John Norum - Europe

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/81985/john_norum_Banner.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="350" /></p> <p>We revisit our conversation with Europe's John Norum.</p> <p>For many of us, John introduced himself through the epic solo on Europe's world wide smash <em>The Final Countdown. </em>That solo - equal parts blazing arpeggios and blues chops - characterised John's style which has graced most of Europe's 25 million album sales.</p> <p>John spoke to us on the eve of Europe's 2018 Australian tour and discussed his early influences, the inspiration behind <em>that </em>solo and gave an in depth look at Europe's latest album 'Walk the Earth', recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This episode is brought to you by:</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Fretboard Biology - the online guitar college created by Joe Elliott, ex Head of Guitar at GIT and McNally Smith Music College.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://fretboardbiology.com/promo?source=guitar-speak">Fretboard Biology</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://guitarspeakpodcast.com/ex-git-head-of-guitar-launches-fretboard-biology"> Guitar Speak Podcast #146 - Joe Elliott - ex guitar head of GIT - launches Fretboard Biology</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>'The Pedal Movie' - the full length feature film</em> <em>that is all about effects pedals,</em> <em>produced by music marketplace Reverb.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "http://www.thepedalmovie.com">The Pedal Movie</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Guitar Speak Podcast Links</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://www.paypal.me/GuitarSpeakTipJar?locale.x=en_AU">PayPal Tip Jar</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Visit us at <a href= "http://guitarspeakpodcast.com/guitarspeakpodcast.com">guitarspeakpodcast.com</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Subscribe and