Love Walked In - I & G Gershwin

[Sez Adamson]

Hello to Everybody,

I attach a link to “Love Walked In’. I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsBvpEnsaM

For the record, this transcription for Pedal Steel Guitar is largely based on a Guitar arrangement by Barry Galbraith.

Barry was friendly with Hank Garland, and after a visit (seeing Hanks Stromberg Guitar), Barry ordered one as well. Barry passed on in the early 1980’s but left a legacy of beautiful arrangements, of which this is one.
Sez Adamson

[Josh Cho]

Sez,

That was beautiful, very nice job-the arrangement and your great playing really shows the versatility of the pedal steel.

Thanks for posting,

Josh

[Jim Cohen]

Terrific, Sez! With your permission, I will gladly add it to the lineup at www.SteelGuitarJazz.com

That's some pretty fancy footwork! Tell us about your copendent; is it standard? What are your KLs?

[Rick Schmidt]

Like I told you before Sez...wow! Beautiful!

[Tony Smart]

Great stuff and original to boot.

[Billy Wilson]

I was gonna say you need to send that over to Jim Cohen but Jim Cohen beat me to it. Got more?

[Sez Adamson]

Thanks for your nice comments.

Jim, I am pleased and flattered that you want to put my video clip on your Steel Guitar Jazz website. Please go ahead. Many thanks.

I have my setup on an excel spreadsheet, but when I tried loading it, the formatting went haywire; ending up with the changes against the wrong pedals. I will put it on the forum once I have sorted out the glitches.

I am working on a fairly wide repertoire of music, and will post more in the future if there is sufficient interest.

Thanks again everybody.
Sez

[Charles Curtis]

Sez, I for one would love to hear more of your music; IMO, great style.

[John Steele (deceased)]

That was just wonderful, thanks for sharing it with us, Sez.
I'd also love to see anything more you'd like to play for us. Wow.
- John
p.s. I have a really old vinyl of one of those all-star big band sessions of the late 50's, and Barry Galbraith was the guitarist.

[Jim Cohen]

There's a lot of work that goes into creating an arrangement like this (or even just transcribing it from guitar to pedal steel), and then a lot more that goes into making it look easy. Super job, Sez. Send more!

I have now added it at the "More Great Videos" page at www.SteelGuitarJazz.com

Best,
Jim

[Jeremy Long]

Sez, that was amazing. Very inspiring for me as a newbie who eventually wants to play jazz on steel. Thanks for showing us the voicing possibilities we have for C6. Please keep the videos coming!

Jeremy

[pdl20]

keep up the good work.

[Sez Adamson]

Many thanks to all who listened to the tune, and to those who responded. I will be taking time to to work up more repertoire, and hopefully improve with practice.

I realise that this kind of approach to great American Standards such as this is outside of the realm of "Traditional Steel Guitar Repertoire"; and may only appeal to a relatively small number of people.

However, as I very much enjoy the journey, and I don't do this for a living, mundane (but necessary for some) things, such as lack of earnings potential has little relevance for me.

I am very happy to know that there are those of you who enjoy this approach and will post more in due course.
Thank you very much,
Sez Adamson

[Don Drummer]

Ditto what has been said so far. Your voicings are the most "guitar like" I have heard. You have found a way to transcend the limitations of the psg when playing this type of music. Very well done. Now, how did you do it? Don D.