DIY SLIDE | Larkin Poe - "Every Bird That Flies"

A foray into slide techniques for lap steel guitar from Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe. #StayHome #WithMe and slide into some new skills!
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[@cliffhomow]

I’m absolutely crazy for Megan. I can’t get enough of her. She blows my mind! 😍

[@prayer4eto]

Perfect combination. This baritone lap steel makes it so atmospheric...

[@gregmartin1757]

Megan is as talented as she is beautiful. Definitely the reigning queen of slide .

[@yiyosal]

I love this woman and her music

[@karonbeilunka6845]

I liked the part where she reached into my soul, played my heart strings and vibrated my core. That was nice.

[@kellyowbridgetasker]

Love your t-shirt 🙌🏻

[@kalebdaark100]

Megan, you should get a t-shirt made with "I'm tuned to open G (except when I'm tuned to open C)"

[@danleedonian]

Cool idea~

[@ralfbuschner6925]

YES, YES, YES! As a Larkin Poe merch T-Shirt! I'd instantly order it!

[@grateful4068]

I support this idea.

[@sinecast]

two megans. i love it

[@donnabowe1895]

Awesome! I love your new CD. I have a Fouke Industrial 8 string and love it. My husband is awaiting delivery of his own Fouke.

[@tonymasalta]

Awesome! my granddaughter just got her first guitar. Thank you! for sharing your insights as a musician. Girls Rock!

[@audiophileman7047]

As Jim Morrison of The Doors once said when he heard Robby Krieger play bottle neck slide, "We got to have that sound on every one of our songs." That thought popped in my head when I heard you play the sample for us, Megan. Doubt that I will ever play lap steel guitar. Regular guitar is a challenge enough. I still enjoy your DIY videos to better understand how you produce those wonderful sounds that Jim loved and LP fans love! 👍👍👍👍👍 Thank you, take care, and be safe, blues sister! 👍💖🎸😎

[@frankboyd.]

Until I saw this video I didn't know she had a twin.

[@audiophileman7047]

@@frankboyd. Good one, Frank! 👍👍👍😊 Are you sure that wasn't Rebecca made up to look like Slide Queen? 😁

[@BlackAdder665]

I love your solos, Megan! They're special.

[@Larry30102]

We’re so privileged to have these vids. Much appreciated.

[@simonmatthews9771]

Absolutely awesome playing. Great solo.

[@samanthabeal2000]

Lady you are a legend, not just in my mind!!you ladies just blow my mind and charge my soul! Epic release, I live in the country and I play ya’lls music so even the cows and neighbors miles away can jam out to your awesomeness!

[@sandstoney]

We love you Megan ,keep on doin

[@davidcollvins1061]

Thank You, Megan! Loving everything from You both! I'm a huge fan! ❤

[@tomas5376]

Can’t wait to hear you play the peddle steel! Love your music👍✌️😊🙏🏼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵

[@andre-christopherousseau6063]

Discovered Larkin Poe only a couple of weeks ago ... and I realy love it. My only one regret is not to have discovered you sooner. Thanks for your nice music and nice being. Stay safe. Huggs from France.

[@cloeraymond1267]

Love these DIY ... its nice to learn about that beauty you play. Those 2 lap steels sound amazing sound together.. love that song ❤️🇨🇦🖤

[@gregmccoy5948]

Very Talented The Queen of Slide

[@geoffcaptaincpaige1167]

Megan, hi. Love this channel, just been a tad shy in posting a comment. Larkin Poe have a quality rarely found these days. I often feel the quality deep in my emotions. Thank you BOTH for bringing that for me to enjoy. Now, me and fellow ' myso' are going to be at your Bristol gig later in the year, to say I'm excited doest cut it in my feelings, my admiration for you and Rebecca. Any I digress, being the slightly older sister you have a little different personality, I particularly like. Apologies to Rebecca but you are my favourite. Mike though, prefers Rebecca and he's an old bugger compared to me. We are both busy with music constantly, Mike especially, busy on his third album right now. I on the other hand cannot abide the music industry. It has stolen my work and others are still getting rich from it too.Grrrr! Anyway. Keep on doing what you do so well, it makes me very happy. Django ( Geoff is my system name ) Father named me Django when I was born. He loved Mr Rheinhardt.

[@outdoorssurvival2949]

Perfect just perfect

[@scottderaps856]

Seriously? Mind blown by a Baritone lapsteel. Never imagined. Sounds killer!!

[@rodgersamuel2564]

It's great that you both are doing these demonstration videos! Thanks a lot.

[@ritalinjunkies]

This girl could make a tennis racket sound like a stradivarius

[@ritalinjunkies]

Larkin poe are amazing and your slide playing is out of this world. Loving you guys from South Africa

[@frankboyd.]

Hey Megan love these videos. I think you should get "Slide Queen" officially patented if you haven't already done so. Stay safe.

[@spekkala66]

Agree

[@Bryan011993]

X2!!!

[@Kamtar34]

lol

[@coreykatz8111]

Technically it would be a copyright, but yes go do that!:)

[@thomasdavy594]

Hi girls it's me you big fan and huge critic.Saw some recent interviews, great to see you sharing the dialogue more.Just not quite enough yet. Little sister sure does ramble on. Rebecca doesn't need to carry the world with a partner as rich as Megan there. Best band since Led Zepplin!!!!

[@horacesmith2130]

Thank for knowledge drop from a 62 year old beginner noise maker watching all your videos

[@randos.946]

MOO MAKES LEARNING FUN !!! .... We Love iT !!!

[@BlitzsieLDiscoLSnow]

As a lover of every instrument with low notes (celli, bass, baritone sax, bass clarinet) I'm absolutely in love with the deep sound from that baritone lapsteel! When I have enough money I'll certainly take a look at them. But first I have to save enough for a hurdy gurdy, then I'll go to lapsteel, you make that instrument sing like a master.

[@xai1971]

Beautiful!!!

[@sherrihazlewood8147]

Im coming to see y'all live in Charlotte soon. I became a fan by watching y'all beatbox, harmonize and play slide guitar in your room doing covers. They are my favorites. Love your roots. I come from there too but not with musical talent, only a deep appreciation and love of it. Love how you share how it's done because even though you give away the secret, it can never be duplicated.✌.

[@pearlflute]

Megan, you are my most favorite slide-guitarist. Love from Japan.

[@GretchenNGould]

Thank you Megan for your talent and sharing your awesome slide playing! I play 12 string guitar, your playing has inspired me to give slide playing a shot.

[@audiophileman7047]

Though not the same, have you tried playing slide on a guitar? That can be really nice too!

[@michaelsteven1090]

Love the album, love that song!

[@abosworth]

Wow, what a haunting combination! Gave me goosebumps. I've gotta check out your new album!

[@thomasdavy594]

BTW..you're seriously good at this lesson thing, please raise the bar..Teaching is rewarding.

[@danleedonian]

So nice to see these tapes, lots to learn about slide guitar-cool pedal steel trick, am going to try right now!

[@riccardofioretti9743]

Megan rules!

[@MrParusso61]

Thanks Megan. I'm learning slide on a 3-string fretless cigar box guitar, and your DIY series has great tips that apply just as well. That bending technique you showed is awesome!

[@ChesapeakeWahido]

The sound does my heart good

[@liviamonteleone9061]

Megan, how wonderful! As a baritone guitar player in Italy, I went from B tuning to A...and now I wish I could get lower...your baritone slide guitar is an absolute marvel!! thank you and your sister for the DIY series, I just love it. I hope you' ll tour Italy, after missing the date you had, for Covid,... we' re waiting for ya!! : )

[@Twointhepink]

You make me smile. The depth of your talent is endless, the ease of your hands to unleash life to the ear. What’s your favorite group of musicians?

[@beimsteiner]

Wow love that little bend, going to try that out first thing ❤

[@sonnypeek6418]

Long time (very old!) guitarist, dobro, lap steeler, and pedal steel player here.. the secret to going from lap to pedal is this: on lap, the characteristic sounds are from moving the bar, bar slants etc. Pedal steel has a bigger (and therefore less mobile) bar; and to get the characteristic sounds - using/exploiting the pedals and levers and moving the bar fret to fret is the key. there's alot of sounds and chords one can play in just one position, and just two frets up. Then, combining this with right had techniques (palm and Pick blocking) Love these videos!

[@HowRJ]

Thank you for your DIY vids - wonderful for you to do this for the lap steel centric community......a question for you......do you incorporate slants in your playing?.......if so, can you give us your take on them, and if you don't readily use them, can you talk about working around them?........thank you - I consider both yourself and your sister a national treasure......

[@fonagel]

Awesome!

[@74dartman13]

Cool lesson. Thanks!👍😎🎸🎶

[@fuzzie1956]

Excellent. Thanks Megan.

[@Vortexafternoon]

Such a cool little trick...and I love the DJENT slide guitar!

[@paulpostma6493]

Sounds good! Love your sound!

[@rolandbeya5805]

As Ant Kinsey wrote, Megan IS A STRADIVARIUS ! Without the true feeling of Megan, without the true talents and energy of Rebecca, Larkin Poe wouldn't exist. They are both "THE MONUMENT" of the Century we've expected to see and hear and appreciate for decades, they are the TOP of the TOP. Love you guys, Reb & Meg, from France, Keep on Keep on, and ... Long Live Your Rock n' Roll !!!!!!!

[@michaellaverty1844]

Wow that was pretty informative. I just started to mess around in open G and slide. That trick with the ring finger is really cool. I’m becoming a huge fan of this music. I’ve always been a blues head. Seeing these young blues players is so inspiring.

[@randyc5650]

Megan, you are now more wicked than ever. In a good way. I look forward to hearing your faux pedal bend, your baritone lap steel and your pedal steel in the future. I look forward to seeing y'all on another cruise again, whenever they start allowing that again or if you are ever in the New Orleans area.

[@marcomodena8076]

Hi Megan , happy to learn from You

[@thomasdavy594]

We need these girls to keep developing do they are still doin it ten years from now. BUY RECORDS NOW. big fan huge critic Thomas Davy

[@scabcrawler632]

So glad i got to meet the both of you when you opened for Bob Seger in Moline!

[@marktaylor4615]

Great to get some insight into how you played those parts. In my head, you and Nick Cave should form a supergroup

[@bobkelley6574]

Megan, I love how your solos have such a melodic and vocal quality. I've listened to ALL your records and almost every solo feels like it is something I could sing along to (in my mind, I can't hit a lot of those notes but I can "hear" them). I had grown tired of so many lead guitar solos because so many people just gush out a blizzard of notes at super high speed, which can be technically brilliant but NOT MUSICAL. Your playing is what prompted me to buy a lap steel -- BRAND NEW BEGINNER -- because I was hearing music I wanted to learn how to play. Thank you. (Please come and play in Houston!)

[@ralfbuschner6925]

Same here - Megan triggered me buying a lap steel. This sing along thing by the way reminds my on my main instrument - blues harmonica. This often is used as a 2nd voice in the band context and therefore the harp has to play melodic riffs, catching the ear rather by expression, by tone and delivery instead by zillions of notes. (Muddy called the harp even "the mother of the band!). So my understanding of good blues lapsteel licks are basically the same, not zillions of notes (this may be impressive for a moment, but it tires the listener pretty quickly), but licks that go to ear and can be remembered. The apparent simplicity is part of the concept, but hard to master...and Megan nails it everytime!

[@bobkelley6574]

Ralf Buschner, I agree, she nails it. Like your analogy with blues harp. I’ve always been more of a classic rock & blues fan than speed metal. Agree that bar after bar of 32nd notes wears out the ear.

[@gregcano417]

Very nice Megan you are a awesome musician and your sister going to buy tickets to see you guys in LA in September going to take my daughter she is 14 years old and I got her playing guitar with me God bless you girls

[@araza13]

Woah, must check out those gats. After hearing you two do Knights in White Satin I would love to hear you do an Ennio Morricone piece. He will be sorely missed. Thank you for these DIYs. They’re so inspirational and educational. Love the new album and looking forward to seeing y’all in April in Sydney.

[@haxter3]

Awesome video Megan 😊👍👍

[@vk3hmt1]

Baritone lap steel ~ very cool, great tones...

[@SeanKerns]

That behind the bar bend is too cool. Who needs pedals?

[@kerenzaobrien3839]

Thank you for all the tips! Do you think you could make a video about the different exercises you do to improve you technique besides scales? Cheers to both of you

[@AndersonCamello]

love it!

[@andrevdhaak]

great song

[@manuelgchapajr2000]

I’m in Love With Megan GREAT MUSIC

[@dominicbreedlove5656]

Mhmm one of my absolute favorite tracks of 2020, never would have guessed you layerd lap steeles with one drop tune, its so beautiful... Oh man i would lose my mind if ya coverd "come together" by the Beatles...and if yall did cover it,point me in that direction... Song always takes me back to my days in arizona with my sweetheart and that movie "across the universe" ( sorry for the novel msg) keep ya heads up, take care Much love peace yall

[@vhm14u2c]

Thanks for sharing!💕

[@Ori0987]

Super cool.

[@Musabre]

Loved this one! But I have a request/suggestion/question...thing, for the next one. On the equally-stellar tune Danger Angel, your slide work on that is very rock-heavy and I was wondering if we could see what sort of effects you like to use to get those really gritty distorted tones? Cheers LP! :)

[@MrBlackbutang]

You’al are great

[@jeffjoy3556]

AWESOME

[@scburningbum666]

Thank you you are awesome

[@ralfikip3300]

Love that t-shirt

[@peppiino]

Wow!

[@marcomodena8076]

Wow....what a beautiful sound....really !! Thank's a lot ! And i'm sorry for my English , i'm Italian ; Bye

[@MrBroJH]

sounds just about like it!

[@electricgypsyblues4761]

MEGAN!!!!!!!

[@pauldncn1]

Megan that is an amazing cionbimation of sounds I’ve never tried slide but play guitar Your album is amazing my 5 year old grandson loves Holy Ghost fire No idea who keeps playing it in the car 😅❤️x thanks to Rebbeca too of course xx

[@kalebdaark100]

DAMN! She can play two lap steels a once now!

[@NickiTedesco]

You are so talented! I love watching you play!!! :):):) if you ever need bass recorded for you let me know!!

[@skatetodeath666]

❤

[@GY62]

Hi Megan love your work. How about a rig rundown on the pedals and amp you are using for these iso vids thanks.

[@rocketpost1]

Just love these videos Megan. You seem such a nice, decent person and we could do with more of those. For you and Rebecca, I think you would do a great cover of Canned Heat's Let's work together which has some great slide from Al Wilson who unfortunately is another member of the 27 club. So many died so young.

[@5028pat]

jolie!Merci

[@Rafonu]

Jesteś nienormalnie zdolna! Chyba Cię lubię.

[@PlouplePoupi]

You’re amazing🇫🇷🍒👍🏼

[@zenn3339]

That's cool

[@glennlilley8608]

That flick behind the slide, clever! But then I would expect no less! Keep on learning eh?

[@FelipeAkira42]

I'm pretty sure I'd watch a video of Megan talking about paint drying

[@magp5851]

Dear Megan, greetings from Spain. Great job with your beatiful harmonies, riffs and solos with the slide guitar in Larkin Poe. My question is if there a Slide Guitar for left handed, they must learn on it or change the strings position. I'm sorry my poor English and if the question has already been answered

[@xcalibre2012]

👑

[@abaptiste]

Hello Megan, as Arthur Rimbaud wrote : A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu : voyelles, could you in the same way, associate a colour with each of your chords. Thank you.

[@MircoBrahmann]

💖

[@fastcelt5241]

What lap steel would you recommend for a total beginner

[@neildesperandum6114]

Ooh. I’m not sure I’d give that trick away 🙂