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Great blues, super blues' harp, catchy lyrics, and a fantastic voice. What's not to like here.
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Always love to hear Janice get down to the blues!!! Wonderful vocal and a class production all the way!! Merry Xmas!! Take care. Greg Thanks Greg and happy holidays! J&B
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Hi, Janice & Bud !
...and very many wishes
to you too for a most Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year !
Blues won´t get any better than
this !! This is so pro althrough !
Cheers
Dani
Thanks Dani! Same to both of you! J&B
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Late on this one- Lawd Have Mercy!!!! That's what I'm taking about! Oh yeah!!!! Awesome!! The Christmas fire is still burning hot in them pines. LOL! Wow, you`ve mixed sexy with Christmas and made it rock! Bluesy Sexy and Down & Dirty And very traditional. Ahem - nice sexy voice there Janice! Yes indeed it works for me! Janice, you sound to be having SO much fun there! Incredible bit of vocalising with absolutely superb improvisation, but yet always still in control. Great vocals that add just a enough spice to the lyrics. A great voice for blues! Great production, and OF COURSE, GREAT VOCAL!! I still say Janice sounds a lot like Susan Tedechi ... and that ain't a bad thing. What a great riff on the ending! Girl you can Sang!!! It's easy to hear influences of older blues singers and it's easy to imagine that you both have been studying ,listening to and absorbing the blues genre for a long time. The mix sounds great as usual. The four real tracks are not directly related to each other but work spectacularly well together. The bass is killer. The harmonica is a brilliant touch to the vibe, Very rockin! Great job! Very good stuff as usual. Is this too cool, or what? I say "too cool"! I love 12 bar shuffle blues ...one of my very favorite song styles. This ain't your daddy's bluegrass. Blues Piano is also nice. Love the rhythm of this song. You guys are so versatile. Really enjoyed this and loved the walking bass rhythm. Fantastic blues, very talented people. It's so great you can put this together. Excellent production and performance. The minute Janice started singing, it sounded like home base! My first impression was "This style sits with Janice's voice and Bud's engineering as comfortable as an old and favourite shoe". Everything rings with authenticity and polish. I really enjoyed just sitting back in my chair, admiring the talent on show and listening... first class music. A fun song and outstanding mix and vocal. This should be playing at the mall. Don't forget to leave a note for Santa containing the link along with his milk and cookies so he can use bluetooth to stream it in his sleigh. What a fun track! Instant Christmas Classic! Great Christmas pick-me-up! Terrific! As I commented on soundcloud the vocal is terrific!! Anyone should enjoy this one Though Santa has already appeared and gone for the previous year I must say that this was just a wonderful little bluestyped tune that was so delicately sung, orchestrated and mixed Now that's the sort of Christmas song I DO like. Thanks for livening up the season. Gonna add it to my fav Christmas song list. One for the annual Christmas playlist. That's good fun. Two thumbs up! Merry Christmas to you both from Japan! **Full disclosure. Since you reposted this song from 3 years ago, I was unable to repost my own comments from that same time. I had not been commenting much at that time. I feel I did the next best thing. I took pieces from every response from 3 years ago and reposted those as a substitute.  Seriously great song, performance and production. No shocker on any of those for me coming from you. I listened to this no fewer than 30 times while driving since you posted it. This truly does belong in a movie or tv show. Seriously, loved it!
Chad (Hope that makes it easier)
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A SUPERB mix.
Can't imagine it can get better than this.
Merry Christmas, y'all!!!
fj Thanks mr jane! J&B What a groove! Nice production on a cool, bluesy Christmas song, Janice and Bud! I'm with Mr_Songman...wanted it to be longer with some instrumental breaks thrown in. Bravo and Merry Christmas! Glad you liked it. We were aiming for a two minute little Christmas ditty so no room for solos...but adding them might be a fun project. Thanks! J&B I've only been here one year so it's brand new for me, and what a great one it is. Outstanding Christmas blues song! We appreciate that! J&B
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nice one..... I seem to recall hearing this before.... but.... loved hearing it again..... Thank you Herb! J&B Dear Janice, dear Bud,
... I'm afraid I'm a bit belated - you just don't look into the forum pages for 2 or 3 days and you're already missing a lot of hot stuff...
Like this one - I don't think that I've heard it before, so I can't compare it to a previous version, but what the heck: This one is sooooo great. Love thos easy-coming lyrics, and who could ever bring them 'onto tape' more easily than you, Janice.
I do love the arrangement very much, the harmonica is a gas. Everything sounds so fresh and clear - Bud, you really got the hang of making a production sound absolutely pro.
Love this one very, very much and I'm really looking forward to the stew you'll be cooking in 2020. I think I can already smell something ... yam...
I wish you all the best, I am extremely happy that I met you and your music here on the forum.
All the best,
Stefan
Thank you Stefan for you support and for our fun conversations over the year. Oh, and thanks again for our little appearance in your video! Best to you and Maha, J&B
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Wow, what a cool blues-sound... love it. The vocal is infecting... and you used the harmonica perfectly in this track. Really, really nice song!
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Loved this, glad you reposted as this is new and fresh to me.
A seductive sounding voice Janet put on for this one, worked a treat.
Thanks Cool tune, thanks for the repost, would never have seen it otherwise.  Straight onto the Christmas playlist.  Cheers, Tim Thanks y’all. Happy New Year!!! J&B
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Happy New Year Janice and Bud.
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Thanks Janice & Bud... For taking time to listen to “There Won't Be No Christmas This Year” ... You will find my response to your comments there... Also I’d like to mention... You two really add to the success of this User Showcase forum! Thanks again... Jim, that is very kind and we much appreciate your support. J&B
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What a spectacular song, none to comment other than admiration!
A happy new year and many happy production hours
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Folks, that's worth several re-posts! What a great vocal! Enjoyed hearing again! Thanks, Torrey Thanks Torrey! It was a fun project. J&B
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Great blues, super blues' harp, catchy lyrics, and a fantastic voice. What's not to like here.
Thanks Mario! Appreciate you mentioning the harp and vocal also. J&B Late on this one- Lawd Have Mercy!!!! That's what I'm taking about! Oh yeah!!!! Awesome!! The Christmas fire is still burning hot in them pines. LOL! Wow, you`ve mixed sexy with Christmas and made it rock! Bluesy Sexy and Down & Dirty And very traditional. Ahem - nice sexy voice there Janice! Yes indeed it works for me! Janice, you sound to be having SO much fun there! Incredible bit of vocalising with absolutely superb improvisation, but yet always still in control. Great vocals that add just a enough spice to the lyrics. A great voice for blues! Great production, and OF COURSE, GREAT VOCAL!! I still say Janice sounds a lot like Susan Tedechi ... and that ain't a bad thing. What a great riff on the ending! Girl you can Sang!!! It's easy to hear influences of older blues singers and it's easy to imagine that you both have been studying ,listening to and absorbing the blues genre for a long time. The mix sounds great as usual. The four real tracks are not directly related to each other but work spectacularly well together. The bass is killer. The harmonica is a brilliant touch to the vibe, Very rockin! Great job! Very good stuff as usual. Is this too cool, or what? I say "too cool"! I love 12 bar shuffle blues ...one of my very favorite song styles. This ain't your daddy's bluegrass. Blues Piano is also nice. Love the rhythm of this song. You guys are so versatile. Really enjoyed this and loved the walking bass rhythm. Fantastic blues, very talented people. It's so great you can put this together. Excellent production and performance. The minute Janice started singing, it sounded like home base! My first impression was "This style sits with Janice's voice and Bud's engineering as comfortable as an old and favourite shoe". Everything rings with authenticity and polish. I really enjoyed just sitting back in my chair, admiring the talent on show and listening... first class music. A fun song and outstanding mix and vocal. This should be playing at the mall. Don't forget to leave a note for Santa containing the link along with his milk and cookies so he can use bluetooth to stream it in his sleigh. What a fun track! Instant Christmas Classic! Great Christmas pick-me-up! Terrific! As I commented on soundcloud the vocal is terrific!! Anyone should enjoy this one Though Santa has already appeared and gone for the previous year I must say that this was just a wonderful little bluestyped tune that was so delicately sung, orchestrated and mixed Now that's the sort of Christmas song I DO like. Thanks for livening up the season. Gonna add it to my fav Christmas song list. One for the annual Christmas playlist. That's good fun. Two thumbs up! Merry Christmas to you both from Japan! **Full disclosure. Since you reposted this song from 3 years ago, I was unable to repost my own comments from that same time. I had not been commenting much at that time. I feel I did the next best thing. I took pieces from every response from 3 years ago and reposted those as a substitute. Seriously great song, performance and production. No shocker on any of those for me coming from you. I listened to this no fewer than 30 times while driving since you posted it. This truly does belong in a movie or tv show. Seriously, loved it! That was one creative review! And we are happy that you found positive snippets. Still laughing! Thanks for taking the time to do that. J&B Wow, what a cool blues-sound... love it. The vocal is infecting... and you used the harmonica perfectly in this track. Really, really nice song!
Will Thanks Will! I don’t use a harmonica very often. Glad it worked for you. J&B Happy New Year Janice and Bud. Thanks! J&B
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What a spectacular song, none to comment other than admiration!
A happy new year and many happy production hours Thanks and same to you! J&B
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I'm glad you reposted this because I wasn't here three years ago.
This song brought a big smile on my face. Thanks!
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I'm glad you reposted this because I wasn't here three years ago.
This song brought a big smile on my face. Thanks! Big smiles are good! Thank you, J&B
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