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Lockdown Lick 232

Lockdown Lick

Lockdown Licks no. 232. ‘Your Love is King.’ by Sade. Playing the intro solo on a saxophone πŸ€”only kidding 🎸 on the HB35+ guitar set to neck humbucker for solo, mid for rhythm lick. Using a NUX M8 amp set to ‘clean’ with a touch of reverb. Plugged a loop station in between the guitar and amp and recorded rhythm using partial A and D major 7 chords. Each chord change is played by sliding from the fret below the chord as shown in the rhythm video.

The ‘loop’ is played back in the main video, backing the single note lead solo played in a pop jazz style similar to the original. The original sax solo by Stuart Matthewman is beautiful! β™₯️

“Your Love Is King” is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984). The song was written by Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman, and produced by Robin Millar. It was the album’s lead single in the UK, released in February 1984, and the third single in the US, released there circa June 1985.