Fly

I like this one a lot... My daughter's wedding was at a plantation in Charleston... I could have bought her a new car, for what that wedding cost...  oh well, at least she flew the coup...  
Great song Herb...

Nice song, Herb. 
Weddings can be expensive. I spent a whopping $300 on mine including the rings and dinner for everyone at a steakhouse. My co-worker is getting married and plans to spend $30,000 on the wedding. I told him he should spend up to $5,000 on the wedding and save the rest for the divorce. 

One daughter married, she kept her wedding expense somewhat in check, but she married a doctor and now she is a doctor.  Definitely off my payroll now!

Nice song Herb, maybe a tad to much reverb on the vocals, but nicely done.  Nice lyrics.

Daryl

I like this song. I am normally no country music lover, but with this subject, it just fits (much better than metal etc). my boy is too young (just one year!) but I bet it must be ackward to watch him leave the house...too bad that you will not play this live at the wedding, maybe your daughter will change her mind!

 
Nice song Herb , I spent 100 dollars for my last wedding . No ring , no flowers just a BIG rack of BQ Baby back ribs YUMMY ! What a great wedding that day , we have been together now for 23 years .
Must had been the BQ baby back Ribs  - James LOL

Hi Herb - What a great song. Had me in tears so I am sure your Daughter made the right decision. Huge amount of love in this song and your children are very lucky to have you as their Dad.
 
(Sorry Herb, but I hope you will excuse me making a second comment after I read Scotty's advice to his co-worker - Oh what a wise man Scotty is! His comment had me in tears of laughter! I wish he had have been around to advise me when I got married!).
 

The mix sounds great Herb. And that Mando in a box? Priceless... Marriage is such a crap shoot these days :-( I really hope it works out for them. This felt a little like my favorite from you (Fall down on your knees?)

Congratulations Herb on your 30th wedding anniversary - Kim and I celebrated our 30th March 6 of this year.
 
Love this tune - good old country - fiddles, mandelins (sp?) - slide - a really cool tune. You just keep putting out some of the best music.
 
Love it.

Robby: that's not a mando in a box.... dude, I'm learning to play it for real. It's such a fun and beautiful sounding instrument.
 
Tim: thanks.... it's down to single digits now....
 
Mark: My wife's name is Kim, looking back at the 30 years..... wow, great times.
 
ChuckC: glad you like it. Thank you for listening.

None of my daughters are married yet. Lovely tune. Mix and production top notch. I especially like the pedal steel and the mandoline they go so well together. Very enjoyable listen.

Hi Herb!  GREAT tune!!!  Only one comment-  Country music is ALL about the lyrics...  so give yourself a little more makeup gain in your vocal compressor to get out front a tad more and tell that story in my face!  I had to struggle a little to get a few words..
 
Great job!

Herb, are you sure your not really Willie in disguise!!!!!!!

Herb, I've listened to many of your tunes over the past several years. This one, by far, is one of my favorites. It's heart-felt, honest and to the point. You're a good songwriter, with the intuition that songwriters need, to write something that relates to us all. That being said, I feel you got a bit lazy with the second half of the first verse. Make it a bit more interesting. I'm pretty sure that you already know this. Lastly, I don't feel that the recording is going to get this song noticed, if that is your ultimate goal. I had to think on it for a bit. Your voice is rather unique, and you might get away with a more abstract vocal style, but I don't think that this is the song for it. As always, just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth.
Darin
 

My bad herb. I often skip reading the description of a song to avoid any preconception during listening to it. Maybe I should reconsider that practice...
 
I find your work interesting and would love to see you have some success with it, which I guess is why I listened to this song within the context of commercial viability. Sorry about that.
 
I should also clarify that I don't think the recording is bad at all. I like it overall. I do think you went a bit heavy on the reverb, but I really like the instrumentation you chose. My only real crit is the vocal performance. It's hard for me to put my finger on it exactly, but this particular take seems somehow disconnected from the song. It's not that you have a bad voice ( I like your voice) or did a terrible job at singing it, but somehow, it just doesn't seem to 'fit'. I'm at a loss as to how to adequately explain it. I assume it boils down to my own perception of how I hear it being sung that is preventing me, in a subconscious way, from accepting it as it is. I really don't know. One thing's for sure: It's entirely subjective. You're the one that needs to happy with it.
Darin

Good heavens, I almost missed this one and that would be a shame.  This is a beautiful song --- music and especially lyrics.  I am sure that your daughter(s) must appreciate this.  I love the mando/guitar lead break.  Doggone if you don't sound like Willie!  My wife and I have been together for over 40 years, so marriage can indeed work.