The Keel Roll: recycled?
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Topic: The Keel Roll: recycled?
Posted By: Dick Heath
Subject: The Keel Roll: recycled?
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 07:31
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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. Comments please. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 18:19
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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.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 04:50
Why pick this trad tune for a rock guitar solo - does it illustrate speed and complexity of playing or what? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Dean wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 05:11
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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 - http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab4/keelr.html ------------- What? |