Wanted Man Blues

[Mike_S]

Yeah Ray this is fab. So well done. I am guessing/hoping you are a regular gigging musician as this type of playing is designed for live performance I think. So cool the harmonica, such an underrated instrument and what can you say about that fretless bass playing. Super stuff.

Mike

[StephenM]

Ray, I feel so priveleged to hear your music...man it's so good...this one had me tapping my toe right from the start.... around here there are alot of stand up bass guitars...I actually played one once... and they are fretless... took me a bit to kind of get going and I realized you have to have callouses on your right hand for that...plus a dang trailer to haul it around...  I would imagine that once you get used to fretless...you probably wouldn't want to go back...
great song...lyrics, singing and music.... kudos!

[Farrell Jackson]

I'm always blown away by your talent Ray but this song really highlights your musical skills! The harp, the fretless bass, the guitar, the vocal, the production and everything else is over the top fantastic!

Farrell

[pjd1]

Amazing guitar work and you can sure play that Fretless bass alright , fabulous vocals and production , just listening to your bass solo as the song plays , and then the harmonica solo , cool as you like Ray loved every note on every instrument . Incredible Stuff

Dunny

[Ted]

Tons of fun! I too have a fretless bass guitar that is also 5-string and acoustic. So for your first foray on your new toy, this was amazing.

Over on Scott's Bass Lessons, they listed among the reasons fretless basses suck is that people overuse sliding into every note, and putting vibrato on every note – the exact reasons I wanted a fretless in the first place! (I actually paid for one of those courses, and it was really good. One of the best tips from the course was to have a tuner mounted on the head when practicing. Play a bit. It sounds right to me. Hold a note and the check the tuner to see if my ear and intonation are correct.)

Enough about the bass. Everything else here is top-notch too. But it's your vocals that steal the show here!

I know, I know... I was just flattering you on your most recent Frogs and Faith song, and it seems like just before that I gave you a grudging compliment on Pick a Bale of Cotton ("grudging" because you made me love a song I never wanted to love).

I swear I'm not stalking you. This was literally the only song posted the 6 January, 2021 – and that's the week I'm bumping today.


Blackout Bump - week of 6 January, 2021