Redfeather
Joined: Jul 30, 2016
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Posted on Aug 13 2024 12:58 PM
Anyone familiar with this old rockabilly tune? I've always loved it. Last night I realized the guitar solo is practically a drop-in for The Surfaris' Wipe Out. They're even in the same key.
There's something really great about this solo (speaking about both of them), despite its utter simplicity. Using the minor third in the (probably) typical minor pentatonic form they're using over those major chords gives it that saucy, working man's rock n' roll sound that never fails to get the toes tappin'. At least not in this household.
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jtrollmann
Joined: Jun 24, 2021
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South Bay, CA
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Posted on Aug 15 2024 10:45 AM
Interestingly similar! Goodbye Train was released in 1960 and The Surfaris WipeOut was released in 1963. I wonder if that solo was a common go to in that key at the time.
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edwardsand
Joined: Jun 29, 2018
Posts: 753
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Posted on Aug 15 2024 08:39 PM
I think the similarity comes more from the Buddy Holly style of playing solos/guitar breaks with simple riffs that closely follow the chord progression of the song. Link Wray did the same in some songs like Raw-hide. Yeah, solos often do that, but this is an approach/philosophy/style where it is closely followed and there is often the use of the chord triads at chord changes and things of that sort. I'm not a scholar of rock guitar solos or music theory, so other people might explain it better (or explain how I'm wrong).
In my mind, more closely related to Wipe Out are the drum breaks in Woo-Hoo: 12 bar blues progression where the guitar plays a quick chord every two bars and then on each of the last two. It was probably done in other songs as well, but I don't know of examples to bring up at the moment.
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