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THE BALLAD OF WAYLON JONES

https://www.reverbnation.com/kaynemusic/song/33882797-ballad-waylon-jones-burning-bridges

Song writing is like a Movie Script played out in 4 Minutes or Less.
A jail house blues song. The life story of Waylon Jones, a murderer who's bad decisions has cost him and others their life.

I am singing lead and playing the guitars and organ. The gospel singers are from East West Sounds. The rest is BIAB.

I was born in a one room shanty
On the south side of the tracks
My Papa could be anybody
My momma worked on her back
anit got no education could hardly write or read
My fists are my salvation they got me everything I need

I burned a lot of bridges I burned a lot of time
Now its gone

I taught myself to stand up on my own two feet
I fought my way screw ups and never did I retreat
And the devil kept on laughing I couldn’t calm him down
Now the devil finally got me I wear his thorny crown

I burned a lot of bridges I burned a lot of time
Now its gone

It was a raining cold December When walked into that bar
I didn’t want to be bothered just beer an watch NASCAR
when the [*****] sitting next to me started talking [*****]
He hit my last nerve and man that was it

I didn’t mean to hurt him I didn’t mean to fight
Now I spend my time in prison trading my time for his life

I burned a lot of bridges I burned a lot of time
Now its gone

I may never leave these 4 walls/ may never see the light
I’ll stay here in the darkness and keep fighting for my life
You can’t train an alligator to become a pussy cat
All you can do is cage it keep it in its natural habitat

I burned a lot of bridges I burned a lot of time
Now its gone

Now I'm gone


****** Song Summary *************
Title: buring bridges
File:buring bridges.SGU
Key=G , Tempo 65, Length (m:s)=4:51
No intro. 75 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 75. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _TBLZSLB.STY (Texas Blues 12/8 w/ Brent)

RealTracks in style: 1922:Bass, Electric, TexasBluesRockSlow12-8 Sw 060
RealTracks in style: 1923:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm TexasBluesRockSlow12-8Brent Sw 060
RealTracks in song: 3538:Vocals, BackgroundSoloist GospelCoolSoulful Sw16 075
RealTracks in style: 1925:Guitar, Electric, Soloist TexasBluesRockSlow12-8Brent Sw 060
RealTracks in song: ~569:Guitar, Resophonic, Rhythm Blues Delta Sw 065
RealTracks in song: 3284:Vocal Mmms, Background RockNRollGospel12-8Bari2 Sw 065 (1TrackVocalSection)
RealDrums in Song:BluesRock128^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

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Great instrumentation in this song. Love the way it builds up dynamically and the backing vocals work a treat.

Well that was mean sounding, interesting and well thought out.
Reminded me of a Tony Joe White and his "Steamy Windows" voice but with a more traditional instrumental.

Vic

Elliott, this song is AFF, i.e. Absolutely Freaking Fantastic.
Love the groove but best of all was your vocal
Great guitar and organ chops
IMHO this is your best to date.

PS - what EastWest program contains those singers? They sound great in this song.

Elliott,

This is one of your very best. Great song, vocals and production.

Excellent!

Bob

Super song, Elliott! The extended dual guitar (reso?) intro is very cool. The last half kicks it up an appropriate notch or three. Nice arrangement as always and clear mix. FWIW, I like your vocals here a lot, and much more than your other human and virtual collaborators. They really make the song come alive.

I won’t repeat all the positives that others have posted..I had to research your main character to find out if it was a pure invention on your part, but I see it’s an existing fictional character..your idea, about creating a “4-min movie”—what a great framework for starting your creative work—I think that is absolutely a legit way to trigger your writing! in light of that objective, I’d say you are very successful—in all aspects—-style, delivery, lyric, feel—it all fed into the “script” of your little film. Excellent example of how a songwriter tells a complete story in the timespan of a few minutes. Well done!!

Oh yeah!

This is mighty cool my friend.

Excellent!

Powerful performance too.

I used the name Waylon Jones because it sounded right for the character I created; southern, backwoods, south side of the tracks.
Anyone here a Batman Fan? Subliminally, I borrowed it from the Batman Villain: "Killer Croc".

Wow, that is a great narrative!

And your vocal so well delivers it.
Great sparse mix and band.

Not much more to say as it has already received great informative reviews.

Enjoyed it!

J&B

Elliott,

Oh, yeah.
That's how it's done.

Strong write, cool vocals.
Chops all over the place.

Good music.

fj

Raw and dirty, with killer vocals.
I didn't know you could sing so bluesy.
Including swearing.
Exactly my thing.
I love it.
More please!

Catchy title grabbed me and the song wouldn't let me go --cuz I wasn't really trying to leave. Man, you're playing all those guitars. Elliott? Love the playing, and I always prefer your singing. You always provide the perfect lyrics, and I reallylike the way fill this one with dynamics that build the song to a flavorful pitch. Dang, you worked those BGVs to perfection by giving them freedom to "feel" the song. A favorite for sure. Inspite of the ending, you'll be back with more like this, right?

This song sure is a "hamburger with the works"
It's got everything, and then a little more.
Great write.

At first I said to myself: we've returned to the roots of the blues but halfway through it seemed very serious. I enjoyed listening to the bass and the rest of course. Great choirs.
laurent