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Travis Lyon


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2015 12:27 am    
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Holy cow I had thought the first solo was James Burton for all these years on a telecaster and that first comment finally made me realize it's a steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NfYZN_LRo
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Ian Kelman


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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2015 8:50 am     Ooh Las Vegas Tab
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Here you go!

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Markus Mayerhofer


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Post  Posted 24 Mar 2015 1:31 pm    
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Sorry, listening to the track hyperlinked above, i can't find the solo tabbed here...Nevertheless that tab displayed here too looks pretty hot!
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Ian Kelman


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Post  Posted 24 Mar 2015 5:44 pm    
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My mistake Markus! I jumped the gun on this post.

This cut is Hank DeVito from Elite Hotel by Emmylou Harris (1975).

https://youtu.be/Nrdwz3TZ8o4?t=1m48s
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Markus Mayerhofer


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Post  Posted 26 Mar 2015 1:31 am    
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Both takes have really great steel breaks! According to wikipedia, Al Perkins played steel guitar.
I guess, Al used a 11-string with an ext. E9-tuning. The copedant is displayed in Winnie Winstons book. String 11 is a low E which can be further lowered to D by a lever...
this would explain the low pickup-note (low D)...
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Markus Mayerhofer


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Post  Posted 2 Apr 2015 7:58 am    
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Here is Al Perkins' Solo:
Beautiful, fully packed w/ hot licks and in a challenging tempo!
I tabbed it out for U-12! With a few adaptions it will work on ext. E9 as well...You in any case would need a low E string which can be further lowered to D!
Notice the hot Boogie Riff at the end, i love it!

I'd be lucky for any feedback and/or any corrections and adaptions!
Cheers!


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Travis Lyon


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2015 3:21 pm    
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Thanks Markus, you're a hero...someday I'll get a U12 or EXT. E9....
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John Goux

 

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Post  Posted 27 Apr 2015 1:02 am    
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Thanks for this. One of my all time favorites!
In trying it out, I ran across a different way to play the A7 stuff. At the 10th fret with B/LKR you get all the dominant 7th notes and can rock the B pedal for that bend he does in the phrase. See how you like that.
John
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Markus Mayerhofer


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Post  Posted 27 Apr 2015 10:47 pm    
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John, guess you are right! Thank you for that hint!

Fret 10 w/E-lower and B-pedal is the more ovious position for A7-stuff.
However it somehow sounds like he would slide from f# into the g-note with the B-pedal engaged, instead of using the B-pedal for the bend, cause i'm hearing some movement in the tritone below on the c->c# notes too...
Anyway, what a break, i guess it will take a year to get that onto full tempo...
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