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Jonathan Shacklock
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Posted 28 Apr 2019 3:04 am |
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A couple of sounds-like names for Pete Drake licks came up on the PFM and Facebook group yesterday: "Daryls" and "Park the Truck". Anyone heard of these names before? Do you have any useful (or frivolous) names for well known pedal steel licks? Cute, funny, memorable, descriptive, personal, established... let's hear them!
"Daryls" at 0:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc85j_7N1Zk
"Park The Truck"
Slide down from open position to the same chord with AB down (engage B first). Park the truck!
Two lick names I've seen referenced on the forum before:
"Ricochet" at 2:08
https://youtu.be/ujim8RxZvbo
"Emmons Cross(over)" at 0:00
https://youtu.be/CJYFzEjrOuw
Maybe there's already a snappy name for the old 3rd and 1st string whole tone raise unison lick but if not, how about "Pins and Needles"? (at 0:07)
https://youtu.be/pQUkjgHS6ok |
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2019 7:45 am
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Speaking of PFM...I think this one deserves a name:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2L465MF4_o
You can here it most clearly at the very end, but it’s stated right after the hook line in chorus 2 & 3. It is not a cliche, in fact I would venture a guess that it is unique. Maybe just call it “The Paulâ€. |
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Franklin
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Posted 28 Apr 2019 9:24 am
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Hi Jonathan,
The names of licks I referenced are the names commonly known and used to reference a direction for a steeler to take on a session. Those names came from other musicians and producers to describe what they hear...Its their created names for licks that matters, because they will come up in the workplace...For instance, "Ting a ling" was given to Roy Wiggens style.....
The Emmon's crossover name is not a valid term for what he plays on "Touch My Heart"...What he plays is actually known as "counterpoint"in the music world ...Other musicians and producers would ask us to play something in "Counterpoint" not "Emmons crossover"...That term Emmons Crossover" name is commonly known as Buddy's picking/fingering preference by steel players "only"...
Fred,
That was played on the C6th...And it was my lick with my Lenny Breau change...As I was tuning the C6th, the producer heard it and said he wanted me to play that lick throughout the song as a hook...Its a chord lick with counterpoint included within the chord resolve....Impossible to play on the typical E9 copedant. I play a lot of Country like this on the C6...Its a 10 string universal tuning.
Humbled you like it. Thanks!
Paul |
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Garry Vanderlinde
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CA
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Jonathan Shacklock
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London, UK
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Posted 29 Apr 2019 6:10 am
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Hey Paul, any legitimate studio names are definitely of most interest here. I thought I'd also widen the net to see if we can coin some terms for licks that could use naming even if only amongst steel players, or just for fun. You're right, it's absolutely an important distinction.
Probably not everyone would agree but for practical use I'd love to be able to annotate my charts with "Mooney's Revenge" or "Walking the Duck!" or some such reminder – and then a couple of years later know what the hell I meant! 
For my own reference I started on a list where I have licks by song name and then some sort of memorable phrase and I came up with some weird things like "Before You Go/Slant n' Shake" or "Bottle Let Me Down/Moon Doubledown". A bit cumbersome but it means something to me and occasionally helps me transport licks to other songs.
The Dan Dugmore clips are hilarious! |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 29 Apr 2019 8:46 am
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I think I've found this in Winnie's book. It fits nicely in Six Days On The Road in G. It resolves on the 5th chord (D).
If there's yet no name for it I would call it "The Chase" because the E-flat is following the E on it's heel.
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