Last July Robert decided to step back from composing and recording. We were producing allot of music and it was becoming a bit of a grind. It is hard to put love and soul into a tune if it is not fun. We decided to put Spirit Level on the shelf and possibly revisit at a later time when it felt right.

Robert and I have kept in touch via email and he is doing good.

Reasons To Go On was the last so we produced as a group.

We had another song that we were working on at the time called Junk Yard Dog. We were in just in the producing-tracking phase when Robert decided to call it a day. We also put this song on the shelf.

Robert did such a cool lyric and vocal I thought it would be a shame if no one got to hear it. I took the original vocal and some of my guitar tracks and rebuilt the backtrack with BIAB.

I sent the final mastered file to Robert to see what he thought of the song. He liked the song and gave me the thumbs up to release it.

This is a stripped down version of the song. Hope you like it..

Junk Yard Dog

Lyrics

Junkyard Dog

muzzle Jack Russell look through the peephole
her hips twanging like a broken banjo
her switchblade smile says too late for rescue
for a henhouse fox at the dumb show

in every pack the card with a hat
is a fool
from the bard to the boss say
love looks uncool
you`re jumping like a monkey on a log
grinning like junkyard dog

you had zero of hope then she starts singing disco
voice croons like a crow in a box
you`re smitten bitten mauled by love
eyes hungry as starving mutts

in every pack the card with a hat
is a fool
from the bard to the boss say
love looks uncool
you`re jumping like a monkey on a log
grinning like junkyard dog
bucking like a crazy horse
hazy with g-force
lit up like a bug eyed frog
grinning like a junkyard dog

� Robert Cordrey June 2021


Style is _SATIN.STY (Satin Brit Blues Rock w Soloist)

RealTracks in style: 995:Bass, Electric, HardRockLA Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~674:Organ, B3, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 3361:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BritClassicRock70sHeld Ev 110
RealTracks in style: 3363:Guitar, Electric, Soloist BritClassicRockGrittyWah Ev 110
RealTracks in song: 2584:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PunkMuted Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~586:Harmonica, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120
RealDrums in Song:RockHardLA^2-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Open HiHat

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Last edited by Scott C; 04/30/22 06:10 AM.
Scott Collingwood
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