But wait! Maybe that's not so bad, because it was The Hellecasters themselves that beat me to it. So hooray!
Let me explain. While I'm in the middle of writing these pages, I pause to check some factoid on the seach engine, and turn up a gem of a lesson on something called TrueFire.com. It's a three-part series devoted to this tune. The brilliant thing is that JJ, JD, and WR all discuss the tune and their solos.
I wasn't a member of TrueFire.com, but I managed to buy the material and download it in minutes.
It was quite revealing, and I learned a several things. As so often happens, quite a few things I thought that I knew turned out to be incorrect.
You also get PDFs of the tablature of the Jesse Gress transcription as well, and PTB files which work with some software called PowerTab. The tablature transcription looks nearly identical to the Dave Whitehill version in content, although it's even uglier to look at. Unless you share my passion for old-time engraved sheet music, you probably don't care. The information is all there, so what's the difference?
I don't know why they only included the tablature in this version, since the original Guitar Player version of the Gress transcription contains both traditional staffs and tablature, so perhaps very few people care. I'm one of those few.
My thoughts now are leaning in the direction of wrapping up this little project quickly, and moving on to another tune which hasn't had as much attention as Highlander Boogie. Fortunately the Hellecasters have provided us with a generous catalogue of material to learn from.
The focus now will be on details which haven't been discussed already. I was planning to include phrase-by-phrase audio clips, but since they've already done that, and better than I could, and within the framework of what is clearly a commercial enterprise, I'll refrain from that, and recommend you to their version instead. However I've included a few crude little video clips which may help you get started with the solos.
