It's important to keep pressure behind the bar at the 12th fret to minimize the strings ringing to the left of the bar. Although it's possible to eliminate a few bar slants I found it easier to slant the bar when needed and not have to focus on pushing a pedal while playing at a brisk speed. I've also avoided the use of any pedals or knee levers as they are not really needed but could be used. On the steel solo part you can add C6 pedal 8 and pick up the bottom string at the start of the solo as is barely audible on the original recording but I did not show that in the tab or play it on my recording. I've been able to play this now at 180 BPM after a few weeks of practice and will post sound files and tracks for that as soon as I get them recorded.
There are various links on the net including on YouTube for the guitar tab and a few different ways to play that part. I used the guitar tabs linked below. It's money well spent and you will get a lot more really cool licks with the tab purchase for just a few bucks. I made up my own guitar solo because I couldn't play Roy's version at full speed! The rest of the guitar parts on my recording should be identical to the original.
Updated 8/16/2021: Fixed one error in the tab. Also found a lot faster and more compact way to play the A9 part on steel and as a side lesson the ending tab is shown in 4 different approaches with the preferred approach better matching the timbre of the lead guitar (assumes high G string on top of C6 tuning).
Playing a small section of this song would make a great break tune for a country band!
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