Metallica – Enter Sandman

This is a live performance by American heavy metal band Metallica playing their infamous song “Enter Sandman”. The performance is from the British TV-show “Later with Jools Holland”.
The song is off Metallica’s 1991 album “Metallica”. It was released as the first single from the album the same year and in that way it started off several years of success and touring with this album.
The song is credited to Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. It is perhaps the most well known Metallica song ever and it has appeared on every Metallica live album and DVD since 1991.
The main guitar riff was suggested by Kirk Hammett and then slightly altered by Hetfield. It was one of the last songs on the album to have lyrics and the original lyrics were actually much darker and about crib death. Producer Bob Rock and Lars Ulrich asked Hetfield to try and write better lyrics for the song and thus he came up with the lyrics that ended up on the album.
It’s a great song and probably Metallica’s best crowd pleaser at gigs.

Enjoy ;-)

Paul Gilbert - Snortin' Whiskey (Pat Travers)

This is a performance by guitarist Paul Gilbert playing his version of the classic Pat Travers song "Snortin' Whiskey" (also sometimes referred to as "Snortin' Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine"). It's a blues rock song, and it was originally released in 1980 on by Travers and his band on the album "Crash and Burn". It is Pat Travers' most successful song, and the song that gained the most radio play and the highest positions on the charts. It is still a crowd pleaser to this day, and it is also a pleaser at Gilbert's gig.
The Paul Gilbert version is recorded at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, and that is why he talks a little bit about his amp before playing, it's a guitar geek crowd. Gilbert plays a smoking version of the song, and I thought it was worthy of being featured. Plus the fact that I haven't been able to find really good concert footage of any performance by Pat Travers. I've embeded a version done by Travers below, but the video and sound quality isn't great.
It's a great song, and a great performance by both artists.


Enjoy ; )