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Jim Fogarty


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Phila, Pa, USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2024 9:38 pm    
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Been obsessing over this stunning JM version of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", with Spade Cooley's band.

https://youtu.be/a1lt-w-Yhkg?si=TtI_wDMNP-6ogwO8

Wondering if anyone has.....or has come across....a transcription? I'm fooling around with C6 (high G), and it's mostly doable, but not exact.

Thanks!
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Brad Bechtel


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San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 28 Dec 2024 5:52 am    
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There was a transcription by the late John McGann posted on his (now defunct) website twenty years ago. I don't think that this song is part of the Classic Western Swing Steel Guitar Solos book, but I'd have to check.

https://steelinstruction.com/product/all-products/books-e-books/joaquin-murphey-classic-western-swing-steel-guitar-solos/
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Daniel Baston


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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 29 Dec 2024 8:41 am    
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I have learned a few phrases from this recording. It lays out nicely with the re-entrant version of C6 that Joaquin used at least some of the time. He puts it to good use on this tune.

Top to bottom: G E C* A G E C# (B*)
The 8th string is pitched a 1/2 step below the 3rd string.
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Joe A. Roberts


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Seoul, South Korea
Post  Posted 30 Dec 2024 12:33 am    
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Head by Guy Cundell:


Cool Leavitt arrangement posted as a sample years ago. I remember digging it, it is worth a play through
D
C
Bb
G
E
C#


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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 30 Dec 2024 4:42 am    
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John did transcribe that song. It's not part of our book. I'll see if I can find it on an old hard drive.
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Anthony Lis

 

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South Dakota, USA
Post  Posted 30 Dec 2024 8:36 pm    
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Nice to see Guy Cundell's transcription of the head.
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Jim Fogarty


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Phila, Pa, USA
Post  Posted 2 Jan 2025 10:05 pm    
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Andy Volk wrote:
John did transcribe that song. It's not part of our book. I'll see if I can find it on an old hard drive.


Andy.....I, and I'm sure many others, would be in your debt.

Thank you for looking.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2025 1:14 pm    
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Sorry, no dice.
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