A Challenge to Erv and all you tab writers

[John A. Russell]

Hey all

I was in Nashville Late 2000s and was given a copy of a track on CD.

The Nashville guys were skeptical that the performance was real.

I made it my mission to find the steeler and with the help of the Forum, I found the identity of the steeler.

In 2010 I met the steeler at the Dallas convention.
He brought his steel and amp to my room and played the piece in front of David Hartley and I.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEvYwcc5uZQ

The piece "The Lord's Prayer" the Steeler "Mike McGee"
You can hear him acknowledging us at the start of the video.

I have started to tab this wonderful picking and am throwing out the challenge for others to do a complete tab of it.

Kind regards.


J.R.

[Tom Sosbe]

pm sent

[George Duncan Sypert]

I know Mike McGee and have known him quite a few years now. Saw him in Dallas this past March for the first time in a while. Mike is a great pedal steel player, a wonderful person. I am proud to call him friend. I have no idea how he played that song but it is wonderful.

If you get a chance to hear him play wherever it might be by all means do so.

Thanks John for posting this video.

George

[Michael McGee]

Hey all

I was in Nashville Late 2000s and was given a copy of a track on CD.

The Nashville guys were skeptical that the performance was real.

I made it my mission to find the steeler and with the help of the Forum, I found the identity of the steeler.

In 2010 I met the steeler at the Dallas convention.
He brought his steel and amp to my room and played the piece in front of David Hartley and I.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEvYwcc5uZQ

The piece "The Lord's Prayer" the Steeler "Mike McGee"
You can hear him acknowledging us at the start of the video.

I have started to tab this wonderful picking and am throwing out the challenge for others to do a complete tab of it.

Kind regards.


J.R.

John, thank you dear friend for your kind words! I wish you success in your efforts to tab this one. I used the sheet music from an old Baptist Hymnal as a starting point. I "may" have added a "few" passing tones here and there...

George, thank you also for your kind words! I very much enjoyed our phone conversation earlier today. Stay in touch and call me any time, dear friend.

[Erv Niehaus]

I have the Lord's prayer tabbed out for E9th.
Erv

[John A. Russell]

Erv

Have you tabbed Mike McGee's performance, as per my post?

Have a listen to it, very, very different!

Let me know if you have.

JR.

[Erv Niehaus]

John,
Sorry, it's my own version.
Erv

[Sam Inglis]

That's extraordinary. How is he doing those legato scale runs without moving the bar? The chord work and suspensions are just amazing too. I wouldn't know where to start tabbing something like that. Do you know his copedent?

[John A. Russell]

I have started the tab and got someway through, but asked if any pro tabbers had done it, to save me hours of work.

I will carry on at my own pace and will eventually get there.


JR.

[Michael McGee]

That's extraordinary. How is he doing those legato scale runs without moving the bar? The chord work and suspensions are just amazing too. I wouldn't know where to start tabbing something like that. Do you know his copedent?

Sam, here you go...

[Sam Inglis]

Wow. Thank you Mike, and hats off to you for such an incredible arrangement and performance.


That looks like quite a personal setup that you could only arrive at through many years of thinking about the possibilities!

[Michael McGee]

Wow. Thank you Mike, and hats off to you for such an incredible arrangement and performance.


That looks like quite a personal setup that you could only arrive at through many years of thinking about the possibilities!

Regarding "many years", only 53

I am 71 and determined to minimize equipment weight, so I am ALL IN for my dear friend Johnny Cox's single 12 string D13th tuning. I have a new GFI 12 string (because of the kindness and dedication of GFI owner Bob Diekmeier) that I am devoting all my remaining time to, and it remains to be seen if this old dog can be taught a new trick or two!