"Classic Country"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

Created using the excellent and quite realistic computer-generated sounds of Band In A Box v.11, these tracks sound almost like live musicians performed them. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes long, so there's plenty of playing time here. Most songs have 4-bar or 8-bar intros as well as multiple choruses of the songs. Most of the songs are in the original keys as performed by the artists who recorded them.

1. Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain – E
2. The Bottle Let Me Down -D
3. Crazy Arms – F
4. Faded Love – D
5. Four Walls – C
6. Heartaches By The Number – Bb
7. I Love You Because – C
8. Invitation To The Blues – C
9. I’ve Got A New Heartache – G
10. Night Life – D
11. Pride – D
12. Release Me – G
13. She Thinks I Still Care – C
14. The Other Woman – D
15. Waltz Across Texas – A
16. A Way To Survive – C
17. We Could – E
18. The Wild Side of Life – G

Item #H-01, $18

"Strictly Country 1"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

Like the title suggests, this CD/Charts package with play-along tracks is “strictly country” and features chord progressions fitting 16 of the most played and favorite country songs of all time. Included are some of the best standards from the history of country music; two-steps and Texas shuffles, songs from the repertoire of Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Johnny Bush, Webb Pierce, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, and more.

As in Herb's other tracks packages, the songs are again in the common keys of the most famous recordings, and at tempos that are appropriate for the song. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in length and the CD contains over 70 minutes of music. Most songs have 4-bar or 8-bar intros, as well as “tags” to take the song out, as is common on the bandstand. Once again, there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc. As usual, there's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type. Here‘s another chance to work up your favorite solos or come up with arrangements of your own, and you don‘t have to have a band to do it, since your band is right in your CD player!

1. Another Bridge To Burn - G
2. Danny Boy - F
3. Don’t Believe I’ll Fall In Love Today - D
4. Farewell Party - F
5. Fraulein - F
6. Funny How Time Slips Away - E
7. I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - F
8. The Key’s In The Mailbox - A
9. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - E
10. Silver Wings - E
11. Sing A Sad Song - C
12. Slowly - D
13. Sweet Dreams - D
14. Together Again - Db
15. Undo The Right - A
16. Walking After Midnight – C

Item #H-02, $18

"Western Swing Classics"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

This CD/Charts package contains play-along tracks to chord progressions fitting some of the most played and favorite Western Swing songs of all time. The tracks were created using Band In A Box v.12, the newest and best sounding version, utilizing the Roland Virtual Sound Canvas VSC3 module, featuring very realistic sounds and endings.

The songs are in the original keys of the most famous recordings, at basically the same tempos as well. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in lengthand the CD contains over 75 minutes of music. So there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc.

There's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type.

You don't have to be a C6 player to use these tracks... just use them to figure out your solos on the E9 neck, or play lap steel, lead guitar, dobro or fiddle. Or even sing over them... or all the above!

The progressions fit these songs and keys:

1. Maiden's Prayer - A
2. B. Bowman Hop - C
3. Bubbles In My Beer - C
4. Bluebonnet Rag - G
5. Charmaine - C
6. Deep Water - F
7. Home In San Antone - F
8. The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget - G
9. Midnight In Old Amarillo - E
10. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - D
11. Panhandle Rag - E
12. Right Or Wrong - G
13. San Antonio Rose - D
14. Steelin' Home - D
15. Sugar Moon - C
16. Texas Playboy Rag - D
17. Time Changes Everything - F
18. Westphalia Waltz - G

Item #H-03, $18

"Swinging Standards"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

Like the Classic Country Rhythm Tracks and the Western Swing Classics packages, here's a CD/Charts package with play-along tracks to chord progressions fitting 17 of the most played and favorite “swing-style” songs many country musicians like to play and bands enjoy performing. These tunes are a great “change of pace” for the audience when the majority of your material might be “straight-ahead” country.

The songs are again in the common keys of the most famous recordings, and at tempos that are appropriate for the song. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in length and the CD contains over 70 minutes of music. So there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc. As usual, there's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type. And as with the Western Swing Classics package, you don't have to be a C6 player to use these tracks... just use them to figure out your solos on the E9 neck, or play them on any instrument you choose.

1. All Of Me - C
2. Boot Heel Drag - A
3. Blue Spanish Eyes - D
4. Bud’s Bounce - F
5. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - C
6. Hold It - C
7. Indian Love Call - D
8. Last Date - C
9. Marie - E
10. Roly Poly - G
11. Route 66 - F
12. Sleepwalk - C
13. Steel Guitar Rag - E
14. Steelin' The Blues - C (for E9 or B6 tuning)
15. Steelin’ The Blues - C# (for C6 tuning)
16. Sunny Side Of The Street - Bb
17. Sweet Georgia Brown - F

Item #H-04, $18

"Hank Williams Classics"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

This set of rhythm tracks focuses on chord progressions that follow 17 of Hank Williams' most popular tunes. It includes a CD of tracks featuring piano, bass, guitar, and drums with an accompanying book of chord charts for each progression.

Now you can work up the solos and arrangements for these great songs. The tracks are in the original keys and tempos of the Hank Williams tunes, but are around 4 minutes in length, since most of Hank's recordings were about 2:30 long.

Song progressions included fit these songs and keys:

1. Banks of the Old Pontchartrain - A
2. Cold Cold Heart - D
3. Half As Much - D
4. Hey Good Lookin' - C
5. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You - E
6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - E
7. Jambalaya - C
8. Mansion On The Hill - A
9. May You Never Be Alone Like Me - E
10. Move It On Over - E
11. Settin' The Woods On Fire - C
12. Take These Chains From My Heart - D
13. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me - G
14. Wedding Bells - E
15. Window Shopping - C
16. You Win Again - E
17. Your Cheating Heart - C

Item #H-05, $18

"California Country"
Rhythm Tracks and Charts

This collection of tracks fit the chord progressions and general arrangements of some of the best songs by the great West Coast country performers... namely, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart and Freddie Hart.

As with Herb's other packages, the songs are in either the original keys or the most common keys, and in tempos close to the original recorded version.

1. A-11 – C
2. Above And Beyond – G
3. Act Naturally – G
4. Big City – E
5. The Bottle Let Me Down – D
6. Buckaroo – D
7. Close Up The Honkytonks – D
8. Crying Time – G
9. Easy Loving – G
10. Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – A
11. It’s Such A Pretty World Today – D
12. Lonesome Fugitive – F
13. Silver Wings – E
14. Sing A Sad Song – C
15. Sing Me Back Home – A
16. Swinging Doors – G
17. Today I Started Loving You Again – E
18. Together Again – D
19. Under Your Spell Again – A
    

    Item #H-06, $18

20 Intros, Turnarounds, and Solos for E9 Tuning from Classic Johnny Bush Recordings

Here's some steel guitar licks and tricks that can be used in a wide variety of classic country songs as well as the famous Johnny Bush tunes. These are solos played originally by Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Dicky Overbey, and Weldon Myrick.

Having been Johnny Bush's steel guitarist for over 12 years now, Herb often is asked how to play some of the famous solos on his recordings. In this course, the CD contains the recorded steel guitar parts, followed by Herb playing the part with solo steel only at slow speed. The book that accompanies the CD has all the steel solos tabbed out and easy to follow.

The songs all use the standard E9th tuning with 3 pedals and 2 knee levers. The songs included are:

1. Sound Of A Heartache intro
2. Sound Of A Heartache turnaround
3. Farewell Party intro
4. Farewell Party solo
5. City Lights turnaround
6. I’ll Go To A Stranger intro/turnaround
7. Danny Boy intro
8. Danny Boy turnaround
9. An Eye For An Eye intro
10. You Ought To Hear Me Cry intro
11. What A Way To Live solo
12. Apartment #9 turnaround
13. I’ll Be There solo
14. A Way To Survive turnaround
15. Rain Makin’ Baby of Mine intro/turnaround
16. There Stands The Glass intro/tag
17. There Stands The Glass solo
18. Whiskey River solo
19. Here Comes The World Again intro/turnaround
20. Green Snakes intro/turnaround
    

    Item #H-10, $23

"Country Songs for Dobro"

"I started out in 1962 on dobro, and really my first professional gig was as a dobroist for Linda Ronstadt in 1968, who then pushed me in playing steel guitar. I never quit playing resonator guitar, and my playing style is rooted in Josh Graves, Shot Jackson, and Pete Kirby.

"It dawned on me through teaching that steel players frequently are asked to play reso guitar occasionally, but don't really get familiar with the G tuning. So I assembled a course based on the series of lessons I've given to students the last couple of years."

This series of lessons includes a 30-page book and a CD. The book has tabbed arrangements of 13 popular country songs of the past, and essays on scales, slant bar playing, and harmonized scales. Herb discusses the role of dominant, diminished/augmented, and minor chords and where to find them. He lists the major slant bar positions and harmonized scales that can be played with them. Herb also covers three-finger banjo style and an introduction to bluegrass.

The CD features Herb playing the scales, then playing the tunes with a BIAB rhythm track that is suitable for practice. The tunes are:

1. Wildwood Flower
2. Great Speckled Bird
3. Wabash Cannonball
4. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
5. Blue Moon of Kentucky
6. You Win Again
7. Cold Cold Heart
8. Your Cheating Heart
9. Wabash Blues
10. I Still Miss Someone
11. Born To Lose
12. Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

The book assumes the player knows how to hold the bar, wear picks, read simple tablature, and has a little experience with music. The tab and the material is for the Dobro beginner with some music experience, or the intermediate player. A true beginner in music would likely find the material a little over his head without private instruction.

Item #H-11, $23

12 Gospel Favorites
Steel Guitar Solos for E9th

Herb has written arrangements of twelve of the most popular songs in gospel music and tabbed them out for the E9th tuning, using 3 pedals and 2 knee levers. The songs are favorites you've all known forever, and that many of you have played in church services you've performed.

Herb generally addresses 3 specific techniques within each solo: single string playing; two-note harmony; and full-chord melody, both in closed and open voicings. There is one solo tabbed out for each song, as recorded on the included compact disc. Each song has its solo recorded on one channel of the CD, and the other channel has between 3 and 6 minutes of practice track. There is over 53 minutes of practice time on the complete CD.

The songs and keys include:

1. Amazing Grace - D
2. Family Bible - D and G
3. How Great Thou Art - F
4. I Saw The Light - E
5. I'll Fly Away - A
6. In The Garden - C
7. Just A Closer Walk With Thee - F
8. Life's Railway To Heaven - C
9. The Old Rugged Cross - A
10. Softly And Tenderly - Bb
11. What A Friend We Have In Jesus - G
12. When They Ring Those Golden Bells - G

The 30-page tablature book contains Herb's copedent (tuning and pedal arrangement), an explanation of the tablature system and symbols, and lots of blank tab staffs for writing down your own arrangements, licks, and notes.

Item #H-12, $28

"Texas Dance Time"
Steel Guitar Solos for C6th Tuning

Here are the rhythm tracks and note-for-note tablature arrangements for Herb's wonderful CD, "Texas Dance Time". You can play along with a great western swing band and sound just like Herb!

1. Johnson Rag
2. Perdido
3. Boot Heel Drag
4. Rose Room
5. Skater's Waltz
6. 'Deed I Do
7. Tippin' In
8. Blue Bonnet Rag
9. I Gotta Have My Baby Back
10. Rosetta
11. Steelin' Home
12. Curtain Call

Item #H-13, $40

"Rancho Rhythm Roundup"
Steel Guitar Solos for C6th Tuning

Herb's done it again! His "Rancho Rhythm Roundup" CD is already a classic, and he's tabbed out all of the steel parts for you to learn. The rhythm tracks are the same hot swing band you heard on the finished album, but the steel has been removed from the mix.

1. Rancho Boogie
2. Coconut Grove
3. Joaquin Special
4. On The Alamo
5. Little Coquette
6. Blue Skirt Waltz
7. Tennessee Stomp
8. South
9. Steel Guitar Jubilee
10. Pennies From Heaven
11. Tuxedo Junction
12. Steel Guitar Rag 

Item #H-14, $40

"Swinging On E9th"

12 Arrangements of Western Swing and Pop Standards for the E9th Tuning
Basic 3 pedal / 2 knee lever setup

This course is for players who wanted to get a more "swing sound" in their playing, but only had a single neck guitar with a Nashville E9th tuning. Using a basic 3 pedal / 2 knee lever setup (E-Eb and E-F) to achieve a "C6th tuning" sound, Herb designed this course for the experienced beginner through intermediate level player. It features progressively more challenging arrangements of both traditional western swing instrumentals and popular standards of yesteryear played by swing bands. Herb teaches alternative string grips to create more interesting chords, a few intros and endings, some single string licks, and several traditional jazz chord progressions only occasionally found in more "country-type" songs.

The CD contains Herb playing the solo with a rhythm track, followed by the rhythm track without the steel guitar solo. The 30-page book contains the tablature for all the songs and licks on the CD. As an aid to learning, the solos are recorded at slower tempos than normally would be played onstage. In addition to the songs and licks, there's short lesson in chord construction.

The songs included are:

1. Texas Playboy Rag - D
2. Steelin' Home - D
3. Panhandle Rag - E
4. Steel Guitar Rag - E
5. Roadside Rag - E and C
6. Night Life intro and solo - D
7. Caravan - F minor
8. All Of Me - C
9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - F
10. On The Sunny Side Of the Street - C
11. Moon Glow - E
12. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - C

Item #H-15, $28

"Swinging On E9th, Vol. 2"

12 More Western Swing Steel Guitar
Solo Arrangements for E9th Tuning
Basic 3 pedal / 2 knee lever setup

Since offering his first "Swinging On E9th" steel guitar course, Herb has been continually asked to come up with more arrangements of western and swing songs using the E9th tuning. So here it is, pickers! Using a basic 3 pedal / 2 knee lever setup to achieve a "retro" swing sound, this course is again designed for the experienced beginner through intermediate level player. It teaches twelve more arrangements of both traditional western swing instrumentals and popular standards of yesteryear played by swing bands.

You'll learn to swing with alternative chord positions and progressions to eight traditional Bob Wills songs and four "Tin Pan Alley" standards. The CD contains a dozen solos recorded to a rhythm track, followed by the rhythm track without the steel guitar solo. The 26-page book contains the tablature for all the songs. As an aid to learning, the solos are recorded at slower tempos than normally would be played onstage.

1. Bubbles In My Beer - C
2. Deep Water - F
3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - C
4. Faded Love - D
5. Harbor Lights - C
6. The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget - G
7. Milk Cow Blues - A
8. San Antonio Rose - D
9. Sentimental Journey - E
10. Time Changes Everything - F
11. Undecided - G
12. Wild Side of Life - G

Item #H-16, $28

"Shuffles, Ballads, and Waltzes"

10 Solo Arrangements for E9th Tuning
Basic 3 pedal / 3 knee lever setup

Here's a collection of ten tabbed out arrangements of some classic country standards, with a CD of Herb playing the solo to a rhythm track, followed by the track without steel. So the student can play the solo himself, of course!

The pedal setup required is a regular E9th tuning with 3 pedals and 3 knee levers (E lowers, E raises, and D# lower), that are the basic levers in any E9th tuning

There are 3 "Texas shuffles" in the Ray Price/Johnny Bush style, 5 ballads in slower tempos, and 2 waltzes that everyone in country music has had to play dozens of times in their bandstand work.

Herb tried to stay pretty traditional to the melodies of these tunes, what he calls the "Jimmy Day" approach. Some of the ballads are reminiscent of Jimmy's Steel And Strings album. The shuffles are played like you'd have to play them on a Texas dancehall bandstand. The arrangements contain lots of licks, intros, turnarounds, etc. that can be applied to any number of country songs.

1. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - E
2. Crazy Arms - F
3. Heartaches By The Numbers - Bb
4. She Thinks I Still Care - C
5. Making Believe - F
6. I've Got A New Heartache - A
7. I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - F
8. Waltz Across Texas - A
9. We Could - E
10. Westphalia Waltz - G

Item #H-17, $28

"Shuffles, Ballads, and Waltzes, Volume 2 "

10 Solo Arrangement for E9th Tuning
Standard 3 pedal / 3 knee lever setup

This is the follow-up to the very popular Shuffles, Ballads, and Waltzes course. Again Herb designed it for the experienced beginner through intermediate level player, and included is 10 arrangements of popular country standards heard every night on thousands of bandstands.  

Once more, he stresses PLAYING THE MELODY, which herb feel is the best way to break the mindset of non-melodic "licks" playing, understand scales played in harmony, and to learn the fretboard of the steel guitar with alternate positions for minor chords, dominant (b7) chords, and major-seventh chords as well.  

Each solo track is between 1 1/2 minutes to 2 1/2 minutes in length and plays the song in its entirety, frequently with several choruses. Generally, each song has a 4 bar intro and a 4 bar tag or "outro."

Following each track with the recorded steel solo is the rhythm track Herb used for backup. The student then has a rhythm track to play to himself.  The CD is over 40 minutes in length. The 24-page book contains the note-for-note tablature of the music played on the CD.  

1. Together Again - D (includes the Tom Brumley solo, more)
2. Four Walls - C (JIm Reeves waltz hit)
3. The End Of The World - Eb (Skeeter Davis classic)
4. Funny How Time Slips Away - E (Ray Price, Willie Nelson Jimmy Day style)
5. You Took Her Off My Hands - F (Ray Price classic shuffle, with Emmons-style solo)
6. Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me - G (Ray Price shuffle, more)
7. Hold It - C (steel classic usually on C6)
8. My Special Angel - C (Bobby Helms hit)
9. Lonely Street - Bb (Ray Price shuffle style)
10. That's All That Matters - D (Hank Cochran classic, Price, Bush, Gilley)

Item #H-18, $28

"ESSENTIAL BANDSTAND SOLOS"

Rides You Need To Play In Texas
15 Arrangements for E9th Tuning

When Herb was teaching privately, many players would come to him and ask for an appropriate lead for a particular song, since they played in bands... formal and informal... that required them to come up with a intro, turnaround, or 16 bar solo. To address these requests, Herb created this course called "Essential Bandstand Solos".

This book/CD set contains 15 solos/turnarounds to some of the most popular traditional country tunes played in Texas. Rather than presenting the entire song with verse, chorus, etc., these arrangements are for the most part 16-bar solos as would be played onstage in a band situation, some with intros and tags. Like his other courses, the CD contains Herb playing the solo to a rhythm track, followed by the rhythm track itself for the player to practice with.

All recordings and tabs are for E9, and geared for the experienced beginner to intermediate player.

1. All My Exes Live In Texas - A
2. The Bottle Let Me Down intro - D
3. Anybody Going To San Antone - G
4. Drinking Champagne - A
5. Fraulein - F
6. Heart Over Mind - G
7. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - E
8. I Love You Because - C
9. It's Such A Pretty World Today - D
10. Mansion On The Hill - C
11. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - F
12. Silver Wings - E
13. Truck Driving Man - G
14. Swinging Doors intro/solo - G
15. Walking After Midnight - Bb

Item #H-19, $28

"E9 By Request "

Tunes You Asked For
9 Arrangements for E9th Tuning

This one is entitled "E9 By Request," because in it Herb tabbed out arrangements for some tunes he's had requests for, by both bandstand players and home pickers. There's a couple traditional Price/Tubb shuffles, a couple swing-style tunes, a couple bandstand instrumentals that steel players get requests for, and some intro/solo/turnaround arrangements for country standards, like George Strait/Merle Haggard material.

Like Herb's previous material, there's a CD and a book. The CD contains a track of the solo with Herb playing it, followed by the rhythm track he used without the steel. The book includes tab for all of the solos.

The copedent used is standard E9th, 3 pedals and 2 levers (E-F and E-D#).

1. Last Date... key of C, entire song
2. That's The Way Love Goes... key of E, 2 choruses
3. Statue Of A Fool... key of A, entire song
4. Half A Mind... key of A, intro, solo, turnaround
5. Amarillo By Morning... key of D, intro, solo, outro
6. Steelin' The Blues... key of C, 3 verses, 2 choruses
7. Blue Spanish Eyes... key of G, entire song
8. Blue Velvet... key of Bb, entire song, 2 choruses
9. Invitation To The Blues... key of D, intro, entire song, outro

Item #H-20, $28