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#255956 - 07/10/14 06:18 PM
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SWING DOWN The origins of Swing Down are unknown. The earliest version that I’ve found simply listed it as traditional. I strongly suspect that it originated as an African-America spiritual. The Golden Gate Quartet recorded it in the 1940’s, the Blackwood Brothers in the 1950’s and Elvis in the 1960’s. The song is fully documented as being in the public domain. I’ve wanted to do a bluegrass version for many years and finally got to it. Although we start the song with an a cappella line from Swing Low Sweet Chariot, it is not the same song. This one rocks! The song ended up at 16 tracks and multiple diced/spliced generations of the solo instruments so I was VERY happy when floyd jane took on the mixing of the vocals and the final mastering leaving me with the instrumental tracks. I love RT’s and when working in a genre, i.e., bluegrass, for which I am very familiar I’ll often end up with one track being a composite of 5-7 originals. I came close to playing bass on this one but finally got the right compression on the RT to balance it out. We've been off in blues/rock/western swing land for a while and getting back to bluegrass was interesting -- really different approach to the mixing. I love it all! A bit time shoutout to floyd for the harmonies and the vocal mix and advice on the whole project. Hey Dani, you sing bass? Thanks for taking your time to listen to some traditional bluegrass and we appreciate comments. Janice: lead/harmony vocals and vocal arrangement floyd: Harmony vocals (four), vocal mix, effects and final project mastering Bud: RT arrangements, effects and mixing. All RT’s are from the bluegrass sets Bass: Composite of 592 Guitar Rhythm: 598 Guitar Solo: Composite of 597 Mandolin Rhythm: 599 Mandolin Solo: 820 Banjo Rhythm: Composite of 589 Banjo Solo: Composite of 591 Fiddle Rhythm: 594 Fiddle Solo: Composite of 596
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#255962 - 07/10/14 07:35 PM
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Wow, that was fun!! Very cool and different rendition. Reminds me of when James Taylor and Carly Simon morphed Mockingbird into a totally different vibe. Very good work! Thanks for sharing. Take care. Greg
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#255967 - 07/10/14 09:38 PM
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This song's rocking beat was really popular with the southern Gospel quartets at dinner on the ground all day sings when I was a kid. And Elvis' record of it - my big sister and I wore that album out. Thanks for bringing back fond memories.
I really enjoyed everything about your bluegrass version.
Got my feet tapping.
Loved it.
Josie
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#255974 - 07/10/14 11:28 PM
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That is bluegrass as it should be done. Enjoyed the performance and appreciate the talent displayed in both the performance and production technique.
Charlie
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#255986 - 07/11/14 12:16 AM
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Janice, Bud, and Floyd,
I know <cough> slightly different words to Swing Low Sweet Chariot from my College days and I have to say I have never heard such a foot tapping version.
And I know what you mean about Dani on bass....that would be interesting!
Excellent
Alyn
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#255991 - 07/11/14 01:55 AM
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Really lovely. Before I got BIAB I was never a fan of bluegrass but this amazing product and this wonderful forum full of folk like you has opened my ears to a whole different side of music. And I love it. Thank you!
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#256004 - 07/11/14 04:34 AM
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A great job by Janice Bud and Floyd. A reminder of the 40's and gospel on the radio. Love acapella from that era. Cheers.
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#256030 - 07/11/14 08:10 AM
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Wow, that was fun!! Very cool and different rendition. Reminds me of when James Taylor and Carly Simon morphed Mockingbird into a totally different vibe. Very good work! Thanks for sharing. Take care. Greg Thanks Greg...we're not really breaking new ground here. Bluegrass has a long tradition of taking songs from other genres and making them their own. And southern gospel and bluegrass have a pretty common song list. We appreciate the comments and glad you liked it! This song's rocking beat was really popular with the southern Gospel quartets at dinner on the ground all day sings when I was a kid. And Elvis' record of it - my big sister and I wore that album out. Thanks for bringing back fond memories.
I really enjoyed everything about your bluegrass version.
Got my feet tapping.
Loved it.
Josie Thanks Josie!! It's very cool to learn that you've listened to this song in the southern gospel permutations. The Blackwood Brothers really rocked it. And if you get a chance check out the Gold Gate Quartet's version on YouTube. Glad you enjoyed it. We had fun putting it together.
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#256048 - 07/11/14 12:42 PM
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Hi Janice, Bud and Floyd,
what a great collaboration! It really rocks.
And the ending knocks me off the chair.
Good idea to get Dani on bass. Next song, maybe?
Guenter
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#256068 - 07/11/14 03:09 PM
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That is bluegrass as it should be done. Enjoyed the performance and appreciate the talent displayed in both the performance and production technique.
Charlie Thanks Charlie! The hardest part for me with a BG production is getting the transitions re split solos. Glad you liked it. Janice, Bud, and Floyd,
I know <cough> slightly different words to Swing Low Sweet Chariot from my College days and I have to say I have never heard such a foot tapping version.
And I know what you mean about Dani on bass....that would be interesting!
Excellent
Alyn Thanks Alyn...now you got my imagination running wild...well not too wild as even though it was during the 60's I remember the college years!
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#256074 - 07/11/14 05:03 PM
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It's all been said so all that I can add is this is outstanding!
You did a great job on the instrumentation and the vocals are top notch all the way.
great job!
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#256091 - 07/11/14 07:02 PM
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Really lovely. Before I got BIAB I was never a fan of bluegrass but this amazing product and this wonderful forum full of folk like you has opened my ears to a whole different side of music. And I love it. Thank you! Cool. Really glad you liked it!! Bluegrass is just folk music in overdrive!
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#256099 - 07/11/14 07:38 PM
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B & J& floyd, There is a lot to like here. Janice=great vocal and harmonies. Bud = great arrangement and mix. Also terrific editing on the solos. That can be very time consuming. floyd=great bg vocals and mix. Mastering is nice and clean. The banjo sounds especially good here. It is always the loudest in the band. Ain't that right Bud? The ending is fantastic. A super job again by the three of you. Tom
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#256107 - 07/11/14 08:50 PM
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I love Elvis' version of this, he has some competition now, very superbly done in all areas' thanks for sharing!
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#256129 - 07/11/14 10:38 PM
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Wow!But then again, with these three names in the song nothing but a masterpiece is expected, and it sure is!
Mike B.
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#256164 - 07/12/14 08:03 AM
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A great job by Janice Bud and Floyd. A reminder of the 40's and gospel on the radio. Love acapella from that era. Cheers. Thanks! Yep, that was some great music from that period. Hi Janice, Bud and Floyd,
what a great collaboration! It really rocks.
And the ending knocks me off the chair.
Good idea to get Dani on bass. Next song, maybe?
Guenter Thanks Guenter! The stop and a cappella at the end sort of evolved toward the end of the arrangement. Glad you liked it.
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#256201 - 07/12/14 05:19 PM
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B & J& floyd, There is a lot to like here. Janice=great vocal and harmonies. Bud = great arrangement and mix. Also terrific editing on the solos. That can be very time consuming. floyd=great bg vocals and mix. Mastering is nice and clean. The banjo sounds especially good here. It is always the loudest in the band. Ain't that right Bud? The ending is fantastic. A super job again by the three of you. Tom I will +1 Tom's comment and add a big Amen!
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#256227 - 07/12/14 07:40 PM
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Hi, Bud & Janice & Floyd !!:))
I really dig what you´ve
all done here !:))
To say it shortly: Terrific !!!
and....yes I am a II bass !:))
Cheers
Dani
PS: I like gospel music and
I hoped I could do Oh Happy Day
together with some others who also
like it but, the song is in fact
copyrighted ! (sic!)
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#256279 - 07/13/14 12:46 PM
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It's all been said so all that I can add is this is outstanding!
You did a great job on the instrumentation and the vocals are top notch all the way.
great job! Thanks! We appreciate you noting the instruments and the vocals. B & J& floyd, There is a lot to like here. Janice=great vocal and harmonies. Bud = great arrangement and mix. Also terrific editing on the solos. That can be very time consuming. floyd=great bg vocals and mix. Mastering is nice and clean. The banjo sounds especially good here. It is always the loudest in the band. Ain't that right Bud? The ending is fantastic. A super job again by the three of you. Tom Thanks Tom! Yep those solos were tedious and, yep, the banjo and mando chop have to carry the rhythm on an up temp BG tune like this. Thanks for noting the vocals. Floyd and Janice did good on them.
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#256290 - 07/13/14 04:05 PM
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Janice and Bud...
Thank you for letting me be a part of this.
I am so dang proud to call you both "friend". I love doing music with you guys! It is always interesting, fun and professional in every way.
Y'all are the best!
floyd
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