Snow Blind Friend
eagle670 wrote:
Wow, great old Hoyt Axton song! I haven't heard that in years.Anyone know how to play Snow Blind Friend by Steppenwolf? I can't identify the picking pattern in the song. I think it is a Travis Picking pattern of some sort.
Chasplaya wrote:
I've always seen it cross picked and not Travis picked. It slides into strumming about halfway through as I recall.I just checked an old Powertab I have of this and its sort of Travis although not totally repetitive paterns are used but close patterns.
The tab I have would be difficult to cross pick as it has a lot of doubled up notes i.e. bass and treble together. Merle Travis once said the pattern named after him was nice but he doesn't actually do it as generally described as he mixes things up a lot and doesn't always repeat patterns
Just watched a purported studio recording w/ video of the song and it does appear to be a Travis pattern. The chords are easy. John Kay capos up 2 frets and plays out of the G position. Here's the video (if it will post). Been having a bit of trouble getting vids and such to show up and I can't preview my posts since the server migration.
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After learning Neil Youngs "The Needle and Damage Done" from Neil, the strumming/picking pattern sounds real similar. I have the tab as well and it is really hard to follow. I am hoping the Neil can do his magic on it and show us the way.