Speedy West classic arranged for C6 (tab)

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Speedy West classic arranged for C6 (tab)

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I've posted the tab and a backing track to a classic Speedy West tune, Skiddle-Dee-Boo, on my blog. This tune was important for me in terms of trying to learn how to think like a steel player. Hope it helps you--I would have killed for this when I was just learning.

http://www.mikeneer.com/lapsteelin/2014 ... ed-for-c6/
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Oh, how I wish I had these resources when I was starting out! Thanks again, Mike.
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Ditto what Brad said. Always loved the music of this era and especially the Capitol recordings by Jimmy & Speedy. And triple what Brad said with Mike's tab of Sol Hoopii's 12th Street Rag. Brozman once tried to teach me to play it in low-bass G (to no avail).

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You're quite welcome. My blog has been something that has been really good for me in a lot of ways, and I anticipate in the coming months that I will have a lot of time on my hands which I can devote towards more musical endeavors.

My blog has reached over 300,000 views, which is kind of surprising to me.
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Oh, Boy! Another one, Mike? Thank you so much. If I could just find the time to really concentrate on the terrific material you have made available, I'd be making more progress. Thanks to you, however, my rate of progress is much greater. I look forward to digging into this one. Thank you.

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Love all this stuff, thanks so much!!
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I'm not surprised at 300k+ views. Cream rises to the top!
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Post by Bill Hatcher »

the backing track is so nice!! and the music and tab is top notch! i could not open the actual track. some kind of download thing....i saw two things checked off that would make "ask.com" change my computer preferences! can you just post a simple click and play for the speedy track?
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http://www.mikeneer.com/skiddle_dee_boo.mp3

The backing was made with my Michael Dunn Maccaferri style guitar, Kay upright bass, and a pair of brushes and a box.
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Post by J Fletcher »

Nice!
I have been watching some Speedy West on youtube lately, to get a better idea of how to play some of this stuff.
There is a clip of Speedy on Lawrence Welk, playing "On the Alamo" on a Fender 800, using the back neck. Anybody know how he had those necks tuned?
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just fabulous!! thanks for the link. nice staccato with the right hand!! thats hard to do and have a good groove going on.
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Post by Doug Beaumier »

Nice work, Mike. I was unable to find a link to the music (with steel) on your blog page, just the play-along track. But I heard the steel track with the link you provided here. Sounds good, a real clean tone.
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Thanks for letting me know. I guess I forgot to add the link. I recorded this about 4 or 5 years ago.
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Post by Jerome Hawkes »

what a great, fun tune to play - thanks Mike!
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b0b commented on the blog that C6 pedal players can play this on the inside 8 strings with pedal 5 down.

@Doug, if I recall correctly, I recorded this on my Clinesmith S8 using the Lil' Izzy to give it that nice sparkle of a Standel, but played through my Princeton Reverb.
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Here's one of his earliest and a favorite of mine

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"STEEL STRIKE".........and "Stainless Steel"........
"Truck Drivers Ride"......"Midnight Ramble".....
early day greats in Speedy's career.
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What kind of a box?
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Post by Steve Cunningham »

Yeah Mike! Is the improv yours or Speedy's?
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Post by Mike Neer »

Don, it was just a shipping box, about 14x12x6.

Steve, that was my own solo--Jimmy Bryant handled the solo on the original recording.
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J Fletcher wrote: There is a clip of Speedy on Lawrence Welk, playing "On the Alamo" on a Fender 800, using the back neck. Anybody know how he had those necks tuned?
I'm pretty sure he's playing the twin 8 string version which would make it a Fender 1000.

The 800 was a 10 string single neck (the 400 was the 8 string single and the 2000 was the double 10 string).

I started a thread on this very subject about 8 years ago:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=87652

Someone came up with a tuning chart at the end of the thread but it looks like there was a misprint (or Speedy had a modified guitar) as it shows the A# string being lowered to both A and G on different pedals which can't be done - you can only lower a string to one note with a regular changer.
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Post by J Fletcher »

Thanks Jeff.
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