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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 3:45 am    
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After hearing these songs my whole life I learned a few things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ0vCs-E5Bw
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Rick Barnhart


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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 5:29 am    
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Thank you for posting this, Andy.
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 7:58 am    
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He's very good at explaining and demonstrating.
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Chris Reesor

 

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Post  Posted 24 Mar 2017 9:05 am    
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Thanks, Andy. I enjoyed that very much and immediately downloaded his tab (with standard notation, BTW) for the solos. His analysis of the harmonic structure of these solos is really helpful.
This just further confirms my long held belief that George was a much deeper musician than many people realized.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 25 Mar 2017 11:34 am    
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You're welcome. I've thought for years that Harrison was a masterful player who deserved more credit than he usually gets but I couldn't really have told you exactly why. Now I can.
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 25 Mar 2017 10:25 pm    
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He tuned his low E- string down to D for the solo in "Act Naturally". Quite an idea for that time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04kEZcqvi4
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Jerry Hayes


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Post  Posted 26 Mar 2017 11:35 am    
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George's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" make a really great instrumental for the pedal steel, try it sometime as it's a crowd pleaser....JH in Va.
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 30 Mar 2017 12:13 pm    
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Joachim Kettner wrote:
He tuned his low E- string down to D for the solo in "Act Naturally". Quite an idea for that time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04kEZcqvi4


I believe he was just following Don Rich's lead on that one Winking
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 31 Mar 2017 4:13 am    
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Don Rich came up with the idea, I agree but didn't have to tune down the low string, because their version was in the key of A.
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