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Keywords:
James Brown (5), funk (157), Dadai (31), tenor sax (10)
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Description:
This song came along as a tip of the hat to the godfather of soul Mr.. James Brown. Both Jack Miller (Dadai) and myself have found much inspiration in his music.
Jack has delivered the sax parts and some sexy backing vocals. I had a go at topping the sax with my old trumpet at some parts.
Wanted to make this a funky tribute and have been listening to some of James Browns songs to get the right feel of this one. You might recognize some hooks...
The lyrics was rather fast put together as I was eager to get this one on the road. I guess it's about a mans trouble with keeping his woman happy. Pure fiction of course;)
Technical details:
Dadai: tenor sax and sexy backing vocals
Thoddi: trumpet, bass guitar (some autowah added), guitars, organ and piano, lead vocal, backing vocals. Dragged out my groove box and used some effects from it like, "come on" phillys and did some drum tapping. Funky drum loops.
Hardware:
Thoddi: Fender U.S. Stratocaster, m-audio ozone keyboard, tokai bass guitar, studio projects B1 mic, herold trumpet.
Dadai: Grand tenor sax
Software:
GarageBand 2
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Cool Tribute song.... &mdash 01/13/07 - 01:57:23 PM
Shows the respect you have for him in a funky rendition of your own. Undeniably Mr.Brown's influence passed on his gift of music too you, in some way,shape and song. Thanks for sharin' MJG [ Reply to This ]
funky &mdash 01/13/07 - 02:03:29 PM
Great job guys, what a cool tribute. Nice brass & reed. The scratched LP is a good effect. vox is on, everything is right . - Harold [ Reply to This ]
Very well done .. &mdash 01/13/07 - 02:15:48 PM
oh man.... &mdash 01/13/07 - 02:45:05 PM
thick funkiness.....the piano riff.....the git....the organ....i'm in funk jb heaven .....hehhehhe.....tenor funk from my man dadai is way kool.....thoddi u rockfunk man....!!!!! [ Reply to This ]
thanks mcboy... &mdash 01/13/07 - 04:49:07 PM
thoddi, indeed, is the "rockfunk man." And it is a treat to collab with him on this tribute song. Glad you liked the sax parts as well...
Still playing at Churchill's in Miami?
Jack
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Dadai... It's just music [ Reply to This ]
oh man yourself &mdash 01/14/07 - 10:37:37 AM
After listening to your funky 'Brother Soul', you sure have shown us what you're able of pulling off. Not that I have ever had any doubts about your skills, but man... you are in another league:)
Thank you very much for listening and giving such positive feedback. I'm honored!
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Imagination is more important then knowledge!
- Albert Einstein. [ Reply to This ]
Serious fun... &mdash 01/13/07 - 03:36:19 PM
Recognize a lot of those riffs....
Funk in every measure. Guitar, organ, bass, drums... A nice tribute to the spirit of JB...
Love the sax break...
Shame you got all those pops and crackles in the vinyl before you could post it...
Ed
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"Love the sax break... " &mdash 01/13/07 - 04:52:13 PM
thanks, Ed. Your opinion carries weight with me. And I agree wholeheartedly with your comments as to thoddi's vox and music.... he is quite the music man. Thanks for your comments.
Jack
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Dadai... It's just music [ Reply to This ]
thoddi... da man. &mdash 01/13/07 - 04:20:06 PM
Great song you wrote here. And you really catch the spirit of James Brown and his music. I am not surprised, though... so many of your songs have so much soul in them. Being able to put some sax parts and a solo riff to such a song as this is just so fine for me. It does bring back the memories of playing in a soul band years ago... are you planning any visits to southern California?? Heheh...
cheers-- Jack [ Reply to This ]
Jack - the man &mdash 01/14/07 - 10:33:27 AM
Yeah, a cool soul band traveling around California sounds like a nice place to be:) Thanks for working with me on this. I enjoyed our email exchange and the joined efforts to get this on the road. Hopefully not the last time we do a collab:) You have got a good grip on that tenor sax, and I'm impressed with how good you play that horn after being away for it for some years.
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Imagination is more important then knowledge!
- Albert Einstein. [ Reply to This ]
Scandi funk! &mdash 01/13/07 - 06:23:58 PM
BIG production! In your face and in your ears! Very hard to sit still in my chair for this. All the parts are really well played, and sit just right in the mix. I bet JB's rockin along somewhere to this one.
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Thanks &mdash 01/14/07 - 10:45:02 AM
Hi Neil, I've thought of the last comment I gave you about using drum loops, and when I worked on this, I really wanted to do something about the drums here. But a funky rhythm is not the easiest to pull of, so I chose to keep the loops. Listening to mcboy's 'brother soul' is a pure pleasure hearing what real drums can do.
Thank you very much for such a nice review on this. It was very nice working with Jack on this one.
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Imagination is more important then knowledge!
- Albert Einstein. [ Reply to This ]
perfect from start to the &mdash 01/13/07 - 06:33:54 PM
You Got It &mdash 01/13/07 - 08:04:14 PM
mighty smooth n creamy vocals, boys - your collective attitude was a pleasure to twitch to. you sound tight and like you play together 5 nites a week. those "she sez" s were SO snazzy - loved em. cool horns! they add an important flavor. sax solo launched an excellent direction of its own, and transition back to the verse was handled very well. good job - enjoyed the listen! anne [ Reply to This ]
Oh, yeah.... &mdash 01/13/07 - 10:09:49 PM
Oh yeah &mdash 01/13/07 - 10:32:32 PM
A nice tribute to the Godfather of Soul. Man, will he ever be missed. I listened to his songs for days after his passing.
Liked the interplay of your song and snipets of JB.
Terrific job, my friend. [ Reply to This ]
holy CRAP, this ROCKS!!!!! &mdash 01/13/07 - 11:23:48 PM
I love it! Sorry, I'm not going to get all 'musician-critical". I have nothing to say. But did I already mention this rocks?
Oh, and I love love love that piano riff from Sex Machine. I played that live a few times back in my band days. It was one of the most fun songs to play and you guys certainly demonstrate that here, too. [ Reply to This ]
Funkulon &mdash 01/14/07 - 01:40:58 AM
Excellent jam, totally funk swinging. Love that sax playing, Jack. Killer tribute. [ Reply to This ]
Huh! I feel good &mdash 01/14/07 - 03:34:53 AM
LOL...
From top to bottom to the top, again...
You guys are a couple of bad asses! This place just continues to blow me freakn' far, far away!
Damn...
I mean, really...
Peace, bros'
Macca
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Hu! &mdash 01/14/07 - 09:26:19 AM
Ah, what a surprise... I just listened to McBoy's tribute and now this! A pure delight. Lots of 'sex machine' references in this one (still the man's most groovy track to me). Nice fat funky drums, sparkling organ riffs, and of course... Jack's tenor babe. No way to stay seated on my chair, boys. Hu!
- Walter [ Reply to This ]
supadupa! &mdash 01/14/07 - 10:44:47 AM
Very JB-like, and super sax work... vocals are really good! Downloaded and thank-you! [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 01/14/07 - 10:48:28 AM
Great take... some top notch stuff here... even digging on the vinyl. Killer chops, vox and that sax!!!! Nice job! [ Reply to This ]
Great Tribute! &mdash 01/14/07 - 11:26:16 AM
You've captured so well what you were looking to! Great job guys, with your own take on Mr. Brown and his wonderful music! [ Reply to This ]
,-) &mdash 01/14/07 - 04:22:23 PM
J.B is Die..maybe but all your approcc. is LIVE!
Good track, i like all your fantasitic mood!
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Im Not musician [ Reply to This ]
Where did you learn to funk like that? &mdash 01/15/07 - 10:21:17 AM
This is an excellent funk tune. Fine playing and singing by all parties concerned. Including the looped drummer :-) The guitar is getting in the way of the sax during the solo, though. [ Reply to This ]
Ha &mdash 01/16/07 - 03:35:35 AM
Haha, great fun! You people amaze me with your broad range of talents! This is really impressing .. and happy fun music too! [ Reply to This ]
Telephone James &mdash 01/18/07 - 02:08:53 AM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Thor making those James Brown random punctuate-the-music sounds.
Huh! Jump back, Mr. Funky!
Excellent work on the sax, too, Jack. Jump back Jack!
I just like saying jump back. I admit it. [ Reply to This ]
thank you!! &mdash 01/19/07 - 01:36:56 PM
This is lovely! Every piece of this is so well crafted! You've outdone yourself here. It's great. [ Reply to This ]
step back &mdash 01/19/07 - 06:22:30 PM
kiss myself yah! cool mix down low grinding funk all the way excellent
Horns are killer love it [ Reply to This ]
Hey thoddi... &mdash 01/19/07 - 08:40:09 PM
word up &mdash 01/20/07 - 01:13:05 PM
Sweets &mdash 02/27/07 - 04:57:34 PM
"Sweets for my Baby" may have been something that just popped into your head, but it really works as a perfectly delicious mouth-watering theme for this wonderful funk groove.
Not only does it feel right for a James Brown tribute song, but it has the sound of truth to it - I'm sure I will be humming it to myself the next time my wife convinces me it would be in my best interest - as well as hers - to head up to the confectioner to get her some chocolate : > [ Reply to This ]
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