Leavitt: I Can't Help It If......

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 24 Oct 2005 5:11 pm

This is a song remembering Hank Williams on
the Lap Steel with Leavitt set up.
Experimenting with the slant technique
on this tuning graduating in half steps
using both forward and back moves with the bar.
Actually easier to do some of this on a lap steel than on my pedal steel.
Here's the link. Please post if it does not open. http://freefilehosting.net/?id=qNnwkKvc

Bob Tuttle · Post by **Bob Tuttle** » 24 Oct 2005 5:20 pm

Very nice Roy. Are you sure you don't have a pedal or two hooked up to that thing?

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 24 Oct 2005 5:30 pm

I find that absolutly amazing! Wonderful.

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Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 24 Oct 2005 5:41 pm

That was some beautiful playin there Roy.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 24 Oct 2005 5:49 pm

Roy, you should have your own TV show.

I'd be glued to the set......

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 24 Oct 2005 6:06 pm

I was going thru some CDs last evening and took out a Chet Atkins disc ,,,actually his
Solo Sessions which was recorded in his home Studio. It was released after his passing I beleive? On it he played this song in a medley and inspired me to give it a shot also.
I used my son's Gibson BR-6. He left it with me to get all the keys replaced which are disintergrating fast.
For those not familiar the Leavitt tuning from high to low goes,,D--C--Bb--G--E--C#
Every time I play it I find so many different
ways of playing a song.

My thanks to you guys and I hope you give this tuning a try sometime.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 24 Oct 2005 7:51 pm

Roy. I could not open the file. Can you email me the mp3? Thanks

Bruno Rasmussen · Post by **Bruno Rasmussen** » 25 Oct 2005 5:23 am

Roy
There must be something unusual going on, the way you post your mp3’s. When I download your files I get nothing but the name, and when I try to stream, I get nothing at all.
I can see I’m not the only one with this problem.

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 25 Oct 2005 5:39 am

Sorry,
I am checking into it.
It must have to do with the
format req'd by my hosting site?

Roy

John Bushouse · Post by **John Bushouse** » 25 Oct 2005 6:24 am

I have no problem - first I click on the link, then on the page that comes up I right-click on "Download MP3" and save the file.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 25 Oct 2005 9:32 am

Roy was nice enough to send me an MP3. I finally got it open per his suggestion to use Windows Media Player. My computer was set to use another player.

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 25 Oct 2005 10:04 am

Here is another link to the song provided by Andy Sandoval. Perhaps this will work on the other Media Players besides Windows Media. http://members.cox.net/loveridehd3/ICan'tHelpItIf.mp3

Mike Ihde · Post by **Mike Ihde** » 26 Oct 2005 1:39 pm

Simply beautiful Roy. But, are you telling me on the part where the lyrics would be "I can't help it if I'm still IN LOVE with you" the part in question being the "in love", that you didn't do a behing the bar pull?
Wow! Do you have a TAB of that I could get?
Thanks for keeping it going (the tuning that is)

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 26 Oct 2005 2:44 pm

Great tone and touch Roy!

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 26 Oct 2005 3:10 pm

Hello Mike and thanks !
Yes that is a half tone tug behind the bar
at the 4th fret on the second string. The
trick for me was to keep the 4 and 5 strings sustaining underneath while executing the effect.
I only have my notes at this point which I
used while recording the song but I will put it to tab son I hope.
I love working with the tuning.