2. open eyes 3. roll up!!! 4. drink coffee 5. listen to this 6. embark on another perfect day ... ty - big loves to you and the fat cat xoxox

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nice music ziti got me tapping my feet and feeling the blues... nice guitar an love the harmonica too thx for the treat!

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thats one helluva fat cat :D

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Nice singing, nice acoustic feel. If you are looking for suggestions, consider using a standup bass. The middle section (when your bass line drops out sounds) like the beginning of a fade out instead of an instrumental section (and then it happens again near the ending); I'd make the drummer more prominent at the beginning of those sections, give him a little solo, so it sounds more like trading 4s or something. And if a bass were driving the tune, you could free up your acoustic for more stuff...

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...your voice is such an awesome feature to everything else you do so well. Real sweet to hear acoustic blues. Sounds great. And the lyrics are killer. Loved the electric version, too.

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Great vocal here... I really like it a lot. The guitar and harp are great too, but man, your singing brings this home. Cool.

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Very very nice ziti. A very cool tune, great playing and production.

Wow.

Neil

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... comment on your playing Fran - always right on the mark. I especially like this acoustic phase - you really need to get one ;) Vocals sound perfect for the tune. The production is what leaps out at me on this. Fran B's playing is subtle and moves things along nicely, and Scott's fills are just right. Recording is clean and full of life and sparkle. Tobin's idea about the standup would be definitely worth trying for this song. Love it!
Classic photo btw :)
Neil

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Sound at its' best. Enough said. Good luck with the album, hope your hard work pays off.

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Did I just say album?

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This sounds terrific... Simple, uncluttered, effective....

Reminds me just a little bit of Greg Brown and Bill Morrissey's version of 'Little Red Rooster'... and Van Morrison's or Joan Osborne's versions of 'You Gotta Help Me'...

It might be cool to bring up the level and the compression on the drums so the tiniest bit, to see if you can get a bit more drum in there without overwhelming the track... I sense there's some good tone in the drum sound that may not have reached its full potential...

I love the guitars and the harp...

You know... Fran... it's about the cats...

Ed

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...that cat is possibly the coolest cat I've ever seen.
"Do you find something funny?! Laugh, punk... I dare ya..."

And speaking of cool cats - You've done it again, Z.
The recording is very clean and crisp and the playing... well, I don't think I have to mention the playing, it kinda goes without saying (hah, rhymes).

Very nicely done, indeed!

-Einar S.

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anyone who knows me, knows how much I love the feline critters. The one in the picture is quite a prize. He is tipping the scales at around 37 pounds at this point. He is a big lump o luv. And is very protective of his friend, Mini-me.

Thanks fo the kindness, maestro!


z

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Good earthy sounds...nice vocals. Kinda reminds me of some of Rory Gallagher's acoustic stuff. Nice!
Steve

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Sweet tune, great production has a way of pulling you in, fantastic lyrics...
The harp is silky smooth, This song just rocks plain & simple!

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What a great picture! This is great, man, love that laid back groove, the guitar, the blues harp, the singing... all cool, like Bloofus.

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nize, fran
ur a real bluesman.

j

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That cat has da blues. You can se it in hiz eyes.

Oh, and incredible slide. Really understated. That is it's real beauty....

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Great acoustic blues Ziti-love it!

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like the slinky slide sound. That is very catchy. The whole tune has a nice feel to it, with instrumental especially.

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I hope you keep doing more acoustic work and I notice you snuck a little slide in there, which sounds very cool (unless I'm hearing things). Your guitar sound great and I think this is possibly your strongest songwriting yet. You made me listen twice.

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thanks ledeb....the response I am getting from these recordings is just so great!...as for song writing, I had these lyrics, and an electric version of this is posted and on my second cd....the music is a very tried and true blues groove, used in many songs from Sonny Boy Williamsons "help me" to 'green onions"... and the slide is there, and a new addition as I am learning the slide techniques just for this cd...and it's opened a whole new world to me.

thank you so much for the kindness!

z

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Well .. it's more than great song to describe ..
What a great performance is that ?? .. the drums is just amazing than the loops .. IT'S A REAL SONG !!!
The harmonics as i think sounds great on this .. this is the 1st hearing your vocal .. it's strong and nice to hear it .. really fit the music ..
Overall rating is INCREDIBLE .. the music is great � great ..

Yesterday i was on PRIME MEGASTORE in Amman ..
I saw a CD for someone called MARC NADER .. he seems to me as a middle eastern player .. he has amazing voice and his style is blues and jazz in acoustic guitar ..
when i heard him .. i missed to the blues days and needed to buy this CD but it was to EXPENSIVE .. so i'm glad now to hear the real blues in a real song with a real MASTER ..

Great and loved it .. one of my favorite at MJ
Thanks for posting and pls keep up your great work ..

Regardz
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Yeman Auf Al-Rawi

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Good for a great evening with nice conversatione and loads of wine...and good people....Love those nights..at home or in a bar..no matter...

kind regards,

o0o

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ye thats ol mean painful bluz bro ..the harp
is just cool ..and yes the drums just real and
there ..this feel just right man ..thnx for sharin !

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