Pride and Joy is a song from an American singer and songwriter, Steve Ray Vaughan, where he took assistance from his backing band called Double Trouble. The song was released under the label Epic Records in late 1983. The credits for writing the song were given to Steve, but it was a re-writing of the 1962 song I Go Into Orbit by Johnny Acey. Pride and Joy was part of Steve’s first studio album called Texas Flood, which was released in 1983. It was also the first single of the album, and it became one of the most popular songs of Steve that people still listen to and admire to this day.
According to the drummer of Double Trouble, Steve wrote this song for his new girlfriend at that time, and it was pretty ironic because, after a few months, they had a fight for which Steve wrote the song “I’m Crying.” This song represents a classic twelve-bar blues arrangement, which is performed in the key of E; keep in mind for this song, Steve has kept the guitar one-half step lower. As a result, we get to hear the pitch of E♭.
The tempo of the song is moderately fast in comparison to the other songs that were released in 1983. Furthermore, to add complex guitar techniques like the percussive-like effects, the main electric guitar has a bassline along with muted chord chops. Steve was able to get extra sound out of his guitar by using specific finger shapes, which made it possible for him to ring out a maximum number of strings at the same time.
This is one of the technical guitar song lessons that you can find on our platform. To make learning this song easier for you, we have asked Mike Dugan to be your guitar instructor. Mike has 45 years of guitar-playing experience; he has performed side-by-side with some of the biggest names in the history of Blues music. He even opened for B.B. King multiple times, and one of the songs that he wrote and composed, “There’s No Talkin To Ya”, was also featured in the 1996 TV Series Homicide. Mike has divided this guitar song lesson into three different segments in which he will teach you the introduction, chords, and rhythms that you need to master for this song.
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