Last night we just barely had a quorum — about half the band had other obligations — but, as we always say around here, whenever two or three gather in its name, it is The Flood.
And, as this will testify, Danny and Randy brought more than enough juice to power up the solos!
Earlier this week, when Veezy and Danny created their own thoughtful impressions of this old Appalachian tune, they were also communing with the spirit of a Floodster they never met.
This tune’s still relatively new for us, but last night we found the groove.
Just listen to Randy’s heartbeat of a bass line under Charlie’s vocals as we pass it off for sensuous soliloquies by Veezy, Danny and Sam, a flowing sweet and earnest conversation among friends.
Bob Dylan's "Down in the Flood," which only a few years older than our band, by all rights ought to be The Flood’s theme song.
The fact is, though, we’ve been doing it only about a dozen years or so, which is — well, “yesterday,” in FloodSpeak — but since then, we have embraced it.
And in this, our latest rendition, we’re loving how Danny Cox and Veezy Coffman are just owning it!
St. Patrick’s Day has always been a special time in the Floodisphere, and when it falls on our regular gathering night, well, the rehearsal turns into a bit of a céilí.
Danny Cox’s years of close attention to guitar greats like Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed has perfectly prepared him for this solid old song.
And like his heroes, Dan is an innovator, not an imitator. Just listen as Danny crafts four — count ‘em, four! — choruses to this song, bringing fresh ideas to each one of them.
We’ve been doing this song for a dozen years of so, but it’s always new, depending on who’s on hand to handle the solos.
Last night it was Veezy and Danny’s turn to find sweet new nuance in all those old familiar chords.
