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"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
A common type of three-chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords. Sometimes the V 7 chord is used instead of V, for greater tension.
When he approached the three major music publishers in New York City, they turned him down, saying there was no future in the guitar. [3] In 1947, he formed Mel Bay Publications and wrote the first book, The Orchestral Chord System for Guitar. This book is still in print under the title Rhythm Guitar Chord System.
The book has since been published in a case-size edition by William Bay, Mel's son and has spawned a series of similar books like the Encyclopedia of Guitar Chord Progressions (first published in 1977 [3]), Encyclopedia of Guitar Chord Inversions, Mel Bay's Deluxe Guitar Scale Book, Encyclopedia of Jazz Guitar Runs, Fills, Licks & Lines, and ...
"Three Chords and the Truth" was co-written by Sara Evans, Ron Harbin, and Aimee Mayo. The latter songwriter would later be a frequent collaborator with Evans. [2] [failed verification] The song's plot focuses on lost love and the narrator reconciling with her partner. The song references the famous description of country music by Harlan Howard.
Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar; Steven Sheehan – acoustic guitar; Jeffrey Steele – background vocals; 3 Ring Circus Singers – background vocals; John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National steel guitar; Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, percussion, strings
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