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Old 07-27-2021, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by raysachs View Post
Nice job Bob. You're really nailing these slightly lesser known Bruce tunes. I like the vocal and the guitar on Johnny 99. Another song I've never even thought of trying. Not sure if I will or won't, but you put it on the map to think about, at least...

-Ray
Thanks, Ray. I've heard his so-called "hits" so many times that I really gravitate towards the lesser known tunes when I want to play some Bruce. A little more freedom not to try to sound authentic on Born to Run . The Luckytown album is one I really like, I play most of those tunes.

I hope you give Johnny 99 a go. You can overdub a guitar solo where the harmonica break should be, I only kept scraping out the rhythm. I'm out of space on Soundcloud so no overdubbing for me for a while, I've not figured that out on YouTube.

BTW I think he plays this tune in B. Not my favorite key. I put a capo across the top 5 strings and played it in the D shape to get normal fingerings in the key of Drop E. Hope that makes sense!
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