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Country Blues Guitar Solos Over “I’m From the Country”

April 13, 2025November 1, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson 14 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course

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Lesson ID: A0139

In this guitar lesson, we’ll apply several of the country riffs we’ve studied in this course by learning how to play two country lead guitar solos in D over “I’m From The Country” by Tracy Byrd. Before we learn the solos with tablature, I’ll give you a quick overview of how the solos are structured around the rhythm guitar chord progression. After you master the solos, practice along with our full-length country backing track in D.

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Solo 1

Solo 1 – Playthrough with Tablature

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Solo 1 – Full Breakdown

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Solo 2

Solo 2 – Playthrough with Tablature

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Solo 2 – Full Breakdown

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Solo Demo

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Backing Track

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Tracy Byrd

Practice with Tracy Byrd

Practice these solos over “I’m From The Country” by Tracy Byrd using the embedded player from Spotify. We’d highly recommend using Spotify for online radio. If you don’t have a Spotify account, click here to sign up free with your Facebook account or with an e-mail address.

More Country Songs in the Key of D

Here’re some other good country songs in the key of D for practicing your country lead guitar…

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Adding Fills Between Your Chords with Key of D Scales

April 13, 2025September 1, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson 12 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course

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Lesson ID: A0133

In this guitar lesson, I’ll show y’all some fun ways to use key of D guitar scales to play country & bluegrass fill riffs. All of the licks we’ll cover today are great for transitioning between chords, and they’re also useful for playing country & bluegrass guitar solos. First, we’ll cover the main scale shapes that you need to memorize. After that, I’ll teach you ten of my favorite country fill riffs in the key of D. My main goal for this lesson is to show you how I visualize key of D scale shapes when I’m improvising key of D riffs. This should be a very useful lesson for the rhythm guitar folks and also for the country & bluegrass lead guitar pickers!

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Old Grimes in the Style of Chris Eldridge

April 13, 2025July 12, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0130

“Old Grimes” has become popular at bluegrass jams largely due to Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage. I reached out to Chris and he said it’s a traditional tune that he learned from Jesse Cobb, his old bandmate in the Infamous Stringdusters, who may have learned it from Matt Combs in Nashville. In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you the main guitar melody for “Old Grimes”. Download the tablature below the lesson video.

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Listen to Old Grimes

Eric Moore & Friends

This is a nice version of “Old Grimes” performed by Eric Moore and his friends Mark and Bryan. Big fan of Eric’s YouTube channel — he regularly posts traditional bluegrass tunes on guitar that y’all would enjoy. Subscribe to Eric’s YouTube channel to watch more of his videos.

Audio – Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage

Practice “Old Grimes” with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage using the embedded player from Spotify. We’d highly recommend using Spotify for online radio. If you don’t have a Spotify account, click here to sign up free with your Facebook account or with an e-mail address.

Video – Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage

Practice along with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage in this video from Fretboard Journal. You can also download some great music from Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage here and check out their 2017 Grammy award winning album Mount Royal that features “Old Grimes”.

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Country Bluegrass Flatpicking Licks Key of D

April 13, 2025January 17, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0109

In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you four classic country and bluegrass guitar licks in the key of D. If you play these licks slowly, they’ll have a nice outlaw country sound. If you speed them up, they’ll sound great with bluegrass songs. We’ll break down all four licks with tablature and we’ll also discuss the scales that are used to create key of D lead guitar licks that sound country and bluegrass. Check out our Bluegrass Lick Library to learn more country & bluegrass flatpicking licks.

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Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
00:40 min	Lick 1 Breakdown with Tablature & Extra Flatpicking Tips
05:23 min	Guitar Scales Discussion
06:42 min	Lick 2 Breakdown with Tablature
09:45 min	Lick 3 Breakdown with Tablature
13:55 min	Lick 4 Breakdown with Tablature

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