Hold It · Jim Loessberg

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 28 Sep 2023 10:12 am

This is my favorite version of this song along with the way that the French Family Band plays it. It's a take-off of the Buddy Emmons version with some really cool twists thrown in. I had to slow it down to get the part at 0:22 which so far I can't play up to speed on guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UGAwQupWQ

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 28 Sep 2023 3:52 pm

Jim had a really well written tab book for this album. This album also has Emmons' never self-recorded tune "Brown Derby" !

Samuel Phillippe · Post by **Samuel Phillippe** » 28 Sep 2023 4:44 pm

Practice, practice, practice Greg. I know you'll get it

Sam

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 28 Sep 2023 5:07 pm

Buddy plays that same lick on this live version: https://youtu.be/u_qZwWwGgB0?si=Ir52jOSoGGzKTPBk

I play it with pedal 6 on fret 3 and 8, strings 8, 6, 4

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 29 Sep 2023 6:08 am

I have the notes as: C F# C F B F B F and found them all over the place in sequence but never thought of moving the moving the bar up to fret 8.

Thanks Scott!

Perhaps that move would make it easier on standard guitar as well. Seems very similar to the Jimmy Day riff used to end a C6 instrumental on Golden Steel Guitar Hits.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 29 Sep 2023 2:53 pm

I figured out how Mr. French plays it on guitar and it's quite compact and easy to play fast:

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 29 Sep 2023 3:00 pm

On my D13 S-12 guitar pedal 6 works as you said on C6 except I also have to hold my RKR in at the same time.

Amazingly I also found out that if I play the same strings at fret 2 and use my D13 LKV by itself I get the same notes!

Steve Mueller · Post by **Steve Mueller** » 29 Sep 2023 5:30 pm

Two great versions worthy of some study!!