Thanks Bengt for your wonderful gift

Jeff Lampert · Post by **Jeff Lampert** » 14 Dec 2000 4:13 pm

This tab for Lloyd Green's "Almost Home" is breathtakingly awesome. There are just no words to describe it. I think it is necessary to inform all the Forum members, many of whom never even come to this section, to come receive this incredible gift that Bengt has sent us. Ricky, if you and b0b think it's ok, you could post a message in the other Forums letting everyone know that they should come see this. You could also let the Off-Topic people know as well, or I could since I post there regularly. Everyone needs to see this. Bengt, thanks a million for an amazing piece of work. Just amazing.

Steve Feldman · Post by **Steve Feldman** » 14 Dec 2000 4:25 pm

Wow! Agreed 100%! I just copied this thing out and haven't had a chance to fool with it yet, but by gawd, hats off to a great effort!
Thanks Bengt - nice piece of work!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 14 Dec 2000 10:57 pm

Bengt; what a wonderful Christmas Present. That is waaaaaaay over and beyond the call of duty; and we all appreciate your increadible amount of hard work on this song by "The Man" Lloyd Green.
Thanks a million and these folks in this area; just impress me more and more; I am gleeming with astonishment.

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Ricky Davis

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Tommy Minniear · Post by **Tommy Minniear** » 15 Dec 2000 2:06 am

Bengt: This is away cool thing you have done! The reasons for this being my favorite spot on the Forum just keep addin' up like the printed pages in my tab folder! I do believe that this is the sort of thing that this Forum is all about! Thanks and Happy Holidays!

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Tommy Minniear

Fred Truitt · Post by **Fred Truitt** » 15 Dec 2000 4:43 am

Bengt

What else could I say that the others have'nt already said? You are a credit to mankind. Best Holiday wishes and many thanks

Fred

BobG · Post by **BobG** » 15 Dec 2000 8:22 am

Bengt, It's definately one of my favorites!! Thanks for tabbing it out. Also, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Cairo Zoots · Post by **Cairo Zoots** » 15 Dec 2000 8:56 am

Thank You for the Xmas present Bengt! Now I don't have to do all that "Wassailing" 'neath the Xmas tree. Tell me, do all the steel players with the initials B.E. have soooooo much talent? Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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ree-oo-dee-doo

Bengt Erlandsen · Post by **Bengt Erlandsen** » 15 Dec 2000 3:00 pm

I actually was not aware that my initials was the same as the one and only B.Emmons.
It certainly took some hours to find out where and how things was played on Almost Home. Finding the low notes played together with the melody gave me the most trouble. But I learned sooooooooooooo much about this instrument when I tabbed this song that I have not realized it yet. There is certainly some interesting things happening worth further study in this song. I am truly amazed about how L.G. is able to make melody lines move in all possible directions.
I thank all you people at this forum for giving me inspiration to keep on playing this incredible instrument. The duration of some notes is not correct (I just did not have the time to fill in everything, the notes played should be, hopefully 99% correct), and you have to listen to the original track to get a feel of how the slides are done. If someone has tried to play this song before I would like to get some feedback about any differences.

Merry Xmas and a Happy new Year.
Bengt Erlandsen

[This message was edited by BENGT ERLANDSEN on 15 December 2000 at 03:13 PM.]

Chippy Wood · Post by **Chippy Wood** » 16 Dec 2000 2:02 am

Thanks Bengt,
You will have made a lot of people very happy.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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Chippy
Carter S10/Pad

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 16 Dec 2000 3:16 pm

W

W !!!!!!! what a job !
Thank you again, Bengt.
Happy Holidays Bro,
Steel doin' what ?

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 16 Dec 2000 5:38 pm

Bengt, I truly enjoy this song and to find out that you have tabbed it all out is a gift that I could never have unwrapped myself, A GREAT BIG THANKS!! and a Merry Xmas to you and yours.

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Dan Layne

Robert Crawford · Post by **Robert Crawford** » 17 Dec 2000 7:52 am

Excellent work & thanks. May you and your family have a safe and happy holiday.

johnnyb · Post by **johnnyb** » 17 Dec 2000 5:14 pm

Ditto what everyone else said!
Thank You-Thank You-Thank You!
Happy Holidays
johnnyb.

wjpauly · Post by **wjpauly** » 18 Dec 2000 10:28 am

The knowledge of our instrument and the 'brotherhood' (regardless of gender) shown by our European counterparts never ceases to amaze me. All I can do to express my thanks is to practice, practice, practice.

Happy Holidays from Austin, TX, to B.E. and Forumites everywhere.

Correction: It's off the REFLECTIONS recordings!
(ps. This is my favorite song from the 5 CD's reissued by S.O.R. from Mr. Green.)[This message was edited by wjpauly on 01 January 2001 at 08:57 PM.]

Bengt Erlandsen · Post by **Bengt Erlandsen** » 2 Jan 2001 3:28 pm

Thanks everybody. "Almost home" is not the only beautiful song on the Reflections Album. The response from all of you gave me inspiration and energy to tab another one from the same album.
Hope you enjoy "Reflections of oudewater" just as much.

Forever thankful
Bengt

Discovered something not quite right in the tab for almost home. Sorry. Here is the correction.

<pre>
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --7~~~~~~~~---------------------------0--------0-------0------------------
B -----------------------------------12-12~12A---12~12A--13A~12A12~12A~~13A-
G#--7~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------------------
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------12-------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .

F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------8--0~~~~~~~~~-----0~~~~~~~~~~~~--------
G#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --0-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B --12A~~10A-8A-------------------------7A~8A~~~~7A----7~~~~~~~~~~~7A-------
G#-----------8--------------------------------------------------------------
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------8R-------------------------7~~8R~~~~7--------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~7--------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
</pre>

If anyone wants the corrected tab as a txt file , send me an Email.

Bengt[This message was edited by BENGT ERLANDSEN on 03 January 2001 at 04:50 PM.]