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<p>It's bad luck! This is the first real song I ever wrote. As you can tell by the lyric it was written in the rebelious, flowery,&nbsp;wild&nbsp;sixties. It's a short simple song that&nbsp;took&nbsp;35 years to resurrect&nbsp;and get&nbsp; recorded, thanks to the digital recording age. I thought about&nbsp;updating the lyric&nbsp;to be more politically correct but&nbsp;for some reason I just couldn't do it.&nbsp;To me it would be like changing the&nbsp;street names of Haight/Ashbury&nbsp;in S.F. Albiet my song isn't near as historical but it comes from the same era&nbsp;and the sixties mind set. He he he...I'm showing my age and roots!</p><p>I hope&nbsp;you enjoy it,&nbsp;dig the spirit in which it was written, and maybe it will&nbsp;bring back some memories or flashbacks for&nbsp;you flower children out there.</p><p>Farrell Jackson</p>

This isa re-eq'd version of this song from 2004. I appologize if you heard it before but I'm not sure if it was posted here or at the old mix?<br /><br />I thought I'd try a little Southern Rock with this one. I used three different guitars (LP, Tele, Strat) and amps (Bassman, Laney, Deluxe Reverb) on the harmony solo section. The main electric &nbsp;is a Tele Thinline with the bassman amp. The acoustic is a Takamine and the bass is a Gibson EBO.<br /><br />I wasn't planning on doing&nbsp;double lead solos but I cued up both keeper tracks by mistake and it sounded pretty good to me&nbsp;plus they were fairly sync'ed so it became a double lead.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />The lyric is about how men are always expected to be strong and&nbsp;never let their feelings show. But men are people or is that Solent Green, lol!<br /><br />I hope you enjoy it!<br /><br />Farrell

This is my version of Ruby Baby originally done by Little Dion and The Belmonts about 1958. They were a Doo&nbsp;Whop Band with just an acoustic guitar and their voices. I decided to update the song and electrify or Jaxonize it :o) <br /><br />During The Winter Dance Tour (1959?) with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper.... luck was with&nbsp;Dion when he passed on the fatal airplane ride to the next gig and the rest is history.....Bye Bye Miss American Pie..........<br /><br />Kurt Huhn - Drums<br /><br />Farrell Jackson - all other instruments and voices<br /><br />BTW - I have obtained the proper mechanical digital download license from the Harry Fox Agency. License # <a href="javascript:viewPDF('1081640043');">1081640043</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />Farrell

I've always loved that&nbsp;1960's &nbsp;British Rock Pop sound and this song has it all. From the catchy beat to the chorus that drops from a major to a minor chord with the lovely harmonies.&nbsp;So I recorded one.<br /><br />I&nbsp;tried my&nbsp;best&nbsp; to get that Farfisa or Vox Continental&nbsp;organ sound that the Animals were famous for. Plus, I've kept it close to the original but I taken some liberties here and there with it, especially with the guitars.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it and if you remember it, sing along!.<br /><br />Farrell<br /><br />Note: I have obtained the proper license from the Harry Fox Agency

<p>Finally, a new song! I've had some recent recording equipment failures which&nbsp;put a kink in my recording momentum....but I'm back in business!</p>
<p>I wrote this song two years ago and layed down the initial tracks then and there it sat for two years....until this past weekend. I came up with the lyric idea while hiking the Stanislaus River canyon gorge with my wife. It's near my home, &nbsp;which is in the heart of California's 1849 gold rush area. As we walked I could invision a 49er minor heading with his pack mule to one of the digging sites so&nbsp;I wrote what I imagined.</p>
<p>I used some sound effects to help the visual aspects of the song. I don't know if I've achieved it or not but I'm hoping the listener can hear, see, feel, and smell the song. Regardless it was fun to experiment. That's what it's all about with home studios.....you can do what you want,&nbsp;take as long as you want, and have fun doing it, lol!</p>
<p>It's Americana, which means anything goes :o)&nbsp;I hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p>Farrell</p>

<p><span style="font-size: small;">A&nbsp;little humour.&nbsp;Americana/ Alt. Country Rock song about someone&nbsp;that is tired of doing everything that is expected of him.&nbsp;So he's going to start jaywalking, eating&nbsp;pork rhinds, and&nbsp; livin' dangerously. Jeremy Acker contributed the dobro track and I do the rest. Enjoy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Farrell</span></p>

Hi all. I've just updated my song Train To Normal with the addition of real drums. My good friend Frank Northcutt has graciously played them for me. At the very end of the song as it picks up speed, giving the impression of a train heading off into the distance, Frank did and excellent job of keeping the drums up with the rest of the music as it randomly gains speed. That couldn't have been easy. The drums are purposely mixed low as they are playing a supportive but very important part in the song. Thanks Frank!

Farrell

Rob, my prayers and thoughts are with you and your family in this troubled time. A creative and strong willed mind such as yours has no other option but to get better. The combined thoughts and prayers from around the globe are powerful and positive, so I know they will help.
Get well soon buddy, we've only scratched the surface here and have many more musical collabs to do.

Your friend and collab. mate,

Farrell