5 Shredding Country Guitar Songs by Brad Paisley, Johnny Hiland, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee and Jerry Donahue

Posted 08/20/2011 at 10:10am | by Ethan Varian

Here are five examples -- in five videos -- of some wild and inventive country shredding.

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Jerry Donahue, "The Beak," Telecasting Recast

Jerry Donahue is a true ninja of the Telecaster. On his country guitar workout “The Beak,” Donahue digs deep into his bag of tricks to show off some acrobatic fretting techniques, including steel-style double-stop swells, cross-string scale runs and his signature behind-the-nut bends.

Donahue has performed with a number of diverse acts including Robert Plant, The Yardbirds and Roy Orbison and is also a founding member of the instrumental country-rock group The Hellecasters.

Check out Donahue performing “The Beak” for an instructional video:

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drek1droid

August 22, 2011 at 12:44pm

Who is the sax player in the Gatton video? Wow - he is amazing.

danmar

August 21, 2011 at 1:23pm

I was under the impression Hiland was a PRS man. Yet every time I see a picture of him he's playing a different brand of guitar. Is he a member of the Earl Slick/Steve Stevens club?

flashmiller

August 21, 2011 at 2:04am

i wouldn't really call this country.

5 Shredding Country Guitar Songs by Brad Paisley, Johnny Hiland, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee and Jerry Donahue

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