Monday, September 28, 2009

Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There)

Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar
recorded 17 March 2002 at Desert View United Church of Christ

Here's another song with no place to breathe, swallow, or even think. I first heard this almost fifty years ago by a group called the Nash Family Trio. Much later, I heard an earlier version by the Pilgrim Travelers on the Specialty label. When I decided to try it, I incorporated elements of both of those renditions. This was taped directly from a public address system that was set up for speaking. I "ate the mic" and peaked the meters, which caused some distortion. That's too bad, because this was one of the few times I got all the way through it without running out of gas.