So I’m invited to play an art gallery event with a pickup group of local musicians. The music is standards, blues, some jazz/swing numbers (think “Don’t Go To Strangers” and “St. James Infirmary”). The instrumentation is doghouse bass, cornet, sax, harmonica, 2 guitars and the pedal steel. Oh and another 6-string will be joining us.
A few minutes before we start, the 3rd guitar player strolls in, plugs in and starts playing this George Benson riff and we all kind of fall into it. At break time, come to find out that the guy is Russ DeFilippis, who played many years in George’s band -fancy that!
Here's the riff: https://youtu.be/G1QjyskJ9jw?t=19
And here's the Doug Arrington Band:
E9: Breezin' intro
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By coincidence, I just arranged this song for C6 lap steel yesterday. The Beginning of Benson’s move into the pop arena
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I tried to not go too crazy with George's licks. It's the basic melody with a few embellishments. You can improvise with the major pentatonic scale.
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The chord progression just repeats over and over: D, Bm7, Em7, G/A. You could also use: Dmaj9, Bm7, Em9, G11/A.
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The chord progression just repeats over and over: D, Bm7, Em7, G/A. You could also use: Dmaj9, Bm7, Em9, G11/A.
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