Litaker and Blue Jade

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 25 Jun 2015 5:59 am

This is pretty remarkable if you like things like smoothness, expression and control. Emmons wrote one hell of an arrangement and melody suite on that one. It's a beautiful song and not nearly as easy as Litaker makes it sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFX8jfY-9CI

Dennis Johnson · Post by **Dennis Johnson** » 25 Jun 2015 7:57 am

Always like that song. Someone should have put words to it and made a hit. Maybe like, on my way to the courthouse to get my divorce my truck quit run'in and when I opened the door to look at the engine my dog, "Old Friend", jumped out and got hit by a greyhound bus, or something like that.

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 25 Jun 2015 8:41 am

Yes a great job as always!
William has an instructional DVD on this tune.
As you can imagine, it's very well done!

Joey Andrews · Post by **Joey Andrews** » 25 Jun 2015 8:49 am

Larry I have to agree, the old head rooster was strutting his stuff on this one. Great job my friend!

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 25 Jun 2015 11:27 am

Dennis Johnson wrote:Always like that song. Someone should have put words to it and made a hit. Maybe like, on my way to the courthouse to get my divorce my truck quit run'in and when I opened the door to look at the engine my dog, "Old Friend", jumped out and got hit by a greyhound bus, or something like that.

You forgot to add anything about "mama" "prison", "getting drunk" , a "truck", or a "train". Though I guess a greyhound 'll do.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 25 Jun 2015 11:59 am

daniel, you seem to be quite the supporter of the litaker school. he should give you a discount.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 25 Jun 2015 12:46 pm

chris ivey wrote:daniel, you seem to be quite the supporter of the litaker school. he should give you a discount.

Chris, that's not a bad idea.

If he was expensive, I would probably pursue that. But at $5 a week baseline, I don't know how much lower it could go. I do want to make sure he keeps enough students aware of his work to keep the price at $5, though.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't support him if what he does wasn't working. I know guys who are seasoned and pretty damn good who show up each week just for the fun of it.

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 26 Jun 2015 5:07 am

That's right on,Dan. This has got to be the best bang for
your buck anywhere! If William ever comes to his senses
He could easily charge much more. Lucky for us he enjoys
What he does!

Howard Steinberg · Post by **Howard Steinberg** » 26 Jun 2015 5:50 am

What Daniel said. There is so much good information provided and stuff to help stay out of ruts. The material is presented in such a manageable way that you can process and integrate it into your playing before the next session. And it is a lot of fun. Many thanks to Mr. Litaker and the internet.

George Buechley · Post by **George Buechley** » 27 Jun 2015 5:45 am

In this day and time, we are so lucky to have William teaching pedal steel guitar. I know I have improved by being a part of the weekly lessons. You can not beat the price!

George

Dennis Johnson · Post by **Dennis Johnson** » 27 Jun 2015 5:59 am

Agree Daniel, Mr. Litaker and YouTube make a great opportunity for players advancing today. I joined recently and wonder what I missed over the last few years. I'm retired now and just play for my own enjoyment. Having a great time learning and playing some of these new old songs I never played back when I was playing with bands.

Darrell Gill · Post by **Darrell Gill** » 8 Jul 2015 6:45 pm

Good job William... I too am getting better because of you... thanks...

Darrell and his carter in Fl

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