The Bouy - 'The Snake' (cover)

Hey Jonbouy, I got a kick out this tune. Nice arrangement with the modulation and good choice of instruments.  I imagined myself in the back of a dark bar at midnight wearing sunglasses and groovin to a smokin' live band. Good live feel to this so it moves along nicely.  I hear a madman on the lead vox that just needs to cut loose and tear the sucka up. Tom Jones no. Jonbouy yes.  Just blow some smoke on it and it will be great...............Ron

Really cool tune, I've never heard the original, great to hear your voice, it's perfect for that melodic dialogue style. Mix and instruments sound great to me as well.

Kick @$$ tune you made of this cover. I agree with previous posters that you don't need Tom Jones you do it great by yourself. One thing though, on my stereo there seem to be a little muddyness or something in the vox and also at times they seem to dissapear a little in the mix so maybe a little leveling compression or gain riding (but then it might just be the bass boost on the stereo ha ha ha, it always push the vox back). Liked this a lot.

JB,
I don't recall if I've ever heard any of your stuff before.  Of course, I usually lurk around here for the most part.  I'm not familar with the song or the artist. 
 
I love the groove, horn stabs are great, organ and mix all sound great.  I concur with what others have said.  No need for Tom Jone here you did a fine job.  Next time don't wait so long to share.
 
regards,
Rich

Ha!  I liked this.  I seem to remember some of the tune.  I really like your take on it.   Sounds like a fun song to sing.  I think you did a good job.  Nice to hear you again!!!  Oh, I really liked the drum intro!

Very well done, groovy bass and drums, organ is insane, yeah overall everything sounds pretty cool!

Savageopera: You are exactly right the madman is there and I can feel him being held back by self-conciousness or whatever, I'm determined to blast past all that though and your comments have been the best encouragement I could have had on this my 2nd vocal attempt.

Janet: Come on gal break out the mic!  There's only way we are gonna get the hang of this singing lark and that is by doing it.

Grant: Yup melodic dialogue, tuneful talkin' I'll take that.

Randy: You'll never know how close you came to getting this one in your inbox to put the vox on.  You'd have been ideal for this, but then I thought I ain't gonna get no better if I don't keep trying and then just got down to work.

Legion: LOL yeah you noticed the muddiness, when I started tracking it was all quiet then when I got going a mobile Fish and Chip van complete with deafening generator turned up outside and the Mrs decided to put the washing machine on, at one point the noise floor here was around -40db but I persisted through it but ended up having to process the wavs a bit to much.  I may do another take in the middle of the night with the suggestions and encouragement of gotten here to fix that.

Love the drum intro and the EP... Vox reminds me of Mark Knopfler...
I'd like to hear a little more growl from the Berry Sax...
Well done Jon...

Sheesh Jon..I remember this one, but it's been decades since I heard it last. I can't believe you dug this up and it's putting a big smile on my face and trying to remember when /where I was when I first heard this..Always thought the lyrics were killer. Did Johnny Rivers do a version of this too??

Anyways, I really thought you did a great job on the vox (anyone better than me on vocals is a pro..) instrumentation / playing is excellent, as to be expected. A little more bass maybe, but a minor nit. (listening on da phones) Wonderful to hear you do this and I consider this a treat!!

Larry

Very Cool!!! I agree with Randy.... Would really love a real cool Sax solo on this one, but everything else is really great!

Nothing to add that hasn't been said already. I love it! Sounds great all the way around.

HTH did I miss posting on this one?

+1 with what everyone said.

Brilliant.

Yes, good!


Now we would like to hear Brothers In Arms :D

Nice one!  Not familiar with the song and singer as well but the singing makes me think of Johnny Cash.

Blimey I got caught out here I kinda forgot about posting this and hadn't realised I'd gotten so much feedback. Shame on me.

Wookiee: Thanks for listening.... twice.

Rich: Thanks for the comments, I used to share here a lot more I need to get back into that habit I agree.

Ron: Yes good to hear from you, I've been spending some time on your new page lately it the player works really well when I want some soundtrack to keep me buoyed up when I'm doing mundane stuff on the computer and your stuff gets better and better.

Warren: Thanks for the encouragement.

Mark: Yes I think the bass could go up too, I think what happened is I moved it up a couple of semi-tones to try to fit the vox better and lost some low-end in the process.

Songcraft: Yes I like mangling my organs from time to time, thanks for dropping by.

Mark H: Yeah, I'm still experimenting to work out what stuff my croaking works with I may give the great mans music a try at some point.

Stramster: Thanks for the pat on the back, I think MGH has a point too.

Frank: btw have you lot heard Frank's stuff! He has a great album out dontcha know... Yes I agree about the Baritone I reckon the growl went the same way as the bass when I transposed it post mix.