E9: Allman Brothers - “Blue Sky” Guitar Harmonies

Frank Freniere · From: The First Coast

From the 1972 album “Eat A Peach.”

So I’m playing with a guitarist who does a bang-up job on this song. There are 4 places in “Blue Sky” where the guitars twin. I think it’s Duane playing the harmony lines and that’s what I’ve tabbed for the steel; I’m just hitting chords the rest of the song:

#1 – 0:30
#2 – 0:48
#3 – 2:29
#4 – 3:58

A couple of notes:
The timing is not 100% accurate – I’ve provided a link to the YouTube to help with that. Also, we know that most any lick or melody can be played in multiple places on the pedal steel. I tried several combinations for lick #4 before settling on the one here. My preference would be to use hammer-ons at the second fret but I can’t get all the notes to ring out equally and cleanly, and my fingers won’t move fast enough on other combinations. Lastly, my advice on #4 is to leave in the B pedal raise and the 9th string lower the whole time so you can focus on your picking.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwyXQn9g40I&list=RDwwyXQn9g40I&start_radio=1

gary pierce · From: Rossville TN

Cool, thanks Frank.

Daniel Policarpo · Posted 9 Apr 2024 8:40 pm

Thanks Frank, some great highlights to explore here.

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