Key to the Highway by Derek and the Dominos Guitar Tab

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the guitar part played on Derek and the Dominos’s song Key to the Highway from the 1970 Live at the Fillmore East, New York Performance.

Key to the Highway by Derek and the Dominos Guitar Tab

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the guitar part played on Derek and the Dominos’s song Key to the Highway from the 1970 Live at the Fillmore East, New York Performance.

 

 

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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s guitar tab sheet music transcription of the guitar part played on Derek and the Dominoes’s song Key to the Highway was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF guitar tab sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.

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About Key to the Highway (from Wikipedia):

“Key to the Highway” is a blues standard that has been performed and recorded by several blues and other artists. Blues pianist Charlie Segar first recorded the song in 1940. Jazz Gillum and Big Bill Broonzy followed with recordings in 1940 and 1941, using an arrangement that has become the standard. When Little Walter updated the song in 1958 in an electric Chicago blues style, it became a success on the R&B record chart. A variety of artists have since interpreted the song, including Eric Clapton, who recorded several versions. Eric Clapton recorded “Key to the Highway” for Derek and the Dominos’ 1970 landmark album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Lasting over nine minutes, it is essentially an impromptu jam which was recorded by accident. Clapton and Duane Allman heard singer Sam Samudio, better known as “Sam the Sham”, performing the song in a neighboring studio and spontaneously started playing it themselves. When record producer Tom Dowd heard it, he quickly told the engineers to “hit the goddamn machine!” to start the tape recorder. Because of the late start, the album track starts with a fade-in to a performance already underway.

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