Thanks Christopher!  I have a very good understanding of the music as I took piano for a while and I've been working on guitar on-and-off for many years.  I haven't accomplished any solos yet.  I've been following the lessons linearly.  I'm in the barre chord section now.  I knew I was weak on chords and strumming so I've been working on that and become much better.

I'm going to take your advice and switch over to the lead section for a while.  And I'll take a look at your lessons too.  

Vincent.