Queen Tie Your Mother Down Guitar Tutorial by Brian May

In 1983, Star Licks Productions created a series of instructional videos featuring wellknown musicians demonstrating their unique musical styles and techniques. The portfolio debuted with a wideranging group of players including Steve Lukather of Toto, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Al McKay (Earth, Wind Fire) guitarist Albert Lee, and acclaimed guitarist, educator Wolf Marshall. In this video, Brian discusses his equipment and techniques, and demonstrates a number of his guitar solos. He covers both famous and lesser known Queen songs, including Brighton Rock, Tie Your Mother Down, Somebody To Love, It s Late, Dead On Time, Put Out The Fire, It s A Hard Life, Keep Yourself Alive, Jesus, Father To Son and Crazy Little Thing Called Love. The programme was produced and directed by Mark Freed and Robert Decker, and recorded at Sarm West, London, England. The video was originally released in 1983 and later reissued in