This proves that you can write a sad country song about anything and make money.
Memories are triggered by past events: a song, a photo, a smell, even a plain white T-shirt.
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This proves that you can write a sad country song about anything and make money.
Memories are triggered by past events: a song, a photo, a smell, even a plain white T-shirt.
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When those memories are traumatic and for whatever reason we are unable or unwilling to release them is a whole 'nother skip
What I have at day's end is a touch of brandy.
One of those odd personal things lost to the sands of time is a brandy snifter from a hoity-toity awards dinner for Tennessee Ernie Ford. Funny all what I get asked to do now and again. That glass checked out five moves ago as non-essential. Seems some things can be emotionally essential.
A support snifter
What I have at day's end is a touch of brandy.
One of those odd personal things lost to the sands of time is a brandy snifter from a hoity-toity awards dinner for Tennessee Ernie Ford. Funny all what I get asked to do now and again. That glass checked out five moves ago as non-essential. Seems some things can be emotionally essential.
A support snifter
I remember this oddball. It's rather morose... A strange song to make any 'hit parade'...
You are wicked...! A friend of mine, back then, connected a horn to his 8 track to attract the girls while cruising the main streets...didn't seem to work but it was fun to try...he was driving a Chevy II, that could have been the problem.
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Those used to be a popular hot rod in my area, throw a 350 in them and they moved.
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I used to do this tune in my first band when I was about 14, never could connect the guy's name with the style of music. We'd do this then the next song might be Midnight Hour or something.
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If (A) I can remember it, and (2) I can figure out how, I'll upload "Invitation" by a big band I was a part of in 2008. Maybe.
That’s David Bird, nice guy. He has some interesting videos.
I think this was the one we covered
And of course the greatest version of Mustang Sally in history! Seriously I really do like this better than Wilson's version even though I love Wicked Pickett.
This stereo version is strange, the organ drops out in a few places.
Mono, weird this mono 45 mix is almost a half step up from the album version, I checked a few 45's too, a lot of Beatles tunes are fast too, a lot of stuff was back then, sped it up for the radio.:
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Yeah, I knew where to get the stuff, I just didn't dood it. I useta look at those catalogs and spend a ton of virtual $ b4 there was such a thing. I did buy one of their van interior plan packages. Made a coupla mods for my own use, but worked out well.
They useta sell much smaller "round tuits" at the truckstops.
I think this was the one we covered
And of course the greatest version of Mustang Sally in history! Seriously I really do like this better than Wilson's version even though I love Wicked Pickett.
This stereo version is strange, the organ drops out in a few places.
Mono, weird this mono 45 mix is almost a half step up from the album version, I checked a few 45's too, a lot of Beatles tunes are fast too, a lot of stuff was back then, sped it up for the radio.:
I/we still do Mustang. Same rhythm as the Rascals but a bit brighter for the dancers.
Did you check out the two versions, stereo and mono, weird how much faster the 45's were.
Another couple we did in my first band:
I think Wilson Pickett was too sophisticated for us or they didn't play his versions on the radio.
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I had a cassette player in my VW! The factory stereo was kind of rat grade. The fancy unit that looks so cool at night (and will be stolen before it's broken in) means good coin at the shop for installation. That's probably the shop's bread and butter.
Cassette tapes mean I don't have to listen to commercials and "entertainment" to get someone else's idea of what I find entertaining. Makin' party tapes at home on the
on the um
Pioneer with blue LEDs
sometimes get a good live concert on the radio and tape it
records mostly
and loads and loads and loads of audience tapes.
each cassette seen to with all manner of coloured pens and pencils
Sounds like a good time to me
"Enough of that!" says life
Cassette tapes mean I don't have to listen to commercials and "entertainment" to get someone else's idea of what I find entertaining. Makin' party tapes at home on the
on the um
Pioneer with blue LEDs
sometimes get a good live concert on the radio and tape it
records mostly
and loads and loads and loads of audience tapes.
each cassette seen to with all manner of coloured pens and pencils
Sounds like a good time to me
"Enough of that!" says life
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It's highly possible that after recording they figured it should be a tad faster. I don't believe they had the tech to speed up w/o upping the pitch back then. We're still faster than either one-by choice. The dancers don't seem to 'get' the slower, "dirtier" tempo.
We did "Come On Up" in the band I was with in Miami in the 80s. Good dance tune.
The bear doesn't look quite as happy about the situation.
The pitch is up almost a half step, listen closely. I've always found if you're going to play slower you've got to really play hard. The essence of a heavy band, slow and loud.
I play to youtube a lot and play a lot of 60's stuff, every other song you're tuning either up or down, Stones used to slow them down, Beatles sped up with of course the pitch going up and down. I think that was mostly a 60's thing those as the 60's went on they seemed to stop that pretty much.
I don't think we do any of the songs I sing in the record key. I ain't no tenor. Mustang, for example, I do in A.(Rascals in C). I did it in C once while sitting in with a band. Like to've killed myself. The BL(fella with the Les Paul Gold Top)wanted me to sing it 'cos of the "frog" voice I sometimes use. I told him I did it in A . He kicked it off in C and kept looking at me to come in, thus the long intro[skip the first minute]. This was an open mic/jam at the Stuart, FL, H-D dealer. I'm wearing my "Vespa" T-shirt, bought for these gigs. That's my Les Paul 5er>Rumble 200c, BTW.The pitch is up almost a half step, listen closely. I've always found if you're going to play slower you've got to really play hard. The essence of a heavy band, slow and loud.
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