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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 27 Dec 2017 11:54 pm    
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"My Sweet Lord" from George Harrison, my favourite Beatle.
https://soundcloud.com/kay-das/my-sweet-lord
This is my arrangement with steel guitar lead comprising West Coast (Steelocaster A6 and C6) and Charvel-Jackson (open Dmaj acoustic) steel guitars. The other major instrument featured was the Roland E-09 sampler, with its variety of timbres (orchestral strings, pizzicato, organ, sitar, shehnai, harp, and gamelan) to substitute the different ethnicities implied in Harrison's original for this non-verbal arrangement.

Kay


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Stephen Abruzzo

 

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Post  Posted 28 Dec 2017 12:48 pm    
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Very nice arrangement....nice orchestration. But mostly, some fine steelin'.
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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 29 Dec 2017 6:30 am    
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Lovely arrangement and playing Kay........anything by a Beatle is fine by me!
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 29 Dec 2017 7:31 am    
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Very nice!
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Chuck S. Lettes


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Post  Posted 29 Dec 2017 7:58 am    
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Very nice, Kay. Always good to hear what you have been working on.
Chuck
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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 7 Jan 2018 4:14 pm    
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Chuck, Joachim, Mike, Stephen,

Grateful for the appreciation. George Harrison did much to awaken interest in slide and steel guitar artistry....but there as not been a strong follow-up in pop/ rock music since..with exceptions like David Gilmour... can you remember others (non- Hawaiian, non-country)?

Happy, Melodic, Musical New Year to all!

Kay
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Stephen Abruzzo

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jan 2018 6:28 pm    
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Kay Das wrote:
Chuck, Joachim, Mike, Stephen,

Grateful for the appreciation. George Harrison did much to awaken interest in slide and steel guitar artistry....but there as not been a strong follow-up in pop/ rock music since..with exceptions like David Gilmour... can you remember others (non- Hawaiian, non-country)?

Happy, Melodic, Musical New Year to all!

Kay


Some fellow......last name Lindley...maybe. Laughing
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Andy DePaule


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Post  Posted 7 Jan 2018 11:19 pm     Very good
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Hi Kay,
Very good rendition you've done here. Got the feel of the song down perfect.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Steven Meyrich

 

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Post  Posted 10 Jan 2018 10:33 am    
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Lovely!
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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2018 10:35 pm    
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Steven, Andy,

Thank you for the appreciation. George was the best of the Beatles at introducing new cultural flavours into their music.. while the others excelled in other areas.

Kay
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David Mason


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Post  Posted 20 Jan 2018 2:04 am    
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When I was just starting out playing slide, this and a few other tunes made a big impression on me. I was already inside of Miles Davis and the real Indian music and western classical... but Harrison made the overt statement that you could play SLIDE GUITAR pretty and tasteful and all. I came at everything sideways, no country steel at all. And at that time, it appeared as though the lessons of Saint Duane got lost and "slide guitar" was FOR playing "Tush" and "Slowride" and "Rocky Mountain Way." Harrison gave me permission to NOT play da blooz.
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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 12 Apr 2018 8:27 pm    
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David,

Sorry for this late reply as your reply had vanished under my screen.... just happened to notice it as I was dialing up Chuck Lettes' nice version of this tune.

George Harrison is my favorite Beatle, not least because he was probably the best guitarist within the Beatles, but also that he was different. He did actually compose a bluesy, east-flavored number called "Marwah Blues"...

But "My Sweet Lord" remains my favorite Beatles tune.

Kay
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Andy DePaule


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Post  Posted 20 Apr 2018 5:20 pm     But it was you
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Kay Das wrote:
Steven, Andy,

Thank you for the appreciation. George was the best of the Beatles at introducing new cultural flavours into their music.. while the others excelled in other areas.

Kay


Hi Kay,
I agree with this But it was you I was referring to. Your playing is very smooth and tasteful.
If memory serves me right I think George was the first Beatle to venture to Nashville?
Maybe it was there he got the idea for smooth sounding slide guitar?
Also remember an album from the 60's... Maybe it was called Chet Atkins picks on the Beatles. Whatever the name it was a good one.

Another favorite recording is Joe Goildmarks Beatle songs album. He also does a great job (On pedal steel) of getting the feeling of the tunes down well.
Many Beatles tunes seem to be well suited to steel guitar.

Anyway, you did that tune justice in every way possible. Hope you post some more in the future.
Best wishes,
Andy Very Happy
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 20 Apr 2018 5:50 pm    
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Nice job, Kay. Hearing songs from George's solo album "All Things Must Pass" always brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the memories!
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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 19 Sep 2018 11:22 pm     Steel Guitar goes George Harrison
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A new version of My Sweet Lord, mastered by a cdbaby complimentary offer called Cloudbounce, who are associated with EMI Abbey Road. Fittingly.....

https://soundcloud.com/kay-das/my-sweet-lord

My favourite Beatle...

Kay

PS: Thanks to Doug, Andy, and others for previous responses, apologies fo ratios late acknowledgment.
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Nic Neufeld


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Post  Posted 20 Sep 2018 4:35 am    
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Kay Das wrote:
George Harrison did much to awaken interest in slide and steel guitar artistry....but there as not been a strong follow-up in pop/ rock music since..with exceptions like David Gilmour... can you remember others (non- Hawaiian, non-country)?


In my case I'd have to say it was Steve Howe of Yes...his use of steel guitar on tracks such as "And You and I" and the ethereal "Soon" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGtjr-U5bT4) were some of my first at least conscious exposures to steel guitar. Also Skunk Baxter's pedal work with Steely Dan, although I didn't put two and two together and realize it was steel guitar until later, although it is obvious!

George H had a naturally melodic knack for the slide...although for me, his influence is primarily getting me into sitar and Indian classical music. That's probably a very common story, though!
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David M Brown


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Post  Posted 21 Sep 2018 7:01 am    
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Nic Neufeld wrote:


In my case I'd have to say it was Steve Howe of Yes...his use of steel guitar on tracks such as "And You and I" and the ethereal "Soon" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGtjr-U5bT4) were some of my first at least conscious exposures to steel guitar.


Although I was also into Hawaiian and Western Swing, the Yes music was a big part of my youth!

Thanks for reminding me of Howe's fine rock steel playing.
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