This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Randy Hamilton brought us this song. 

Not long ago, he and his buddy, Flood guitarist Dan Cox, came in the room on a rainy night like last night, sat down, tuned up, and almost immediately the song fell into a groove. 

 

Along with Danny, Sam St. Clair found a special voice for soloing, and “Good Time Charlie,” with Randy’s lead vocals, landed solidly in our repertoire.

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 We always try to come up with a couple of new tunes for our monthly gig at Sal’s Speakeasy in Ashland. Here’s the latest, with Randy rock solid on that harmony and he, Sam and Danny just cooking on the solos. It’s our take on “Deep Ellum Blues.”

Remember, we’re at Sal’s Speakeasy this weekend, 1624 Carter Avenue in downtown Ashland, Ky. We play from 6 to 9 this Saturday night. And best of all, the beautiful Michelle Hoge is driving in from Cincinnati just to sit in with her old band mates. It’s going to be an epic evening. Come out and party with us!

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Danny Cox learned his version of this song from a recording by his hero Chet Atkins on his 1965 "More of That Guitar Country" album. 

This is a Flood track recorded at a recent gig at Sal’s Speakeasy in Ashland, Ky. Here you’ll hear Dan and harmonicat Sam St. Clair trading choruses on the tune as we call folks back to the bandstand to begin our second set. 

By the way, The Flood will be back at Sal’s next week. We’re playing Saturday, April 22, from 6 to 9 and, as a special treat, our dear friend, Floodster Emerita Michelle Hoge will the joining us as the evening’s guest artist.

This Week's Freebie from The !937 Flood

 Pamela Bowen has been our band manager for more than 20 years now, and she is a major influence on all things Flood, from the venues we visit to the tunes we play when we get there. 

 
So recently when Pamela suggested we augment the roots music portion of our repertoire with some classic old-time rock, we started casting our thoughts back to the tunes that rocked our youth, like this from 1956.