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This is a story about 2 weeks in my little demo studio/house a few years ago, I explain the song at the end of this post.It was chaos as they took over the place but I met,and played with, some amazing people and remet some at the wake/jam after the funeral of Gary Pickford Hopkins and recently at 2 more. SO I thought I'd post it as my tribute to Gary, Alb and Stroudie. HEY YOU well Tank was waiting for me he was sitting so cool at the bus stop and Dai was there but he said he and his girl would rather be in bed we started rocking and things soon started moving in the hallway and there she was holding some cakes in the doorway no need to turn the history pages the kings of rock, the rock of all ages "hey you" say what you're gonna do i said "hey you" you gotta stop you cant play all day and all the night too Ian was there leaning on the chair doing the mixing and fixing said i just been with Zappa to the chick and the rapper they just smiled so sweet a 12 string fender with strings a resonating to ascreaming and the pleading from the steel guitar wailing a violin played in the background so sweet it was time for sleep SOLO an angel brought us the food of love "hey you" say what you're gonna do "hey you" say what you're gonna play "hey you" what you're gonna do right i said "hey you" you gotta stop you cant play all day and all the night too SHUT UP ***** Song Summary ************* Style is POP60_SW.STY (Pop 60's Swing 8ths - 60's Brit) Style MIDI Instruments are : Emu Proteus piano, Real guitar', Plex strings, Fl Studio 10 Cubase sx 1 Title: hey you melody track has 44 notes, Style is POP60_SW.STY (Pop 60's Swing 8ths - 60's Brit) Style MIDI Instruments are : Emu Proteus piano, Real guitar', Plex strings, Fl Studio 10 Cubase sx 1 Soloist is saved with the song : Fats Waller (108) Style is also DADGAD1.STY (DADGAD - alternate guitar tuning) Style MIDI Instruments are : Acoustic String Bass (33), Nylon String Guitar (25), Acoustic Guitar (26), RealTracks in song: ~~372:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 120 MIDI Drums :1 Standard Drum Kit (1) I wrote the words and song over the following year and did a rough BIAB version which sat lonely and forgotten until a month or so ago! I used a VS1680 and Cubase SX1 with many guest musos as mentioned above. We recorded 10 songs somehow! Tank was a session drummer who got lost and I had to lead him to the house from the the bar across the road from the local bus station' it took 15 mins to walk there but 4 hours to get home after a beer or 12!, We rang home for a sober driver for his car full of his drums! Dai was Steve Williams drummer of Budgie whose wife Angels (real name) was a Californian in the mould of Mama Cass, hell of a voice and a mean cook! Angels also cooked some cakes *licks lips*. The name Dai says we were ALL Welsh and in Wales. Ian, forgotten surname' worked with Zappa in the 70's and entertained us with stories about that great man. He was the Boss recordist and I was the gopher. The chick was Billy Thompson's girlfriend and the rapper didn't exist it just rhymed. The 12 string Fender was a purple pearlesque stratocaster owned by Rob that I had my eyes on, and so his on me!. He was the leader of this concept album. Can't remember the name of the Pedal steel guitarist but boy could he make you laugh and cry with his playing. I fell in love with pedal steel guitar thanks to him Violin was Billy Thompson who played violin with John Hinesman and Barbara Thompson and does Gypsy Jazz now. Jams occurred every night and into the morning and would only stop when the ones trying to sleep, or my neighbours!, got angry.  hence the shut up. We took breaks and often stories were told as we sat around and one day one of my cats strolled in and went to sleep on the cushion in the Steve's open kick drum. I noticed and didn't think of telling him as we listened to the story.He had a chain linked double bass drum pedal and to emphasise a point his feet went berserk with a bass drum roll. Cartoons ARE true 'cos the skeleton of the cat left the room first followed seconds later by the skin, swerving and jinking the legs, guitars, beers and leads like a professional. laugh! HAHAHAHA the cat has never fully recovered and never goes in that room to this day! It didn't come back in the house for weeks and is now a total neurotic wreck. Poor lickle pussy but HAHAHAHAHAHA Alyn 
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Hi Alyn
Excellent tune. Great chorus. Loved the lyrics. Great story...
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I loved it, Alyn! Trying to figure how you accomplished that kewl effect on the fiddle. Interesting and nice.
Thanks for posting. A fun listen indeed.
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Well, Alyn, you've done it again.
Every bar a gem and a surprise in every chorus.
I can safely say that I don't know of anything else on here as remotely inventive as the songs you're putting out at the moment. As usual, I've been forced to keep hitting the repeat button and only broke off to write these comments.
The only downside is that each time I listen to one of your tracks, it unsettles me and makes me think I'm getting into a creative rut. Actually that's probably something on the plus side.
Whatever!
Keep it going in 2014.
ROG.
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Hi, Alyn !:))
WOW ! What a swing !!!!
Absolutely marvellous tune !
I loved everything about this
one ! I think it is indeed my
favourite Alyn tune !!!:))
Congrats to everyone involved too !!:))
Cheers
Dani
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HI Alyn....
This is the first time we've listened to you. So glad we finally got to it!
This is a great tune! That is the era we grew up in...Di listened to Top 40 Rock and I listened to Country. That's kind of oxymoronic as she is from Tennessee, which is famous for Country and I'm from St. Louis, Missouri where Rock and R&B were and are popular).
Every line was special and man, talk about taking us back to when we were young! Wonderfully recorded and mixed. You have a creative and unique style that appeals to both of us. Very nice, indeed! Wishing you a prosperous new year...
Al & Di
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Alyn,
Loved the story! Loved the song! Loved the vocal! The Instrumentation! That Chorus!!!!
Almost sounds like Frank Z had a hand in this! Had to listen several times.
Man! I hope there's more... This is ENTERTAINMENT!
SHUT UP!
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Alyn,
Creative and fun. Shut up. Sounds like you had a blast doing it. Shut up. And I enjoyed listening.
Loved the arrangement but I can't go on commenting all day and night. Shut up.
An angel is bringing me food - especially loved that part.
Couldn't resist a little teasing.
Seriously, good stuff.
I'll shut up now. <grin>
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Hey Alyn,
Your inventiveness is fast becoming your forum signature!
This is incredibly impressive. Like ROG, I feel that I'm in a creativity desert by comparison to the work that you've been supplying us with.
A GREAT listen!
All the best,
Noel
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Scott,
Thanks for commenting.
I enjoyed that time, glad you did too!!
Alyn
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Don,
Nice to hear from you!!
Well that kewl effect wasn't actually a violin, it was the MTron Mellotron VSTi. I am not at my music computer at the moment so I will look later and see what I actually did!!!
Glad you enjoyed
Alyn
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ROG, I too listen to songs like this and think I am in a rut at the moment as my latest songs are c**p. I like writing about my experiences and going to the Doctors for a blood test is not a fun subject for a good song, well not yet Thanks for the praise mate, you are one of the people on here that has showed me something: Your mixing skills with PT and having a big monitor are just 2!! Thanks for the comments. love the whatever! Alyn
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Dani,
Thank you, thank you
I enjoyed the time I wrote about and certainly enjoyed singing this! The RT set the song alight, thanks Peter and the gang!!
Take care Dani, I look forward to your next song!
Alyn
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Al, Nice to meet you, your name caught my eye as one of my stage names years back was Alyn David!!! As my second christian name is David, anyway I would LOVE to be back in that time when we mixed country and rock and ended up with this!!! Thanks for the comments, Christmas and local storms meant I haven't been on the Internetz a lot recently but that is my New years resolution. Take care Alyn
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floyd,
Thank you , that is praise indeed from a master...you!! And mentioning my name in the same sentence as Zappa is brilliant. Ian told some great stories, which I have now forgotten, sadly!!
Yes there are more but...
Have a good New year
and keep producing those beauties you write
Alyn
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Josie,
The cakes Angels made were HEAVENLY and your voices would have matched perfectly in a perfect world.
Thanks for the comment and I look forward to your next opus, until then I too will SHUT UP LOL
Alyn
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Noel,
I have always written about moments in my life, usually sad ones, and have quite a few more to go.
You in a creativity desert...nah. A desert is FULL of life the songs are there, waiting!!
Thanks for commenting,
All the best
Alyn
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Hi Alyn,
thanks a lot for your background story.
This is really something special.
Very inventive and impressive.
Happy New Year.
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Whoa...man, you opened the creativity flood gates on this one. Surprise followed by surprise, redux. Demands multiple listenings. Plus one on what's been said re lyric, vocal and arrangement. Thanks for the context with the background story.
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This is a very creative and interesting song. sounds like you had fun making it!
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