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  • King Of The Road - a cover in memory...
2012/12/08 23:55:15
bapu
... of my father. His favorite Roger Miller song.

King Of The Road <----- Soundcloud Link

Yeah I cheated and used a free MIDI file.
Acoustic Guitar is Real Guitar 
Bass & Strings are TTS-1 
Drums are Slate SSD4 Country 1 
Piano is Ivory II C7 Studio 
Vox were tuned and still have some rough edges but I thought it gave it a "real" feel since my father was worse singer than I am (if Mooch can believe that).


2012/12/09 02:11:03
Old55
Very nice--in spite of the lack of monkey references.  
2012/12/09 06:26:27
jamesg1213
Hehe..I work at a hotel one day a week, and was sweeping the drive on Friday, humming this song.

Love it, nice laid-back version Ed. Bass is nice but would have been better 'done real'. Vocals are pretty good too, after a shaky start.

Wow, had to rip the 'phones off when the next track kicked in..ouch.
2012/12/09 07:08:34
The Maillard Reaction


Hey Baps... I love the articulation on the bass turn around... it sounds like he knows how to play bass.

It's even better than:


THIS VERSION



2012/12/09 10:06:53
drumstixkev
A classic toe tapper. KUDOS!


Kev
2012/12/09 11:50:42
The Band19
Interesting; "Follow The BapuGreen DayKaty Perry and more on SoundCloud."


It's a classic. I'm not sure what the odds are that two different people would be covering this at the same time are, but they're long odds.
2012/12/09 12:39:46
Lynn
Ed, this is a wonderful tribute to your father.  Good job on the cover.
2012/12/09 13:27:04
daryl1968
good job mate
2012/12/09 14:01:45
Beagle
great tribute to your father!

that acoustic is really good!
2012/12/09 15:30:11
bapu
@Old55 (aka Jan) - Thanks. I had a version of actually "Monkeys sure make a good pet" 


@James - Ya, I may do the bass live in a while since I have other projects on my plate now


@McQ - If we did a left right it might end up another Strawberry Fields Forever


@Kevin & Robby - Thanks for listening


@Lynn - Thanks, he would have thought I was a real singer if he had heard this 


@Daryk - Fanks mate


@Beagle - Ya, on it's own Real Guitar is pretty phenominal but it's the CLA plug that, IMO, makes it shine. I should use that combo more often, ya? 




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