Pancho and Lefty on the Lap Steel

Chuck S. Lettes · From: Denver, Colorado

I always enjoyed Merle and Willie's version of Pancho and Lefty, so I decided to do an interpretation on my 6 string lap steel (L'il Ricky).
Hope you enjoy my arrangement of the tune.
Chuck

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David Matzenik · From: Cairns, on the Coral Sea

Great song, nice job. I also like Albatross very much. I was in London when it charted for Peter Green and the original Fleetwood Mac.
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Joe Cook · From: Lake Osoyoos, WA

Very nice arrangement and performance, Chuck! I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting your work.

Chuck S. Lettes · From: Denver, Colorado

Hi David and Joe,
Glad you like the arrangement. I always loved Peter Green's touch and vibrato, especially on Albatross. I tried to duplicate some of that when I play the lap and pedal steel.
Chuck

Cliff Swanson · From: Raleigh, NC

I really like this, Chuck. Thanks for posting it.
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David DeLoach · From: Tennessee, USA

Awesome!!
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Very nice, Chuck. I like the effect near the end... a phaser? Also, two steel tracks toward the end? Sounding good!
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John Ely · From: Minneapolis Minnesota, USA

Great arrangement, Chuck. Thanks for sharing!
FWIW, here is my all-time favorite cover of Pancho and Lefty. From the (now hard-to-find) 1977 Hoyt Axton album
"Snowblind Friend". The great Pete Grant on pedal steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg807ar4Fwc&list=PLgbjzPgjlq_t-gejhpuN1ESJBKwnrSeMv&index=5
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Chuck S. Lettes · From: Denver, Colorado

Thanks, guys. You can always tell if a song is well written by the different interpretations it evokes. Doug, good ears! I'm using a phaser for part of the tune. Lap steel harmonies are my not so "secret sauce" to my arrangements.
Chuck

Mike McBride · From: Indiana

Great work!

Chuck S. Lettes · From: Denver, Colorado

Thanks, Mike. Glad you like the arrangement.
Chuck

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