Amos Moses

[RAMI]

it sounds very good and nice guitar playing

Thanx Groovy.

Agreed. One of my favorite songs ever by one of the most underrated guitar players and songwriters ever. You definately did it justice. Great work!

Only suggestion I'd make is maybe bringing the vocals forward just a touch more and adding an even slighter bit of reverb to them.

p.s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1MpmaDdXdc - I love this live performance, so much fun

Hehe...Yeah, I've seen that. He's pretty laid back.

I did exactly what you said and put just a touch more reverb on the vocals. Thanx a lot.

I, uh, (hanging my head low) never heard this song before . But I sure like it now! I love how that guitar is up front, crystal clear and fits so well. Usually, a guitar that forward would be playing hell with the vocals in my mix. I got a lot to learn...thanks for the schooling once again! Great mix!

Don't be embarrassed about not knowing the song. It's an old one. Just one of those songs I first heard probably 10 years or more after it came out and always loved it. Thanx for the compliments.

Sounds great to me! But I agree with adding a touch of slapback to the guitar. Great separation in the instruments, as usual for a Rami tune.

Great job!

You turnin' Cajun on us?

Thanx buddy. No, not going Cajun...staying Caucajun.

I don't know about wetting that guitar, guys...I went back and listened to the original and I hear a pretty dry main-riff guitar. On the other hand, maybe it works in his arrangement but not in mine.I'll have to sleep on that one.

Thanx for all the help so far.

 

[TripleM]

I never heard the song before, but I really liked it. Great recording. Guitars sound real good. So do the drums.

My only nit is that the vocal is a little buried in spots. I also wonder if would sound better with double tracked vocals. I kind of think it would.

edit - I think the kick might be too loud. It's popping through on headphones real strong. maybe too strong.

 

[rayc]

Certainly is very, very good.
The vocal sounds a tiny bit strained at the section about Hannah - or perhaps the sung accent slips a little.
That matters not a jot - a good laugh & a classic cover.

 

[RAMI]

I never heard the song before, but I really liked it. Great recording. Guitars sound real good. So do the drums.

My only nit is that the vocal is a little buried in spots. I also wonder if would sound better with double tracked vocals. I kind of think it would.

edit - I think the kick might be too loud. It's popping through on headphones real strong. maybe too strong.

Thanx man. I went back and truned down the kik a notch. It was one of those things that I suspected, but just needed someone to confirm it. I didn't turn it down much. Hopefully just enough to keep most headphones from warbling.

Certainly is very, very good.
The vocal sounds a tiny bit strained at the section about Hannah - or perhaps the sung accent slips a little.
That matters not a jot - a good laugh & a classic cover.

Thanx Ray. Yeah, man. It was a lot easier to get into "character" for the verses. I sang the "Hannah" part more with my own voice. I just didn't sound convincing on that part trying to sound "swampy".

(By the way...One of the most annoying things for me is when a non-Southerner tries to do a Southern accent...So I tried to fight against that phoniness the whole tune)

 

[heatmiser]

Yeah rami, that is really tight. Sounds fine to me man. Never heard the original before. Drums sound very very nice.

I was having trouble picking up a bass guitar in there? Is it maybe mirroring the guitar parts?

Again, a tight performance and well recorded.

 

[RAMI]

Yeah rami, that is really tight. Sounds fine to me man. Never heard the original before. Drums sound very very nice.

I was having trouble picking up a bass guitar in there? Is it maybe mirroring the guitar parts?

Again, a tight performance and well recorded.

Thanx a lot, Heat.

You don't hear the bass??? Like when it comes in on the intro, for example??? Weird. Anyone else????

 

[Llarion]

Funkiest Jerry Reed tune I've every heard. Way to both stay faithful and also make it all your own. I agree with the slapback on the guitar comment, would be fun... Su[erb, as usual. I want to hear you cover Eastbound and Down now!

 

[bagpipe]

Wow, that's incredible - really professional sounding. I love me some Jerry Reed. I just listened and I assume that I'm listening to the mix with the vocals moved up front etc as others suggested. I can't even think of one thing to suggest to improve it. Excellent!

 

[heatmiser]

Thanx a lot, Heat.

You don't hear the bass??? Like when it comes in on the intro, for example??? Weird. Anyone else????

Ha! Sorry. Wasn't listening to the intro when I made that comment.

Listened to it once - fine. I listened to it a 2nd time and half way through realized I couldn't detect the bass.

So, after reading your response I just listened again and yes, I can definitely hear it in the intro clearly, but still not so much during the meat of the song. I crank the bass and it is there (very tight too), although much lower than the kick & snare. I turn down the bass and still clearly hear the kick & snare, but the bass guitar disappears.

Probably just not the ratio of bass guitar to drums I'm used to. No one else mentioning it, so...carry on!

 

[Nakatira]

Nice stuff Rami, never heard the tune before, I like your vocals on this sorta brings out a new dimension of your vocal abilities.
Really impressive.
The mix is really nice and clear, playing is tighter than stwls apartment

really cool

 

[Anfontan]

Fine cover, everything is nice and tight. Only nit I can hear is that the tempo needs to be somewhat faster-it's dragging slightly-to me anyway.
We played it in a band I was in this spring and I recall it did move along a bit faster.

Very good job though!
Now Rami, I'd like to hear you do a cover of 'Poke Salad Annie'-I bet that would turn out amazing, too!

 

[Anfontan]

How old are you Or is this tune spanning a few decades? This was a 45 I had when I was young for 69cents. The main funky lead riff is too loud on my laptop speakers. I wonder of you took that down the vocals would pop out. hmmmm...
Spankin' good job Rami - one of my all time favs....

The song was released in 1970........

 

[PoeticIntensity]

Dude... I listened to this on my Grado SR-225 cans, and no more than 6 strums into this song, I *HAD* to crank this sucker up.

Yeah, dude... On crazy high levels, this thing rocks.

Closing my eyes with this pumping through my head brought me immediately on stage, surrounded by all the instruments. Incredible clarity, dude.

Yup.. Killer. Absolutely killer.

If I had any nits (which I REALLY had to think of after listening to this more than twice), it'd have to be that there isn't much space on the stage. Everything is very much "in your face", and .... with this song - that isn't a problem at all.... So - no.. No nits at all.

Great, great tune, bro. Thanks for sharing.

 

[RAMI]

Nice stuff Rami, never heard the tune before, I like your vocals on this sorta brings out a new dimension of your vocal abilities.
Really impressive.
The mix is really nice and clear, playing is tighter than stwls apartment

really cool

Thanx a lot buddy. Every track was fun to do on this tune.

Fine cover, everything is nice and tight. Only nit I can hear is that the tempo needs to be somewhat faster-it's dragging slightly-to me anyway.
We played it in a band I was in this spring and I recall it did move along a bit faster.

Very good job though!

Thanx alot Anfontan. I deliberately did it a little slower. Hank Williams Jr. does it even slower than me. Jerry Reed's is at 105bpm, Hank Williams Jr. does it at 85bpm. I went right in between the two at 95bpm. Here's Hank's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po9k0WSjR58

Dude... I listened to this on my Grado SR-225 cans, and no more than 6 strums into this song, I *HAD* to crank this sucker up.

Yeah, dude... On crazy high levels, this thing rocks.

Closing my eyes with this pumping through my head brought me immediately on stage, surrounded by all the instruments. Incredible clarity, dude.

Yup.. Killer. Absolutely killer.

If I had any nits (which I REALLY had to think of after listening to this more than twice), it'd have to be that there isn't much space on the stage. Everything is very much "in your face", and .... with this song - that isn't a problem at all.... So - no.. No nits at all.

Great, great tune, bro. Thanks for sharing.

Cool, man. Thanx a lot Poet.

 

[RAMI]

Funkiest Jerry Reed tune I've every heard. Way to both stay faithful and also make it all your own. I agree with the slapback on the guitar comment, would be fun... Su[erb, as usual. I want to hear you cover Eastbound and Down now!

Thanx Phil. You guys really need some wetness on that guitar, huh???? OK, I'll try it next time I sit down in front of this tune.

Wow, that's incredible - really professional sounding. I love me some Jerry Reed. I just listened and I assume that I'm listening to the mix with the vocals moved up front etc as others suggested. I can't even think of one thing to suggest to improve it. Excellent!

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate that you took the time to listen and comment.

 

[RAMI]

I wonder if I should put up the tracks for a mix contest....

Or maybe not a contest, because I don't think I'd have the patience to listen to this over and over again....unless someone else wants to judge it.

But I can put the tracks up if anyone just wants to practice their mixing. There are only 8 tracks in this tune.

Let me know if you're interested and we'll see what kind of response it gets.

 

[Chili]

Thanx alot Anfontan. I deliberately did it a little slower. Hank Williams Jr. does it even slower than me. Jerry Reed's is at 105bpm, Hank Williams Jr. does it at 85bpm. I went right in between the two at 95bpm. Here's Hank's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po9k0WSjR58

I love that you knew this. You definitely do your homework!!

I'd be up for a contest. I have to learn Sonar 8, so this could be a good opportunty for me to do so. Rather than trying to learn it while trying to write a song.

 

[kcearl]

nothing on the mix...levels and separation sounded spot on to me..almost too perfect

really tight performance, and so clean...totally professional sounding to me, and this is on my PC speakers and they really show up "homerecordings" pretty quick


Im glad you have massive personality defects or you'd maybe be too perfect a musician

 

[squibble94]

I wonder if I should put up the tracks for a mix contest....

Or maybe not a contest, because I don't think I'd have the patience to listen to this over and over again....unless someone else wants to judge it.

But I can put the tracks up if anyone just wants to practice their mixing. There are only 8 tracks in this tune.

Let me know if you're interested and we'll see what kind of response it gets.

DO IT UP

I'd love to mix this one.

 

[Mick Doobie]

This is great. A fine job you done done, son. A fine job indeed.

I used to have this on a 45.