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I reiterate what I wrote on YT:
Superb song, excellent lyrics and all around great production. Particularly love that guitar - wonderful style and always so tasteful - plus the Chris Spruit backing vocals really adds to it.. Appreciate that! I was just thinking the same thing! Vocals are an awesome blend. Can't go wrong with Chris in the mix. Thanks Great stuff, Dave. Love the guitar, of course, but everything came together on this one. Way to go! Yeah, this one was fun. Thanks, Bob!
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Black Magic in a box! Super job, Dave (and Marty and Chris). This sounds amazing! The guitar and bass are especially tasty. Super vocals. The overall mix really pops. Ya'll are great! Appreciate that, Ron! BA,
Your best guitar work (in a long line of good work). Top-shelf soloing.
Nice note choices, cool tight patterns. Hitting both expected and unexpected places. Musical. I think you are never too old to learn something new, and trying to make the lines that I play slightly less predictable is something I've been working on for a while now, so thanks for picking up on that  Y'all write the Best Rock songs!
Love the vocals and harmonies.
Good drums, good mix.
Marty is so solid, it just becomes expected...
Artists at work.
fj Marty is the best!
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Dave, Chris and Marty this is an outstanding song.
As always outstanding guitar, bass, and vocal.
This is better than most songs on Alligator Records.
Santana rides again.
Loved it! Appreciate that, Mario! The first lines are important both in a book and in a song, and the start here is very inviting: "They say you can't judge a book, by looking at it's cover/And I can tell you right now, she was no ordinary lover". And I like to mention also the insightful "In this world full of noise, her silence spoke/No need for words, they just provoke", not so many lines but very much idea.
Great vocals, I really enjoyed your duet, so calming.
The band sounds very pleasant, the rumba guitar sets the right tone, Marty's bass creates the organic flow of the rhythm and Dave's guitar work is once again phenomenal.
Janne Thanks, Janne! The non-BIAB musicians are exceptional. This is one of your best vocals. Excellent lyrics. Great song. Cheers, Scott.
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Love this line:
“In this world full of noise, her silence spoke”
We agree with Ray that you have a JJ Cale sound to your voice - a good thing.
We like how Chris’s harmonies are more prominent in the mix as the song progresses.
Love the fat tone on your ax as well as the great chops.
We’ve done a couple of rumba tunes and love the vibe.
Marty really glued it all down.
Nice mix and video too,
You three always serve up Blues Rock at it’s finest!
And we always enjoy it,
J&B
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Your vocals have REALLY upped and you now sound like an heir to J.J.Cale.
The band is cool, the bass is insane, the guitar tone & licks are fab then CS drops in to sprinkle magic woofle dust bvox.
Yeah. Can't go wrong with some magic woofle dust! Thanks, Ray. Dave
Excellent work from all.
I often hear Gary Moore in your playing - nice!
Peter Appreciate that, Peter! Love this line:
“In this world full of noise, her silence spoke”
We agree with Ray that you have a JJ Cale sound to your voice - a good thing.
We like how Chris’s harmonies are more prominent in the mix as the song progresses.
Love the fat tone on your ax as well as the great chops.
We’ve done a couple of rumba tunes and love the vibe.
Marty really glued it all down.
Nice mix and video too,
You three always serve up Blues Rock at it’s finest!
And we always enjoy it,
J&B The particular line you quoted is probably my favorite and was written by Chris, who is a far better lyricist than me Thanks for the support, very much appreciated!
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Well Dave this is a great effort by the three of you.
I always love your guitar playing so much. You always just kill it.
It's a really nice song all the way around too and those are some fine lyrics.
Really enjoy this!
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Hi, Dave. Everything here works. The vocals are great, and the guitar hooky and memorable.
-- David Cuny My virtual singer development blogVocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?BiaB 2025 | Windows 11 | Reaper | Way too many VSTis.
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Well Dave this is a great effort by the three of you.
I always love your guitar playing so much. You always just kill it.
It's a really nice song all the way around too and those are some fine lyrics.
Really enjoy this! You made my day with that, David, thanks! Hi, Dave. Everything here works. The vocals are great, and the guitar hooky and memorable. Thanks, David!
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Santana meets Chris Rea - I love this combination. As Marty mentioned, doubling your vocals with Chris' really adds a lot to the song. Great vocals, great guitars, great bass, great production - there's nothing not to like ![[Linked Image - Only viewable when logged in]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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Awesome intro Dave. Excellent vocal, bgvs and lyric. Love you tone. Really cool backtrack. Marty's basslines gave the song a really coo groove. Well done.
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