"Back Beat Strut" (instrumental)
5 of 7 - Tangled Roots Project

This is the fifth track of my Tangled Roots project. This represents the band I would most enjoy playing live with, if it existed and I was gifted enough to play in it. Kind of a blues, rock, R&B hybrid.

Lead Guitar: 1722: Guitar, Electric, Soloist TexasBluesRockStraightSol Ev 120 (Sol Philcox)
Rhythm Guitar: 1402: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sWarmSync Ev16 100 (Andy Reiss)
Electric Piano: 1774: Piano, Electric, Soloist JazzFunkMovin Ev16 130 (Jeff Lorber)
Organ: 674: Organ, B3, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 (Chris Nole)
Alto Sax: 1442: Sax, Alto, Soloist JazzFunkGroovin Ev16 110 (Eric Marienthal)
Horns: 2290: Horn Section, Rhythm SlowPop Ev16 065 (Jim Clark)
Electric Bass: 1769: Bass, Fretless Electric, JazzFunkMovin Ev16 130 (Alex Al)
Drums: FusionFunkTerryClarke (Terry Clarke)
Percussion, Composition & Arrangement: MW Gilbert

https://soundcloud.com/mwgilbert/tangled-roots-ep-05-back-beat-strut

Background of the Tangled Roots Project - please see:
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=306755#Post306755

Previous tracks:
01 - She Looked Back
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=306755#Post306755
02 - Remember Me When You
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=307318#Post307318
03 - Peter's Lament
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=307602#Post307602
04 - Sunset Road
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=307983#Post307983

Thanks for listening!

Enjoying those Tangled Roots Michael!! This would be great movie soundtrack music. Very active, with a lot of cool modulations and instrument changes. Very, very cool!! Take care. Greg

Thanks very much, Greg!

I appreciate the listen and the kind comments. Please check out all of the Tangled Roots posts; there are two more still coming. Best,

Hi Michael,

this song is as good as the others.
Very groovy and entertaining.
Enjoyable listen.

Guenter

Very smooth my friend very smooth.
Rob

Hi Michael,

Yes, isn't BiaB a wonderful program?
Your "band" is a perfectly attuned team.
We especially like the lead guitar.
Well done.

Rob and Anne-Marie

A big thanks to Rob, Guenter, and Rob & Anne-Marie for the listens and the kind comments.

BiaB is great program for putting together music, isn't it? I have really enjoyed doing this project, as much for learning the program and how to work with it as the music itself.

I appreciate the forum; it has been great as a way of sharing my music, and more so as place to find and listen to what all of the participants are working on. I've heard some extremely well done stuff here, which makes the feedback I get especially meaningful.

Enjoyed that Michael.
I like the way the sax and guitar interplay

Yeh BIAB does that to you, it's a great Band to have at your disposal!
Going to listen to the rest of the project,now.

Alyn

I enjoyed this one a lot. Good job picking out the band.


Charlie

Michael,

That is a wonderful piece!

Captivating! Spectacular mix. Loved the guitar.

Had a Steely Dan feel to it - super cool...

Enjoyed that very much.

floyd

Thanks very much, Floyd. I appreciate your listening and commenting!
(I take any Steely Dan comparison as high praise )

Nice and funky! Reminds me of Papa Grows Funk. A New Orleans funk band,now defunct. It was lead by the keyboardist John Gros.

Thanks. I'll take that comparison as higher praise

Like I said in the posting, this represents the band I would play in if I had the actual chops to play more than the tambourine part all the way through live! Some of the fun of my little project has been to try to make the created ensembles sound like a band, or at least a group of players. Not easy to do well. I enjoyed listening to the Meters back in the day, and that set the funk bar pretty high IMHO. Also reminds me I am not as young as I used to be...

Thanks again for listening and the kind comments. I really enjoyed "A Vessel in a Storm"!

Good project. a great ensemble of instruments like an opera rock.
I had never heard "Rhythm Guitar: 1402: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sWarmSync Ev16 100 (Andy Reiss)" play.
I like it.

Good work.
Hello.

Sergio

Cool song. Creative choice and mix
of RT's. We wouldn't mind at all
kickin' back and listen to that band
blow.

Nice!

J&B

Thanks very much to Sergio, Janice, and Bud for listening and commenting!