I don't see any link to the recording.

Yes sorry I can’t post attachments till I have three posts, if you have time look under mp3 east bound and down , his break is at 1:12 , it’s an awesome song

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Yes sorry I can’t post attachments till I have three posts, if you have time look under mp3 east bound and down , his break is at 1:12 , it’s an awesome song

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Post the link to the MP3.

It doesn't need to be an attachment.

Well not sure if i did this right but this is the link to both mp3
banjohangout.org/forum/attachm...eID=44336

banjohangout.org/forum/attachm...eID=44337

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Originally posted by gasgas

Well not sure if i did this right but this is the link to both mp3
banjohangout.org/forum/attachm...eID=44336

banjohangout.org/forum/attachm...eID=44337

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Doesn't work.

You don't add links as attachments.

You simply copy and paste them into your post...

https://www.banjohangout.org/

From your Media profile -

East Bound and Down 1 -

banjohangout.org/myhangout/med...archived=

East Bound and Down 2 -

banjohangout.org/myhangout/med...archived=

These aren't long enough to get to a 1 minute 12 second mark that you mentioned in your first post...unless these are the sections of the break that start at 1:12.

I think I know what you're after.

It's the 'A' lick that is one of many variations from an Alan Munde creation (we all are using his ideas, aren't we? )

The right hand fingering is underneath the staff, the left hand -in red- over the specific notes,

That might be it, I will try it later tonight thank you soooo much

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That might be it, I will try it later tonight thank you soooo much

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By then I'll probably be sound asleep as there's at least 6 hours time difference between us...

Have fun anyway and I think it's about right, let me know.

hey bruno that is not the lick look at the link above in Old Navy Guy, i slowed it down . Any thoughts on that?

Whatever you do, you can’t make it sound like the record, because the record has two banjos, both played by Jerry Reed.

No there are not two banjos. I put a mp3 above in my previous post. Slowed it down so you can hear it. This song was originally posted by Banjo Don here on the hangout. The lick I included above is the only one I am questioning. Any help would be appreciated .

Take the Bruno tab & work with it. It's close enough.

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hey bruno that is not the lick look at the link above in Old Navy Guy, i slowed it down . Any thoughts on that?

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Yes.

That's exactly what I transcribed -real quick- to the best of my abilities.

So I don't understand the confusion here...

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Whatever you do, you can’t make it sound like the record, because the record has two banjos, both played by Jerry Reed.

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What record? He's asking for the lick in the mp-3. That's definitely one banjo.

I've heard Jerry Reed's attempts sounding like a banjo on an elektrik geetar. Close, but no chocolat.

Why worry if you can have the real thing?

Listening to this I would bet it's Jerry only on the geetar and the banjo sounds suspiciously like Bobby Thompson.

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Whatever you do, you can’t make it sound like the record, because the record has two banjos, both played by Jerry Reed.

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What record? He's asking for the lick in the mp-3. That's definitely one banjo.

I've heard Jerry Reed's attempts sounding like a banjo on an elektrik geetar. Close, but no chocolat.

Why worry if you can have the real thing?

Listening to this I would bet it's Jerry only on the geetar and the banjo sounds suspiciously like Bobby Thompson.

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 Bobby Thompson got the credits for banjo in the movie.

Hey Bruno , first of all I am most likely an idiot and I may not have interpreted your tab correctly. I think that I’m right, but in the thread above, you will see that I have included a slow down version. So the member on here is Banjo Don , you can find his whole song under the MP3s.. I really do truly appreciate your help and your patience. If you wouldn’t mind, give it a look and see if maybe we’re talking about the same break. It just seems like that the one that you included didn’t sound like the clip I included. But then again …..I’m an idiot

I'm famous for being a part time idiot, but in general I do quite well...

So don't put yourself down...

This is the soundfile I've used for transcribing ( as it was the last one in line available before I posted my answer....) I immediately that cascading A-lick, variations on that one I'm using myself when appropriate.

Or.. when there are banjo players in the audience, teasing them by playing it completely out of context.

I think it's kind of a miracle that in spite of an ocean between us and considerable language differences we get to work together in this. I therefore cherish  the Banjo Hangout

...I immediately recognised...

Ha…nice idea, but Jerry didn’t play banjo at all. He did really appreciate it and incorporate it into a lot of his music, but he didn’t play one.

From his mouth however, the only show he ever paid money to go and see was Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He sat in the front row watching Earl’s technique and got ideas for how to do similar rolls on guitar. Jerry “understood” banjo, and how to use it in his band, even late into the game in the 80’s and 90’s when most country groups had tossed the banjo aside.

There were TWO banjos played on “Eastbound and down”. Both Bobby Thompson and hangout member Dennis Bottoms played dual banjos on the recording. Dennis was in Jerry’s band and one of his regular banjo pickers, while I don’t believe Bobby ever was.

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hey bruno that is not the lick look at the link above in Old Navy Guy, i slowed it down . Any thoughts on that?

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99+% what Bruno tabbed is the lick. I just spent several minutes playing along.

Here are the minor differences:

> Bruno made a choice to ignore the first two notes of the audio which are part of the "pickup" -- the fractional 3-note measure before the real stuff starts with the 2-3 slide on 3rd string.  If you want the full pickup, just add an open 5th followed by an open 3rd before the 0-2 hammer on 4th. 

In the lick itself:

> Last note of the second measure: try 2nd string at 5 instead of 1st string open. That's what I hear. And it's the only note I disagree with. I could be wrong.

You can also ignore the last measure of the second line (playing an "F" shape) since that's not what you're asking about and it's not in the edited audio that zeros in on the lick.

Have fun.

https://www.hangoutstorage.com/banjohangout.org/storage/audio/14/east-bound-148478-2928161322023.mp3

Bruno if you can suffer through one more attempt I think i have put a link to an mp3 I made. The first is slow and what I hear, the second is faster but very hard to do because I am barring the A chord and catching the third string with my ring finger on my left hand. Seems very labor intensive and hard to do fast . I did play yours and I dont think its quite right, or maybe I am not quite right....thats probably more accurate. Thank you for trying to help 

The one of the left is - like Ken mentioned-, 99% what I wrote.

The one on the right, the one you recorded -and I must say, already VERY recognizable- is the Thompson version, already tabbed by Jack Baker: https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/388738

So no use doing that again.... ( I think )

What could help though is adapting your left hand at this 'A' chord.

It's incredibly hard to hammer while barring AND keeping a clean sound as well ( as you might have experienced).

I hardly ever barr the whole neck there, but rather use independant fingers.

Little finger on string1, ring on 2, middle on 3, then hammer (and hold!) with index on the 4th string (2nd fret).

Then, on the backward part of this reverse roll, keep all fingers where they are, just roll on.

In the next bar, nothing changes, just roll through the rest. Lift the index at the very end of the bar, so you're having the open 4th string ready for hammering to the 3rd fret in the next bar.

I'd choose my ring for doing that hammer. (little finger on 1, index on 2 and middle on 3, but you probably found that already....)

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Thank you I will give it a go tonight

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. . . very hard to do because I am barring the A chord and catching the third string with my ring finger on my left hand. Seems very labor intensive and hard to do fast 

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I don't see where there's any reason to bar anything in what Bruno tabbed. If you're talking about the virtual A chord (fingered as A, but really B because of the capo), that's in an F shape from 5th to 7th frets and Bruno has provided the suggested left hand fingering.

The way I've played this lick for decades is to build the left hand shape one fretted note at a time, only fretting any note just before it's needed. So when the lick starts at 4th string 7th fret, that's the only note you're holding. As the lick progresses, you have plenty of time to get the middle onto 3rd at 6 then the index onto 2nd at 5 and finally the little finger onto 1st at 7.

Where would you bar?

Am I missing something?

This is a useful lick to learn. In his version of Dear Old Dixie, Alan Munde continues the lick, in a different pattern, up to the partial "G" at 8 and 9. I try to play my version of it in Glendale Train or just about anywhere a II-V-I progression happens. Usually I get fingered-tied and don't quite pull it off.