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“BLUE ON BLACK”

Five Finger Death Punch

(featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert and Brian May)

THIS STAR-STUDDED 2019 cover of a popular rock song originally recorded in 1998 by blues-rock sensation Kenny Wayne Shepherd [pictured] features KWS and legendary Queen axman Brian May as guest soloists, with Five Finger Death Punch guitarists Jason Hook and Zoltan Bathory accompanying.

As they customarily do, Hook and Bathory employed unusually low baritone tunings for their parts, while Shepherd went with drop-D and May played in either standard or drop-D. For the sake of convenience, practicality and chord shape familiarity, we’ve arranged most

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