Buddy Emmons on Drivin' Nails

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 24 Dec 2013 10:17 am

I've been working on Buddy's solo from this version of Drivin Nails in my Coffin (video link below), and am trying to figure out what he's doing at about 2:09. He's bouncing back and forth between a C and an A at the 15th fret, which I'm playing on strings 1 and 6 with the A pedal down. However, it really sounds like he's somehow sliding into the A each time, and in the video, it doesn't look like he's playing the first string. Any thoughts? Also, if anybody knows what type of Sho-Bud that is, and what kind of amp he's running through, I'd love to know.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEMOQTh27s

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 24 Dec 2013 10:37 am

He's moving his right foot from the
volume pedal over to the 'C' pedal.
~Rw

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 24 Dec 2013 10:55 am

Thanks Russ. Now that you say that, I feel dumb I didn't figure out he was getting the C pedal in there...

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 24 Dec 2013 2:21 pm

I thought I was the only one goofy enough to do that.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 24 Dec 2013 9:33 pm

Why would you want to use your other foot for the C pedal? Y'all lost me.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 24 Dec 2013 10:10 pm

If A and B are already down, and you want to pull 4 up a whole step without releasing A and B, it's what you do.

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 25 Dec 2013 8:13 am

I realized you can play that whole line at the 15th fret with just the B and C pedals, but you would have to jump over there when you shifted up because there's no good place to move once you're there.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 25 Dec 2013 8:18 am

I'd love to have a tab of this solo. Really nice stuff.

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 25 Dec 2013 12:10 pm

I think I've got it all figured out, I'll type it up once the family all goes home, we've got great aunts and cousins under foot right now...
I love how Buddy is just grinning his head off and not looking at his hands at all. "Hey, this is FUN!"

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 25 Dec 2013 1:26 pm

I too would love to have the tab for this solo - one of my favorites. Would be grateful for a copy once you have it written out.

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 25 Dec 2013 6:27 pm

Alrighty, the Tab is finished and can be found here:
http://www.jackdevereux.com/posts/buddy-transcription/

I think this is pretty much right, but if you notice any mistakes or a more elegant way to play something, let me know.

My Grandad, who used to kick around in the country music world as a singer/guitar/fiddle player was over earlier today for family Christmas dinner, and I mentioned to him that I was learning some of Buddy's stuff. He said he got to meet and play with Buddy a couple times, and remembered him as a very nice guy. Pretty cool to hear those stories, definitely inspired me to get up and start practicing as soon as everybody went home... Anyway, merry Christmas, hope you dig this great solo!

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 25 Dec 2013 10:05 pm

A million "Thank you's" to you, Jack.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 26 Dec 2013 5:16 am

Another "Big" thankyou, Jack and everyone!

MIchael Bean · Post by **MIchael Bean** » 26 Dec 2013 9:53 am

Jack, as it's been mentioned about using the right leg for the C pedal, you can actually see him shift his body position, so it appears he probably is using the right leg. I would've never thought about doing that!

He does one of my favorite licks at 2:14, over the V7 chord. I copped that same lick last week from the Ray Price Austin City limits video.

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 26 Dec 2013 11:16 am

Thank you!

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 26 Dec 2013 1:35 pm

Michael, you're totally right, I hadn't caught that. I'm gonna be driving up north in about a week, lets round up Charlie Rose and geek out a little.

Bruce W Heffner · Post by **Bruce W Heffner** » 26 Dec 2013 4:06 pm

How cool and to think how long ago that took place...............I'm Gonna Cry Me a River!

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 1 Jan 2014 3:40 pm

MIchael Bean wrote:Jack, as it's been mentioned about using the right leg for the C pedal, you can actually see him shift his body position, so it appears he probably is using the right leg. I would've never thought about doing that!

I looked at it again. Yup, you can see his hips move. That's definitely right-footing the C pedal.

Jeff MacDonald · Post by **Jeff MacDonald** » 5 Dec 2016 12:24 pm

Hi all, is Buddy's solo only on this live version. I just bought the single off Itunes and found out , no solo.

Also does anyone have a the Tubman recording of I Love You so Much it hurts w Buddy?

Thanks,

Jeff

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 5 Dec 2016 12:47 pm

Why would you want to use your other foot for the C pedal? Y'all lost me.

Henry, this may have already been covered. And I don't know Buddy's exact pedal set-up for that time period. But on many of the early E9 set-ups from that time period. The C pedal didn't include the 5 string raise. Only the 4th string raise. Or maybe the 4th and something else. But not 4 and 5. Hope this makes sense.

b.

Jeff Mead · Post by **Jeff Mead** » 5 Dec 2016 12:57 pm

Bobby Boggs wrote:
Why would you want to use your other foot for the C pedal? Y'all lost me.
Henry, this may have already been covered. And I don't know Buddy's exact pedal set-up for that time period. But on many of the early E9 set-ups from that time period. The C pedal didn't include the 5 string raise. Only the 4th string raise. Or maybe the 4th and something else. But not 4 and 5. Hope this makes sense.

b.

I assumed he had a standard C pedal setup. You can hear him playing the A and B pedals down chord and then raising the E string to an F# separately with the C pedal. Since the B is already raised a tone with the A pedal, the C pedal is just raising the E string a tone.

In other words, he's raising the 5th note of the chord to a 6th.

You can get a similar effect by playing the chord 5 frets higher, no pedals and engaging the A pedal to raise the B string a tone but on the video clip, you can see he leaves the bar where it is and brings his right foot over.

The only thing I don't like about my Day setup is that it's impossible to do this trick

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 5 Dec 2016 1:33 pm

Jeff MacDonald wrote:Hi all, is Buddy's solo only on this live version. I just bought the single off Itunes and found out , no solo. Also does anyone have a the Tubman recording of I Love You so Much it hurts w Buddy?

Thanks,

Jeff

I bet he didn't even play it like that all the time.
If the show had been the day before or after, his mood would have been different, and so would the ride.

Jack Strayhorn · Post by **Jack Strayhorn** » 6 Dec 2016 4:15 pm

Thus the very reason for the Emmons setup.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 6 Dec 2016 4:42 pm

A Day player COULD play it, but only with forethought, the right foot on the A pedal early on.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 7 Dec 2016 7:10 am

Day player can play this easy, just move right foot to A & B and pump C with left foot. I'm Day player and tried it and did it first time but as Lane said, a little forethought but don't we use forethought anyway.

Play Day, the only way

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