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The Sore Back Blues

9/30/2011

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Still on the blues theme, I have written a blues song! What did I use for inspiration?  To cut a long story short, I spent all day on Saturday cleaning, carrying buckets of water and so on.  Did something to my back and couldn't move on Sunday, worse on Monday. Tuesday went to the Doctors, maximum painkillers.  Very woozy and sleepy all week.  I can't tell you what a bad patient I am.  So, because I have thought of nothing else, my song is about the sore back blues.  

As a trad musician I work by ear in the main and so naturally haven't put pen to paper.  I have been practising my blues improvisation with  B flat backing track so I used that and Garageband (still waiting for Logic).    Blues songs are often constructed  with one or two verses, instrumental and verse.  The lyrics are quite repetitive and simple - so mine are along the following lines. 

Woke up this morning - found I couldn't move
Woke up this morning - found I couldn't move  
Woke up this morning - with the sore back blues 

Instrumental


Went to the Doctors - I got such pain 

Went to he Doctors - oh I got such pain
Went to the Doctors - with the sore back blues.

I then laid down a keyboard track for the instrumental track.  You don't have to be a fantastic piano player to do this - I'm not.  But a midi keyboard input lets you then play with it and change the voice. So I chose dub horns.   Samantha Harrison and I sang the vocals on a couple of additional tracks.  That was hard - I'm not really a singer!  And there you have it  "The sore back blues".  I learned a lot.  Great fun.  

I have it on Soundcloud as an mp3.  I wouldn't inflict it on the world as its a work in progress.  But if you want to hear it you can email me and I might be persuaded to send you the secret link.  Or if you see me, I might have it on my iPod.

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Pamela
9/30/2011 01:34:09 pm

Great blogs! I've heard the "secret" track and thought it was absolutely fab! Px

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Fiona
10/1/2011 05:26:54 am

Thanks Pamela. Glad you liked them - the blogs and the song! F x

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