Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff
"Turn Me Loose" was one of Loverboy's earliest singles, drawn from the band's self-titled debut album (1980). The band had been rejected by all US-based record labels. Columbia Records Canada signed them as a means of meeting Canadian Content regulations. The Bruce Fairburn-produced album proved to be a huge success in Canada, setting sales records for a debut record. Sales topped 700, 000 in Canada. This made the US branch of Columbia Records take notice, and they signed the band. The album ultimately went double platinum in the US, and had sales topping 4 million worldwide. "Turn Me Loose" reached #35 on the charts in the US. I couldn't find a national Canadian chart listing, but the song reached #4 on the CHUM charts, which I think is a pretty good reflection of how well the song did across the country. Tabbed here is the Intro, which is one of those custom made "arena rock guitar hero" moments.
Spotlight on Paul Dean.LOVERBOY - "Turn Me Loose" (M. Reno/P. Dean)
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt
Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9XQBNOHTlM
This live version gives a pretty clear view of Paul Dean playing this part (once the camera gets past the crowd), although the fills differ somewhat from the studio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk7IPb3EvWA