Poor Poor Pitiful Me

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 2 Jul 2022 6:42 am

Anyone know of any tab for the Terri Clark version of Poor Poor Pitiful Me? Particularly the solo break.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 2 Jul 2022 6:52 pm

Hey Eric, is that solo steel on Terri's version? I thought that was guitar....I'll have to hunt it up and listen to it online.

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 2 Jul 2022 7:31 pm

I just listened and it's probably lap steel. I didn't hear any pedal work. Paul Franklin is credited with pedal and lap steel on the album.

Might even be slide guitar.....but I don't remember Brent Mason doing a lot of that.

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 4 Jul 2022 8:34 am

Thanks guys. I initially thought it was lap steel. Most of the live clips her guitarist plays it as a non-slide solo. When she did it on the Opry last year, Tommy White played all the parts on steel. I guess I'll just pick one and dive in!

George Biner · Post by **George Biner** » 4 Jul 2022 2:57 pm

I've been coincidentally listening to that track lately -- it's a great sounding track. I do suspect however that Terri's vocals are auto-tuned but I can't prove it - if so, yeech, she's a great singer and doesn't need that.

I always thought that the solo is a regular guitar with a lot of bending -- I'll have to go back and compare versions but isn't it a clone of the Waddy Wachtel solo from the Linda Ronstadt version? Waddy never played steel that I know of.

And it's cool cuz it has lots of cowbell!

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 5 Jul 2022 11:33 am

My bad Eric. I just assumed you were asking about pedal steel. Didn't really read your post very well.

Still haven't listened to the Terri cut, but Paul with a little edge, on lap steel makes sense for the tune.

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 10 Jul 2022 6:14 am

No problem at all, Jerry.

The more I listened to it, comparing it with Tommy Whites' take on the Opry and the Waddy original, the more I leaned toward pedal steel because as I work on it there are a couple of quick slides that can be done on lap steel, but sounded smoother to me with a pedal. So I took a shot and message Mf. Franklin on the forum and he said that he indeed played pedal steel on the track!

Chris Tarrow · Post by **Chris Tarrow** » 11 Aug 2022 10:34 am

Here's a video of her doing the song on Opry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3eIEf ... l=TheRanch

Tommy plays the solo off the record so I'm guessing it was Paul Franklin on pedal steel on the recording.

Chris Tweed · Post by **Chris Tweed** » 13 Aug 2022 9:40 am

Using my untrained eye, Tommy's finger movements at the end of the break don't seem to match what is being played. Now I'm confused.

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 15 Aug 2022 5:26 am

I suspect that on that video the person has overlaid the original recording over the video. I think that is why it says "Unofficial Hybrid" in the title.

However you can listen to that episode of the Opry on their Soundcloud page and t sounds like pedal steel to me.

Bryce Van Parys · Post by **Bryce Van Parys** » 2 Sep 2022 12:21 pm

I play that break on pedal, but it sounds like a slide guitar to me. I've thought about switching, but I hate to switch guitar/steel more than I need to.

I think it was recorded before autotune was a thing. Wikipedia says autotune invented in 96, but wasn't released until 97. Terri recorded this in 96. We do other Terri Clark songs, I think she's just a great singer..

Bryce

kevin ryan · Post by **kevin ryan** » 6 Sep 2022 1:47 pm

Tommy played Pauls solo spot on, no surprise! Great tone!! I wonder what his distortion pedal was? I think you are right about the overlay of the original.

kevin ryan · Post by **kevin ryan** » 7 Sep 2022 9:01 am

Here's that solo, not perfect but close.. I play it slow so you can figure it out without tab..
https://youtu.be/g9OT3nJ9q98

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 7 Sep 2022 5:11 pm

Thanks, Kevin! That was great.

kevin ryan · Post by **kevin ryan** » 13 Sep 2022 4:00 pm

No problem, love that solo...