I get "overused," but if I'm playing in local bands and not working on original material, if I know some overused hot licks, people are just going to say, "he's pretty good." They're not going to say "he's using a Weldon Myrick lick that is 40 years old." That is... unless I'm playing it at a steel convention. I'd like to know every overused lick there is!
Johnathan Shacklock and Tony Prior's explanations are probably the best. This lick however or not overused can be broken down into so many lick that they are almost endless. You can make licks out of it that would just blow some of, your minds. Learn to work it up and down the neck forward and backwards
then play parts off it and work it vertically and horizontally and you'll be amazed what you can do with it and it works in any key. It is a great exercise for someone that is learning to play steel. Use it for a warmup exercise. The possibilities are endless if you have an imagination.
Weldon surprised a lot of steel players when he released the lick in a turn around on Tommy Overstreets "if love was a bottle of wine". After that, so many steelers wanted to learn the lick, he did the little course.
Smiley Roberts was playing for Overstreet at that time and when he heard the cut, he said how in the heck am I suppose to play that. He then went to Weldon back stage at the Opry and had him show him how.
The pattern works well over the relative chord changes... 1, 2m, 3m, 4, 5, 6m, 7dim. I don't remember the changes in Powerglide, but do remember that I included the diminished and 3m chord.
And it's not just for speedpicking. It works well on medium tempo songs too. It will also work as a minor pattern, and a mixolydian or a dorian pattern. You just need to know which fret to start on to play each mode. Very useful.
