Thanks Herb
Yeah if it's old time I'm aiming at I should stick to more trad instrumentation.
What happened was I couldn't resist doing it as a rock boogie 'Georgia Satellites' type thing ( enjoy mixing up the real track styles ) and though I liked it realized it was not appropriate for the theme. So changed it back but left a bit much of the rock in there.
Like the idea of no drums, trad bass. Thanks for your ideas.
Richard