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This is a song that a couple of songwriters sent to me last week and asked me to see what I could do musically to make it fit. I wrote the music to it, and rearranged a few words here and there and this is the finished product. The two songwriter are Tina Neumann, and Marcus Upchurch. Out of my own curiosity, I started looking up the names and places mentioned in the song, and was amazed that it gives an accurate description of the era of blues in the Mississippi Delta!! The Mississippi Delta Highway 61 Blues https://soundcloud.com/ronniefields/mississippi-delta-hwy-61-bluesOld blues live through turn rows in cotton fields, winding through the delta and down the river bend. B. B. King’s birthplace off highway 82, Charley Patton father of the delta blues. Chorus: it’s The Mississippi Delta Hwy 61 blues, the stories to the lives before rolls inside of you. There’s Panther Burn and alligator towns that make it great, Clarksdale and Vicksburg when you cruise across the state. You see the devil’s crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul, to play a mean guitar decades ago. Repeat Chorus: Poverty and pain still rampant today, King biscuit time radio where Sonny Boy played. American blues music started by slaves, but right here in my heart, the talent melts it all away. Bridge: Mississippi in the summertime, cotton fields I can hear them cry. Blues ring out from cars , passing by, on hwy 61 man how time flies, it’s a Mississippi state of mind. Repeat Chorus: Chorus II A music born, out of pain and scars, John Lee Hooker rocked the world and ruled our hearts. Repeat Chorus Twice
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Nice job putting that track together Ronnie! The stories from that part of the country are too many to tell! I'm sure the truth has been stretched a bit in many of those tales but it adds to the mystique of the blues! I have a story or two of my own from playing music down in that area back in the day but that's for another day lol! Take care, Torrey
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Nice tribute to those musicians and no doubt those
that lived a life of toil have little nostalgia for the cotton fields.
J&B
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Well constructed Ronnie,
you did a grand job with the narrative given you.
Cheers
rayc
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Hi Ronnie,
This is my kind of music.
I like the backing and your voice which suits the song very well.
Mix - a couple of suggestions:
1. It may be my speakers and phones but there appears to be little going on the left side of the mix. If you have the stems available it would be good to put one of the backing instruments on the left and pan it around 40%.
2. Vocals - are you using any compression? A little compression would lift some of the lyrics that are little indistinct.
Regardless - I think this is the best song I have heard from you on this forum.
Best Regards
Nigel
Best Regards
Nigel
Nigel Spiers
Christchurch, New Zealand
info@nzacoustics.com
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Cool song. The blues and Southern Gospel met at those very crossroads. It's the story of Cain and Abel. Good work Ronnie.
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I think you did a good job turning those lyrics into a song, well done, Ronnie!
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Cool tune. Excellent groove and vocal. Well done
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Love the Blues Roots!
Well done!
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So well done, Ronnie. Love those stories and you put them together in a song that fit the era perfectly. Fun groove of history.
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