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Buckaroo (Patreon)

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2021-10-22 16:14:36
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Hello all. I'm in country mode this week, and looking at the instrumental classic Buckaroo by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. A really fun track to play. I take you through all of the Don Rich riffs and I also show you how you might translate the steel solo onto a regular guitar. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/W0JvpGUp-mM

Tab can be found below. I've included a couple of harmony parts that I added to the play through at the start of the video but didn't discuss in the video. You can hear Buck Owens doing something similar in this live video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6OsvbgEeYs

And here's an interesting piece I came across talking about the surprising links between Bakersfield country, surf music and rock roll: 

https://pleasekillme.com/buck-owens-the-country-link-to-california-twang/?utm_source=PKM+Newsletter&utm_campaign=59152a49ef-PKM_Weekly_Newsletter_9_24_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4491fdd1df-59152a49ef-261916065&mc_cid=59152a49ef&mc_eid=2688be68a5

Hope some of you you enjoy learning this one. Speak next week!

- Adrian

Comments

Adam Tremblett

I've been working on this one for a while, thanks for the lesson! Definitely cleared up some stuff!

Chris Williams

Don Rich! Great idea for a lesson.. Once again sir, you are making these lessons fun!

Leon Conant

I loved his guitar picking and the Bakersfield Sound......maybe we will get some Dwight songs out of your country binge

Tracy

Thanks, Adrian, great song. -- I only knew Buck Owens from a TV show called Hee Haw from when I was growing up (“Oh, that guy with the red, white, and blue guitar who tells jokes...”). Great to be able to see someone & their music in a new light!

Fin

Yeah, "Hee Haw" would play opposite "The Smothers Brothers". The Smothers would have The Jefferson Airplane on and Hee Haw would give you Buck Owens telling silly jokes. The culture wars started early. I think Hee Haw had three or four times as many viewers as the Smothers Brothers. Love the live clip of Owens and the Buckaroos. The mariachi-inspired costumes are far-out (man). Just half step from Gram Parsons nudie suit. The Please Kill Me article was great. And interesting the writer calls out Tadeo Gomez and Lupe Lopez. You could do a piece on Latino Bakersfield crossovers.

Aaron Deas

LOVE this Adrian. I feel like I’m in a country mood more and more these days. Thank you!

Ian Hollister

thanks for this and Chitlins Con Carne, your thorough approach is appreciated as much as your ability to balance the eclectic with everything else

Ed

I think I'll really enjoy learning Buckaroo! Since you asked about favorite instrumentals, here's an odd mix of some I really enjoy: "Remember' Stevie" by Buddy Guy, "Nirvana the Buffalo" by Toubab Krewe, "Arpeggiator" by Fugazi, "Jaya Shiva Shankara" by John Fahey, "Bourbon Street Skank" by Ernest Ranglin, "Loose Cannon" by Jeff Beck, "Sabre Dance" by Dave Edmonds.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Ed - that's quite a list there, some of which I know, some I don't! I'll make a note of the titles - could be some good material for future videos!

Chad Cox

Tremendous - thank you.

Danny Saydak

Hi Adrian, I'm making good progress on Buckaroo, but I'm having difficulty with the A7 riff (hybrid picked). Do you have any tips for practicing this bit? I get good tone with my pick on the D and G parts, but I can't get a good snappy tone for the hybrid picking. Is it a matter of growing my nails out a bit? I can make it sound not bad at a slower tempo, but as soon as I get anywhere near performance tempo, my tone whimps out. Any help would be appreciated! Dan

anyonecanplayguitar

Hi Dan. Yes, I think having a bit of fingernail definitely helps with the tone. It doesn't need to be much, just enough to give the notes a bit more attack. I find that pulling up on the string slightly helps too, if you want that snappy sound. Hope that helps a bit!

Danny Saydak

Hi Adrian, I finally figured out how to balance out the tone between the sections!! I noticed you were picking quite a bit closer to the bridge than I was, so i shifted my right hand over and Voila!! Not only am I getting that snap to the A7 riff, but suddenly my tone sounds like Don Rich!!! It's amazing how such a small technique change can make such a big difference.

anyonecanplayguitar

Amazing! Glad you got it figured out. I should have mentioned that where you pick along the length of the string makes a huge difference to tone - really more so than amps, pedals etc. It's not talked about enough - maybe I should make a video on that subject!

Danny Saydak

I am familiar with the right hand position's influence on tone from a lifetime of acoustic playing, but I am also just discovering this is true now that I am playing electric as well. I have been trying for weeks to get a decent "Don Rich" tone by fiddling with my amp, effects and guitar, to no avail. But when I changed my hand position to closer to the bridge (even palm muting slightly), the strings played "stiffer" and suddenly that hollow twangy tone I was after happened spontaneously. It was even better when I switched picks from a heavier one to a Fender thin. I have read countless times that tone is "mostly in the fingers" but this is the first time on electric that I have experienced this. I know I'm nerding out on this a bit, but this is an exciting discovery for me. Thanks, Adrian! Fantastic teaching for Buckaroo.

Danny Saydak

Hi Adrian, I've been working hard on this song, and I have to bug you again. My fingers are so sore!!! Let me explain. It,s about the A7 riff again. While working on your country thirds hybrid picked "Nice Lick", I have been experimenting with pulling "up" on the strings to get that nice snappy sound. I think I am sounding better than ever on that lick as a result. So, I starting doing the same thing on the Buckaroo A7 part. Last night, I spent a long time working on this with the metronome, and today, WOW are my right hand fingertips sore!! Too sore in fact to work on this for a couple of days. Is this normal? Maybe I worked on it too long? I am committed to getting this right, so any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Another thing, my amp has a built-in compressor, so I have been using a fair bit of compression to emphasize the "snap" in my tone. Is this using a crutch, in a sense? Do you think it might be better to work on this without compression, at least for a while, to get better at the technique?

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, sore fingers will happen from time to time. It's great that you're totally committed, but it's important not to overdo it. Over time you will build up callouses on your picking hand fingers and that will help. Often, but not always, I tend to practice with a very plain, uneffected tone, just so I need to rely on touch and technique to get the sound I'm looking for. Then for performance I'll use effects etc. Hope that helps.

Danny Saydak

OK Adrian, I can't resist one more comment on Buckaroo before i move on to another song (probably happy Go lucky guitar). I was working on the steel guitar "solo" when i noticed with a blinding flash - you are hybrid picking the upper note of the pedal steel bends (those nice minor seconds)!! I was using a pick. Once i switched to chicken picking', it all came together with the right sound and feel. I love it!