To give this classic from the 1970s a new sound, the guys let my banjo happily trot alongside Jack’s drum and Randy’s bass, ready to frame our vocals and those sweet solos by Danny and Sam.
This rowdy old tune has been rattling around in our brain for a quarter quarter or so — ever since the late Joe Dobbs gave us tapes of some little-known blues records from the 1920s and ’30s — but only recently did it finally pop up in the The Flood’s repertoire.
Some songs in our repertoire we do only when “The Chick Singer” — Floodster emerita Michelle Hoge — is in the room.
Our take on this good old Ivory Joe Hunter classic is at the top of that list. This track is from last December when Michelle had driven in from her Cincinnati area home to rehearse with us in preparation for our big “Flood at 50” New Year’s Eve birthday bash at Alchemy Theatre.
Just listen to Michelle rocking those vocal harmonies, as always.
You never really forget the songs of your youth. Charlie was 10 years old in the summer of ‘59 when this tune hit the radio.
We’re late to the party on this tune. Bob Dylan wrote this more than a quarter of century ago, but we just started doing it a few weeks ago.
However, it’s suddenly landed solidly in the repertoire. Here’s our take on “Make You Feel My Love.”
We’ve been doing this song for a very long time, and it’s always different, depending on who’s in the room.
The Flood has been doing versions of this song for decades.
This rendition was the first song of the evening at a Flood rehearsal a few weeks ago. Riding on the infectious rhythm laid down by Randy Hamilton and Jack Nuckols and framing the solos by Danny Cox and Sam St. Clair, the number heralded a particularly fun evening at the Bowen house.
