UPDATE:
New version, 22 October - added some dirt to the vocals, organ, and guitar, minor performance edits, added lots of creepy FX.
 
Conceived and produced this morning, when I should have been doing other stuff. ;)  It should go without saying that since this only took me half a day I left a lot of errors in!  My guitar playing is a bit sloppy in places (although I did run through that a few times), and the vocal is first take, no edits.  If people really dig it, I may revisit those and polish it a bit more.
 
Anyway, Happy Halloween!  I hope you all enjoy it.
 
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Zombies Got The Blues

There once was a zombie, his name Zombie Joe
Spent year after year in his cold rotting hole
Then there struck lightning one late Halloween
He really got down now, you'll see what I mean, yeah

He crawled from his graveyard, out into the street
His feet shuffled on toward the place they would meet
He came to the tavern where they used to play tunes
Zombie bandmates had gathered and they kicked up some blues, yeah!

Hey, who the hell do you guys think you are, Steely Dan or something??
 

Ah!! Walt sings the zombie blues. This is kind of cool Walt, not that I'm into zombies, but musically and vocally it is cool. I was thinking you would have sounded different based on your picture, maybe a deeper/stronger voice, but all is good. Nice one.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Lyrics made me smile, need some expansion perhaps ? and a some earlier lead ?
 
What would I know?
 
Thanks for sharing your blue zombies 

theguitarplayer
Ah!! Walt sings the zombie blues. This is kind of cool Walt, not that I'm into zombies, but musically and vocally it is cool. I was thinking you would have sounded different based on your picture, maybe a deeper/stronger voice, but all is good. Nice one.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Thanks for listening John.  I actually sang this while sitting down, into an SM57 that I have hooked up at my desk (usually for things like video voiceovers).  I didn't even get my usual vocal mic out of the closet (an AKG C414B-ULS).  I still may be adding some things to this song, possibly including some vocal effects.  And I just noticed that the EQ in my vocal track's pro channel is doing a roll off in the lower frequencies.  I should probably change that to something more suiting the song theme.  Thanks!

Thanks

Wookiee
Lyrics made me smile, need some expansion perhaps ? and a some earlier lead ?
 
What would I know?
 
Thanks for sharing your blue zombies 

 
Thanks John!  I considered adding a few more lyrics to take the story further, but I wasn't sure where I could fit them into the song.  It's an unusual arrangement... just 2 verses, a bridge and an outro.  Not exactly textbook in terms of songwriting. ;)
 
I might be able to toss in a guitar lick here or there during the verses.  That's probably a really good idea actually.  Thanks!

nice one! I especially like the spooky keys! cool idea to rock out the guitar after Zombie Joe met his former bandmates in the tavern!

speedtom
nice one! I especially like the spooky keys! cool idea to rock out the guitar after Zombie Joe met his former bandmates in the tavern!

Thanks Tom!  The ghost sound is Space Drone (Reaktor).  I've been looking for an excuse to use that one. ;)

Just listened to this --- you are the same person who made "Mind the Gap" ??? :-) --- sounds a really good clean mix, guitar too.

ULTRABRA
Just listened to this --- you are the same person who made "Mind the Gap" ??? :-) --- sounds a really good clean mix, guitar too.

Yep, that's me. ;)  Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment even though it's out of your usual area!  This isn't my best production, just kind of a throw-together for fun around Halloween. :)

very nice work. sounds very simple and understandable way, congratulations
I wish you all the time it's a nice work
"Neptune's Oceans" your fear of the music soundtrack :))) .. very nice, I love it

 
 
best regards,
Grup Gezgin