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    Posted: November 18 2008 at 05:11
my guess is it was a practise piece from when they were learning the guitar, probably published in a self-teach book like Bert Weedon's Play in a Day since it was a copyright free tune.
 
Looking at it, it's a very simple tune well suited to the beginner: http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab4/keelr.html
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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2008 at 04:50
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I think you're thinking of the Keel Row Dick, a Keel being a large river boat used for carrying coal.
 
Having just listened to several versions of the Keel Row on YouTube, Stray's Jericho and Ash's Phoenix... I can't hear it in Del Bromham's solo but it's deifinitely there in Ted Turner's. Approve 
 
 
Why pick this trad tune for a rock guitar solo - does it illustrate speed and complexity of playing or what?
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I think you're thinking of the Keel Row Dick, a Keel being a large river boat used for carrying coal.
 
Having just listened to several versions of the Keel Row on YouTube, Stray's Jericho and Ash's Phoenix... I can't hear it in Del Bromham's solo but it's deifinitely there in Ted Turner's. Approve 
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The Keel Roll (sp?) is an traditional Northumberland (and perhaps more specifically Geordie)folk song. However, I reckon quite a few late 60's and early 70's Uk rock guitarists seemed to try to incorporate the main riffs of the Keel Roll into a solo. I can think of Stray on Jericho, Wishbone Ash on Pheoenix, and then I'm sure (not being a huge fan) Status Quo used it a number of times, and now I hear US surf shredder, Gary Hoey appropiate it for a tune on his album Animal Instinct.

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