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As one of the most popular public domain songs St Louis blues has been recorded by hundreds of artists with incredibly varied arrangements - many of great renown. We decided to do a boogie boogie version of it…one that we could imagine folks jitter bugging or lindy hopping to in the 1930’s and 40’s.

We rewrote/tweaked some of the lyric to reflect a woman’s perspective and to come up with a “cleaner” version than the original (trust me!). Interestingly this has to be a very early appearance of the bridge.

Initially we had rhythm guitars, bass and drum tracks but everything seemed to be competing with the piano. The piano “left hand” is really nailing a good bass line and without playing it myself I don’t think I could come with something that wouldn’t step on the piano. After removing the bass I decided to just go as basic as possible and kept removing. So imagine, say Marcia Ball, playing/singing and a fine country fiddler walks by and sees a light on…

Having a little fun with the public domain treasure trove....

Comments are always both welcomed and appreciated.

J&B

For the technical minded:

Vocal: Rodes NT1 mic > Focusrite Scarlett 212 > Logic Pro. Effects via Nectar 2

Piano: BiaB "Super Midi Piano" 40’s Boogie Rhythm. Rendered to midi/Logic Pro X Yamaha Grand sound/Alloy 2/EMT Plate Sim Reverb (minimalist solo comped from multiple generations of the rhythm track)

Fiddle: BiaB RealTrack Solo with EMT Plate Sim Reverb

Fiddle Rhythm: BiaB RealTrackwith EMT Plate Sim Reverb

Mixed in Logic Pro X and mastered with Ozone 6.

It's amazing how a good song can be performed in many ways. Once more, talent and musicality demonstrate this fact. Thanks, you two... for entertainment to the max. ----Dave

GREAT STYLE

Janice for president !!!!!


Calvin


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Awesome version J&B! I've seen Marcia Ball and can just imagine her playing & wailing this one but...she's no Janice! Well done.

Ricki

A super version of this song!Mike

I agree with all that's been said above and I double down on the compliments. Super singing and the arrangement is just too cool. Just a fun, enjoyable listen.

Nicely done J&B ... I have to say that Janice has one of the finest voices on any of the music sites that I frequent (Reverbnation, Soundcloud, etc) ... she always knocks it out of the park regardless of the genre!

You two are too cool! Great job!

Best, John

Y'all never disappoint. Enjoyed it.

Y'all are just flat-out good.

very traditional and very clever. liked it very much. is this your primary style?

J & B,

Loved your rendition!

steady-eddie.

Love your takes on the classic. Tops in all respects. Loved it!! I'll be back for more listens for sure.

Dave

Hi Janice and Bud,

This really swings hard. I love the vocals and clean production. I had to wonder if Janice was one of Dan Hicks' "Hot Licks" (in one of their later incarnations) while I was listening.

This is a really great version of the standard--easily my favorite.

Mike

Thanks Dave. We had a lot of fun arranging it and we're happy it worked for you. We appreciate your remarks - very much.

J&B



Why not? Obviously ANYBODY can grow up to become president

Glad you like it!

J&B

This one's smokin from beginning to end and I'm diggin it
Vocals and music as always are spot on.

***
My ears kept wanting to hear:
If you don't like my peaches baby stop shaking my tree.
If you don't like my peaches baby stop shaking my tree.
Why don't you do us both a favor and let my peaches be.

Thanks Ricki...we had a ton of fun with this!!

J&B




Thanks for the listen Mike!

J&B




Thanks Kevin! Glad you liked the arrangement.

J&B

You made the girl blush! Thank you.

Bud



Thanks John!

Bud




We appreciate that Martin!

Bud

Hey J & B,

A rockin' jitterbuggy...swinging.... asleep at the wheel ..groove. It had me bouncing and boogying (is that a word) across the room...
Technically, I'd pull back just a tad on the vocal verb to bring Janice back into the mix....

Great track!

iggy2

Why thank you mr jane!

J&B



Thanks for listening and commenting! We played traditional bluegrass for years but have moved toward a more Americana sound that leans toward the blues...or at least I think so

Thanks Eddie!

J&B




Thanks! It was a lot of fun. Glad it worked for you.

J&B

Thanks Mike. We have listened to Dan Hicks! And we've long been of the "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing" school. Really happy that you liked it.

J&B

Thanks! Interestingly the "peaches" lines that we used were appropriated by the original writer from a version of "sitting on top of the world!" Sooooo many of those early blues songs often have the same or identical lines.

Glad you liked the tune!

J&B




Thanks -- glad it gotcha moving. I confess to being guilty of frequently getting Janice a couple of db's up. I've got a new version of Ozone and at some point will remaster our more recent songs.. I'll give it a close listen when it comes around. Thanks again for the listen and comments.

J&B

Good stuff, you two are great! Enjoyed it thoroughly!

Excellent folks! It set my good foot tapping! Best of luck with it
Travis

Thanks Travis. Glad it got you moving.

J&B