i have allmost the same problem..i know scales n all..an i can never furgit da pentatonic scale.i beeen a playing metal and rock fur about 15 yurs..my old lady wants me to play sum country leads ind all but every time i git to playin it ends up soundin like zakk wyldes leads with no distortion or blues!!!!den i start ta do sum van tappin to juice it up and with sweeps and blam kick it in to overdrive an-yeeehawww den its on,and dee old lady hates it!!!..you see all this litature on metal and joe satriani but nun fer people like brad paisley or ricky scaggs..it is a whole different technique and i would like to learn it now dat im older and preesh-e-ate it..but i do not know of any resources to reall learn fancy country lead pickin...any one have any..thanks