Rockabilly Boogie Johnny Burnette Grady Martin

Sorry for the long absence. Here is the first solo from Rockabilly Boogie. This features a great Grady Martin solo. Check it out.

Interestingly here is a song on which Grady Martin played. Listen to the solo and you can hear him using a variation of the lick that starts on bar 3. Start just after one minute mark.

Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore Just Because

Here is the first version of the Elvis Presley rockabilly classic Just Because.  I did my best.  Corrections are welcome. Wolf Marshall's The Guitar of Elvis has a pretty good tab of the solo if anyone is interested.  It also has some excellent tabs of several other Elvis songs.

Luther Perkins-Johnny Cash Give My Love to Rose

Here's a transcription of Johnny Cash's "Give My Love to Rose."  This is a good example of Luther Perkins iconic rhythm style.

Cruisin' Solo 3 Cliff Gallup Gene Vincent

Here is the third solo.  See my earlier post for the first two solos.

Junior Parker's Love My Baby

Junior Parker's of course did the original version of Elvis Presley's  "Mystery Train."  If you listen to Junior Parker's version of 'Mystery Train" it is much slower in tempo than the Presley version. "Love my Baby" was the b side to Parker's "Mystery Train" and listening to the track it sounds like Presley, Scotty Moore and company may have taken the arrangement of "Love my Baby" and used it for "Mystery Train."  What Scotty Moore did not do as is widely claimed (look up Mystery
Train on Wikipedia) was borrow the riff from "Love my Baby" and use it on "Mystery Train."  Here is the transcription to "Love my Baby" and yes it is great rockabilly style track it does not have the same lick as "Mystery Train."

Happy birthday Bob Stinson

This is probably the only non rockabilly post I will put on here.  A few days late but happy birthday  to the greatest ever.  RIP.

Wanda Jackson's I wanna waltz

Here is the solo from Wanda Jackson's "I Wanna Waltz." This is a countryish style solo that I believe was likely played by Joe Maphis.  This song is interesting in the it alternates 4/4 time with 3/4 time.  It also showcases how strong a country singer Wanda Jackson was and in fact I prefer her country style singing to her more deliberate raw type of vocals.  This solo is relatively simple and easy but still quite effective.