Mercury Blues transcription?

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Mercury Blues transcription?

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Anyone know of a good transcription or tab of David Lindley's Mercury Blues.
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Post by John Billings »

Bill,
I think you mean "David Lindley's VERSION OF Mercury Blues."

The song goes way back. The original;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj9xQ7oUwbs
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And here's a fun live version with Ry;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpJYvLsBco
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If you can find a copy of the June 2000 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, they have it tabbed out there.
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Ah...Thanks Brad. Too bad there isn't a link to it.
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Bill, I have the issue that Brad mentioned, and scanned the Tab for you. I'd post it here if I could figure out how (or wasn't too lazy to). check you're PM.
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Mercury tab

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I'd sure love to get a copy of that tab. I'll post it here if you would email it to me. :D
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eric, check your email.
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Post by Randy Reeves »

he plays the lick in F. I think he has a lap steel tuned to that.
I sure would appreciate a copy of what you have.
please, please, please.
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here's the tab

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I love this song. Thanks for sending it.

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Mercury Blues tab Acoustic Guitar mag and David Lindley

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I heard this at SiriusXM Deep Tracks this morning on Tom Petty's radio program. I'm glad the tablature is located here so I don't have to slog through boxes of Acoustic Guitar mag. Thanks for the reference, Brad!

By the way, the tab is in the key of D. David Lindley took one of his DADGAD tuned instruments and tuned one string down a half step to DADF#AD as noted

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Re: Mercury Blues transcription?

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Bill McCloskey wrote:Anyone know of a good transcription or tab of David Lindley's Mercury Blues.
El Rayo X version?
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Post by Stephen Abruzzo »

El Rayo-X was an album David Lindley put out with Mercury Blues on it IIRC.....also the name of his band too.

My personal favorite version Lindley did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbbgSKUZB4
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i thought it was an alan jackson song!? :lol: :aside: :whoa: >:-) :eek: :D
edited to add emoticons.
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Here ya go >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTfCITzISM

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Post by chris ivey »

hey bud, good info.
so he recorded that in oakland in '52.
i was born in oakland in'48 and grew up in my dad's '47 ford sedan...looked alot like that merc.
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Post by Bud Angelotti »

KC probably "borrowed" it as well.
Lotta dough has been made with that song.
Just realized someone earlier in the thread put up an even earlier version of this song.
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