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Topic: Bakersfield Sound: Is there a "course" teaching it? |
James Zurek
From:
San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2002 9:48 pm |
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Can anyone recommend a learning course for picking up that Bakersfield sound? I am looking for both videos and tab. I have ordered Winnie’s book to start, but am interested in getting another course that has some degree of emphasis on this style, the more the better. If it teaches Mooney, I would be one happy wannabe steel player...to be.
Thanks!
James Zurek
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Jul 2002 11:36 pm
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I teach this style...too bad you're on the west coast.  [This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 03 July 2002 at 12:39 AM.] |
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Colin Goss
From:
St.Brelade, Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 12:41 am
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| I used Jeff Newman's course "Music to back up by" which includes a number of "Mooney style" arrangements. It got me started on the mental gymnastics needed to play West Coast. |
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Scott Howard
From:
Georgetown, TN, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 3:22 am
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Jeff Newman also has several Woodshed workshops that are done in Mooney style.
#23 Under Your Spell Again
#24 Heartaches By The Number
#46 Swinging Doors
#47 The Bottle Let Me Down
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 4:08 am
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Move your right hand back toward the pickkup, turn up the treble on your amp, never play more than two strings at a time. 
Larry Behm
503-722-7562
There really is a "west coast" style vs the Nashville style, thanks to Ralph and Tom and JD. |
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Brad Burch
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 4:56 am
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| Could somebody post a little tab snippet of something that epitomizes this sound? |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Jeff Lampert
From:
queens, new york city
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 6:20 am
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| Go to the Tablature section and click on the topic "Dwight Yoakam's What Do You Know About Love". There is tab there for the intro and solo, which are a good representation of the Bakersfield sound, albeit modernized a bit. Playing that tab would be a good start. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 3 Jul 2002 1:35 pm
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| Excellent advice Larry. |
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Chris DeBarge
From:
Boston, Mass
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Posted 4 Jul 2002 5:03 am
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| never play more than two strings at a time. |
Larry, does this mean I now officially have a "style" ?  |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Jul 2002 8:38 am
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Also, there seems to be an "agressive attitude" playing feel that indentifies Bakersfield-Style, IMO.
I suspect it came from Ralph having to stomp the pedals on those old Fenders.
The smooth sound (example: Nightlife, Mansion on the Hill)is not Bakersfield style.
Dwight's "What Do You Know About Love" is.
(Gary Morse on Steel)
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2002 10:52 am
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| I suspect it came from Ralph having to stomp the pedals on those old Fenders. |
You ever try to play one of those things, you really appreciate how good Ralph is/was.
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