ROTF:

Aaaaahahahahaha yeah that's the one. :ROTF:

[MartinBarre]

That gay video is beyond gay, almost put me off watching the vid Ralph posted.

On Ralph's vid: The first thing I think is this guy is a great singer, he should audition for Velvet Revolver. I really like his vocals.

The solo I didn't think was all that impressive, and the song's boring.

I don't really see where the Vai connection comes in. I can't see Ritchie Kotzen coming up with something as insanely awesome as "Ya-Yo-Gak".

[Matt_B]

"Motherhead's Family Reunion" is an amazing album. He does an incredible job of blending shred with R & B.

[MartinBarre]

Is Fast Eddie on it? What about Philthy?

[neilli]

I can't see Ritchie Kotzen coming up with something as insanely awesome as "Ya-Yo-Gak".

Ah yes. Who can forget the 'awesomeness' of Ya-Yo-Gak.... :ROTF:

[jgcable]

That gay video is beyond gay, almost put me off watching the vid Ralph posted.

On Ralph's vid: The first thing I think is this guy is a great singer, he should audition for Velvet Revolver. I really like his vocals.

The solo I didn't think was all that impressive, and the song's boring.

I don't really see where the Vai connection comes in. I can't see Ritchie Kotzen coming up with something as insanely awesome as "Ya-Yo-Gak".

I would love to know what your idea of impressive is!

[sully]

Solo was kinda wanky, but I give him a TON of credit if he played all of the instruments! I dig artists that can do that well; there aren't many of them. Really impressed by his vocals; kinda reminded me of Chris Cornell singing for the Black Crowes.

sully

[sully]

interesting....if you watch the "peace sign" promo video, he reminds me ALOT of our very own Headache Admiral Atomic Tommy!

sully

[Endrik]

if anyone's familiar with 50's jazz then I'm sure you'll notice how Richie's solo is pretty exactly like a saxophone lead line from that era + some Armstrong trumpet licks and whatnot at the end of the solo

[shadowcat]

Saw him live last week, club was packed and he absolutely smoked. He came back three times for encores!
Paying Dues was one of the songs that really stuck in memory afterwards.
Great times.

BTW, "Kotzen" in german means "(to) vomit", so the audience had great fun while chanting for encores.

[P I K A]

I wouldnt say better . I recently been listening to Vai and he can play any style ,he's not labelled as 1 type. I like guys like Malmsteen and Loomis but Vai is multi dimensional.
Check out this vid ,not his best by far but he plays a lot of different things on 1 song. Gets cookin about 2 min mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw74sDWPH7U

[P I K A]

ok 1 more here ,I found this last week. just jammin for 6 minutes ,I like the guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ7vyFnLvjw&fmt=22

[toejam]

Is there anything Kotzen can't do?!? The guy is incredible.

[Endrik]

Is there anything Kotzen can't do?!? The guy is incredible.

yep, there's nothing he can't do... for example when I was bullshiting with him last year at the same time he managed to steal a couple of chicks from their boyfriends