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Thread #112880   Message #2401443
Posted By: GUEST,Peace
30-Jul-08 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: Bruce Murdoch CD-Matters of the Heart
Subject: RE: Bruce Murdoch CD-Matters of the Heart
A fellow in Montreal waaay back bet me a case of beer--case of 24 as I recall--that I couldn't write a boogie-woogie type song with sleazy overtones. I had 12 hours to get it done. It was fairly easy after I got the back-beat rhythm. So, in the interest of drinking beer on a hot day I took on the 'challenge'. The key to it as I remember was using standard tuning with a drop D (bass string only) and the A position. A standard "Wake up in the morning" to start it and there it was about six hours later. I too thankl Bobad for posting the lyrics which I have long forgot. I believe that was in my smoking days (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).

Thing is that I have never made a good recording of the song (tried twice, but was never able to get the 'feel' I wanted and now I am past wanting to.

As for the beer, I won a case of Labatt's someting or other. Cold.

First place I performed it was a club in Montreal. Some folks were slightly offended by the song. But that's life.