New original country rock - Lu McBain

Well, that's fun - love lusty old songs like that.

Thanks, Clean. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the listen.

Guitarpima, thanks. Glad you liked it. Thanks for listening.

Good one Chas..you liked her a LOT eh? ;-)

Whoa, Chas, LOVED that song.  As one songwriter to another, I say you have written one seriously great tune there.  Outstandingly witty lyrics.  Vocals and performance are excellent too. If you want some input, I have some with 2 caveats: 1. I was listening on pc speakers, so not the worlds most accurate reproduction, and 2. I am a sucker for the banjo.  With those in mind, here we go-

The lead guitar, while well played, tone wise feels to me to be kinda' splashing all over the other instruments and dominating them at points.  Maybe this is just a taste thing, as I would have preferred a cleaner tone with just a tinge of drive.

It feels like a lot of instruments are all competing for space in the mid range at some points and maybe a touch of EQ is needed to better define them.  Again, this could be a product of my listening environment.

Worth mentioning that there are many with far better ears and equipment  than mine on this forum, and maybe you'll be fortunate enough to get more astute or specific comments from them.

All this said, I LOVED this song!  Great stuff!

Philz, thanks for listening and your comments. I always like criticism and at times you don't get an honest appraisal on forums because folks are just too nice. :-) (me included). I always hope the ones that do give you an objective opinion will do so. Sometimes they do, sometimes not.  I was concerned that I had the instruments too far apart. They seemed alone to me at times. Never seemed to mesh together to me. Also, I thought I had the organ too loud in places. Will revisit.

Freddy, thanks a lot for your comments and for listening.  Glad you liked it.

I think we must have played the same clubs in the past.    Cool tune, clever lyrics.

Daryl

Warrenlee, thanks for listening. Glad you liked it.

Daryl, we may have played some of the same clubs. Played a bunch of them in TX. Thanks for listening and your comments.

timidi, the timing may be the guitar. In another forum a guy had pointed out the guitar fills in a couple of places. I had played that way intentionally in one instance in the name of "feeling." Maybe it isn't coming across that way? Thought I had cleared the other instance up. Will give it another look. Haven't moved the vocal in any manner. To me the vocal is OK, timing wise. Thanks for listening and your comments.

Well performed.

The lead vox is a tad dry for my taste, but that is just a taste thing. 


The licks on the right (piano) seem a tad to loud to me.


Other than those teeny tiny nits, great song. Fun romp.

Lynn, thanks for listening. Glad you like the song.

Bapu, thanks for listening and your comments. I used an Izotope Nectar preset on the vocal. Just used what they had.

Guitarhacker, Thanks a lot. I've been in (and played in) many of those smoky hole in the wall joints.

foxwolfen, thanks for listening and your comments. Definitely like your comments on how the vocal is sung.   Don't really understand your comments on the phasing issue of the vocals. Not studio quality, I'll admit, but there's no issues there AFAIC. But will take a look at it again. Always like to hear how others view my song.

Fun song. I like how the background vocals sound on this song, though in the bridge, all the voices seemed to be too much. Also, I think someone said something about the timing, and I would agree. There are lots of places through out with some parts seem to come in behind the beat. Overall, the mix is good and the sound is well-suited to the genre.

Hey, Charlie,
 
Excellent songwriting, and great playing and singing, as always from you!  This has a great honky-tonk, country rock vibe that sort of reminds me of The Georgia Satellites.
 
Dynamite work, buddy, really cool song, thanks for sharing!
Bob

Thank you, Bob for those comments. Glad you liked it. Great new song you've got.

notnat, thanks a lot. Glad you liked it. Yea, it's hard to mistake this hillbilly for someone else.