heard clearly @2.01-2.03 ish.i cant tell if it a guitar ,piano or combination of both.
what kind of musical instrument makes this sound?
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Pretty sure it's a resonator guitar, commonly called a Dobro.
Sounds like it could be a dobro.
I agree its a dobro.
see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5_XbNA6QI
That's an electric dobro, some of the sidebar links show pure acoustic dobros as well.
see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5_XbNA6QI
That's an electric dobro, some of the sidebar links show pure acoustic dobros as well.
Yep, it's a Dobro. I'd know that sound anywhere. I was the house sound guy at a local club for several years and every Wednesday night we had a blues jam.
Good song, one of the few I know all the words to. Use to sing it to my daughter as a lullaby.
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Pretty sure it's a resonator guitar, commonly called a Dobro.
The difference between an actual played flat on one's lap, or standing with a shoulder strap but still parallel to the ground, country music style 'Dobro', and a blues/folk/whatever resonator guitar, which is played like a regular guitar, is that the Dobro has a rectangular shaped neck (in cross section), whereas the resonator guitar has a regular semi-circular shaped neck (in cross section), just like any old six string.
"Dobro" is actually a trademarked brand name, but even when made by other companies (Gibson {who may have actually bought out Dobro, and hence the trademark??}, etc.) these are referred to as Dobros, much like any tissue is called a "Kleenex".
These, pedal steels, lap steels, and Weissenborns are my favorite instruments, and one day I'd love to learn how to play them.
I LOVE 'SLIDING'!!!
BTW; this fall I get to see Arlo Guthrie sing this song LIVE when he appears at our concert series.
My only regret concerning this song is that I never got to hear it's author (the phenomenal Steve Goodman) sing it live and in person.
Pretty sure it's a resonator guitar, commonly called a Dobro.
The difference between an actual played flat on one's lap, or standing with a shoulder strap but still parallel to the ground, country music style 'Dobro', and a blues/folk/whatever resonator guitar, which is played like a regular guitar, is that the Dobro has a rectangular shaped neck (in cross section), whereas the resonator guitar has a regular semi-circular shaped neck (in cross section), just like any old six string.
"Dobro" is actually a trademarked brand name, but even when made by other companies (Gibson {who may have actually bought out Dobro, and hence the trademark??}, etc.) these are referred to as Dobros, much like any tissue is called a "Kleenex".
These, pedal steels, lap steels, and Weissenborns are my favorite instruments, and one day I'd love to learn how to play them.
I LOVE 'SLIDING'!!!
BTW; this fall I get to see Arlo Guthrie sing this song LIVE when he appears at our concert series.
My only regret concerning this song is that I never got to hear it's author (the phenomenal Steve Goodman) sing it live and in person.
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I love Arlo Guthrie's version of that song!! For the longest time I thought it was Bob Dylan. Arlo's vocals are very Dylanesque.
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