“DON’T BACK DOWN”
Mammoth WVH
GIFTED AND TALENTED multi-instrumentalist Wolfgang Van Halen shines on this well-conceived and-produced modern rock song that features his myriad talents and sole duties as songwriter, arranger, singer, bassist, drummer and, of course, guitar player.
Setto a head-banging hard rock shuffle groove — based on an undercurrent of eighth-note triplets and swinging eighth notes — the song is built around a suite of catchy drop-D-style riffs, with easily fretted and quickly shiftable one-finger power chords and single notes played high up on the neck. Many of the riffs “bounce” off the open 6th string, with notes fretted as high as the 18th fret, such as
