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This is an irresistibly listenable
song. If I were in my car driving somewhere I would search for it on the radio. The quality of the vocalist's voice reminds me of Elliot Lurie of the band 'Looking Glass' singing his 1972 monster hit , 'Brandy'. Hi Ardent, I do like your phrase "irresistibly listenable" - many thanks for that. First thing I'm gonna do now is look up Elliot Lurie - a new one to me! Thanks again for the review. Cheers, ROG.
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hI Rog and Eddie really great peace of music love the guitar work and the vocal was excellent fit for the song well done Eddie mixed excellent great work hope to hear more Eric
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A little sidebar here. When I was stationed at Ft Sill in Lawton OK, the hot place to go for music was called The Zodiac Room. Really nice bar that of course has been gone for decades. I wandered in there one night and there was a band (6 nights a week!) and about the 3rd song they played in that 2nd set was Brandy. I remember telling the people I was there with that "They are okay but this singer doesn't really do the song justice."
And it was THE original band, The Looking Glass! They were out looking for exposure doing a string of shows across the country, kind of the white boy version of the chitlin' circuit. This would have been late summer of 1973, and they had just released Jimmy Loves Maryann. Soon after that the band changes started with players coming and going and the name being changed several time, once I remember to Fallen Angels.
That was a true shoe in mouth moment.
The highlight of that stay in OK though was the outdoor show in July of 1973 in OKC with The Buddy Miles Express opening, followed by The Band, followed by Deep Purple, and headlined by Santana.
Tickets (sit down)...
Were 8 dollars.
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ROG,
Excellent tune! Glad it was bumped up! Yeah, can hear the influences you mentioned, however I feel it is original for the most part. Ace composition, lyrics and performance! Nice vintage sounding mix. Short and sweet. Liked it! Thank you for sharing.
Misha.
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Ahh blues my favorite genre. Another super tune Guys. Love the rhythm tracks on this tune. Very cool feel. Super vocal and the guitar wowser. Well done... Hi Scott, Many thanks for all the positives - much appreciated. Pleased that you liked it. Cheers, ROG.
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Your guitar parts drive this song. So good.
I like the minimalist lyrics and the all around vocal sound. Hi Ezekiel, Thanks for the kind comments, especially the guitar. Pleased you liked the song and many thanks for the review. Cheers, ROG.
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Love those changes, Rog. A good-feeling blues arrangement. Well presented. Yeah, Robert Cray-ish. The guitar is perfect. Hi Marty, Many thanks for looking in and the positive review. Being a bass player yourself, I thought you might be interested that this is the first outing for my new five-string fretless jazz on this track - the only new guitar I've bought in the last forty years! I have it strung with the fifth string on the top end, not a low "B" as is customary. Do you play fretless at all? Cheers, ROG.
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Loved it - great sound from the guitars and liked the snare filling the room. Nice lead and background vocal as well! As for the bass, it fit in along with everything else. 
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hI Rog and Eddie really great peace of music love the guitar work and the vocal was excellent fit for the song well done Eddie mixed excellent great work hope to hear more Eric Hi Eric, Pleased to see you look in and many thanks for the good review. Cheers, ROG.
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ROG,
Excellent tune! Glad it was bumped up! Yeah, can hear the influences you mentioned, however I feel it is original for the most part. Ace composition, lyrics and performance! Nice vintage sounding mix. Short and sweet. Liked it! Thank you for sharing.
Misha.
Hi Misha, Good to get your thoughts on this and thanks for all the positive comments. Cheers, ROG.
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Loved it - great sound from the guitars and liked the snare filling the room. Nice lead and background vocal as well! As for the bass, it fit in along with everything else. Hi David, Always pleased to get a review from you - much appreciated and many thanks. Cheers, ROG.
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Hey Rog! Great to hear some of your music again! Your submissions to the showcase have always been among my favorites!
I've always been a sucker for a blues tune played in a minor key, so you snagged my attention immediately. And whatever combination of effects, recording technique and stylistic approach made 80s music awesome is present in abundance in this song. I am reminded of SMOOTH OPERATOR, but I'm not sure why.
I was going to comment on the fact that the vocals sound like a different ROG, but then I scrolled back to read that it was your bandmate Eddie singing on this one. Kudos to both of you. I like this song a lot. I look forward to hearing more!
update: back from multiple listens. The comment about being highly listenable is true. I didn't realize until reading the other comments that the Eddie in your band is the Eddie from this forum! The one who visited me here in my home town a while back! Man, small world! You dudes make a good musical team!
Good intonation technique on that fretless bass! I can usually hear a fretless a mile away by the flat or sharp notes... but this was perfectly intonated.
I liked the use of sticks during the line "tick tick tick of the clock". Little details like that make a song interesting.
great collab! More!
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Hey Rog! Great to hear some of your music again! Your submissions to the showcase have always been among my favorites!
I've always been a sucker for a blues tune played in a minor key, so you snagged my attention immediately. And whatever combination of effects, recording technique and stylistic approach made 80s music awesome is present in abundance in this song. I am reminded of SMOOTH OPERATOR, but I'm not sure why.
I was going to comment on the fact that the vocals sound like a different ROG, but then I scrolled back to read that it was your bandmate Eddie singing on this one. Kudos to both of you. I like this song a lot. I look forward to hearing more!
update: back from multiple listens. The comment about being highly listenable is true. I didn't realize until reading the other comments that the Eddie in your band is the Eddie from this forum! The one who visited me here in my home town a while back! Man, small world! You dudes make a good musical team!
Good intonation technique on that fretless bass! I can usually hear a fretless a mile away by the flat or sharp notes... but this was perfectly intonated.
I liked the use of sticks during the line "tick tick tick of the clock". Little details like that make a song interesting.
great collab! More! Hi Pat, It's really great to have you back on the Showcase again and many thanks for all the nice comments. Eddie and I have been collaborating for the best part of nine years now and although it might on the face of it seem like an unlikely team, being 3k miles apart, we're both plain speakers so it works well and we get things done. Also on the plus side, I've now got Eddie watching soccer and he even understands the off-side rule! Love your blues track! Must have more like that. Cheers, ROG.
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