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BRUCE BOUTON

Neo-Traditional Country

 collection of classic Nashville Country
 
Pedal Steel licks that helped define the 80's and 90's 
 Bruce Bouton guides you through several of his most recognized  licks and solos, sharing his stories and insights on the recording scene at the time.
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Bruce’s style helped spawn a new generation of Neo-Traditional acts and continues to influence today’s Americana music. Here’s your chance to learn the intros, licks, solos...and the backstories... direct from the source.

- Paul Franklin

CLASSIC GROOVES

  • Train Beats

  • 4/4 Shuffles

  • Power Ballads

CLASSIC LICKS

  • Intros

  • Solos

  • Techniques

CLASSIC SONGS

  • Biggest Hits

  • Era-Defining

  • Country Standards

The Artists

Ricky

Skaggs

  • Highway 40 Blues

  • Country Boy
     

Garth Brooks

  • Much Too Young

  • Shameless

  • That Summer

Brooks
& Dunn

  • My Next Broken Heart
     

Wade Hayes

  • Old Enough To Know Better
     

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THE HITS

THE HITS

Course Clips

Neo-Traditional Country
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BRUCE BOUTON

Trainbeats, Shuffles and Country Power Ballads were the order of the day, and the players in town put a modern take on the old school sounds of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Charley Pride and Conway Twitty.


In this course, Bruce guides you through some of his licks and solos on "Highway 40 Blues", "Country Boy", "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", "Shameless", "My Next Broken Heart", "That Summer", and "Old Enough To Know Better".
 

NEO-TRADITIONAL COUNTRY


In the mid-'80s, Country music welcomed a new crop of young singers with a more classic country sound. Fiddles, Teles and Pedal Steels were back on the charts and Bruce Bouton was there to keep the pedal steel front-and center with mega acts like Ricky Skaggs, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn and Wade Hayes.


 

 He shares his stories and insights on the recording scene at the time and his recollection of the tracking session.  Bruce demonstrates all of the examples on his newly-reacquired Emmons push-pull that he used on many of the original recordings.


Full of musical ideas you can use in countless applications, "Neo-Traditional Country" is a great collection of classic-style E9 pedal steel licks that helped define the era and are currently being used in Americana bands everywhere.


Bruce talk-teaches you through each idea slowly, and each section has backing tracks included to play along with when you get the licks learned up-to-speed.

Add these great pedal steel licks to your bag of tricks.

 

Purchase Plans

Purchase Plan 

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$64.00

Tennessee (taxed)

  • WELCOME
    Welcome to the Course IMPORTANT: Latest Course News!
  • GETTING STARTED
    Bars Finger Picks Thumb Picks Strings Capos Using A Capo Capo Maintenance Tuning By Ear Using A Tuner
  • RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE
    Right Hand Placement Anchoring and Picking Beginning Rolls Rolls Part 2 Rolls Part 3 Rolls Part 4 Ground Speed Roll The Rake Natural Harmonics Blocking
  • LEFT-HAND TECHNIQUE
    Holding the Bar Pt 1 Holding the Bar Pt 2 Getting Tone Bar Pressure Pt 1 Bar Pressure Pt 2 Blocking Behind the Bar Hammer Ons & Pull Offs Pt 1 Hammer Ons & Pull Offs Pt 2 Slants Josh Graves' Slant Hawaiian Slants Harmonics & Chimes
  • HARMONY
    Intro to Major Chords Basic Chord Progressions Minor Chords Moving From Chord to Chord Single Notes Into Chords
  • SCALES
    G Major Scale Noting & Sliding Finding Unisons The A Minor Scale E Minor Sounds Pentatonic Scale Basics
  • THE BLUES
    JD's Blues (Performance) JD's Blues (Explained) Walk-ups, Walk-downs and Turnarounds
  • MUSICIANSHIP
    Phrasing & Dynamics Role of the Dobro™ Pt 1 Role of the Dobro™ Pt 2 Bluegrass Band Role of the Dobro™ Pt 3 That Reso Sound Good Posture Good Posture Pt 2 - Standing Mic Techniques: Shure SM57
  • LICKS
    Pentatonic Licks Wabash Cannonball G Run Lick G Roll Lead Up
  • GEAR
    My Guitars Picks & Bar Cases Pedals & Pedalboard The Fishman Aura
  • MAINTENANCE (with Paul Beard)
    Parts of the Resonator Guitar Buzzes and Rattles Cones and More Changing the Cone The Hipshot System
  • SONGS
    When You and I Were Young Maggie Fireball Mail The Cincinnati Rag The Knoxville Girl Greensleeves
  • FINAL THOUGHTS
    Final Thoughts
  • RESOURCES
    How to Navigate The Course - PDF The Nashville Number System - PDF Basic Music Theory Major Scales and Triads - PDF Budget Reso Manufacturers All Course TABs Background Drones In Various Keys Browser Settings for PDF files Blank TAB
  • WELCOME
    Welcome to the Course IMPORTANT: Latest Course News!
  • GETTING STARTED
    Bars Finger Picks Thumb Picks Strings Capos Using A Capo Capo Maintenance Tuning By Ear Using A Tuner
  • RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE
    Right Hand Placement Anchoring and Picking Beginning Rolls Rolls Part 2 Rolls Part 3 Rolls Part 4 Ground Speed Roll The Rake Natural Harmonics Blocking
  • LEFT-HAND TECHNIQUE
    Holding the Bar Pt 1 Holding the Bar Pt 2 Getting Tone Bar Pressure Pt 1 Bar Pressure Pt 2 Blocking Behind the Bar Hammer Ons & Pull Offs Pt 1 Hammer Ons & Pull Offs Pt 2 Slants Josh Graves' Slant Hawaiian Slants Harmonics & Chimes
  • HARMONY
    Intro to Major Chords Basic Chord Progressions Minor Chords Moving From Chord to Chord Single Notes Into Chords
  • SCALES
    G Major Scale Noting & Sliding Finding Unisons The A Minor Scale E Minor Sounds Pentatonic Scale Basics
  • THE BLUES
    JD's Blues (Performance) JD's Blues (Explained) Walk-ups, Walk-downs and Turnarounds
  • MUSICIANSHIP
    Phrasing & Dynamics Role of the Dobro™ Pt 1 Role of the Dobro™ Pt 2 Bluegrass Band Role of the Dobro™ Pt 3 That Reso Sound Good Posture Good Posture Pt 2 - Standing Mic Techniques: Shure SM57
  • LICKS
    Pentatonic Licks Wabash Cannonball G Run Lick G Roll Lead Up
  • GEAR
    My Guitars Picks & Bar Cases Pedals & Pedalboard The Fishman Aura
  • MAINTENANCE (with Paul Beard)
    Parts of the Resonator Guitar Buzzes and Rattles Cones and More Changing the Cone The Hipshot System
  • SONGS
    When You and I Were Young Maggie Fireball Mail The Cincinnati Rag The Knoxville Girl Greensleeves
  • FINAL THOUGHTS
    Final Thoughts
  • RESOURCES
    How to Navigate The Course - PDF The Nashville Number System - PDF Basic Music Theory Major Scales and Triads - PDF Budget Reso Manufacturers All Course TABs Background Drones In Various Keys Browser Settings for PDF files Blank TAB
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