We're excited to say that we've just released some amazing new RealStyles with XPro Styles PAKs 2 & 3 and Xtra Styles PAK 13 for Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Windows or Mac!
#YAKETY AXE UPGRADE#
*excluding the $49 version upgrade purchase. Look Ma! More MIDI 8 (complete, 15 styles) RealDrums Stems Set 2 (20 RealDrums stems) Artist Performance Set 12: Songs with Vocals volume 2 (20 songs) Instrumental Studies 17: Classic Country Guitar Soloing (6 studies) MIDI SuperTracks Set 35: All Guitar (5 MSTs) 60 Bonus RT/RD (20 more than in previous years)
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Want even more? Boost your Free Bonus PAK to the 49-PAK for $49 to add: RealCombos Booster PAK (30 New RealStyles, 26 Existing RealStyles, 109 RT's/RD's) Over 400 playable RealTracks (sfz sforzando files) MIDI Styles Set 84: Look Ma! More MIDI 7 (complete, 15 styles) RealDrums Stems Set 1 (20 RealDrums stems) Artist Performance Set 11: Songs with Vocals volume 1 (20 songs) Instrumental Studies 16: Fusion Guitar Soloing (6 studies) MIDI SuperTracks Set 34: Blues Piano and Organ (9 MSTs) In 1990 Atkins was joined by the British guitarist/singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler in a version of Yakety Axe on which Atkins recited verses written by Merl Travis, the man whose style of guitar picking originally inspired Atkins.Purchase Band-in-a-Box® 2022 during our Mac special (ending July 15th) and you'll receive a Free Bonus PAK*! As an actor in the 1970s, Reed co-starred with Burt Reynolds in several movies, including all three of the ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ films for which he also composed the sound track. Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash both recorded songs written by Reed. Reed was an associate of Atkins, and the latter is on record as saying that Reed helped him work out the fingering for Yakety Axe.Īs well as being acknowledged as one of the best country guitar players, Reed was an actor, composer and singer. A track I played frequently was Jerry Reed’s version of Yakety Axe.
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Randolph and Atkins sometimes played the tune as a duet during joint TV appearances.įor a short while in the early 1990s I produced a country music record show for a small hospital radio station. In 1965, Atkins recorded a guitar version of the tune which he called Yakety Axe. Yakety Sax was Randolph’s updating of a piece originally composed by James Q ‘Spider’ Rich and references a saxophone solo on a 1958 Coasters recording of the Lieber and Stoller song ‘Yakety Yak’.Īnother musician who worked alongside Randolph on recordings by Elvis and other Nashville based stars is the country guitarist Chet Atkins.
Hits featuring Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee and REO Speed Wagon all benefited from his distinctive saxophone style. British saxophonist Peter Hughes was responsible for the version used on Hill’s show.īoots Randolph was a Nashville based session musician who played on recordings by many country and rock artistes during the 60s and later. Originally recorded in 1963 by its composer, Boots Randolph, the raucous nature of the saxophone notes and the insistent rhythm were an ideal accompaniment to the jerky motion of Hill’s many pursuers. If you are old enough to remember the Benny Hill show, after it transferred to Thames Television in 1969, you will know the tune that accompanied the closing chase sequence.