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Excellent vocal.

I mean, nice song, clear mix, solid write.

And I love it when everything stops and the horn spins on the B3.

Doubling the tempo at 4:10 is super-effective.

But still... that vocal.

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Love it Herb! Very nice emotive vocal delivery! It's hard for us guitar players to sit out and let someone else play it (I've no doubt that you could have laid down an equally good solo) but you arranged a very good bluesy soulful track here! T




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Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
Wow, Herb! This is AWESOME! I've been in a blues mood recently, so this is just what I can't hear enough of.


Yeah man, I heard your cool tune too... nice.... thanks for listening.


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Originally Posted By: PeterF
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Very nice indeed. Excellent vocal and you did a great job with the RT guitar - fit the song very well.

Agree with Tom - a real Etta James vibe in there as well.

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Thanks... I looked up Etta and that's some cool old stuff and I get the reference.


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Originally Posted By: Birchwood
Hi Herb,

Your voice is exactly shaped for this kind of songs.
Very strong and a voice full of tension (I think I've said this a lot of times before to you)
Enjoyed listening.

Hans


Hey, thanks for listening.... much appreciated. Yes... I think you have said that before.... but hey, who cares?

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Originally Posted By: Crossroads
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oh yeah, I sure can realte to that ! Great Blues tune, well-written and supervly sung. Love it.

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Thanks. I'm really glad folks are listening and liking this.


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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
As you know we mostly reside in the blues genre so this is pretty much
right in our wheelhouse.

Nice band and mix and, yep, the Stapleton vibe was there for us also in the soulful vocal.

The solo RT was well chosen. Did you comp it up or get lucky on one generation?

Enjoyed it,

J&B



Thanks for listening. So yeah... that real track..... It was actually the solo track in the style. I opened the project in real band and this is the track it rendered for me. I actually didn't like it much when I first listened...but being pressed by other obligations, there wasn't a lot of time to imagine my own track and licks. Yep, this is a one time original shot. No comps in it. What I did however was some strategic and surgical editing with volume envelopes in Sonar. For example, I dropped a portion of the intro out and also cut off a bit here and there in the solo. Less is more as they say. So yeah, one well executed generation and some editing of volume.... waaa laaa!


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Originally Posted By: MarioD
I love the blues and you kicked this one out of the park. Great vocal! Loved the backing tracks and mix. Also having been married for 53 years I can relate to this song.

Outstanding song and your best to date IMHO.


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Nice one,
gender could be swapped with no impact on the message or rendition.
Cool band and a very cool vocal performance.


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Originally Posted By: eddie1261
All Allman, all the time.... here on radio HERB.


I guess that's a good thing.... right? Thanks for listening


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Originally Posted By: dcuny
Excellent vocal.

I mean, nice song, clear mix, solid write.

And I love it when everything stops and the horn spins on the B3.

Doubling the tempo at 4:10 is super-effective.

But still... that vocal.

laugh



Man I love those spinning horns too. It reminds me of a band story.... Years ago, I played in a band and the drummer left to go audition for a shot at the "big time" as he put it. Well, he showed back up a few days later with a keyboard player in tow. The big time wasn't what it seemed to be. But we ended up with an organ player for a few weeks. This guy was also a serious alcoholic. Southern Comfort liquor for breakfast kind of guy. Anyway, he had a white caddy and pulled a trailer as large as our band trailer. He had a Hammond B3 and a Leslie unit. Talk about heavy... OMG. It sounded really good and he could certainly play. However, that night that he stood up on his B3 and literally, yelling and cursing at the audience for requesting a song that he personally hated, was the final straw. It didn't help that he also fell off the B3 in the middle of it all..... Needless to say, the club was not very impressed with that escapade. It was a Moose Lodge kind of place and they promised us that we would never play there again or in any of their brother lodges in the entire state. Bad thing was, they paid really well. Jay was fired that very night but the club didn't care. The damage was done.

Thanks for listening to the song and my sad band story tale.


Edit.... doubling the tempo.... its not actually doubling the tempo. That kinda threw me so I went to listen where you indicated. It's a songwriting trick that I picked up somewhere along the way. If the groove or feel of the verse is slow, as this is, you simply put more words in the chorus or the bridge and change the rhythm and feel of the parts..... you can also do the opposite. Make the verses busy and chill on the chorus.

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Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
Love it Herb! Very nice emotive vocal delivery! It's hard for us guitar players to sit out and let someone else play it (I've no doubt that you could have laid down an equally good solo) but you arranged a very good bluesy soulful track here! T


Yes... I think you are correct. It would have been fun to do my own solo and fills but, I got lazy and the existing one sounded fairly nice the more I listened so..... Yep

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Originally Posted By: rayc
Nice one,
gender could be swapped with no impact on the message or rendition.
Cool band and a very cool vocal performance.


And that is very true. Maybe a few word changes and certainly, this could switch easily.

Glad you liked it. Thanks


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Sounds like a hit to me.
Nicely put together.

Love the emotion in your vocals, that always make for a winner.

Great song!

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Very cool song. Super vocal and lyric. Loved the backing band. Well done


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WOW!! You sang the hell out of this one!!!...........Herbie Ray Vaughn!!! Love the sound you got in the mix.....very live and soulful.....love that solo RT!! GREAT STUFF Herb!! Take care. Greg

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Sounds good. Nice use of BIAB. Mix is well balanced.
Enjoyed the listen.

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Originally Posted By: CaptainMoto
Sounds like a hit to me.
Nicely put together.

Love the emotion in your vocals, that always make for a winner.

Great song!

moto


Wish it was a hit.... but alas....

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Originally Posted By: Scott C
Very cool song. Super vocal and lyric. Loved the backing band. Well done


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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
WOW!! You sang the hell out of this one!!!...........Herbie Ray Vaughn!!! Love the sound you got in the mix.....very live and soulful.....love that solo RT!! GREAT STUFF Herb!! Take care. Greg


You seem like you like this.... I'm impressed even now, after having used BB for over a decade that it gives me such fine, well played, tracks.

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