THE EQUIVOCATIN' BLUES

Hmmmm....well Janice steps up to plate, takes control and handles the big life decisions wonderfully....but with some of the smaller things she'll be the first to admit that she might just equivocate -- a little

I talked her into leaving the scatting at the end (it was spontaneous). We've listened to a little Dixieland over the years -- not much but, hey, it's BIAB! Nothing like a little steppin' over the genre cliff.

Bass: Acoustic JAzz 768
Drums: Dixieland
Guitar R: Acoustic 1795
Guitar L: Acoustic 1979
Clarinet L: Dixieland 1966
Clarinet R: Dixieland 1964
Trumpet L: Dixieland 1975
Trumpet R: Dixieland 1974
Piano: Acoustic 1791
Vocal: Janice via Rodes NT1 and Blue Icicle USB
Mixed in Garageband interfaced with BIAB with the usual cut and spliced RTs

The Equivocatin' Blues  

The right says the democrats are wusses 
The left says the republicans are heartless 
And I'm just living with these equivocatin' blues. 

The doc says eat this diet and live to 90
Next doc says no I'd never make it to 60
Hey docs what're y'all doing to me?

I heard on the tv buy gold and never worry
Then my broker says you'll go broke in a hurry
Thanks guys now I'm feeling all comfy

BREAK

Blue tie man says the climate's changing 
Red tie man says no, they're all lying
But for a girl like me it's all too baffling 

Buy local organic save the small farmer
No No save your money it's not the answer
Everybody's a trying to tell me what's better. 

Talking head says a pipeline'll cause a spill
but the other one just says drill baby drill
I'm turning off the news, yeah had my fill

What's a girl to do about all this?  
I think I'm unequivocally equivocating 

Janice and Bud,

That is the best laugh I've had all day. LOL! Couldn't agree more. The trilling at the end is priceless and a great way to sum up that equivocatin feeling (especially for us girls).

My new fav of yours. Loved it. Great vocal and arrangement/mix as always.

Excellent tune. Well done

excellent
Janice has a wonderful voice and the ending was brilliant
I thoroughly enjoyed that

Alyn

And... let's just put this back up where it belongs...

So, guys... how many different genres do you think you need to conquer???
Geez... chalk up another one... this sounds like another recording dug out of a vault somewhere.

Fearless songwriting, too. And how about that playful Janice!!!

A great piece.

floyd

Josie, glad it's your fav. It was fun and re the "trumpet scatting" you gotta hear her slide guitar, clarinet, and just general scatting. If I could talk her into it I'd put together something and let her "play" all the solos!

Thanks Scott, glad you enjoyed it.

Alyn, glad you also like the outro -- it just happened after I'd complained about not being able to get the trumpet ending that I wanted.

Floyd, glad you felt like we captured that old groove. I had to listen to a few Dixieland songs to get the feel for mixing. It's pretty different given that it's apparently acceptable in that genre to step all over one another Yeah, I get to hear Janice do bird songs, tree frogs, owls, guitars, brass, bass, woodwinds, and much more. This might be the first time (seriously) anybody has heard what I live (happily) with!

Janice & Bud, That was Fun tastic. Glad you left the scat at the end. The spontaneous things that happen during writing and recording are the best parts. Great

writing. Great mix. As usual the vocal is just downright outstanding. Thanks for posting. Tom

Hey Tommy, thanks for the kind words! As usual with my wife this was a "one taker" and the scatting just popped up at the end. She's still a little ambivalent (equivocating) about leaving it in but is getting used to the notion.

This is great - love the arrangement, feel and vocal. Good stuff...

Bob

cool song...and it sums up nicely the way the news is presented....

What's up with this rash of political songs.....? Wait.... come to think, I have one started too but not finished..... mayhap I should finish?

I like the song and the writing..... the very last chord threw me though..... it should go to root or make it one of those fancy jazz things..... the way it ended left a little to be desired.... JMHO.

Hi Janice and Bud,

+1 for that.
I'm looking forward to the bird songs, tree frogs, owls, guitars, brass, bass, woodwinds, and much more.

Guenter

Thanks Bob, we appreciate the comments

Herb, thanks for the remarks and good catch on the last chord. When Janice scatted the end it was sans backing track as they had run out. I rebuilt the RT's to include her scat which ended on the last chord of the typical blues turnaround, i.e., a fifth. Guess I got too caught in the mixing and trying to fit her scat to a progression that I didn't hear that. I added a guitar tag that ends on the first and updated the file.

Guenter, thanks and stay tuned as I'm gonna try and talk her into doing some of that!

Yeah...there you go. That's the perfect ending.

Yeah, I was happy to find an instrumental tag that transitioned well from the scat. Surprised that the lead dixieland guitar worked. You never know in many cases until you try it (and several generations of it).

Hi, Janice & Bud !

This song suits Janice´s
beautiful voice just perfect !:))
Super work all through from all
of you ! :))


Cheers
Dani

Hey Dani, thanks for the kind remarks. It was a quick but fun project.

+1.
Smart and great fun!

Yes, the ending's just right - like Joni Mitchell's 'ruin the take' mock deep voice and cracking up at the end of 'Big Yellow Taxi', which she then always had to replicate live as it became the hook that everyone waited for!

Janice beautiful voice as usual, love the lip trumpet and the music and production are perfect, thanks for sharing!



My Music

Hey John and Robert, we appreciate the comments. Yeah I had not thought about the Joni song. Fortunately, we haven't gigged in many years so replication is not an issue!

As usual, a perfect performance.
Stylish, interesting lyrics.
Backing works great, not in the way. Even the trombone playing is great (ha ha)
The solo fits nicely, and the vocals are just superb.
This is really easy listening.
Thanks for sharing!

Hi Janice and Bud.

Bud: I have to say that the arrangement and mix are incredibly authentic sounding and reminded me of blues and jazz music from the 1930s. When I closed my eyes, it was like I was listening to one of my grandfather's old 78 rpm record minus all the scratching and hissing. It's incredible how you've managed to capture that sound. I don't know how you did it, but it works really well.

Janice: If I was in my school teacher mode right at this minute, I'd be whipping out the gold stars for your performance. It's always a joy to listen to you sing. The ease with which you weave words with melody is wonderful to my ears.

You two should be getting Grammy awards for your music. Seriously.

All the best,
Noel

VT, very glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to comment on different aspects of the tune. We appreciate it.

Noel, thanks for noting the effort we put into trying to give it that 30's vibe. I listened to some Dixieland for a while before I started the mix to see if I could get the right mindset for it. Glad that it worked for you. Your "Grammy praise" really stopped us in our tracks (pun intended). That is an extremely high compliment and particularly so coming from somebody who is a musical as you. Thanks!!

you definitely nail the arrangement! I can say I could not have captured it as well and I've listened to a lot of it.

Maybe you could share a completely out of genre tree frog, bird call, wolf-brass, woodwind, wonder-song?

Thanks man, that's a nice compliment from somebody who has listened to this genre. Yeah man, maybe we could work some of those sounds into a tune. She's good on owls too.