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Topic: Jerry Byrd plays Estrellita, 1962 ----> Look |
Doug Beaumier
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HowardR
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 9:06 pm |
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| Beautiful........a shame that the time strip at the bottom of the screen blocks the view of Jerry Byrd's hands though....but wow, was that pretty!....... |
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b0b
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 10:54 pm
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Is tab available for that arrangement? I have it on record, but seeing him play it makes me want to learn it. How hard could it be?  
Beautiful!!
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 11:16 pm
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I don't know if Jerry ever tabbed this one. I think he plays it on C6. I love the slants. What a sweet sound! Too bad that counter on the bottom of the screen gets in the way so much. We get brief glimpses of his great slant technique though.
I feel like I'm getting an up close, personal performance and lesson from a great master in his prime!
I can't imagine playing in a duo (steel & guitar only) live on television! Jerry does it with such confidence and style. He's in a class all his own.
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 5:11 am
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| b0b wrote: |
Is tab available for that arrangement? I have it on record, but seeing him play it makes me want to learn it. How hard could it be?
Beautiful!! |
JB knew of The Steel Guitar Forum ...
I think he'd want you to have this ... 
Merry Christmas b0b ... 
Hi to Lo E C A G E C# C
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 5:39 am
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Nice arch top guitar that fellow was playing. I vaguely remember seeing that when I was a kid and used to watch those shows out of Nashville every Saturday.
Looks like a Gibson L5 with two cutaways! Very interesting.
Byrd was great as always. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 6:22 am
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John"Keoni" Bechtel, our fellow member from Nashville
plays this magnificently in the Byrd style using
the diatonic tuning.
Roy
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Jonathan Lam
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Brooklyn, NY
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 7:33 am
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Wow, JB plays so beautifully.
Thanks for the tab. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 9:54 am
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Slight correction.
The instrument the announcer was talking about at the beginning of the video was not a lute.
Look closely at it.
It's a five string banjo neck attached to a guitar-like body.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 10:45 am
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
Nice arch top guitar that fellow was playing. I vaguely remember seeing that when I was a kid and used to watch those shows out of Nashville every Saturday.
Looks like a Gibson L5 with two cutaways! Very interesting.
Byrd was great as always. |
Bill, that's Billy Byrd! Two Byrds there together! |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 11:26 am
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| Gerald Ross wrote: |
Slight correction.
The instrument the announcer was talking about at the beginning of the video was not a lute.
Look closely at it.
It's a five string banjo neck attached to a guitar-like body. |
Wouldn't that be a redneck lute? |
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 12:01 pm
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| Looks kinda like a Gibson Style A Mandolin, with a 5-string neck. Very cool! I'd like to see a clip of that being played. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 3:08 pm
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| Gerald Ross wrote: |
Slight correction.
The instrument the announcer was talking about at the beginning of the video was not a lute.
Look closely at it.
It's a five string banjo neck attached to a guitar-like body. |
Wouldn't that be a redneck lute? |
And heck, with enough PBR it could be a fff..lute! ( sorry OT, I love both JB and PBR ) |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 8:18 pm
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| Jussi Huhtakangas wrote: |
| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
Nice arch top guitar that fellow was playing. I vaguely remember seeing that when I was a kid and used to watch those shows out of Nashville every Saturday.
Looks like a Gibson L5 with two cutaways! Very interesting.
Byrd was great as always. |
Bill, that's Billy Byrd! Two Byrds there together! |
Thanks. I have seen the pics of Byrd with the Double cut Gibson. I did not recognize him. Too young!! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Jon Nygren
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 11:47 am
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Hey Doug-
The Jerry Byrd model is 22 1/2". Now I know rick made another one just like that one called a CW-8..i've heard that one is longer scale than the JB but i'm not 100% certain. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 1:20 pm
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| The Jerry Byrd model is 22 1/2" |
Thanks Jon.
I'm enjoying playing the tab (posted above) for this song. It's a good lesson in slants for 9th, 7th, major, and other chords. I really like the 'split slant' 9th chord.
Jerry Byrd exudes total confidence in his playing... almost a cockiness, and he Should! He stands head and shoulders above the rest (as Buddy Emmons once said) and he knows it. I can't imagine playing live on TV with just rhythm guitar backup. Santo Farina did that in about the same era.
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Eric Ebner
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Texas Republic
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 1:28 pm
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I'm getting a "This Video is no longer available" screen! Anyone else?
EDIT: It's back-
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Jon Nygren
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 1:43 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
Jerry Byrd exudes total confidence in his playing... almost a cockiness, and he Should! He stands head and shoulders above the rest (as Buddy Emmons once said) and he knows it. I can't imagine playing live on TV with just rhythm guitar backup. Santo Farina did that in about the same era. |
Yeah he makes it look easy. It was an extension of his thoughts to his hands, something I think every musician should strive for. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 3:34 pm
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| Being TV, he played it close to the vest here, giving a perfunctory (for him), albeit excellant performance, and could do this tune even better when not pressured with submitting a 'perfect' job, and be equally perfect. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 4:24 pm
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| Being TV, he played it close to the vest here, giving a perfunctory (for him), albeit excellant performance |
Perfunctory: routine, superficial, mechanical, lacking in interest or enthusiasm
... I aspire to be perfunctory!
I recorded just the audio from the youtube clip, edited out the talk, and put the tune on my ipod. It sounds good, although the signal is not as hot as a normal studio recording.
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