Ratt - Lay It Down - Solo

This article is part 41 of 52 in the 2022 music project series.

I recently bought a Ratt tab book because why not? As I was leafing through it looking for cool solos, I was left disappointed. I thought for sure a glam metal band from the 80s would have some serious wankery-style solos in it, but not really. It was all pretty uninteresting. So I decided to just cover Lay It Down because that riff is awesome, even if the solo is quite meh.

lay-it-down-solo-book.jpeg (image/jpeg · 853x480 · 75,952 bytes) — Transcription of the solo from *Lay It Down* the 1985 album *Invasion of Your Privacy*

Recording

The outro part was pretty boring since it's mostly Stephen Pearcy screaming about how you should "lay it down" ("and how!") followed by a super lazy fade-out (is there another kind of fade-out?). So I shredded at the end to give it a mildly satisfying finish.

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Cover of Warren Demartini's solo from Lay It Down

Ratt - Lay It Down - Solo @ r1

Recording