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Hi Billy. Thanks for the kind comments. I am very familiar with the Wise Guyz and love their sound. I particularly like their live street performance (not sure where it occurred) on YouTube. I understand you sentiment that finding decent quality video is hard unless you have a big bankroll. Thanks very much for your offer. Of course I would be interested (especially if it were free). I will be tied up for a few days but will give you a PM when I'm done. Thanks again! Hi Paul. I am very glad that it brought back your bounce! Thank you very much for the kind words. They are very much appreciated. Cheers!!!

Really a beautiful song. The vocals are very well done indeed. This has a great commercial sound and sounds as if it should receive air play.

I love the sound on this one. I liked the vibrato in the beginning. This song has a nice edge to it, and a big and full sound. Really good stuff -- kept my attention throughout.

Hey Allan. It is a wee bit different but these are reflective times. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. It means a lot coming from you. BTW, "... in the Freddy Cannon " ---- I love it! Thanks for taking the time to share the source Bjorn. I very much appreciate it! I'll give them a try. Trying to find clips that are of decent quality and don't cost a fortune is rather difficult. Like many of us, I do this for fun and not profit. Thanks again.

I too must join the "high praise from all". Excellent song, performance and some outstanding playing.

This is indeed a nice retrospective look back. I think that you covered the era well. The music matches the era and and your vocals sounded very good. I only have one problem. My media player quit on me. I'll have to come back later and listen.

Yup this one was very impressive. I echo the comments above. The drums are great, as is the sax, the arrangement great, but I really liked that bass that carried the song throughout. Most impressive indeed - excellent!!!

Love it Allan. The vocals were great as were the lyrics (a little biting with happy music -- cool)! The mix sound good also . Well done!!!

I don't know what part of the initial beginning (including starting vocal harmonies) reminded me of Brazil 66 - but it did? Another home run Nigel! Well done!

Beautiful sounding old school R & B sounding Blues song. The mix is crystal clear, instrumentation is great, and the presentation of the vocals is excellent. Love that harp.

Very nice indeed. Great arrangement and performance (especially the vocals)

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I find it rather curious that although my wife and I are faithful followers of "stay at home" (as best we can) both she and I are finding that time is passing us by in a hurry and fading away. Being a curious chap, I checked with some friends and they have experienced the same phenomena. This brought me to the fickle topic of time (including relativity and quantum physics). Eliminating the two topics in brackets, I decided to come up with a song about the phenomena that my wife, some friends and I noticed about time. This is a bit different from most of the stuff that I post (e.g., more sedate). Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and any comments, suggestions, crit.'s, etc. will be much appreciated. Thanks. TIME https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=963481

This is beautiful Wookiee! Pete Green's Fleetwood Mac was most definitely a Blues band. However, they put out one of the most beautiful guitar based instrumentals that I have ever heard (Albatross). Although different from what you posted, it does remind me of that song. I guess the Blues is more of a feeling or attitude rather than a fixed style encumbered by ridged rules. Excellent song Wookiee. The Furry Paws --- the paws pause that refreshes. ?

I missed your last post but now I'm happy. I got my Jesse song to which I did listen. Then ending was a surprise (luv it)!!

I love each and every second of this. The concept is great and all performance by all was excellent. What a treat! I'll have to forward this to my cousins out in British Columbia. I'm sure that they will get a kick out of this.

Ahhh perfection. This is indeed a beautiful song -- vocal performance, lyrics/story, instrument and instrumental performance. Love that bass in the BGV's!

Well done Doug! I listened to both versions and enjoyed both. I am generally an old style Blues, R 'n R, rockabilly, jump Blues, etc. kind of guy. Being such - electric is what I enjoy most. However, I really like you acoustic version of this song. It just seemed to fit the title, lyrics, melody, and instrumentation like a good pair of gloves. Nice one indeed!

Hi Bjorn. Thanks for listening and your comments. I have received some good advice and I will be making some changes to the song soon. Then comes the task of the video. Do you have any good sources (free or paid) for video clips? Thanks again for the encouragement! Thank you Douglas. Hopefully, later this week I will be making corrections to this song. I definitely will try and bring up the kick on the drums and I am probably going to pan the guitar on the right a wee bit more to the right. I may tone down the delay just a bit depending on how it sounds once it is moved. Thanks again. Hi Daryl. Thanks for the kind words. I was surprised when I was looking for surf music on-line at how much new stuff (the last 10 to 15 years) has been produced. That pleased me as it is one of my new favourite genre. As a young guy in the '60's and '70's I was into SCUBA and not surfing. There is not much in the way of surfing waves on the Gulf of Mexico coast. Hey Lynn. You are right -- there is a link between surf and rockabilly instrumentals (maybe it has something to do with reverb and delay?) Do you still have that 1965 Strat and 1966 amp? It probably is worth some $ now. Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment!! BTW, great song that you recently posted. Hi Sabby. Thanks for taking the time to listen and I appreciate your comments. I will probably be making a couple of minor changes (above) but nothing dramatic. Thanks again!!!

Absoflippinlutely cool sounds. I understand the reference above to Copeland's stuff. I also pick up a little bit of a Devo vibe in the timing and keyboard sound (e.g., Satisfaction). You really have been putting out some interesting, creative and well done work recently. Luv the guitar playing and your vocals are top notch.

Love it Bjorn!!! When my son was young I used to take him to some pow wows (one in St. Pete and one just north of Tampa). They would host some of the dancing, drumming, and chanting at these events (the Seminole Tribe used to serve up some great pumpkin fry bread). The drumming and chanting at these events was almost hypnotic and really attracted me. I appreciated this song as it took me back to some good times with my son. BTW, I can appreciate being stuck on getting songs done. I have recently worked on about 6 different versions of a song and haven't found one that I like yet. I have walked away from it for a while in the hope that when I come back to it --- I can finish it properly. Thanks for posting this.

Nice driving rocker Douglas. Mix sounds good to me. I didn't hear a duet but I did hear some BGV harmonies and they sounded good!

Ditto to the comments above. A very nice, cool, and relaxing feel to this song. Well done indeed!

Hi tom. Surf is up. By the look of the 3 topical disturbances out in the Atlantic, it might be up too much, in a few days, for we Florida folks. Thanks for listening and for your comments. Hi Wookiee and Nigel. I am commenting to you both at the same time as you both had the same suggestion concerning the delay. I know that i tend to over use delay and reverb. I was trying to emulate some of my favourite surf bands (or bands that do some surf songs), such as the Eliminators, Atlantics, Messur Chups, and one of my newly discovered fav's the Break. They tend to crank up on that echo-like sound. BTW, if anyone is familiar with the Break -- how do they get the bass to sound that way? Well, I went back and listened to this song again and I must say that may have over done it a bit. In particular, I am satisfied with the sound of the guitar panned left but the guitar panned right does intrude on the other sounds. I also thought that I had panned it more to the right but listening to the SoundClick post it sounds like it is almost coming from the middle most of the time. Hey, Wookiee, I will also try and address bumping up the bass pedal on the drums. I'm going to see if I get any more suggestions and then make the fixes and attempt a video. Thanks you. I very much appreciate your input and suggestions.

Beautiful song Gary. I too think that your vocal is excellent and carries the song. BGV's would certainly add to what is already an excellent song. Well done indeed!