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Greg Cutshaw


From:
Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2011 12:31 pm    
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Here's my take on this song with a few new twists.

From 3:24 to 3:32 you can here the E9th 10th string low B to A change used as a drone and moving from A to C#.

From 3:39 to 3:43 you can hear the E9th 6th string G# to B change.

From 3:53 to 4:00 you can here the E9th 1st string F# to G# change (used in ear piercing unison insect repellant mode) followed by the 7th string F# to G# change (made to sound like the C6th 4th pedal) and lastly the same change used at the 2nd fret resolving to A,B pedals down at the 1st fret.



Down To My Last Cigarette



Rhythm track in the key of Bb located here:


http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab21.html


The guitar parts were done on a Fender Squier Classic Vibe 50's with a hipshot into a stock Fender silver face Princeton Reverb. They were enhanced in Reaper from mono to stereo using the free Ambience plug-in with hall reverb and a slight echo. I'm rendering all my sound files in MP3 now at 320 kbps instead of WMP wma's at 192 kbps.


Greg


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Steve English


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Baja, Arizona
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2011 12:37 pm    
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Great song Greg!

This song has always been one of my very favorites, and you did a great job of it.

thanks
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Larry Hutchison

 

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Peoria, Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2011 3:20 pm    
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Hey Greg, Are you going to tab this song?
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Andy Sandoval


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Bakersfield, California, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2011 3:39 pm    
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Greg, that sounded great! I always enjoy your recordings and along with others sure do appreciate your contributions.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2011 7:54 pm    
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I wanted to call it "Down To My Last Bell Crank" but since I ordered a few more I really can't say that. My nephew just bought two new snowmobiles and can't even use them until winter. His accessories cost even more than ours so I guess our hobby could be worse.

I'll put out some more tabs maybe this winter. I'm going through those 101 tabs I just bought and they are consuming most of my time.

Thanks for listening!


Greg
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Rich Peterson


From:
Moorhead, MN
Post  Posted 2 Jul 2011 7:44 am    
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That sounds great, but now I want more knee levers.
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Greg Cutshaw


From:
Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 2 Jul 2011 10:41 am    
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Thanks Rich!

No way do you need all these knee levers to play out. It makes it so much more fun to play with at home though. And when recording the subtle changes stand out more than they would in a club or stage show. I got 3 more crank sets coming and I know where 2 of them are going.


Greg
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 2 Jul 2011 11:50 am     great job
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great work greg!!

I just finished doing a dvd on this tune
on the hal rugg version
it is a great song and you do very well on it
you have done so much for steel players
and my hats off to you for your fine work
keep it up my friend!!

Mike Archer Very Happy
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Greg Cutshaw


From:
Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 3 Jul 2011 10:34 am    
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Just checked out Hal's version, Mike. Hal cool is that!

I had only heard this by K. D. Lang. I find myself playing a lot of tunes in B and Bb lately. Those keys have their advantages with the low fret positions and open strings drones.


Greg
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Mike Archer


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church hill tn
Post  Posted 3 Jul 2011 4:08 pm     keys
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yes they do once you been playing
flat keys a while it dont trouble you to much
playing gospel music we played a lot in
E flat/b flat/ and A flat/ once in a while F
almost nver in A/D/ E

yeah Hal was a great player!
I sure do miss him and miss hearing him
nice tunes to play Mike Very Happy
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Brad Malone

 

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Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 4 Jul 2011 11:25 am     it is a hit
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Greg, Thanks for that great arrangement and super playing plus your excellent pedal and knee lever setup. You do so much for the SGF and we appreciate it..thanks a lot.
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John Bechtel


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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2011 7:20 pm    
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Are you all aware that the steel player on the Original Vaughn Monroe recording of “Down To My Last Cigarette” was none other than our own Jody Carver?
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Greg Cutshaw


From:
Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2011 7:35 pm    
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John, I thought the song that Vaughn Monroe did was "While I'm Smokin' My Last Cigarette". Different tine?


Greg
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