So Jonbouy, James, Larry and Randy walk in to a bar...........(updated for Beagle)

It might sound something like this!http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=9615529&q=hi&newref=1 
 Jonbouy-Drums
James Griffiths-Guitar
Larry Hansen-Bass
Randy Prier-Vocals, Guitar, Tamborine, Mix.
Special thanks to my wife Susie for participating in my nonsense.
 
Words and music by Sid Griffin (yes, it's a cover)
 
All comments and suggestions appreciated.
 
Thanks
Randy
 
 

Ha --- what a hoot!!  A terrific lead-in to the song --  and the song --- excellent.  Excellent performance.
Great job guys.
 
Freddy J

Loved it!
I really enjoyed everything. I liked the "atmosphere" and the tune
was very cool. Well written, produced and all the parts were
perfect for the tune.
The drums and bass were/are a fantastic foundation for this...excellent...and
everything else took advantage of it.

The exceptionally fantastic tone on my system was the bass part. Not taking
anything from others but it really has a great sound-drums/bass sounding
very good together.

Didn't hear one thing that distracted from enjoying a great piece of work. Cheers!

Michael

First time I've heard this all put together - wonderful! 'Can someone hold my stick?' - priceless!

Excellent work Randy, a great pleasure to be involved with this. I know we put you through the mill on the mix, kudos to you for sticking with it, sounds great to me.

Hi Randy

It seems that I can't get my stick held these days for love nor money...

This was real fun to work on and I really enjoyed doing my bit, and I know you've wanted to re-create this one for a long time so it's a real privilege to have been asked to take part as well.  I know I added to the delay in getting this done as well as being a PITA with the mix.

Like James this is the first time I've heard it all put together and you've done a great job with all the final polishing, you already know my views on all the great performances on this but I've got to mention again that James completely blew me away with his input here.

This has all that out and out 'on the road' appeal that made gigging so much fun for me.

A complete blast to be part of and listen to.

Reece , thanks for the listen buddy. Wondering what volume level you listened at? I did a slight nudge of the kick and snare at the last minute, and checked it on several systems. Turn it up good and loud and let me know if you still think the drums need another nudge. Maybe its the color of your room. :)

Freddy, appreciate the comments.

Janet, This crew live? For real? Actually the idea for this project was due to some housecleaning after the move into the new house last year. I found an old set list from around 1987. I hadn't heard this song in about that long, but remembered we used to start the 4th set of the night with this around that time. I found an old copy on cassette, and that jogged the memory as to why we played it. I've been playing it for months and finally decided to try a version closer to how we played it back then, which was loud and powerful. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, this version is the only time I may have played this when I wasn't partaking in some sort of self abuse of some sort or another. As for Jonbouy, well I can't speak for him.

Michael, Yeah, Larry's bass (Fender P Bass) just has a great tone of fullness to it. I didn't really need to do much to his track. He and Jonbouy laid down such a great foundation, that I really just tried not to screw it up.

Philip- Wow, that's some pretty good stuff. Thanks so much. I'm not sure about leading the rabble rousing.....okay....ya got me there. These guys made it pretty easy with the performances they put out. I've said it before, when I bring players of this caliber on board for a project, it puts a good kind of pressure on to me to perform at a higher level than I probably would if I were doing this on my own.

Thanks
Randy

Whats there to say just around of applause to you all well done gents and lady take a bow.

That was a ton of fun, guys.  Perhaps a tiny bit bright, but solid playing and musicianship through out.  Loved the intro! Question though: Other than the bgvox, why didn't you guys mix it like it was live, with crowd noise, or at least people leaving? That would have been the cherry on the top!

Thanks everyone for the great comments!!

This was a fun tune to do ( Randy was relentless, disgusting, and completely without morals..Now I know why I like the dude) and a privilege to play along side these gents, tho they did leave me with a hefty bar tab....

Jon - I found your stick on the chair while leaving last nite..would you like me to mail it back to you?? :)

Herb, thanks for checking this out and for the nice comments.

Bob, I thought you might like this one. Thanks.

RLD, glad you got a chuckle out the intro. I laughed the whole time I was putting it together. None of the guys knew what the others had sent me, so the wife and I got a kick out of how it came out.

Dave, that band feel was exactly what I was going for with the mix. Getting the guitars to sound "live amped" and keeping the vocals from sounding too clean was a challenge for me. I learned a ton on this project. Thanks for listening buddy. Go Chiefs!

Jamesyoyo, mixing this with crowd noise did cross my mind, but in the end, I didn't want it to mess with what finally turned out to be a decent mix. If you listen to the very end, as the guitars are ringing out, you can hear what happened to the crowd.

Wookie, consider yourself bowed to.

Thanks
Randy

rsp@odyssey.net


Reece , thanks for the listen buddy. Wondering what volume level you listened at? I did a slight nudge of the kick and snare at the last minute, and checked it on several systems. Turn it up good and loud and let me know if you still think the drums need another nudge. Maybe its the color of your room. :) 

Hey, buddy - I did listen at fairly low volume (as I do with all of my critiques) and I get what you're saying, but I would suggest to you that the mix should sound right at whatever volume the listener is using since you can't control the listener's volume.  If you like the sound the way it is then maybe I should change my room color to blue or something more conducive to kick and bass...  anyway - it's just my opine - no sweat if you can't handle the crits,  Knightrider. 

Frank,  Yes, there was crazy involved, but mostly due to my early mixes of this. Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

Beag, I tweaked the drums a bit. Gave the kick and overall a bump and a titch different reverb.

I didn't think they really needed changing, but in your last post you either called me, or yourself Knightrider, which either means you think I'm something like David Hasselhoff or you are. Either way it really freaked me out. Please don't do that again....okay?

Randy

Jackel, that's how we and others do it. The process is different depending on the project, but I'll explain how we did this one. First, it was a cover, so I sent these guys an mp3 of the song. Jonbouy sent me back a scratch drum track for us to play our guitar and bass parts to. I sent the drums to James and Larry. Once they finished thier parts and sent them to me, I did a rough mix and sent it to Jonbouy so he could do the finished drum tracks. When he sent those back to me, I did my final guitar parts and the lead and background vocals and started mixing.

All tracks are sent in wav file form. We mostly used "boxnet" which is an online file sharing service and its free for the basic service. Jonbouy sent me his drum tracks as a rar zip file.

I started doing collaborations several years ago, and its simply a blast for me. Waiting for the files to come in from some of the most talented players around is like being a kid on Christmas morning. I highly recommend it. Just ask someone whose stuff you like, or is similar to what you do and see where it goes. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Randy

Not that Nightrider, Randy
fwiw, I think this version is a bit more cohesive. Just the right amount of polish, yet still retaining that raw, small venue sound.
I can picture you guys onstage, and how cool is it that James and Jon just happened to be in the neighborhood?
Larry, listening to that smooth bass line, and remembering the hell we(I) put you through a few years ago, makes me smile.
Good job all around. It's tight, but feels spontaneous.

re, Jackel. It is immensely fun. It's been a while since I took part in a collab effort, but it's very rewarding. As Randy wrote, getting the new tracks form the other players is just like Christmas morning.
Sometimes, someone will extend an open invitation for a collab, and sometimes, they just happen. Those are the best.
If you get the chance, run with it. It's a great experience.