I don;t have it handy to listen to right now but yes, ... the following is pick direction per note....
down, down, down -- that equates to the word "the" in guitar speak... most played lick on earth.
down, down, down, -- however,, you can play it down, down, up or if you play with fingers like me...
down, down, up with other finger... At any rate... you want to nail those first three notes as readily as you say the word "the" and then the 10th fret you are already planning to go to that and nail it. So really all you are thinking about is starting the "the" lick and then simply nailing that A note.
So if it were really fast, yes, I would rake it.
Go to 4:07 in this vid... Basically the same thing. this lick in AK lesson is b5 5 1 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtPYZRVeGIOk, so that's the first 4 notes. the last 5 notes are basically just an am or A chord so barre the first three strings at 5... and again, I would probably pick up but use more than one finger. I would need to hear it again to see just how it sounds and maybe that 6 fret is a hammer.
At any rate... from the instant you begin to bend that first note, start thinking about landing that 10th fret. As you sustain the 10th fret note think about landing the barre portion of an A chord and then fill the notes in... the 7 5 6 part.
so it's
Begin - Bend
Nail 10
Nail mini-barre
Fill in chord ( which is Am to A -b3 to 3- )
So try not to look at it as individual notes but two chunks with the last chunk simply being an am to a chord. Like ... Lick + Chord