On the Road Blues

tucopeat

This is a song I wrote 17 yrs. ago ( back when I had a touring band) that I never recorded so I decided to lay it down. All comments are welcome.

http://www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_view_music.asp?productid=199&music_id=3589

partch

Excellent job man! I realy liked it! 8) Drums could have changed up a little? Not bad though at all. How did you do drums for it? Midi file? sequence it? Just wondering.

tucopeat

thx partch, the drums were sequenced and they are sparse by design i guess, originally I had put in more fills , but I felt it was a little busy. I liked the overall feel better with it being more open. To each his own I guess. I was going for a more \"gospel\" type of sound, if that makes any sense.

partch

Understand man. Not saying I did not like em. Don't get me wrong that was just something I noticed. I think you did a great job on the song!! 8)

BuzzHaze

Fantastic!!!! I'm a big Little Feat fan. The keyboard playing is stellar and I *love* the vox. The guitar sound is clean and fits perfectly.

man, o man, I like this stuff. You did capture a gospel feel but you have also managed to keep the song cool and slinky.

MORE...MORE...MORE!!!!!


Did I mention the vocals are excellent? lol

You have a new fan

tucopeat

partch, thanks again for the comments and sorry if I sounded like I was sulking about your comment on the drums...really I wasn't. All criticism, good or bad, is welcomed. How else do we know what to do or not to do next time.

Buzz, as you can tell I'm a big fan of little feat myself, Thanks for noticing the homage. Thanks for the kudo's on the vocal as well, I try my darndest,lol. I really cant take credit for the keys, they are all sequenced,except for the organ solo, I played that one live, but I thought they fit very nicely, so there they are. I just wish I was as prolific as you are...you seem to crank out a great tune every other day...how do you do it?

Once again thanks to all for listening and commenting.

thatsastrat

Loved the vocals and the lyrics were great. I have to say though not a big fan of Band in a Box. I could be wrong, but it has that sound. This would be killer with real players. Still thought it was really good, no, a very good song. Nice job.

tucopeat

Thanks strat, your comments are appreciated. No it is not Band in a Box, but it might as well be. I got most of the backing from a casio keyboard I recently purchased. It's a cool little toy, definetly not pro gear. I'm having some fun with it though, It's amazing what they can package for chump change these days. I do agree with you, it sounds sequenced like BIAB,but when thats all you got you work with what you have, right(LOL) I couldn't play the keys that well if my life depended on it.
It would be great to record this tune with real musicians, if the chance ever came around. I used to play this in our live set years ago, but it had a different arrangement, more uptempo, it always went over well.
My days of having a band are behind me...I don't have the patience for it...or the stamina required to keep a band together anymore, its alot of work as we all know. I'm happy to noodle out here in the studio and jam occasionally with some old friends of a like mind.
Thanks again for listening and for the feedback...it's all good.

Unknown

I love it.

tucopeat

Thanks Roger!