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“Beat It”
Can’t find any (decent) footage of Michael Jackson performing Beat It with Eddie Van Halen but this is one of Eddie’s most memorable solos and my favourite Michael Jackson track. Mike from GuitarInstructor.com just commented that Steve Lukather played the rhythm guitar parts on Beat It, I didn’t know that!

Download a PDF of the Beat It solo tab here.

“Dirty Diana”
Featuring Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, oh and Top Gun soundtrack!!) on the record but I will always remember the image of Jennifer Batten with that outrageous wig (later also used by Greg Howe when he toured with Michael). To be honest when I think about Michael Jackson guitarists I always think of Jennifer Batten.

“Black Or White”

Thanks to Peter from I Heart Guitar for reminding me about this one, found a vid with Slash bouncing around in it and an interview with Jennifer Batten at the end!

Please feel free to post any of your fave MJ YouTube vids in the comments below.

UPDATE: After a quick conversation with Greg Howe via the magic of Twitter (@greghoweguitar) he sent me some great footage of him playing the Beat It solo on tour with Michael Jackson, crazy wig and all. See below.

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