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Topic: Favorite Blues and Rock licks? |
Tim Carlson
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 1:13 am |
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| I know that, for the most part, Hawaiian and country music seem to be the focus here. Surely you all have had at least SOME exposure to music outside of those two realms. So what are some of your favorite blues, rock, pop, or "other" songs that feature slide guitar riffs or licks? |
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Roman Sonnleitner
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 2:11 am
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| Everything by Friends Of Dean Martinez, but especially the "Wichita Lineman" album; Greg Leisz' lap steel playing on the 1980s classic "Mother Of Earth" by The Gun Club; Ben Harper's first two albums; Nels Cline's lap steel playing on Wilco's last album "Sky Blue Sky". |
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Tim Carlson
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 2:35 am
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I've recently found that Mark Knopfler has quite a bit of slide playing in his albums. I don't know who the player is, and he's playing "bottle neck" in this instance. If you look closely, you can see a pedal steel on stage with them, but I don't descriminate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3tGbuguyo
The album version of his song "Fade to Black" is partly what steered me here. Sorry, I don't have a link for it anywhere. |
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Mark Mansueto
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 4:49 am Re: Favorite Blues and Rock licks?
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| Tim Carlson wrote: |
| I know that, for the most part, Hawaiian and country music seem to be the focus here. Surely you all have had at least SOME exposure to music outside of those two realms. So what are some of your favorite blues, rock, pop, or "other" songs that feature slide guitar riffs or licks? |
Are you interested in slide guitar licks in general or lap steel? I ask because there are countless bottleneck players around but rock and blues lap players are far less common.
My favorite rock lap player is David Lindley but there are also some great players that are members of this forum. Steinar Gregertson comes immediately to mind.
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Pete Hunt
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 5:06 am Blues Licks
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Hop Wilson, Chicago lap steel blues player from the '50's (and 60's, I think) has some nice stuff, too. There's at least one album. Near as I can figure, he sometimes plays in an E tuning, but in the key of G. I could stand correction, though.
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Pete Hunt
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Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 5:50 am And...
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| Also, the catalogue of Sacred Steel music from The Rev. Utah Smith through the Jewel Dominon players like Willie Eason through the Campbell Brothers. I know this has verged out of the "without pedals" realm, but Robert Randoplh's "Unclassified" album made me put down my steel and just gape with my mouth open when I first heard it (still does). |
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Chuck McGill
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 7:08 am
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| That's one of my favorite slide players, Sonny Landreth. What a great video. Tim thanks for posting it. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 9:08 am
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 9:10 am
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Tim Carlson
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 9:42 am Re: Favorite Blues and Rock licks?
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Are you interested in slide guitar licks in general or lap steel?
Steinar Gregertson comes immediately to mind. |
Slide guitar licks in general.
After hearing his rendition of "I Don't Live Today", Steinar has jumped to the top of my list of "CD's worth driving around town to find", even though it's not done yet. I'm also really glad I heard it, because, in general, that's the direction I wanted to take my slide playing. Right now there's around 50 different songs (from all the "ususal suspects" up to really diverse bands like Ministry, Clutch, and Living Colour)that don't necessarily contain any slide in the song, but I want to change that! I'm excited about the prospect of learning horn and keyboard parts on steel.
BTW, Good stuff, Rick. I could only get the Youtube ones to come up, though.
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Peter Jacobs
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 9:51 am
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For slide (bottleneck style), it's hard to beat Sonny Landreth (who is not of this Earth), although there are many, many great electric and acoustic slide players. I love his work with John Hiatt.
For rock lap steel, David Lindley is the reason I started playing lap slide. Ben Harper and Robert Randolph make beautiful noises. Kaki King does some cool things with looping.
And yes, indeed, check out our own Steinar Gregertsen -- great tone and ideas.
Another guy to check out is Freddy Roulette -- he's the king of blues lap steel.
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 11:53 am Re: Favorite Blues and Rock licks?
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... After hearing his rendition of "I Don't Live Today", Steinar has jumped to the top of my list ... |
Absolutely, I love the direction Steinar is going with his new project, good stuff 
I'm a fan David Gilmour's non pedal playing.
Here is a nice quicktime clip from his David Gimour In Concert DVD
http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/dg/index.html
A great DVD by the way, I dig the integration of the upright bass and cello too.
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Vince Luke
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 11:57 am
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This is the sort of question where more & more answers come to mind the longer I ponder it, but here're a few of my favorites that come to mind:
For electric rockin'-type stuff:
David Lindley--"Mercury Blues"; also on Warren Zevon's "Numb as a Statue"
Ben Harper--"Faded"; "Temporary Remedy"; "The Will to Live"
If you're into acoustic steeling as well:
Kelly Joe Phelps--"Lead Me On"; "Black Crow Keeps On Flyin'"; "House Carpenter"; and pretty much anything else
Ben Harper--"Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now"; "When it's Good"
David Lindley--there're a number of YouTube clips of him playing solo acoustic weissenborn that've been posted on this forum, well worth checking out.
Harry Manx and Jeff Lang are two more artists who play lap-style music that's doesn't fall into the Hawaiian or country categories. I've only heard a few songs by each, can't think of the names right now.
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Brad Bechtel
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 1:10 pm
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I have some recommended listening on my web site.
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Tim Carlson
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 12:16 am
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| Thanks, Brad. I've actually visited your site numerous times, but never put two-and-two together. Good stuff. |
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John Billings
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 7:43 am
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Ry Cooder instantly comes to mind for me. All of his bottleneck stuff! Really, really like his slidin' version of "All Shook Up!" Abdo-lutely vicious!
Roy Rogers too. His "Slideways" cd is fun. "Duckwalk", with it's Hap Wilson vibe rocks! |
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James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 8:52 am
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Definitely check out Bill Elm of The Friends of Dean Martinez. Beautiful stuff..
Aterdecer
On The Shore(the "Wichita Lineman" album that Roman mentioned is part of this 2-disc set. This is also my favorite)
A Place In the Sun (a very close second favorite)
Random Harvest
Lost Horizon |
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Chris Walke
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St Charles, IL
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 9:36 am
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Ry Cooder instantly comes to mind for me. All of his bottleneck stuff! Really, really like his slidin' version of "All Shook Up!" Abdo-lutely vicious!
Roy Rogers too. His "Slideways" cd is fun. "Duckwalk", with it's Hap Wilson vibe rocks! |
Another great Ry Cooder track comes from John Hiatt's "Bring the Family" album. His bottleneck playing (and killer tone) on Memphis in the Meantime is hard, if not impossible to beat. Same album, his steel playing on the ballad called Lipstick Sunset is just... no words. |
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David Doggett
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Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 10:55 am
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For Delta style blues on an acoustic lap steel, check out The Black Ace. He was in East Texas and had his own radio show. I believe he is on Arhoolie.
For Chicago electric blues on lap steel, check out L. C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson, from Los Angeles. I believe he is also on Arhoolie.
Also, the Forum's own Dan Tyack has some great modern blues on pedal steel.
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 11:38 am
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 11:39 am
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 11:40 am
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 11:41 am
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 11:43 am
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