I found the Jeff Back version of Apache very different from the pure sound of Hank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB91ayDl ... re=relatedWhich is the sound that I am hoping to obtain, only recently I managed to get the speed of the drumbeats/hoofbeats to match although I still prefet to play along to the original track rather than a backing track.
Goran's site was an inspiration and I have downloaded many tabs and backings for my Brother-in-law who plays guitar very well as he started at the an early age and is a bit older than me. I have the computer and the internet while he has the knowledge and the experience.
He tried to get Theme for young lovers, Peace pipe and Atlantis, both tabs and backings for many years, once I told him I had a guitar we started talking about music more and he said about the problem of getting the tabs and backings. I fired up the web and downloaded all the ones he was missing and burnt them onto a CD for him so he is now well pleased that I have a new interest.
I have managed to learn Dance on as it is very short and repeats itself, so as was said it is a good one to learn for someone of my ability. The only problem is the intoduction. My version sounds nothing like the original (not that I doubt Gorans tabs). I will have to watch a live version on You tube some more for the timings.
As I get bored easily I tend to swap around and play a few other rifts, wonderful land, guitar tango, going home - not the whole lot, just the bit that everyone remembers. its a good lesson and my way of warming up the mind and fingers and I have a crib sheet on a word document of a dozen or so of these rifts on the computer ready to play every time I fire up the guitar.
Many thanks to you all for talking with me and offering me your kind words of advice, I am very lucky to have the Surrey club nearby for a monthly dose of inspiration. I will prob be many years before I get good enough to play on stage as everyone there is so good however I have seen a couple miss a note or forget their place halfway through, they still get a good round of applause at the end from everyone as it is all for fun and our own entertainment.
Steve J