Rock 'n' Roll and R & B tabs

[Bloodaxe]

I've been chipping away at this "Music" stuff I've heard so much about & the following represent progress to date...

All are derived from what I hear, & as such may not be 100% accurate or entirely arranged as some advanced readers might desire... but they're close. Make of them what you will. Youtube links are for odd Live versions, otherwise I'm sticking to the studio cut.

[b]Fever[/b] - Elvis [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url]

[b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Bill Haley [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url]
[b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Big Joe Turner [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url]
[b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Blues Brothers [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgzdgLR6tl4"]Youtube[/url]

[b]Let The Good Times Roll[/b] - Louis Jordan [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_lEINeBhB0"]Youtube[/url]

[b]Shake, Rattle, and Roll[/b] - Big Joe Turner [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url]

[b]Tobacco Road[/b] - The Animals [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdV5Lb80lb4"]Youtube[/url]

[b]Long Tall Sally[/b] - The Beatles [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.gp4"]GuitarPro 4 (opens in Tux Guitar)[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MszRcOefM"]Youtube[/url]

There are more in the pipeline, and I'll add those to this list as & when.

Pete.

Edited December 19, 2010 by Bloodaxe

[Bloodaxe]

[b]Let The Good Times Roll[/b] - Louis Jordan [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url]

Mostly a quarter note 12/8 swing with a few eighths to stop you completely losing the will to live. A good exercise for the much-vaunted "One Finger Per Fret" technique.

There are several versions of this... this one's from the Quincey Jones produced "Rock 'n' Roll" album - an ill-fated attempt to revive Louis Jordan's career. It should work with both the Ray Charles & B.B. King takes.

Wendell Marshall must've had hands like a packet of saveloys to do this on a DB

Also added into my OP.

Pete.

[JPS]

Thanks very much Pete. Some great songs and lines there. Cheers.

[Bloodaxe]

I've rather neglected this thread, so here's something to be going on with:

[b]Long Tall Sally[/b] - The Beatles [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.gp4"]GuitarPro 4 (opens in Tux Guitar)[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MszRcOefM"]Youtube[/url]

This was one of the first songs that I can recall hearing. One of the green-label Parlophone EP's (with Matchbox, Chains & I Saw Her Standing There) onna Dansette Bermuda.

Scarred for life I was.

[nick]

Thanks Pete , looking forward to going through these!

[fryer]

Tobacco Road - the Animals. I can't see how that bass line works. I know it's the proper sheet music, but is it right ?

This is my tab for it.

Edited January 3, 2011 by fryer

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='fryer' post='1076398' date='Jan 3 2011, 03:57 PM']Tobacco Road - the Animals. I can't see how that bass line works. I know it's the [b]proper sheet music,[/b] but is it right ?

This is my tab for it.[/quote]
I'd hesitate to use the term 'proper' It was written in tab & the software (Tux) did all the clever wiggly dotty stuff.

It's what I worked out from listening to the youtube-linked version (concert footage). One thing with your tab is that it gives no indication of time signature... I felt it was in 6/4, but a tripleted 4/4 could well work too. It's definitely counted as threes (123, 223, 323, 423).

Just played it back in Guitar Pro & it sounds a little 'wooden', might revisit this one over the next couple of days & see if I come up with anything different.

Pete.