Steely Dan's 'Josie'

[KirkLorange]

Someone posted a backing track of Steely Dan's Josie at Wholenote, I had a go at it on slide, thought you might like to listen:

http://www.thatllteachyou.com/mp3s/kirks_josie.m3u | Stream Kirk's Josie

http://www.thatllteachyou.com/mp3s/kirks_josie.mp3 | Download Kirk's Josie


The backing track is at http://www.thatllteachyou.com/mp3s/Josie_Track.mp3 if anyone wants a go. It's in Em.
Cheers,

Kirk

 

[kevlar3000]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

Man that is fantastic. One of the coolest ditties I have heard. That tone and phrasing don't belong on this song ( meaning I never would have heard it in my head that way), but you make it work beautifully.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

Cool stuff....I agree with Kevlar that the phrasing is very unique. It took me a second to "get it". You make it work nicely though..

 

[tone4days]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

sweet cut , kirk ... i loved the tone and slide work ... you nailed those changes gracefully .. i'd love to hear you play the melody before launching into the solo phrases .. would even be (dare i say it) radio-worthy ...

any tips on how you constructed your phrases? were you thinking about scales? or chords? or something else?

thanks for the backing track - i want to have a go at this when i get back from my business trip to el paso / las cruces ...

cheers
t4d

 

[scottl]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

Kirk is the dude!!! Amazing work! I loved every second.

Scott

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

I agree with Butch and kevlar. Enjoyed every note :cool3:

Thx for the backing!

 

[KirkLorange]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

any tips on how you constructed your phrases? were you thinking about scales? or chords? or something else?

I never had any luck with scales/modes ... I wouldn't know where to begin really, but chords are a different matter. I spent years developing a way of seeing chords for what they really are: entities that occupy the whole fretboard ... now I just connect the dots as they come and go.

Thanks for the nice feedback guys.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

Far out... I agree with Kev and Butch as well. That's definitely not a way I would have heard to play that in my head in a million years. Very unique and inspiring. Great job man!!

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Steely Dan's 'Josie'

Bloody awesome man!!