And I Love Her - E9 pedal steel guitar @@

[Doug Beaumier]

I just uploaded this to YouTube today. This is one of my favorite early Beatles songs. I had this on a 45 way back in 1964!

It's a simple melody and I was able to play much of it on a single fret by using the knee lever that lowers string 6 a half-step (G# to G). Thanks for checking it out.

----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8FdoEHAFeM

[Lee Baucum]

Good stuff, Doug.

They should put that on the Beatles station on SiriusXM!

~Lee

[Doug Beaumier]

Glad you like it, Lee

[Joe Krumel]

Nice Doug. Those guys were such good melody writers. I remember as a kid sitting in front of the big stereo console just hypnotized by their sound. Keep em comin!

[Doug Beaumier]

I too listened to vinyl on a big Zenith console back in those days. Nice memories.

[Doug Taylor]

Fantastic job Doug, that brought back lots of memories, it really makes a great steel instrumental!

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks Doug!

[Doug Taylor]

I have been transcribing this one for the last hour or so. What a great melody for pedal steel

[Doug Beaumier]

That’s great, Doug. Do you lower string 6? G# to G

[Doug Taylor]

Yes I lower 6, the melody really lays out nice.

[Larry Jamieson]

Nicely played, Doug. I enjoyed your music. I was around when the Beatles changed pop music and played some of their tunes in a rock band beginning at age 16...

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks Larry, much appreciated. I too was a big Beatles fan back in those days, and learned to play guitar on many of their songs.

[Fred Rushing]

Hi Doug. If you don't mind what are you changing with your right knee right on the tune And I Love her?

Great work as usual.

Fred

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks Fred, that knee lever lowers string 6... G# to G.

It gives me a minor chord, Am on fret 5 (also Am9 when string 7 or 1 are included).
The melody of this song lays out nicely with that lever. I release the lever when I go to A & B pedal positions.

I also use that lever to play my version of "Ghost Riders". Again, in Am, and that lever makes the verse section easier to play.

[Fred Rushing]

Thats what I was thinking. Thank you for taking time to reply

Fred

[Doug Beaumier]

I should mention... that knee lever is RKL, not RKR.

[Nigel Mullen]

Beautiful job Doug. I too was a big beatle fan back in the day. This brings back lots of fond memories. Thanks so much for sharing, Doug. I love the sound of that little Emmons you are playing. NM

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks, Nigel. I’m glad you like it.

[Eddie Harper]

Beautiful Doug, always enjoy your videos. I think that's why I could never get "Ghost Riders" to sound right. Eddie


do you have tracks for sale from your videos?

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks Eddie No, I don’t have backing tracks from my videos for sale.

[Ray Mangrum]

Great Job Doug!!! Do you have Tab for this? I looked through your material, but didn't see this one. Thanks, Ray

[Doug Beaumier]

No tab for this one, Ray. I used the G# to G knee lever (string 6) to play the main part of the melody, so if you have that lever, try watching the video (and slow down the video on YouTube) and you may be able to figure out most of it.

[Larry Dering]

Doug, you put some great music on your channel. Love the style and tone with your remarkable playing.

[Chris Templeton]

Notice Doug's great bar technique. Hitting the note(s) right on, then a nice tight vibrato (paying mind that vibrato is tighter the further up the fretboard one goes). Sometimes, players aren't sure of their tuning and mask it by starting right in with a wide vibtato.
I think of players with Doug Jerigan's picking hand as "flat handers", as opposed to Jeff Newman's "cupping the egg" right hand. Doug's right hand has a nice happy medium.
I generally like the tone better with the cupping method, but Doug's technique is a great combination of "regular" picking and pick blocking.

[Doug Beaumier]

Thanks Larry and Chris. I'm primarily a "pick blocker" so I don't always cup my hand as Jeff Newman taught. I do palm block sometimes to get a staccato sound, but pick blocking always felt more natural to me.