Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: D Tuning: EADGBE (Standard) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 11/17/2009
Download: TABLEDIT
Notes: This is a version of Don Reno's famed flatpick number, "Country Boy Rock & Roll", which is generally deemed to be the first bluegrass recording *featuring* Lead Flatpicked Guitar. This version has two breaks, the first one being played by a single guitar (with 1 guitar and a bass backing up) and inspired by a break I saw on a video of Don flatpicking this tune with Bill Harrell. It is, unlike the original recording (also in D), played without a capo and instead using many rather difficult closed positions. The second break is unusual, being twin guitars with a second guitar playing harmony to the first one's lead, which is exactly the same as the first break.
The lead breaks are fairly difficult, as stated before, as they have a lot of closed positions and playing out of barre chords. The harmony break is a little more difficult than the lead. Have fun!
jbaker7 Says:
Sunday, May 30, 2010 @9:40:55 AM
Brennan,
Smokin' !! Jack
brokenelastic Says:
Thursday, March 10, 2011 @1:08:00 AM
PDF of this would be nice
scody311 Says:
Thursday, April 2, 2015 @10:41:18 AM
Oh man, could we get a PDF of this?
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