Home At Last (Redux)

Hi,
This is a new version of a tune i've posted before .. but
with some new tracking ... new vocals for the most part.
Kaleb is the man's name and came recommended by michael japan..
and he sure is good.

it's at: http://www.jeffmarkham.com/music/Home_At_Last_Kaleb.mp3

Jeff
PS: This is going to be mixed properly .. this is a quick one by yours
truly....

thanks bill,
i re-mixed the vox slightly at mjapan's suggestion .. and went
with the wave Rverb rather than the Sonitus .. and it does make the
vox a little more present.
And while I had pads in it originally, Chaz convinced me to draw them
out a little more .. and I think it does work pretty well. Pads are kind
of like salt .. just a little too much and it becomes unpalettable.
Can't wait to get this mixed properly....
jeff

Jeff,
An oldy but goody. I like the treatment on this version. Kaleb has a great, smooth voice. He doesn't have that plaintive quality of yours, but he makes do nicely<g>

So, how about that bit from 1:10 to 1:30? Could you imagine Wayne Shorter blowing a tenor over that like on Aja; that would be cool. (And, yes, I do keep a copy of Aja near by as reference CD at all times.)

Jeff -

Kaleb has a great voice, but doesn't fit the style as well as yours, IMHO. Also, timing-wise it seems like he's not quite in the groove especially in the first verse. Not way out, but off just enough to make his vocal seem detached from the accompaniment. He also tends to cut phrases too short in places (i.e. "I wish I could think of why I was calling...")

Bottom line - I like your voice and interpretation better on this song.

A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market.
As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them
and said: "You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?"

So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their
way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See
that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides."

So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got on himself.
But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom
said to the other: "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little
son trudge along."

Well, the Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his
Boy up before him on the Donkey. By this time they had come to
the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The
Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said:
"Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey
with you and your hulking son?"

The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They
thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied
the donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to
their shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met
them till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one
of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end
of the pole. In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and
his fore-feet being tied together he was drowned.

"That will teach you," said an old man who had followed them:

"Please all, and you will please none."

"Please all, and you will please none."

and they lost their ass to boot ;-) .. nice story and i hear
what you're saying,
jeff

Jeff,
Very nice work. I loved the vocal. Very nice mood to this piece.
Brian