Mike Johnson's solo (for Darrel Singletary) doesn't seem to exactly match the tab. This confused me a bit until I discovered that Darrel didn't write the song, and there are at least three other recordings (by Gene Watson, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson). I have not been able to hear those versions.

I am coming, by degrees, to the problem :).

Here's Mike's version of the solo.

And here's the tab of the solo;

I Never Go Around Mirrors (solo)

1____________________________________10--10RR--10____________________
2______________________________10_____________________________________
3______________________________________________________12--12b--12____
4_________________________________10_______________10__12--12c--12____
5___________________________12________________________________________
6____________________12-12b___________________________________________
7_________________12__________________________________________________
8______________12_____________________________________________________
9___9---11--12________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
 
1_____________________________________________________________________
2_____________________________________________________________________
3___12--12b--14___17--17b__17b--17__17___18--19b--19__17--17b--17_____
4___12--12c--14___17--17c__17c--17__17___18--19c--19__17--17c--17_____
5_____________________________________________________________________
6_____________________________________________________________________
7_____________________________________________________________________
8_____________________________________________________________________
9_____________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
 
1_____________________________________________________________________
2________________12-12LL_____________________________________________
3___17--12b______________________________12--12b--12--10___7__________
4___17--12___12_________12-12a___12--7________________________7____12_
5___17--12a______________________12--7___12--12a--12--10___7__________
6________________________________12--7________________________7____12_
7_____________________________________________________________________
8_____________________________________________________________________
9_____________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
 
1_____________________________________________________________________
2_____________________________________________________________________
3_____________________________________________________________________
4_____________________________________________________________________
5____12a--12--10_______7--7a--5---3---0_______________________________
6_____________________________________________________________________
7_____________________________________________________________________
8____12---12--10L______7--7---5L--3---0_______________________________
9_____________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
 

The slides lead me to believe Mike starts on string 7 fret 5, and works up to fret 10 for the 1st string raise like the tab does.

Big thanks to Ricky for tabbing the intro, fills and outro, and posting the entire tab in the other thread. He credits Jeff Lampert with the solo tab.

IMHO, this solo is slick as greased teflon. I would very much appreciate some help to translate the solo to Mike Johnson's version.

Charlie

[This message was edited by Charles Dempsey on 08 July 2005 at 08:26 PM.]