Lockdown Licks no. 267. “Kid Charlemagne” by Steely Dan.

Played on a Telecaster into a NUX M8 amp set to metal with slight reverb.

Original played by Larry Carlton. On nearly every solo I play on Lockdown Licks I am asked if I can break it down into the separate riffs for people to learn. This proved popular on the ‘Whole Lotta Love” solo. So I’ve done it here with Kid Charlemagne. One of the greatest and also most difficult to play solos in rock history with 12+1 licks to learn!

“Kid Charlemagne” is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam and reached number 82 in the Billboard charts. It is a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style. The guitar solo by jazz/rock fusion guitarist Larry Carlton was ranked 80 in the list of the 100 greatest guitar songs by Rolling Stone.