For years, a lot of us assumed that the driving guitar rhythm was Shane's D-28 when, in a lot of the songs, it was Nick's tenor. It's easier to see this now because a lot of live performance videos are posted on youtube.
Do you know who come up with the idea of Nick capoing up the neck on almost every song? It was a great idea because it puts his guitar squarely between Shane's D-28 and the banjo (either Dave or John).
On one of the Youtube tapes, I saw Nick playing a D chord as 4232 instead of the more common 0232. Any idea why? Was he trying to avoid open strings?
I saw Nick do Hobo's Lullaby in 1987 accompanied only by his tenor guitar. It had a surprisingly full sound for a four-string instrument.
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