That tricky James Burton

[NealVossy]

Hey all, I was hoping someone could help me out with a lick. If you're interested you can follow this post as it gets moved to the Tabs section where no one ever responds. I'm looking for a basic tab of what Burton is doing in Ricky Nelson's "Fools Rush In". Its a common lick but this is the first song I could really pin it down. If you have the track, you can hear what I'm talking about. It starts at approximately 1:35 in burtons solo. Its kind of pedal steel sounding. Any help would be great.

[TeleBrew]

Here's a clip from YouTube. The camera shows Burton's hands pretty clearly during the solo, so maybe this will help a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqiOBp4ITlM

[momotrucker]

Originally Posted by TeleBrew

Here's a clip from YouTube. The camera shows Burton's hands pretty clearly during the solo, so maybe this will help a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqiOBp4ITlM

the best part of the solo has been edited out! the little blip/mistake that makes the solo!!!

[TeleBrew]

Originally Posted by momotrucker

the best part of the solo has been edited out! the little blip/mistake that makes the solo!!!

Oh, shoot! You're right! I didn't catch that the first time I watched it. Dang.

[NealVossy]

Thanks for the suggestion, but you gotta hear the recording, that solo is cut off from the original recording.

[Don Miller]

I tthink I know what lick you mean....Im not sure of the key of the song, so Im going to describe it in A and you can go from there....I *think* its based on this:

Play an A7 at the 9th fret (D7 Shape)..With your pinky hammer on from the G to the A (8 fret to 10th fret) in the B string..pull off, repeat in the "bump bah de dah bump bump da dee dah"...where the bah and dahs are pull offs...

An alternate fingering ...in D: index finger on fret 5 barring top 3 strings..ring fingeron 7th fret of the B string..with your middle finger, hammer on and pull off on the7th fret of the G string...

These are likely both simplifications..the rhythm may also be slightly different but this should give you the idea...sometime, with the A figure described above Ill chime the low and and let it ring while Im doing the hammer ons and pull offs...or the open D in the second example. It takes a bit of practice to get the lick to go smoothy and have that steel vibe...it is a fairly common country lead-rhythm pattern...the backup for that song..the string and keys play a variation on this move pretty much all thru the song...

[jhundt]

Have you checked the transcription in Arlen Roth's book "Masters of the Telecaster"?

[joetur]

The solo is also transcribed in the booklet that accompanies the video James did for Hot Licks.

[jhundt]

Hey all, I was hoping someone could help me out with a lick. If you're interested you can follow this post as it gets moved to the Tabs section where no one ever responds.

you gotta love this quote from a guy who posts and then never responds when people do try to help....