Latest collaboration with Christiane Spruit. This one is a bit more uptempo than our last few, more of a Blues/Rock feel.

Ghost Town

Video coming soon, I'll update the description once it's ready.

The band:
Drums: BluesRockFunky16ths
Bass: 1769
Piano: 1772
Guitar: 1436

Also added a few additional guitar parts, tele rhythm and strat leads.

Ghost Town (Christiane Spruit, 2017)

Waiting for the train to come
to take me for the ride
heading to a place down town
into the city life
leave the dusty road behind me
misreading all the signs
good night hometown
next stop ghost town
out

I'll be gone so many miles
until the day is done
passing trains they have no name
are figures of the game
Riding horses made of steel
will Rock me into sleep
with all the towns and
ghostly clouds in
me

(Chorus A)
Golden fields hot summers glow
behind the strangers eyes
promise sings the Hummingbird
I'll take you to the sky

Begging for the train to stop
to wake me for a while
waving all the clouds behind
into a clear blue sky
stranger faces offer me
a ticket for a ride
leaving the ghost town
bring me safe home
tonight

Solo

(Chorus B)
Golden fields hot summers glow
behind the strangers eyes
Travelling to the promised land
A ticket for a ride

Outro vamp

Very cool Dave Super intro. Excellent vocal. Loved the guitar solo. Super tone an very cool licks.

Dave,

Great vibe and groove. Love the vocal by Chris - she has a strong sound. Excellent mix as well.

Bob

Dave,
A very good ride! Train theme songs are a big favourite of mine and you`ve added a nice touch of mystery to this one.
Great rhythm, strong vocals and very tasty guitar work - what`s not to like?

Robert

Dave, great mix, great vocal and great performance!! Your solo was exceptional exuding wonderful tone with tasteful subtle notes popping up here and there (yes I noticed that). Great work! Take care, Torrey.

DAve, this is your best to data IMHO.

Great beat, super intro, nice wha wha guitar, great lyrics, super guitar lead topped off with an outstanding vocal!

Two thumbs up.

Hi BlueAttitude, Great work on this! Love the vocals and guitars on this. Reminds me of an old Blondie song. Well done!

Thanks Scott!

For the solo I used a strat into the S-Gear amp sim, their Tweed model which I really like. Also used the Mercuriall Tube Screamer 808 VST to feed the S-Gear. Free plugin BTW, I recommend it.

I second what Torrey said. Very strong modern blues. Good job all around. I enjoyed it very much. Tom

Dave

Excellent playing throughout - always interesting. Nice vocal and a strong all round composition.
Really nice work.

Peter

Thanks, Bob! I appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment

Thanks Robert!
Yes, I enjoyed the train theme too when I first heard Christiane's vocal demo over the track I sent her. Thanks for the props on the guitar work, I appreciate it!

Tasty licks!

nice, love the groove and the guitar parts and those funky drums

this flows along very well with nice phrasing and vocals

enjoyed

Kenny

Thanks very much, Torrey! Means a lot to read comments like that from a guitarist with your abilities

Dave & Chris,

EVERYTHING about this works!

A good blues/rock write. Excellent arrangement and excellent mix. "Just right" instrumentation. Good drums. The piano is a great addition.

Tasty guitar work throughout. Awesome lead!

Well sung. A terrific listen. Might be your best. Worth many listens.

floyd

Hi Dave.

Wonderful stuff!

The backing has a definite funk feel to it - a bit sort of Average White Band, which I love.

Everything works well and the solo is sublime. Great vocals too.

Very professional throughout.

ROG.

Dave and Chris,

This is top shelf all the way!

Not only are the production and arrangement superb, Chris's singing is outstanding and the writing (melody and lyrics) is really engaging. You've both done a first class job with this.

All the best,
Noel

Another really excellent production with great vocals. The wah effects and other effects you are using on the guitar are great. Love the solo.

Awesome job.

We think Mario summed it up pretty danged good! Blues Rock - you betcha! Loved it.

Alan & Di

Blondie?! I'm sure I could count on one hand the number of times I have heard that band and still have some fingers left Nothing against them BTW, just not a band I'm that familiar with.

Thanks for the listen and comment Joe, I appreciate it!

Wow, thanks Mario! You made my day with that comment

Thanks very much Tom, I appreciate that!

Thanks Peter!

Thanks Kenny!

Floyd, awesome comments, thanks so much!

As far as the drums go, you can take credit for that. On our last song you thought the drums sounded good but were a little dry. I added a little reverb to them and sure enough they sounded much better. So, I saved the effect chain I was using on the drums as a preset and used the identical preset for this song.

Pretty sure no one has described one of my guitar solos as sublime before. Thanks so much, Rog!

Thanks very much, Noel! We had fun this this one and it came together pretty quickly, usually a good sign.

I don't use the wah pedal very often, I think this might be the first time I've used it on a recording, but it seemed to fit this tune.

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, I appreciate it

Thanks very much Alan & Di, I appreciate the listen and comments!

Hey Dave,

Y'all have a great vibe going here...Janice immediately mentioned that Christiane was reminiscent of Chrissie Hynde. We rarely do comparisons with other artists so this is meant to be a high compliment

"leave the dusty road behind me
misreading all the signs"

Nice line in a fine write.

The production well accents the lyric and melody...the guitar is tasty and comes and goes at the perfect places in the mix.

Well done!!

J&B

Very cool!! Love the vibe of this. Great vocal. That wah guitar fits in perfectly. Perfect band/arrangement/mix. Very much enjoyed!! Take care. Greg

Janice & Bud, thanks very much for listening and your very generous comments!

Thanks Greg, I'm happy you enjoyed it!