This is a terrific song, but I feel there's something missing.  I had a hard time hearing the bass guitar, although the bass drum was quite present.  I felt it lacked drive because of that.  I also had a hard time understanding the lyrics, but I thoroughly enjoyed them.  I think if you turn up the bass and vocals this will be a real gem!  Just my personal taste, perhaps.

Nice song and arrangement Matt. The kick drum is overpowering the bass in the mix a tad for me

Thanks fellas. I've given it more bass by moving some of the guitar out of the way and just tweaking the bass itself a bit...and turned the whole song down by about 7db...and I've taken off some of the rubbish I had on the stereo buss. Also tried to get the kick to sit. 
 
Here's the update:
 
https://soundcloud.com/us...908625/shoeshine-blues

As I did not hear the previous due the particularities of the inter-web I can make no comparison.

The mix sounds OK here, I do wonder if the kick is a little pedestrian? other than it all sound well done, thanks for sharing.  

Very good. I liked the chord changes.  The only nit I have is that I couldn't make out most of the lyrics.

Hi! Love the song! Great feel and sound. 
Remember what they say about opinions 
I listened to both versions
I would bring in the vocals 4 bars sooner. 
Bring the guitar rhythm up a tad
Bring the bass up 2 tads
 
I say this again .. I love the song!

Kick is pedestrian for sure. The whole drum track is pedestrian. It's ezdrummer...I suck at ezdrummer! Doesn't help that I converted the drums to audio and lost the midi. That sucks. 
 
Rhythm up a tad...bass up 2 tads. Will do. 

Nice! Sounds great to me. I also got a Petty vibe from it, not just from the rhythm but also from the melody. At the the very beginning I thought; “Running Down A Dream”!

It's been a long time - cool tune.  I liked the lead vox - reminds me of Marc Bolan.

Thanks Doug and everyone. Nice of you all to listen