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by **astroman99** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:10 am

I can hear the snickering from here, but really do you have a fav Bob slide part? I do
Stagger Lee is such a powerful song both vocally and instrumentally, Bob's slide playing adds another layer and dimension to the song, I think his parts are pretty cool and sound awesome.Makes a great song even better!

by **st. stephen** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:36 am

Little Red Rooster - Dead Set

by **strumminsix** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:13 am

I like all of them! Not because I'm a Bobby fan, per say, but because there are 3 midrange instruments in the GD and 2 are guitar. When Bobby picks up the slide it sounds like 3 unique midrange instruments!

by **BOUKINATOR** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:57 am

Walkin' Blues - Without A Net

... and any live Little Red Rooster where he goes up practically to the bridge!

by **Crazy 9.5 Fingers** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:04 am

Early 80's Althea.

by **shakedown_04092** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:18 am

Crazy 9.5 Fingers wrote:Early 80's Althea.

+1 for that mention

As well as the Walkin' Blues from Dozin' At The Knick. Not that big a fan of LR Rooster at all to begin with, but sometimes he gets the slide right (IMO), and other times, it's like street cats making love (more like street cats getting raped, actually) :lol:

by **IamDocWatson** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:59 am

with ratdog bob has been nailing the sweetest slide fills in lazy river road and dtsnading on the moon...very powerfull expressive slide playing in both of these...specificaly sotm from gotv 06 and LRR from e-factory march 24(or25 i forget)06

by **gratephulphish123** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:51 pm

st. stephen wrote:Little Red Rooster - Dead Set

i love the brent solo on this lrr, my favorite bob slide song is any... all pretty similiar

by **st. stephen** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:57 pm

I like slide playing in general, it has a very sweet sound.Also in blues jams, for example I Need A Miracle, that's just a good mixture.....
What I don't like is when bobby thinks he's got to play on the top frets or even where there aren't frets anymore at all, I don't know who told him that it sounds good.

by **tigerstrat** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:25 pm

Brother Esau

by **deadguise** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:34 pm

Some of you don't remember when Bobby used to "practice" slide during the show.

by **Stagger Lee** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:14 pm

Bob's slide work on some of the earlier versions of Stagger Lee can help explain my user name :-)

by **spacehead333** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:36 pm

stagger lee deffinatley

by **CaptainTrips** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:17 pm

shakedown_04092 wrote:
Crazy 9.5 Fingers wrote:Early 80's Althea.

+1 for that mention

As well as the Walkin' Blues from Dozin' At The Knick. Not that big a fan of LR Rooster at all to begin with, but sometimes he gets the slide right (IMO), and other times, it's like street cats making love (more like street cats getting raped, actually)

I love Bobby on slide in Althea. Ive posted this vid many times before, but here I think is a great balance of Jerry in prime form and Bobby being creative in the middle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAjJ8NHvPz4
3/28/81

by **Shaggy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:58 pm

Why is this in members gigs and live dates!!? :-?

Anyway, I think Stagger Lee is a nice bit of recorded work of Bob on the slide with the GD. Though when live his tone was often far too tinny for the slide and some of his runs made me cringe. I mean he's hardly David Lindley! But who is! I liked Jerry as well.

At least with Bob you can't say he's ever been boring, even when....well ya know what I'm sayin! :smile:

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