Captain Birdseye. You're right... even for someone like me who can't tell a mixolidian mode from a cement mixer. There are certain tunings and chord progressions that carry all the songs already written before you. I wanted to write a black gospel song that was placed in a "traditional" Earth Angel chord progression. So much of rhythm and blues came out of the black churches, and I wanted to combine the two forms. When I sing it, most of the people in the audience can immediately start adding harmonies and doo wops.

Jerry