"You're Still on My Mind"
Pedal Steel Guitar Solo by Lloyd Green

From the record: "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" by the Byrds. Sung by Gram Parsons.

Examples for those without the recording: wav and mp3 files

Preface:
Lloyd Green "expresses" a line with subtle presses of pedals. In the transcription, these are notated as "Squeeze" with a "^" character pointing at the note(s) to be squeezed. This effect is too subtle to be notated on a music clef or on tablature. But the effect of the squeeze is substantial, bringing life, vigor, and a sense of motion to a line.

Example 1

1 ________________________|
2 _________________5______|
3 ________________________|
4 ________________________|
5 _7A______9_______5______|
6 _7B_____________________|
7 _________9K_____________|
8 ________________________|
9 ________________________|
10________________________|
    Equivalent  

Key of A
2/4 Moderate Tempo

E9 Steel Guitar Tuning

Pickups on D following piano solo on first half of verse.

Chord Structure:
4 | 4 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

1 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
2 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
3 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
4 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
5 __5A--4A_|__5A__6A__|__7A______7__|__7A-7__________|
6 __5B--4B_|__5B__6B__|__7B_________|__7B-7_____7-7B_|
7 _________|__________|______7___7K_|________7__7---_|
8 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
9 _________|__________|_____________|________________|
10_________|__________|_____________|________________|
    2    &     1   2     1   2   &     1    2   &
                         ^
                         Squeeze
                         A & B Pedals
   D                  E                    
1 _____________|________________|____________________|
2 _____________|________________|__7K__________7K---_|
3 _____________|________________|____________________|
4 _____________|________________|__7_________________|
5 __7A______7__|__7A-7__________|______7_______7--7A_|
6 __7B_________|__7B-7_____7-7B_|__________7B________|
7 ______7___7K_|________7__7---_|____________________|
8 _____________|________________|____________________|
9 _____________|________________|____________________|
10_____________|________________|____________________|
    1   2   &     1    2   &       1   &   a   2
    ^                               triplet
    Squeeze                       Knee lever on 2nd string
    A & B Pedals                  lowers one full tone
1 _____________|_________|______________|________________|
2 __5K_____3K__|_________|______________|________________|
3 _____________|_________|______________|________________|
4 _____________|___5_____|______________|________________|
5 __5A_____3A__|___5_____|______________|________________|
6 _____________|___5_____|__5B--5_____5_|___5B--5____5___|
7 _____________|_________|_________5____|__________5_____|
8 _____________|_________|______________|________________|
9 _____________|_________|______________|________________|
10_____________|_________|______________|________________|
    1      2       1        1   &  a  2     1   &  2  &  
    ^      ^                 triplet
    Squeeze
    A Pedal
                 A

Note:
Palm blocking technique is required to achieve the sound of Lloyd Green on this recording.
All errors in hearing exactly what Lloyd Green did in the first solo in the recording are mine. I play - this transciption stuff is hard to do...

Examples equipment:
Franklin D10
Demeter Tube Bass Preamp

Not to be picky, but I think it was JayDee Maness on that particular cut.
Just want to give credit where it's due, although when I spoke to JayDee about that album, he didn't seem to want to take credit for any of it! Says it's very hard for him to listen to.

I can play this, but not with your flair. You gave a beautiful insight into how you/Lloyd got their finess on this song.

I'm unfortunately more like a bull in a china shop.

I hope to post Lloyds melody solo from "Last Thing on My Mind" from Charlie Pride's "Live at Panther Hall" albumn, was just muckin around and figured it out tonight.

Best regards,

Most of us no longer do the slants when a pedal is available. I'm jut learning the technique now so I have a bit of left hand work to do to accompany my right hand practice.

Hi Scott, I never could say for certain who was who on this album, it was prime listening for me when I first was learning steel guitar. I washed up on the breakers of failure trying to figure out many of the things on this album with my single neck with three pedals and a knee lever. When I return home I will look at my reissue CD, it has credits and I can issue a 'mea culpa' if necessary when I have the facts in hand.

Frankly, I'm only trying to respond to a request for "help". And as I say in the post "All errors in hearing exactly what Lloyd Green did in the first solo in the recording are mine."

Any corrections of misperceptions I have created are welcome. Any corrections of out right errors are also welcome.