This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Our Randy Hamilton was just born to sing songs like this. He and Danny Cox brought us “Spooky,” this old Classics IV tune, last summer and we’ve been loving it ever since.

 

 

 

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 The fun of playing some songs is that we just never know what we’re going to hear. This George Gershwin piece is like that, ever since Danny Cox brought better chords for last year. 

Now the song is like a shiny little red convertible parked in the garage just waiting for the next sunny day.

You and your buddies pile in, not knowing where you’re going, just enjoying the company and the sights and the sounds of each other’s laughter along the way. 

Hop in! We’re going for a joy ride!

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Some songs just seem to go to the heart of what connects us all.

 

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Sometimes the chemistry’s right — the stars align — however you want to say it… and the best song of the night is one you didn’t even plan to do. Here’s that moment from a recent rehearsal.

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Charlie’s Grandma Bowen had a thing about mockingbirds. 

 When he was just a little boy he remembers her winking at him and saying, “Now, Eddie, be careful what you say around mockingbirds. Those darn birds? They’ll tell your secrets every time.” 

 
That notion came back to him recently when he started writing this song.

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 Our guitarist Danny Cox paints pictures with his sound. 

 
He has a positively uncanny capacity for discovering ways to bring out the colors and textures in all kinds of melodies and to plant stories in the minds of everyone who hears. 

Just listen to his treatment of this rich old Sonny Burke composition, finding all kinds of new magic and nuance in this poignant melody. Here — have some “Black Coffee”!

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

 This song has rattled around in the Floodisphere for decade but only recently did we decide to give it a try. Whaddaya think?