Lockdown Licks no. 314. “Ol’ Rag Blues” by Status Quo. Francis Rossi lead break. Played on a Telecaster on neck pick up into a NUX M8 amp set to ‘superlead’ with some reverb.
Rossi puts great technique into his 25 note lead break.
several types of bent note
in a classic country rock style before producing
a short but sweet legato style run descending the scale.
“Ol’ Rag Blues” is a song recorded by the British rock band Status Quo. It was included on the album Back to Back in 1983, and also released as a single. It was the only top 10 single the band never played live.
Originally it had a lead vocal by Alan Lancaster; however, the final recording used for this single featured a lead vocal performance by Francis Rossi. Lancaster wrote the song with Keith Lamb.