Paul asked me to do the vocal on this cool tune, and Ed McG did the sax part. Paul did everything else in his studio Calamity Pop in Kuala Lumper.
 
http://soundcloud.com/calamitystudio/why-did-you-do-it-calamity
 
Randy
p.s. This is a cover of a tune by Stretch, circa 1975

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Paul asked me to do the vocal on this cool tune, and Ed McG did the sax part. Paul did everything else in his studio Calamity Pop in Kuala Lumper.
 
http://soundcloud.com/calamitystudio/why-did-you-do-it-calamity
 
Randy
p.s. This is a cover of a tune by Stretch, circa 1975

Nicely done.

Perfect vocal for this, man you hanging with some great company...

btw is Kuala, Oompa's brother?

Here's a playable/downloadable link


Even before I started laying down the bed for this one I knew who I would ask to do the vocal. Luckily Randy agreed and, in Ed's words 'really delivered the vibe'. He has just the right timbre for the track, as while we didn't want to do a carbon copy, the original song was so perfect we also didn't want to stray too far away from it. I'm very pleased with the way this turned out as it's one of my all time faves.

Thanks Paul.

Sounds great this end.  I'm loving those big tom fills.

What are you using there?

Ooooh I like this,  lovely vox and the production on the brass is spot on.

Nice cowbell too

The drums are Joe Baressi Evil Drums for Superior Drummer 2. The brass blasts are built from a sample disc by Greg Adams (Tower of Power). I used Melodyne to make the chords fit. 

The cowbell is because last weekend I had a fever. And the only cure was...

Always liked this song. Top notch cover guys, excellent in all regards. Love the drums, snare sound is wonderful.

Jonbouy-Yeah, I was really flattered when Paul asked me to do this.
               The guy has some serious chops, and some of the best ears around.

Karyn-I love the horns too. Thanks.

James- I had a feeling you would remember this tune. Thanks for listening.

Randy

Nice job everyone, and Randy.  Mix is really top notch.  No crits here.  Great job on sax Ed.

I love the feel on this. My kind of slanky groove. Vocals are real nice and sultry. Great job guys. 
I did hear some pitch correction glitches. Well, one:) John Q would never notice though.