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Hope you all enjoyed the download.

Happy New Year

Thanks so much Mike for your generosity!

Thank you, Mike!

That's just what I needed to keep me away from household chores this weekend. Fun guitar solo too. I might work on that as well.

You're quite welcome. The knowledge I have gleaned from others here has made it possible for me to become a deeper student of the instrument and it always feels good to pass it along knowing that the cycle will continue long after we've all played our last notes.

It was always a dream of mine to be able to play Speedy's stuff when I first got interested in steel, but it seemed so far out of reach for a long time--even a simple tune like this. Turns out, I just didn't really understand how to play the instrument. Learning this stuff has taught me so much that now I feel that I understand the instrument, how to play it, and the history of it, and I feel confident enough to do my own thing with it.

Have a happy New Year, everyone.

I get that, Mike. I've resisted learning "instrumental pieces" of other players in favor of doing my own thing until recently. But now the more I listen to and learn what others have done, the more I discover passages and chord phrases that enhance and inform my own playing.

Turns out "Steelin' From The Masters" is a very good thing for me to be doing.

That was mighty cool playing, Mike.

I love the sound of that steel - great tone!!

great! thank you

Speedy maybe the hardest steeler to transcribe - I've never had any luck trying to figure out his stuff....which tuning - is he jumping necks here - is he using the pedals or not, etc. along with his eclectic playful style that's hard to cop.
Most everyone who can pull his style off was actually shown how by him or learned it from someone who was.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but after many, many hours over the years, devoted to dissecting Speedy's tunes, I determined for my own satisfaction that Speedy's use of pedals was NOTHING like todays' players rely on.

There was NO E9th, Nashville Sound where his pedals were concerned.

He was not ill at east in jumping from the E6th to the C#min neck and he did use the A6th neck a lot more than I had originally believed. I have several on You Tube that were easy to learn from the records;
"Stainless Steel" and "Speedin' West".........

You've done a great job with that tune and your lower strings sound a lot more like Speedy's work than mine EVER did. I congratulate YOU for your hard work that has resulted in this great performance. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

I ALWAYS leaned every instrumental that came out by virtually any steel guitarist then recording and it was by doing so, that I was able to learn the tunings and how to play in the many variables that existed way back then.

Thanks, Ray. Happy New Year.

since its been slow at work over the holidays, I've been going back thru the old archives from the early 2000's. It saddens me to read so many great posts from the guys who have since passed on - and how, without this forum, most of their decades of steel knowledge would be lost forever. That's why I'm so grateful to mike for stepping in as the next generation of "steel sages" for all us students to learn from.

And Ray, yes you are the wise old steeler still with us thankfully.
My old Ric B6 use to belong to Kenny Dail, one of those great stores of steel knowledge and sadly, although I met him, I never got to pick his brain - man what I would give for an afternoon with him now.

Thanks Mike for sharing this very well done transcription!

Thank you, Mike for giving us this tab and video. Well done as always. I enjoy your bolg as well.
Regards, Zig

I enjoyed the guitar solo as much as the steel! Well done.

Thanks, Frank. I was going for a "Django-meets-Amos Garrett" vibe.

Today is the last day for this free download.

Happy New Year, everyone.

Thanks Mike, I made it under the wire! You do a great service to the steel guitar community.

Jeff