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John Kalament

 

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South Carolina
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 5:07 am    
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Has anyone out there ever figured out the intro to this classic hit ?
It sure would surprise a lot of people to come out with it for a warm up excersize
Thanks,
John
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Bob Carlucci

 

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Candor, New York, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 5:33 am    
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I guess you mean has anyone done it on the pedal steel??.. Never really thought of trying it.Probably wouldn't be too difficult. Its a piece of cake on 6 string guitar,and I still play and sing that one with my band. The crowds NEVER get tired of it... bob
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Buck Dilly

 

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Branchville, NJ, USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 8:36 am    
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I bet Joe Wright has done it just for fun. When I was at one of his seminars he played some amazing guitar riffs, A La Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page.

[This message was edited by Buck Dilly on 23 January 2005 at 08:37 AM.]

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Sidney Malone

 

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Buna, TX
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 9:56 am    
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Yea, Joe Wright did it last year at the Texas show, on stage, it sounded exactly like the original!! Of course Joe is a little better than I am..well maybe more than a little!!

I'd like to learn it myself, I just haven't got to it on that loooong list yet!!
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Bobby Lee


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Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 10:02 am    
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I saw Joe Wright perform it at the Arizona show last weekend. He went 10th fret, 8th fret, 3rd fret on the intro. Made it look real easy.

But then, Joe makes everything look real easy.
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Sidney Malone

 

From:
Buna, TX
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 6:04 pm    
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I thought I remembered seeing this a while back....I haven't tried it but you might give it a shot........... http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum8/HTML/001610.html
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Travis Bernhardt

 

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 7:23 pm    
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It's easy or hard depending on whether or not you want the open strings to ring. If you play it in E, it's really easy, you just need the B pedal and maybe an extended tuning for a low A. Playing it in G with the open strings ringing like on regular guitar would take some extra work, but if you've got the right pedal changes, shouldn't be too hard.

-Travis
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Will Sevy

 

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Caldwell, ID ,USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2005 8:50 pm    
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John, Funny you should ask. Just yesterday I thought I should try and figure out this very tune. It is in the key of D and the chord progession is D-C-G . It starts out with arpetiating (spellling ?) chords and then goes into :
"D" bass, bass, strum.

"C" bass, bass, strum.

"G" bass, bass, strum.

That is the best I can describe it. I guess I should learn to post tab.
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