Brian May of Queen Biography

Brian May of Queen Biography - Brian May was one of my favorite guitarist, i love may sound effect, brian may was using his red special guitar a self made guitar by brian may. he is genius. I love to hear many queen song's due to his guitar playing. his multiple sound effect solo on Killer Queen was one of my favorite.

n 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked 39th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Biography of Brian May.

Birth name Brian Harold May
Born 19 July 1947 (age 63)
Hampton, London, England, UK
Genres Rock
Occupations Musician, songwriter, producer, astrophysicist, author
Instruments Guitar, vocals, banjo, bass, keyboards, piano, harp, autoharp, accordion
Years active 1965–present
Labels Hollywood, Parlophone
Associated acts Smile, Queen, Phenomena, G3, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Kerry Ellis

May explored a wide variety of styles in guitar, including sweep picking ("Was It All Worth It", "Chinese Torture"), tremolo ("Brighton Rock", "Stone Cold Crazy", "Death on two Legs", "Sweet Lady", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Get Down Make Love", "Dragon Attack"), tapping ("Bijou","It's Late","Resurrection", "Cyborg", "Rain Must Fall", "Business", "China Belle", "I Was Born To Love You"), slide guitar ("Drowse", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Radio Ga Ga"), Hendrix sounding licks ("Liar", "Brighton Rock"), tape-delay ("Brighton Rock", "White Man") and melodic parts ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "These Are the Days of Our Lives"). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life ("Bicycle Race", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon", "Killer Queen", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy").[citation needed] May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of "Love of My Life" from 1975's A Night at the Opera, the finger-picked solo of "White Queen" and the skiffle-influenced "'39".

Aided by the uniqueness of his guitar—the Red Special—May was often able to create strange and unusual sound effects. For example, he was able to imitate an orchestra in the song "Procession"; in "Get Down, Make Love" he was able to create sound effects with his guitar that were so unusual that many thought a synthesiser was being used; in "Good Company" he used his guitar to mimic a trombone, a piccolo and several other instruments for the song's Dixieland jazz band feel. Queen used a "No synthesizers were used on this album" sleeve note on their early albums to make this clear to the listeners.