Clarence White’s “Footprints in the Snow,” Part 1: First Solo |
Clarence White’s “Footprints in the Snow,” Part 1: First Solo
Bill Monroe’s song “Footprints in the Snow” was a favorite of Clarence White’s: you can hear early recordings of Clarence playing it on 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals and The Kentucky Colonels’ Long Journey Home (a live recording with Doc Watson). And he played a couple of classic melody-based solos on the 1973 Muleskinner recording, which also featured David Grisman, Richard Greene, Bill Keith, and Peter Rowan. In this lesson, you’ll learn those 1973 solos and look at how Clarence based his solos on the melody of the song, using variations on some of his favorite licks. Scott starts by showing you the basic melody of the verse of “Footprints in the Snow,” so you can see how Clarence’s solo matches the song’s melody, and then takes apart his first solo.
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