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Arkansas Traveler

A burnin' cluck-fest from an instructional album. Might be tough to find the audio, but search Doug's site.

Album: Speed Pickin' And Country Ballads by Doug Jernigan

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

A solo guitar arrangement for this standard. The chords are given from the Real Book, so you can compare Barney's voicings with the originals to see how he dresses things up. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAsEfhU2Ehg

Album: [Live Performance] by Barney Kessel

Genre: jazz Notation: standard and tablature

Blackberry Blossom

Great tone, great phrasing, great ideas. Come for the awesome playing, stay for Tony's amazing shirt.

Album: Manzanita by Tony Rice

Genre: bluegrass Notation: standard and tablature

Blowin' Smoke (riff only)

Just the funky down-low chicken riff, not the whole song.

Album: Hot Wired by Brent Mason

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Blues Newburg (one lick only)

One particular lick only, transposed into several different keys. Good exercise for inventing your own material, as the same notes in a different key might force you into untraditional positions.

Album: 88 Elmira St. by Danny Gatton

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Brooklyn Sometimes

Kurt Rosenwinkel

One of my favorite post-bop solos ever. Really great trajectory over some really fertile changes. Includes opening piano chords.

Album: Deep Song by Kurt Rosenwinkel

Genre: jazz Notation: standard only

Not enough F licks in your Tele vocabulary? Start here!

Album: Nashville Guitars by Johnny Hiland

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Down at the Twist and Shout

Classic solo with a clever open-string banjo thing.

Album: Shooting Straight in the Dark by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

A terrific exercise in cascading lines, similar to "Jerry's Breakdown."

Album: Nashville Guitars by Dug Grieves

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

East Bound And Down

Twin guitars, arranged for one! Totally fun and playable. Great way to get yer double-stops on.

Album: Smokey & the Bandit by Jerry Reed

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Fat Bottomed Girls

Yes, that song. And yes, that former Dangerous Toys hair-metal '80s singer. Super-cool Tele playing from a guy I wasn't familiar with.

Album: High on the Hog by Kevin Fowler

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Fiddles, mandolins, what-have-you, arranged for two guitars. Fun tune to play.

Album: Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Genre: western swing Notation: standard and tablature

The phased tone certainly dates it, but the fact is this is a great melody with a burning guitar solo.

Album: Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione

Genre: jazz-rock Notation: standard and tablature

Four Wheel Drive

An amazing pedal steel obstacle course, arranged for guitar. This is a great way to pick up some new voicings, particularly on major 6 and minor 7b5 chords.

Album: Amazing Steel Guitar by Buddy Emmons

Genre: jazz, country Notation: standard and tablature

Album: Talk to Your Daughter by Robben Ford

Genre: Blues Notation: standard and tablature

The crown jewel of country guitar instrumentals. I can't say enough about the playing on this date. Truly inspiring. Transcription includes piano solo!

Album: Hot Wired by Brent Mason

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

From this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SR17CnqJeA (which I can't unfortunately link to because of a limitation in my website design. Oops!)

Album: [Live performance] by

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

All the players get to cut loose in the extended outtro. The opening lick is worth the price of admission alone.

Album: Buddy Jewell by Buddy Jewell

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

I'll Take You Back

A rip-roaring country affair with lots of sneaky tricks like only Brad does.

Album: Time Well Wasted by Brad Paisley

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Many many notes, all perfectly in the pocket.

Album: Johnny Hiland by Johnny Hiland

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Time out for some hair metal! In a decade with lots of guitar craziness, Dann Huff was a cut above.

Album: Last of the Runaways by Giant

Genre: rock Notation: standard and tablature

A great solo from my favoritest flatpicker.

Album: I've Got the House to Myself by David Grier

Genre: bluegrass Notation: standard and tablature

John Roland Wood

Great solo from a slightly-lesser-heard-of player.

Album: Something Goin' on Here by Aaron Pritchett

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Awesome country playing with some bluesy kinds of things snuck in there. Kelly's a monster.

Album: Nashville Guitars by Kelly Back

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Less Taste More Filling

Probably mostly a spectator sport here, because of Jimmy's unorthodox bender setup, but if you really wanted to know how it was played...

Album: Nashville Guitars by Jim Olander

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Let's Get Back to Me and You

Just the usual amazing chicken pickin you always find on Alan's albums. A few Buck-isms in here, too.

Album: Who I Am by Alan Jackson

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

James Curtis Mitchell

Check out James's playing on YouTube. This guy kills.

Album: Good Time by Alan Jackson

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

A very underrated album; I just love this melody and how it plays off the bass line, so I arranged it for a fingerstyle-ish guitar part.

Album: Nashville by Bill Frisell

Genre: jazz, country, fingerstyle Notation: standard and tablature

My Best Drinkin'

Brent Mason. Honky-tonk music. E major. Etc. Etc. Includes intro and solo.

Album: Savin' the Honky Tonk by Mark Chesnutt

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

My Next Broken Heart

A classic. Note the incidentals and grace notes. They reveal the hand positions that create Brent's incredibly legato phrasing.

Album: Brand New Man by Brooks & Dunn

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Steve Wariner & Vince Gill

One hundred sixty bars of dueling guitars, until I ran out of steam trying to separate them in the audio.

Album: No More Mr. Nice Guy by Steve Wariner

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Oklahoma Borderline

The live version of the solo, from the Cross Guitar Festival in 2004. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvsMg4Xl6v4

Album: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 by Vince Gill

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Old Enough To Know Better

Tele playing at its finest. Again.

Album: Old Enough To Know Better by Wade Hayes

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Yes, that's a one-eight-one on the tempo. There may be only one human alive who can play at this pace.

Album: The New Nashville Cats by Mark O'Connor

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Smokin' in the Back yard

Martijn van Iterson

Marvelous, marvelous playing and phrasing from not-so-known bebop monster. This guy's tone and note choices are inspiring. Buy the album!

Album: The Whole Bunch by Martijn van Iterson

Genre: jazz Notation: standard only

Swing with a Sting

Monstrous picking from everyone on this date. A great blend of country and jazz styling.

Album: Hot Wired by Brent Mason

Genre: jazz, country Notation: standard and tablature

This version is not from the album, but from a YouTube clip of a documentary of some sort, featuring Jerry playing solo in his living room. View it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJaSZxZJFV0

Album: Telecasting Recast by Jerry Donahue

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Can't beat this guy's tone and pocket. Very fun tune to learn and play.

Album: Two-Lane Blacktop by Bill Hullett

Genre: country, blues Notation: standard and tablature

I had to learn this for a gig, so I charted all the fills and stuff too.

Album: 5th Gear by Brad Paisley

Genre: country Notation: tablature only

Tiger by the Tail

Do yourself a favor and buy this album. Every song is just right.

Album: Straight from the Heart by Daryle Singletary

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Two Feet of Topsoil

All the monster acoustic and electric licks are included here.

Album: Part II by Brad Paisley

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Departing again from our normal Telecaster-based transcriptions, this solo is a hidden gem of rock guitar. Inimitable phrasing and great tone.

Album: Nothing to Lose by Eddie Money

Genre: rock Notation: standard and tablature

Robben had a couple of great solos on this album. Here's one of them.

Album: From the Reach by Sonny Landreth

Genre: blues Notation: standard and tablature

White Line Casanova

Burnin' mid-90s Masonry.

Album: Borderline by Brooks & Dunn

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Who's Cheatin' Who

Shouldn't that be "Who's Cheatin' Whom"? Referring to this solo, Brent once told me "you have no idea what you're talking about," so you know it has to be awesome.

Album: Everything I Love by Alan Jackson

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

Piles and piles of great Telecaster ideas here.

Album: Nashville Guitars by Kerry Marx

Genre: country Notation: standard and tablature

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