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Post by howard lee on Aug 24, 2024 8:58:41 GMT -5
Just found this interesting version of the Emmylou song. This man sure can pick. So tasty.
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Post by drlj on Aug 24, 2024 9:56:16 GMT -5
I watched an interview with Lee in which he talked about the lead in that song. He said he could never do it like the recording because it was bits and pieces of multiple takes put together in the studio. He said they would take 15 seconds from one recording, 10 from another, etc, and that was how the final product came about on the original recording. He laughed about how it made it impossible for him to ever play it.
He does a pretty good job of getting close.🤗
I saw Emmy Lou do it at least twice-once with Frank Reckard and once with Albert Lee. It’s a toss up as to who did it better.
Reckard was one great player, though. He is a lawyer now, so he has gone to the dark side.
He has B-bender on that guitar, too.
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Post by theevan on Aug 24, 2024 11:05:58 GMT -5
His solos are always interesting.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Aug 24, 2024 11:49:29 GMT -5
Cosmic Wonder wishes he could play like that. Not enough to actually practice, but still…
Mike
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Post by epaul on Aug 24, 2024 12:45:37 GMT -5
You had everyone from Minnesota all excited... until they opened your thread. Don't toy with people like that.
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Post by Russell Letson on Aug 24, 2024 14:07:28 GMT -5
I almost can't hear that fast. And I wonder why the drummer's arms don't drop off at the elbow at the end of the tune.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 24, 2024 15:15:35 GMT -5
Just found this interesting version of the Emmylou song. This man sure can pick. So tasty.
Albert Lee obviously trims his own bangs. |
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Post by howard lee on Aug 24, 2024 15:21:06 GMT -5
My favorite Hot Band lineup:
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Post by billhammond on Aug 24, 2024 15:55:11 GMT -5
I greatly admire Albert and so many others of his ilk. My vote for the best of the best, nonetheless, is Vince Gill, not that this is a competition, mind you. This is from a show in which Vince had just gotten off the phone with Chet Atkins.
His solos have so much structure amid the free-ranging improv, a plot line of sorts, and that really appeals to me (perhaps because I listen to so much classical music). I get the impression that he blocks out in advance the patterns of each solo, then fills in the points between mileposts with his incredible inventiveness.
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Post by Russell Letson on Aug 24, 2024 21:38:45 GMT -5
I hear a whole lot of pedal-steel in that solo, along with a dashes of Chuck Berry and all the guys who played on trucker songs from the 60s onward. Also Don Rich, maybe?
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Post by drlj on Aug 25, 2024 10:33:59 GMT -5
I hear a whole lot of pedal-steel in that solo, along with a dashes of Chuck Berry and all the guys who played on trucker songs from the 60s onward. Also Don Rich, maybe? The pedal-steel sound is the part of chicken pickin’ that I really love. |
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Post by Dub on Aug 25, 2024 13:14:28 GMT -5
I hear a whole lot of pedal-steel in that solo, along with a dashes of Chuck Berry and all the guys who played on trucker songs from the 60s onward. Also Don Rich, maybe? A good country player with a Tele can almost replace a pedal steel, especially if they use a B-bender. Of course all the videos posted in this thread so far have actual pedal steel guitars in addition to what the Tele leads play. It doesn’t look like any of the lead Tele players had B-benders. (Except for Frank Reckard in the video LJ posted.) |
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Post by drlj on Aug 25, 2024 13:27:32 GMT -5
I hear a whole lot of pedal-steel in that solo, along with a dashes of Chuck Berry and all the guys who played on trucker songs from the 60s onward. Also Don Rich, maybe? A good country player with a Tele can almost replace a pedal steel, especially if they use a B-bender. Of course all the videos posted in this thread so far have actual pedal steel guitars in addition to what the Tele leads play. It doesn’t look like any of the lead Tele players had B-benders. Frank Reckard in the video I posted is making subtle use of one. Look at the end of his first solo & you’ll see he pulls it twice. At about 1:10 on the clock. |
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Post by Dub on Aug 25, 2024 13:43:39 GMT -5
Frank Reckard in the video I posted is making subtle use of one. Look at the end of his first solo & you’ll see he pulls it twice. At about 1:10 on the clock. Yes, you’re right, and he uses it even more in his last solos toward the end of number. I don’t know how I missed that, maybe because he doesn’t really emphasize the glissando. |
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Post by John B on Aug 25, 2024 14:53:49 GMT -5
Frank Reckard in the video I posted is making subtle use of one. Look at the end of his first solo & you’ll see he pulls it twice. At about 1:10 on the clock. Yes, you’re right, and he uses it even more in his last solos toward the end of number. I don’t know how I missed that, maybe because he doesn’t really emphasize the glissando. Maybe because he's not playing a Tele, if it's the clip I'm thinking of (I can't view it). |
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Post by drlj on Aug 25, 2024 15:19:01 GMT -5
Yes, you’re right, and he uses it even more in his last solos toward the end of number. I don’t know how I missed that, maybe because he doesn’t really emphasize the glissando. Maybe because he's not playing a Tele, if it's the clip I'm thinking of (I can't view it). He was playing a Gibson Les Paul Jr with P-90s. That’s the guitar he used most often because it had his B- bender in it. |
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Post by howard lee on Aug 29, 2024 15:47:14 GMT -5
Oh, man. I just found this.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Aug 29, 2024 16:06:06 GMT -5
Oh man is right!
Mike
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 18:56:50 GMT -5
Oh, man. I just found this.
Oh, man, I couldn't wait for it to end -- just constant, lightning-fast linked licks, little to no tonal shading, no breathing room for the listener whatsoever. I am amazed by his playing skill, but bewildered why he would construct such an approach to his solos -- it's all or nuthin', folks. Just a two-second pause once in a while, maybe? Onslaught "bluegrass"! |
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Post by howard lee on Aug 29, 2024 19:02:42 GMT -5
Oh, man. I just found this.
Oh, man, I couldn't wait for it to end -- just constant, lightning-fast linked licks, little to no tonal shading, no breathing room for the listener whatsoever. I am amazed by his playing skill, but bewildered why he would construct such an approach to his solos -- it's all or nuthin', folks. Just a two-second pause once in a while, maybe? Onslaught "bluegrass"!
Different strokes for different folks. Why did you watch the whole thing until the end?
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