Dobro Licks

Lindley · Post by **Lindley** » 22 Oct 2003 5:22 am

Is there a tape or course somewhere that actually shows how to do popular Dobro licks? There are many for the pedal steel, like Steve Palousek, who just goes over many different licks, intros, breaks, and the like. I have Cindy Cashdollar, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, and so on. They teach many valuable things, especially for a beginner like me, but it appears that they "hide' their good licke somewhat, especially Rob Ickes. I was just wondering if there was such a thing out there. Thanks guys...John

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[This message was edited by Lindley on 22 October 2003 at 06:25 AM.]

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 22 Oct 2003 6:31 am

Yeah,I'm curious too!

Ron Bednar · Post by **Ron Bednar** » 22 Oct 2003 6:49 am

Not sure if his style will fit what you are looking for but one guy that I really like is Kelly Joe Phelps. He has a DVD out and shows some nice stuff. He's got a very unique style of playing and singing and his take on lap playing is very different than most, refreshingly different. Kinda has an easy layed back way about him.
He is also, like my teacher Pete Grant, a proponant of D tuning. He plays a regular 6 string acoustic with a raised nut and doesn't use picks but his bar moves and ideas are great.

Pete told me a good story about him. He met him backstage at a festival once and asked if he might play his guitar. Kelly said sure, Pete commensed to play this real ripper of a steel tune he wrote and was having a great time on Kelly's guitar. Then he said, Kelly gently laid his hand on Pete's
and quietly said, "Please, my guitar doesn't need to hear anything like that."

Check him out.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 22 Oct 2003 7:22 am

Check out David Hamburger's book and CD. It's pretty deep. -MJ-

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 22 Oct 2003 8:25 am

Hi, Lindley, Stacy Phillips' monster "Complete Dobro Player" is loaded with licks and styles, as is his earlier "The Dobro Book". Ditto on the Hamburger book, just excellent. His idea of breaking down phrases into 4 and 8 note blocks is a great way to build up ideas. As far as Rob Ickes' licks- definitely get a copy of the Rob Ickes Accutab transcriptions- you'll need the first four Blue Highway CDs where all the music is from, but it's the most accurate detailed dissection of reso style I've seen. His approach to playing in various keys without a capo and his licks in general are very apparent, and sometimes surprisingly ellusive, shown clearly in the Accutab. Rob sells 'em on his site too: http://www.robickes.com/
For great basic instruction, particularly rolls and weaving them into solos, check out Michael Witcher's book: http://www.geocities.com/mcwitcher1/michaelwitcher.html
Hope this helps some. (I have some of this material on my steel store site if you can't find it)

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Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 22 Oct 2003 1:36 pm

If you're looking for "licks", try Tim McCassland's (sp?) "Lick A Minute" series for resonator guitar.

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 22 Oct 2003 2:22 pm

Once youve got the basics downI think youll find that the best licks come from YOU!!!!

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