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Topic: "PearlOfTheQuarter"-Steely Dan-Skunk Baxter Steel |
Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2018 4:07 pm |
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Here's "Pearl of the Quarter", my favorite Steely Dan tune. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter plays pedal steel. It's from The Dan's "Countdown To Ecstasy" album - was that really 45 years ago???? The chord walkdown in the chorus - 12(E), 11F(Gdim), 10(D), 9F(Fdim), 8(C), 7F(Ebdim), 8AB(Dm), 8(C) - is pretty simple but fun to play and sounds great. Feel free to use different string groups with it to mix things up a little.
Corrections and comments always welcome.
Here it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMeTwFKbgsI
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2018 6:57 pm
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| This is great! I was gonna dig into it,soon. Thanks again, Jeff! |
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Ross Koeberl
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 7:13 am
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| Jeff, thank you so much! This was one of the songs that got me into the steel and I learned the intro from a prior transcription you made, it’s always my first impulse to play when I sit down at the steel. Excited to have some good transcriptions of the fills now! |
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Aaron Johnson
From:
Lemoore, CA
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 7:34 am
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| Jeff, thank you very much! I'm looking forward to working on this! |
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David Gertschen
From:
Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 8:54 am
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| Thanks Jeff!! I had forgotten about this classic. Can't wait to try out your detailed tab. Curious if there are any other Steely Dan recordings with PSG? |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 9:26 am
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Thanks for the nice comments, guys! It's great to get feedback on the tabs.
David: I'm not aware of a whole lot of Skunk's psg playing with Steely Dan but a few other tunes that come to mind are East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Brooklyn, and Razor Boy.
Here's a stab at the break in Brooklyn:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=307202&highlight=brooklyn |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 11:35 am
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Thanks, Jeff.
Forgot how nice that was. |
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David Gertschen
From:
Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 11:40 am
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| Thanks again Jeff, I was not familiar with those other songs. |
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Ross Koeberl
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 1:10 pm
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| Another great track with Skunk Baxter on steel is the band’s very first single, â€Dallasâ€, which only ever appeared on a Japanese self titled compilation album. I think “Any Major Dude†has some steel as well! |
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Rick Bernauer
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 2:08 pm
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| Thanks Jeff - I appreciate you sharing this. |
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Gregory Etchason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2018 1:26 am
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Jeff you're the man  |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 3 Sep 2018 11:33 am
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Jeff, do you ever have time to sleep?
This example is is another of your thorough and careful tablature. Many thanks Steve |
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