I've been driving myself crazy trying to work out Bucky Baxter's pedal steel intro and bridge from World Leader Pretend by REM.
It's the first thing I ever heard that made me want to play steel (and it only took me 30 years to get round to it ). It's either deceptively simple or fiendishly hard but I can't quite figure it out.
I’m also an R.E.M. fan (for 35 years!) and recently have been learning E9 PSG. I’m embarrassed to say that I never specifically noticed the PSG parts in that song, but now (even just thinking about it without actually listening) I can totally hear it and look forward to also learning those parts. Hopefully others will chime in here with some insight on how to play them.
It's a really tasteful solo. I'm much more into that style than the busy speed-picking stuff (don't get me wrong, I like that too). I can hear it, but I just can't quite get my head around it.
I saw a really nice solo by Mike Johnson on YouTube the other day. Very similar style. I'll see if I can post...
). It's either deceptively simple or fiendishly hard but I can't quite figure it out.