Classic Track:

Queen – Bright on rock

The opening track from Queen’s third album, Brighton Rock has Brian May’s name written all over it, with some of the most iconic guitar playing ever put to tape. The song ingeniously starts where Queen II finishes off, with a rendition of I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside ringing in a rhythmic Red Special and Vox AC30 powered riff.

The atypical structure of the song features three verses, two bridges, an anthemic chorus (which occurs only once), and a hard rock outro riff which is hinted at in the fairground promenade intro. Amongst the four solos is Brian’s crown jewel Echoplex tape-delay playing. The idea is to set the delay to repeat every two beats in order to allow you two play over a repeat of the notes you just played. This technique was a live staple for Brian throughout the early 70s as a way to bring his trademark harmonised guitar sound to the stage.

We’ve arranged the multiple guitar parts into a single playable track for you, which you can play along with the backing track.