"PearlOfTheQuarter"-Steely Dan-Skunk Baxter Steel

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 27 Jun 2018 4:07 pm

Here's "Pearl of the Quarter", my favorite Steely Dan tune. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter plays pedal steel. It's from The Dan's "Countdown To Ecstasy" album - was that really 45 years ago???? The chord walkdown in the chorus - 12(E), 11F(Gdim), 10(D), 9F(Fdim), 8(C), 7F(Ebdim), 8AB(Dm), 8(C) - is pretty simple but fun to play and sounds great. Feel free to use different string groups with it to mix things up a little.
Corrections and comments always welcome.
Here it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMeTwFKbgsI

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 27 Jun 2018 6:57 pm

This is great! I was gonna dig into it,soon. Thanks again, Jeff!

Ross Koeberl · Post by **Ross Koeberl** » 28 Jun 2018 7:13 am

Jeff, thank you so much! This was one of the songs that got me into the steel and I learned the intro from a prior transcription you made, itâ€™s always my first impulse to play when I sit down at the steel. Excited to have some good transcriptions of the fills now!

Aaron Johnson · Post by **Aaron Johnson** » 28 Jun 2018 7:34 am

Jeff, thank you very much! I'm looking forward to working on this!

David Gertschen · Post by **David Gertschen** » 28 Jun 2018 8:54 am

Thanks Jeff!! I had forgotten about this classic. Can't wait to try out your detailed tab. Curious if there are any other Steely Dan recordings with PSG?

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 28 Jun 2018 9:26 am

Thanks for the nice comments, guys! It's great to get feedback on the tabs.

David: I'm not aware of a whole lot of Skunk's psg playing with Steely Dan but a few other tunes that come to mind are East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Brooklyn, and Razor Boy.

Here's a stab at the break in Brooklyn:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... t=brooklyn

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 28 Jun 2018 11:35 am

Thanks, Jeff.
Forgot how nice that was.

David Gertschen · Post by **David Gertschen** » 28 Jun 2018 11:40 am

Thanks again Jeff, I was not familiar with those other songs.

Ross Koeberl · Post by **Ross Koeberl** » 28 Jun 2018 1:10 pm

Another great track with Skunk Baxter on steel is the bandâ€™s very first single, â€Dallasâ€, which only ever appeared on a Japanese self titled compilation album. I think â€œAny Major Dudeâ€ has some steel as well!

Rick Bernauer · Post by **Rick Bernauer** » 28 Jun 2018 2:08 pm

Thanks Jeff - I appreciate you sharing this.

Gregory Etchason · Post by **Gregory Etchason** » 29 Jun 2018 1:26 am

Jeff you're the man

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 3 Sep 2018 11:33 am

Jeff, do you ever have time to sleep?

This example is is another of your thorough and careful tablature. Many thanks Steve