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Learn how Paul Kossoff's masterful "chord stacking" in "All Right Now" created a massive sound within a three-piece band. We break down the riff that taught a generation of rockers how to play with power and soul.
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00:00Riff three, Paul Kossoff.
00:02You might not know him, but you know this riff
00:03because it changed rock and roll.
00:13Remember that one?
00:14That riff taught me so much.
00:15First things is how big an A chord can sound
00:18in that open position,
00:19where you're basically stacking everything.
00:21He was a master of stacking chords,
00:23whether it's an A
00:24to an E
00:30The way that he played those chords
00:32in a three piece setting with a singer
00:34changed the way I look at chords, man.
00:36There's so much around Paul Kossoff's playing.
00:38And not only that, but the way that he bent strings.
00:41So that whole middle section, you know, it does a
00:50I love it.
00:51Paul Kossoff, rest in peace, a true giant of rock guitar.

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