How to Play - "Cats Under the Stars" - Jerry Garcia Band - full guitar lesson w/ TAB - (9 /10/89)

includes everything you need to know to play this JGB classic! ...

total running time = 50 minutes

track listing

0:07 - guitar intro - up to verse 1

0:50 - G walk-up to A walk-up - slowed down ...

1:09 - verse 3 into chorus into G walk up into A walk-up into Bridge into D solo ...

2:50 - start of lesson = getting into that funky "C Groove!" ...

8:54 - long chord change / (underneath "cats down under the stars tonight" )= F Em Dm Am C G F

12:23 - long chord change = alternate way to play w open chords (F Em Dm Am C G F... )

14:00 - the low notes / hammer-ons ... (Jerry improvises on these)

18:24 - the chords on "cat down under the stars" = C7 C6 Am G
21:14 - G walkup - normal way to play it

24:34 - G walkup - the way Jerry played it on 9-10-89

25:54 - A walkup - the way Jerry played it on 9-10-89

28:24 - how to play the verses = C7 F Em D Am D Am D F Em Dm Am C G F

31:29 - how to play the verses = using open chords

35:49 - Bridge = "satin blouse unbuttoning" Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/ C

38:46 - Bridge = "time is a stripper" = A - F C G A F C G Eb Bb F C to D
44:04 - "D" solo = D ...... Eb D C ...

45:44 - notes out of D solo Eb D C Db C Bb Bb A

48:32 - notes out of D solo = notes Jerry played on 9-10-89

49:44 - notes out of D solo = notes bass guitar plays F E D Eb D C C D