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Steve Branscom


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 1:16 pm    
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Killer version by Doug Beaumier. I realize that I'm about 5 years late (youtube uploaded 2010) but I thought I'd still post so those of you that haven't heard it might be able to enjoy it. My compliments to Doug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5aT07gOis
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Ken Pippus


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 1:25 pm    
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Interesting title. Jim Morrison and the Doors meet Sons of the Pioneers.
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 4:22 pm    
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Ken Pippus wrote:
Interesting title. Jim Morrison and the Doors meet Sons of the Pioneers.

Hailing from the frozen tundra, "Ghost Riders on the Storm Door" came to mind.

I agree that Doug's version is wonderful. That black Century with the racetrack pickup sounds awesome. I also like his version of "Apache" from the same book, but just can't get the hang of playing it with a flat pick, as he recommends.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 4:34 pm    
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Thanks, guys! Jack, regarding "Apache", the flat pick is only necessary (in my opinion) for that fast tremolo picking part. The main melody can be played with standard finger/thumb picks. Thanks for mentioning my book! I'm glad you like it. And thanks Steve for posting this topic! Cool
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 6:41 pm    
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Don't know how I missed this one but killer feel Doug. Love the speed picking solo and overall concept.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2015 6:59 pm    
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Thanks, Andy.
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Steffen Gunter


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Post  Posted 11 Dec 2015 3:20 am    
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Fantastic playing! Especially loved the muted speed picking parts but it's all great.
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Mike Neer


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Post  Posted 11 Dec 2015 5:34 am    
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I was expecting a mash-up of the two tunes from the thread title. Wouldn't be a bad idea!
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Ron Simpson

 

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Post  Posted 11 Dec 2015 5:42 am    
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Excellent Video!
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Steve Branscom


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Post  Posted 11 Dec 2015 8:49 am    
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Oops. Whoa!
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Mark Kocon


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Post  Posted 12 Dec 2015 4:40 am    
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It made me a convert, ordered a lap after seeing video. I Watch it often.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 12 Dec 2015 7:48 am    
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That's great! Thanks for all the positive comments.
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David Mason


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Post  Posted 20 Dec 2015 10:22 am    
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I also like his version of "Apache" from the same book, but just can't get the hang of playing it with a flat pick, as he recommends.

If you can use a fairly standard plastic thumbpick - not the Bumblebee, NOT the floppy blue Herco Bug-a-boos, (I'M not the one who names 'em, just reporting the facts), NOT the polycarbonate Crack Babies (I did make that one up), just regular plastic Dunlops, the Golden Gate heavy or the extra heavy with the big band. It's pretty easy to modify those to play upstrokes as smoothly as downstrokes. You want the blade to be longest on the front edge for the downstrokes and slopes back at about 30 degrees or so towards the wrist side of the blade. It's like, shape the blade like a shark fin, so your thumb is the (upside-down) shark and it's heading for your wrist... by the time I find my camera, you will've figured it out, likely. I stopped playing slide guitar for a decade or so, trying to zero in and play the same stuff on steel, and I switched towards using a metal thumbpick to even up the tone (Easley recc'd, I think?) Then Sonny Landreth made me play slide again and it only take a few upstrokes with a metal thumbpick to work that out. Whoa!
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