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Here’s a version of the old but very popular song “Waiting for a Train” by Jimmy Rodgers . It’s also known as “Blue Yodel # ???”. We cut a version of it on the “Resocasters” CD in E, this one is in the key of C.

Jimmy Rodgers music is associated with the Dobro even though there’s not very much of it on his records.

It does make very good Dobro music.

This is a pretty neat arrangement and is played at an intermediate level with some new and interesting twists to keep you from falling asleep at the Reso. I play the “Head” (cool musician speak) or melody and then take a solo based on the melody, followed by the “Head” again. (If you’re ever playing at a jam and the guy who started tune points to his head, he’s gonna play the melody and end the tune)

You get a download of the song with a backup track and also the backup track without the Dobro so you can play along and play the complete song. This will stop you family from saying “You never play anything that sounds like a song, it’s always bits and pieces from Jimmy’s 100 licks DVD”.

The tab is in the tabledit format. You go to http://www.tabledit.com/tefview/index.shtml and download the FREE viewer and start pickin.

I hope you enjoy it, it’s one of my favorite songs to play.

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This is a re-issue of a 6 hour course I did for Ridge Runner in the early 80’s. It features 6 hour long CD’s and tab book. There is a CD devoted to each of the major Bluegrass players up to that point. One CD on Josh Graves, one on Mike Auldridge, and one on a young Jerry Douglas.

The other CD’s are devoted to Fiddle tunes and some simple arrrangements of popular songs. I’ve had lots of compliments on this over the years so I’m glad that it’s available again.

Now, I know you’ll be asking but no, I can’t sell individual CD’s. They come to me as a set and I cannot break them up. Sorry.

NEW! December 2009 – This downloadable 1 HOUR PLUS lesson gives you the inside track on how to start to improvise your own solos. Backing tracks included, I take you through the process as I think and feel it out when I improvise. You’ll learn where the “hot” notes are and how to see them on the fretboard to use in your own style…or just steal mine. This lesson compliments the DVD “100 Licks” by starting to show you how to use those hot licks in a song. Of course with a subject this big I’ll find a way to milk you for another lesson so “Part 2″ is in the works. So by the time you reach the end of the second lesson you’ll have firm grasp on how to not only improvise but understand how to compose solos before that next jam.

IMPORTANT: AFTER YOU CHECKOUT WITH PayPal, HIT ‘RETURN TO MERCHANT’ AND YOU WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DOWNLOAD SCREEN. IF YOU DON’T SEE THAT SCREEN, CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS.