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Excellent lyrics, the music backing fits them perfectly. I like the way it builds the arrangement, then drops out. Very nice listen.
Vocals are good also... everything just fits together. NICE !! Thanks, Elliott. Floyd and Robert.
I love this type of lyric and you all did great on the production.
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Spooky and dark indeed and we love it! Fun to just kick back and listen … but on to the parsing out stuff.  The arrangement is very effective with the build and build down. The vocal delay works most excellently on the typical fine fj vocal. The BiaB studio group is excellent — as is the mix. And the lyric? Wow! Love this: “Mississippi knows where your secret goes, down, down, down” The latter Tony Joe White could’ve had fun with a swampy blues version. Superb! J&B
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Nice to hear a bit different, more devilish song for a while. Like the images like "heart as black as tar" and "can't you smell the fire?". Great rhythm and use of fiddle and acoustic guitar to support it is clever, slide ending is very nice. The voice sounds like coming from some feet under or drown in Mississippi, but I guess that's intended "voice inside" effect. I really enjoyed the dark mood.
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floyd,
It's a perfect song for Halloween.
Well... swampy anyway.
And a little spooky?...
Yes, that's right.
The lyrics are also very atmospheric.
It's a song of a rather unusual genre for you.
The choice of instruments is also perfect for the song.
Vocals are great as usual.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
Shigeki Adachi
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Loved the darkness of this.... and that choppy fiddle is on the mark. Thanks, Herb. Hey, YES, that's spooky enough for Halloween for sure. Love the occasional use of delay on the vocals. Fiddle trampled on the vocals over the 2nd chorus, which might be a result of my listening environment. Nice work! Thanks, Ron. The vocal was heavily processed (needless to say). I wanted it to be in-the-mix as opposed to up-front. It gets pushed down pretty hard, but on all the sources I listened on, I thought it was still hear-able. (Though I could imagine it might get "trampled" on some devices...) Floyd,
Like this one a lot . . . a different write, feel and sound for you. Nice use of delay on that vocal—creates that haunting feel to this one. I’m on my laptop so not the best medium to provide production suggestions, but it seems to me the vocal is a little too . . . not sure I can find the right word . . . tamped down? Too low end? Particularly later in the song, starting shortly after the second chorus, maybe as some of the other instrumentation kicks in where it almost gets diminished a tad for me. I'm the only one mentioning it, so It’s most likely just what I’m listening on. Cool tune regardless.
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Deej Thanks, Deej. You and Ron bring up the same point. It was a balancing act attempting to process the vocal to have that "ominous" sound and still having it be understandable (and not too bass-y). One of those things that you get to the point of "that'll have to do". Guess it was not as successful as I had thought.
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Floyd...this is one of the finest uses of BiaB I've heard...it's as if you went to the studio with your band (a very good one by the way) and laid down a track you had been playing for years...I love the fiddle and banjo rhythm...your layering and adding the melodic parts of the instruments was masterful....the song itself was gritty and mysterious, swampy and southern in nature and vibe...loved it! (no surprise)
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very cool song. As an older Australian I still don't "get" the modern sensation that is halloween but I do get fabulous music and this songs is certainly that. The "breakdown" section show just how well you can carry a song with almost no accompaniment.
Terrific arrangement and the slide fade ending is POIFEK! Thanks, ray... Sweet swampy sound. Interesting and very cool write --quite different from the fj I listen to a lot, and a great addition to the playlist. You chose the perfect band, and mixed them so pro. Robert Randall Burke adds his 90dB influence and you guys wrote a beauty, Floyd. Thanks, Marty... Hello Floyd, I'm still catching up on all these new songs. Here is my feedback. Technical feedback: - Excellent mix with a pretty cool use of echo/delay
- I love the drums
- Your vocals are a bit too far away/behind the other instruments for my taste. I would increase the dry part of the vocals a bit.
Artistic feedback: - Really cool lyrics, I love especially "whiskey in the jar, soul as black as tar" and "but you can't hide from that voice inside".
I guess the latter will be in a future song of mine. - I like the dark mood you and Robert create both lyrically and sonically.
- LOVE the song, even though there's a fiddle AND a banjo in it
Needless to say, the vocal processing was a balancing act. One that I might have failed. Those particular lyrics were Bob's doing. He's a pro.
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Hi Floyd ...
Love the swampy sounds with dark undertones. Your choice of instruments adds to the eeriness of the "tortured" ambiance if you know what I mean by that. You and Bob have a great song on your hands!
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This would be a good song to hear on the show Justified.
I don't know about Halloween. This is a catchy dark song to be enjoyed all year.
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Sounds a little like JJ Cale. Not a bad thing to shoot for. I had fun imagining who wrote what line. I hope Robert is doing well. Great vocal and the production lives up to your high standards. Interesting how well the banjo and the fiddle work so well in a bluesy setting. All around very cool, Tom
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FJ & Robert Super collaboration! My new favorite of yours. I like dark slow country tunes bordering with gospel. Excellent lyrics and fantastic vocals. Musical bed is solid, but I wish fiddle and banjo to be slower to give it even deeper, swampier feel Enjoyed it very much and thank you for sharing. Misha.
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Hi floyd.
What an incredible listen. You and Bob have done an awesome job creating this. Although the tempo and the vibe are quite different, for some reason this reminded me of the "Devil Went Down To Georgia". Maybe it was because of the key, the "swamp" mood, or the type of arrangement, or even the strongly featured fiddle that impacted on me.
These lyrics, the melody, the arrangement and your performance are first class all the way. I loved the chorus, and I loved the way that song ended with verse 1. They tied the whole journey together really, really well.
To my ears, this was the 'toppest' of top-notch listening and then some!
--Noel Thanks, Noel. Been nice to see you back in the Showcase for a while... (Been too long) Fiddle "chucks" sound great. Vocal sounds great. Effects sound great. Drum sound great. Hrm, there seems to be a common theme here.  Catchy, too! Thanks, David. Very different from your usual! And very cool, love the groove and feel of this one.
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Loved this Floyd. Very different groove. What a cool feel to the song. Super collaboration. Loved the mix and master was awesome..
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Spooky and dark indeed and we love it! Fun to just kick back and listen … but on to the parsing out stuff. The arrangement is very effective with the build and build down. The vocal delay works most excellently on the typical fine fj vocal. The BiaB studio group is excellent — as is the mix. And the lyric? Wow! Love this: “Mississippi knows where your secret goes, down, down, down” The latter Tony Joe White could’ve had fun with a swampy blues version. Superb! J&B Much appreciated.... Nice to hear a bit different, more devilish song for a while. Like the images like "heart as black as tar" and "can't you smell the fire?". Great rhythm and use of fiddle and acoustic guitar to support it is clever, slide ending is very nice. The voice sounds like coming from some feet under or drown in Mississippi, but I guess that's intended "voice inside" effect. I really enjoyed the dark mood.
Janne Thanks, Janne. Those images were Bob's doing. floyd,
It's a perfect song for Halloween.
Well... swampy anyway.
And a little spooky?...
Yes, that's right.
The lyrics are also very atmospheric.
It's a song of a rather unusual genre for you.
The choice of instruments is also perfect for the song.
Vocals are great as usual.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
Shigeki Adachi Shigeki Adach - thanks!! Floyd...this is one of the finest uses of BiaB I've heard...it's as if you went to the studio with your band (a very good one by the way) and laid down a track you had been playing for years...I love the fiddle and banjo rhythm...your layering and adding the melodic parts of the instruments was masterful....the song itself was gritty and mysterious, swampy and southern in nature and vibe...loved it! (no surprise) Really appreciate that, Dan...
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Hi Floyd ...
Love the swampy sounds with dark undertones. Your choice of instruments adds to the eeriness of the "tortured" ambiance if you know what I mean by that. You and Bob have a great song on your hands!
Alan Thanks, Alan. This would be a good song to hear on the show Justified.
I don't know about Halloween. This is a catchy dark song to be enjoyed all year. Scott - next time you talk with those Justified people, let 'em know... Sounds a little like JJ Cale. Not a bad thing to shoot for. I had fun imagining who wrote what line. I hope Robert is doing well. Great vocal and the production lives up to your high standards. Interesting how well the banjo and the fiddle work so well in a bluesy setting. All around very cool, Tom Thanks, Tom... FJ & Robert Super collaboration! My new favorite of yours. I like dark slow country tunes bordering with gospel. Excellent lyrics and fantastic vocals. Musical bed is solid, but I wish fiddle and banjo to be slower to give it even deeper, swampier feel Enjoyed it very much and thank you for sharing. Misha. Much appreciated, Misha... Loved this Floyd. Very different groove. What a cool feel to the song. Super collaboration. Loved the mix and master was awesome.. Thanks, Scott!
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Wow what and awesome song Floyd. First thing that came to mind was the shack that Lynyrd Skinnard practiced in by the river during the early part of their career. Just loved this.
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