The saddest guitar solo ever?
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To me, one of the saddest, loneliest songs I've ever heard is Hank Williams (Sr., of course) "I'm so lonesome I could cry", and Don Helms' steel work in it is perfect; clean, beautiful, sad. Funny thing about this song is there's not a single minor chord in it, despite all the minors everyone else throws in when doing this song.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 13 September 2005 at 07:38 PM.]</p></FONT>
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The Holding My Own CD by George Strait has the song "So much like my dad" with the Big E on steel. To me this shows the incredible genius of Buddy. This break and ending fit the song perfectly by conveying the total idea of the song. I remember reading that Buddy said this was one, if not the most favorite break, he ever did. For those who have never heard the song it is about a young man asking his mother what his dad said to her to make her stay. The overall melancholy nature of the song, coupled with this steel break, to me is what steel is all about.
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Just about anything Lloyd Green plays on a moderate or slow song makes me well up inside. His technique and tone grabs every bit of my attention and it feels like the guitar is almost telling me a sad or glorious story and I'm trying my very best to understand it. Whatever it is..... it is beautiful and very few can do it.
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I think I would be inclined to go with the two (one or the other) of Tom Brumley's mentioned above (and I have been racking my mind for an alternative!- Cryin' Time and/or Together Again. Simple, heartfelt, & defintely quite influential...
or- is there a steel on Hank William's So Lonesome I Could Cry? Which probably qualifies as one of the Saddest SONGS ever...
or- is there a steel on Hank William's So Lonesome I Could Cry? Which probably qualifies as one of the Saddest SONGS ever...
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Try <a href=http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemus ... 5>these</a> on for size, opinions accepted. Just got DSL and uploading is no longer a chore. I just uploaded EJJrhythmandsolo. Stream only. Thanks
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