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Welcome back Chris! Her vocal sounds as awesome as ever and her lyric and your melody fit like a glove. We love the way the piano works with the percussion. We also hear the Santana vibe in your most excellent playing. Yeah man hints of Carlos ... and Joe.  Great! Marty’s bass perfectly glues things together with great tone and chops. All wrapped up in a fine mix that really sets up an excellent soundstage on the Kalis. Cool supportive vid images also. Enjoyed it! J&B
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Dave, Chris, Marty
Brilliant, smooth, engaging.
Great performances all round, (Loved the Santana-ish solo).
Excellent song.
Peter Appreciate that. Peter! Dave, Chris, and Marty, you outdid yourselves on this one.
Loved that Santana groove.
Outstanding vocal and lyrics.
The perfect bass and guitar parts.
Very profession mix.
This one should be on the radio today. Thanks, Mario! Hi, Dave. That's a hot mix - but it fits the style. As usual, everyone's in top form, so it sounds great! Thanks, David!
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Really nice feel!!! Chris sounds great and Dave channels a bit of Carlos on this latin jazz feeling tune!!! Great job all of you!!! Take care. Greg Hey Greg, great to see you, it's been a while! I see you have a new one up, I'll be over shortly to give it a spin. Brilliant song all around! I agree re YouTube views. I don't expect to get many on anything, but I barely get any responses on other platforms. Yeah, at least for us YouTube is the best place. Thanks for the listen! Ooooo, what a serpentine feel in the music. Good song, and the high points are Chris' vocal and that guitar solo. Appreciate that, Scott!
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Hi Guys,
Top song and great guitar and vocals - I can't fault it.
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Nigel Appreciate that, Nigel! Glad to hear Chris again, not just her excellent vocal performance, but also the sweet sounding piano playing.
I enjoyed the bossa rhythm and the perfectly fitting chord progression. Excellent guitar and bass work. Melancholy in a pleasant mix.
Dave, Chris, Marty and blues - 4 aces, the perfect set of cards in the musical pack.
Janne Thanks, Janne! Hey Dave, Marty and Chris...another exquisite piece of music...instrumentally and vocally perfect...it is fantastic to hear Chris again...man what a great voice!...nothing against you guys vocally but you hairy legged boys suck compared to her...you do however add just the right band to back her beautiful vocals...Dave your guitar work is flawless as usual and Marty the bass is killer...so...keep up the good work and I look forward to hearing more soon! Well, as far as vocals go I suck compared to just about everyone, not just Chris!  Thanks, Dan! Welcome back Chris! Her vocal sounds as awesome as ever and her lyric and your melody fit like a glove. We love the way the piano works with the percussion. We also hear the Santana vibe in your most excellent playing. Yeah man hints of Carlos ... and Joe. Great! Marty’s bass perfectly glues things together with great tone and chops. All wrapped up in a fine mix that really sets up an excellent soundstage on the Kalis. Cool supportive vid images also. Enjoyed it! J&B Thanks Janice and Bud!
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Excellent collaboration! Really enjoyable listen to be sure.
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Excellent collaboration! Really enjoyable listen to be sure.
Dewey Appreciate that, Dewey!
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Nice, relaxed rhythm, great vocals!
I began in 1970 with a 7 piece dance band. I had other bands, but my most successful one was "The four Windows", a 4 piece guitar band. Many concerts, TV shows, Record contract with EMI and a guitar hit in 1982 in Europe with my "Lonely Seagull".
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Loved this tune Dave. Really cool groove and melody to it. Almost a rocker tango if that is such a thing. Very creative and original.. Well done
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All the prerequisites for a quality song are here, quality band and a cool Santana vibe.
Dave Bell, Chris Spruit, Marty Straub. Reads like an elite collective of session musicians.
Enjoyable Listen.
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How about a big W-O-W!
As Izzy said, it sounds like all A-list studio musicians. When the three of you find all those goodies BIAB leaves for us to discover, something exceptional happens. This might sound a bit out of the box, but two very different things immediately came to mind:
1. Carlos Santana (as previously mentioned)
2. Dean Martin's version of "Sway". If you're not familiar with the song, here's a link - ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXq-XdyGehk? (minus the question marks)
And the mix is stellar. Talk about a clean sound! This beyond excellent. Congrats to all of you (and some appreciation for BIAB).
What a great listen and video.
Alan
PS: So wonderful to hear Chris again!
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