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Thanks to Floyd and RayC for their honesty in letting me know that the sibilance on
the vocals was too present. I've used a new set of plugins for lead vocals on a couple of
tracks and even tho it has a de-esser, Ray commented before that the vocal needed to be
tamed. I've gone back to my Nectar 2 vocal preset, please weigh in if you think the vocal
track has sibilance problems or other bad things happening. My great frustration is that
I'm losing the ability to hear this, thanks for listening and commenting.
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Border Town Blues
© 2019 Kenny Leverett
Anyone can see that you’re beautiful
The way you move the way you smile at me
But there’s no chance I could ever win your hand
You belong to a man rich and powerful
And he’s got lots of friends
Here in this border town
I try to shake the dust out of my clothes
I bought trouble that no one knows
All I’m reading these days is bad news
Past the point of being broke
And I just ran out of smokes
Alone in San Antone
With the border town blues
Easy come and easy go
Making the same mistakes
That I made long ago
I try to shake the dust out of my clothes
I bought trouble that no one knows
All I’m reading these days is bad news
Maybe I saw it from the start
That you would only break my heart
Alone in San Antone
With the border town blues
I try to shake the dust out of my clothes
I bought trouble that no one knows
All I’m reading these days is bad news
Past the point of being broke
And I just ran out of smokes
Alone in San Antone
With the border town blues
All alone in San Antone
With the border town blues
Bass 684 PopHalfNotes
Drums Nashville Even 8
Guitar 2719 Nylon Fingerpicking
Guitar 405 Acoustic Strumming
Accordian 1292 TexMex
Bouzouki 2211 RockEV
Mandolin 2025 Soloist
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Hey Kenny, what a marvelous song I might say! This is beautiful and the instruments are layered nicely. That guitar tone is very warm! The vocals harmonize well with the other instruments. Keep it up!
Cheers,
Joe
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Another good one Kenny...
I can hear this one playing on KNON.
Jim
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ALWAYS love your stuff Kenny!!! And no exception here! A great feel to the tune and some really cool images. Love many lines but these caught my attention in particular:
Easy come and easy go
Making the same mistakes
That I made long ago
Really catchy melody....still goes on playing in my head. Great stuff AGAIN!!
Take care. Greg
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Kenny, good blues with folk flavor! I like your usage of folk instrument tracks (mandolin and accordion). Sounds unusual and fresh. I believe accordion if way undervalued instrument in today's world and rarely is heard on rock blues. I think it is a perfect substitute for harmonica in Blues tunes  Thank you for sharing! Misha.
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Kenny,
Another very cool song. Good write (like everything you have been doing...). The lyrics are interesting throughout and your melodies are super!
A VERY cool band. The nylon guitar is unexpected and works so well. The accordion is a perfect addition. Bass and drums sound great. Good mix.
Another killer vocal. Great energy. (This one, though, could use a little "taming" of the siblance).
I look forward to your posts. I might have to buy a Kenny Leverett record...
fj
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I get an Eagles feel out of this, but grittier, of course. The first verse sounds like a prequel to Lyin' Eyes. Another great one for you, great singing, great song.
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Ace song and arrangement Kenny.
Reminds me of Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music.
Hooks big enough to hang overcoats on too.
The vocal treatment - drive? - is accentuating the natural sibilant elements and is peaking a fair bit.
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Kenny, I like this little mellow rock phase your going through right now! You are really bringing a great sound with these tunes! Great lyrics to go with a great as usual vocal! I liked the accordian following you around through the tune! Very fine work! Thanks, Torrey
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What a great, imminently listenable piece. Not a strained syllable in the lyric, delivered with a sort-of weary casualness. The instrumental choices were spot on. That accordion is full of border flavor. I really like this.
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Really love what you did with this song. Everyone has pretty much said what I had to say as well. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Cheers,
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Very cool tune. Loved the backtrack and chord progressions. Suits your vocal so well. Harmonies and vocal were excellent. Gave me a Jimmy Buffet feel. Mandolin solo was a nice touch..
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Kenny,
Terrific tune—well written and put together really nicely. Love your choice of instrumentation, rolling that accordion into the chorus—nice! And some sweet harmonies to finish it off. My one suggestion—and it’s just a personal preference—might be to use the second chorus twice rather than the first chorus. I think “only break my heart” line resonates a bit more than the “just ran out of smokes” line. Again, all subective, and sharing only for what little it may be worth.
Great stuff, Kenny! Keep them coming!
My best to you,
Deej
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Kenny,
This is great...
Awesome song and vocal. I especially love the combination of the mandolin and accordian - what a great touch.
Killer chorus and production. Always look forward to hearing your music.
Bob
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Great writing! Lots of hooks. And awesome vocal of course. Nice choice of instruments, everything works, and nice mix too. Enjoyed! Going to give it another spin
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Thanks Joe, Jim, Greg Johnson, Misha, floyd, TuneMonger, Rayc, Torrey, Tangmo, Ember, Scott C, Deej,
rsdean, and BlueAttitude.
I appreciate your listen and kind words.
I'm pulling the song from the post to see if I can hear and fix the substandard vocal tracks.
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Do share when you've posted again - I never got to listen but from the comments I'm really intrigued
Cheers,
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Kenny,
Terrific tune—well written and put together really nicely. Love your choice of instrumentation, rolling that accordion into the chorus—nice! And some sweet harmonies to finish it off. My one suggestion—and it’s just a personal preference—might be to use the second chorus twice rather than the first chorus. I think “only break my heart” line resonates a bit more than the “just ran out of smokes” line. Again, all subective, and sharing only for what little it may be worth.
Great stuff, Kenny! Keep them coming!
My best to you,
Deej
Hey Deej, Thanks for your listen and kind words, it's a perfectly valid suggestion to repeat the chorus about the girl, I just chose to repeat the part about the state the singer is in (down and out and broke and blue) esp. after the last verse where it's learned he's making the same mistakes (other Spanish princess adventures?) A creative choice, if you record it, you can repeat the "only break my heart" chorus.
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Kenny,
Great job on the re-do! The siblance is gone - the vocal now has "just the right amount" of sss to those spots now. And there is a "warmth" to the vocal now. Well done. Sounds great.
This is so good:
"I try to shake the dust out of my clothes
I bought trouble that no one knows
All I’m reading these days is bad news
Past the point of being broke
And I just ran out of smokes
Alone in San Antone
With the border town blues"
fj
(I hit your other one, too, in case you did not catch that)
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Very nice catchy chorus melody. The accordion is great instrument selection, bringing enjoyable folky feeling. Really strong vocal performance. The chorus reminded me of an old Finnish song, but I'm pretty sure you haven't heard that one before Janne
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