i cant say where this came from, i'd been listening to the car radio and they were playing gospel music in a blues style, so how it came out as....country, i dont know. i have finnished the recording and will be putting it up shortly. please give it a listen and comments will be very welcome.

phill

hi jimmy, another cracker. simple in lyric and chording and a Bminor i see....phill

hi amy, not far from how i pictured it, well done, though you never mentioned that you'd changed the key to Bb...very nice.

phill

written with such tenderness and melancholy.

i honestly had to stifle a tear, how could anyone let alone a mother do such an horrific thing? when i read your forword all i felt was vengeance for what she had done, all i can read in you words is regret and forgiveness.

a beautifully written piece, i cant even imagine what kind of melody you've put to it, let us know when we can hear it.

phill

russ, i'm not complimenting you just cos wer'e friends, i really do like the track and if it's about what i think it is....then the story line will be good too

phill

nice little tune there russ, i love this type of blues which i would call heavy rock, but i've been wrong about a few things before, like when i called slide; bottle neck, remember? anyway, you've done a great job here, i'm glad you didn't stick to a 3 chord riff, and the story sounds good too, would you be about publishing the words on chordie?

phill

thanks for all your great comments. i knew this wouldn't appeal to a lot of my friends on chordie as it's a bit rocky and not so country.

thanks jeff, i try to write down any ideas i get for a new song, so some of these lines are quite old, but i think they fit together quite well? the rhythm kind of fitted in with the first few lines, then expanded, so it became the intro part.

hello ken. i never had a stepmum, as far as i know my parents had a happy marriage, so the story was made up, but i like the plot and even though most of the words were written at different times and don't at first seem related (different stories?) i think they gel quite well after listening a few times and getting the gist of the tale.

hi there tony, i put the sound quality down to the DP24, it's a truly awesome machine, and the fact that i'm happy to re-do tracks a lot more than i used to as i've got more time.

hi jimmy, it's a telecaster. this is actually the first song i've done in a while that doesn't feature acoustic guitar, even though i wrote most of it on the acoustic.

i shall put the song sheet up on a seperate reply box.

thanks again for all your kind remarks.

phill

simply beautiful russ, loving the gold furnishings. the humbucker on the trem looks cool. cant wait to hear it.
wish i had the guts to pull my old strat apart and refit it, i'd love to stick a maple neck and new pick-ups on her, i bought her after seeing the bangla desh concert, so she's white. green looks nice.

phill

hi amy, yep i agree with ken, it does play well as a reggae tune as it gives it a kinda "happy on the beach" feel. i like it, when will you put it up on myspace? i had a look but didn't find it.

phill