My 'Mock Live' version of a favourite song played by bands in the 1960s UK 'Blues Boom'. An imaginary Friday Night gig at The Station Tavern , Cleckheaton. Yep, it was loud in that smoke filled concert room upstairs...let that guitar feedback.
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guitar
blues boom
Story behind the song
Here's my re-creation of a 'Live' gig at The Station Tavern, Cleckheaton. A packed concert room upstairs. Soak up the atmosphere. Yep, it was very loud back then. How did we manage to haul those 4 x 12 speaker cabs up those narrow stairs?. Well, we did...and we carried them right back down afterwards. What tremendous days.
To make this feel as much like a 'live' gig as possible, I recorded everything only as 1st. takes. No overdubs allowed. So, if I made a slight slip-up, it had to stay ... fortunately, this was a pretty awesome 'gig'.
Lyrics
Bright Lights, Big City ( recorded by Jimmy Reed)
Bright lights, big city,
gone to my baby's head
bright lights, a big city,
gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell the woman,
but she don't believe a word I said
It's all right, pretty baby,
gonna need my help someday
all right, pretty baby,
gonna need my help someday
You're gonna wish you had to listened
to some of those things I said,
Bluesy guitar solo:
Go ahead, pretty baby,
go and knock yourself right out
go ahead, pretty baby,
go and knock yourself right out
I still love you baby,
'cause you don't know what it's all about
Bright lights, a big city,
they went to my baby's head
bright lights, the big city,
they went to my baby's head,
I tried to tell the woman,
but she don't believe a word I said.