Written and Recorded in 1990
Ideas for exploring the possibility of mere 12-bar blues I always had in my mind, ever since I have heard some of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers’ works in the Psychedelic era. I simply thought it would be intriguing to play utterly different kind of music in the form of 12-bar blues, as Mayall pursued Psychedelic / Indian elements in Fly Tomorrow, for instance. When I first discussed this idea to my bass player in the band at that time, he seemingly nodded to the idea but was obviously unwilling to convert the essence of the genre with leaving only its framework. Three years later, I finally tried out the idea in a bit eccentric way; Christmassy music in the framework of 12-bar blues, and here is the result of it.
For making this demo recording, I thought it would be interesting to include a famous Christmas song in the middle to avoid monotony and picked up Jingle Bells by James Lord Pierpont. By switching the tone of synthesizer from Christmassy bells like one to organ, I wanted to pay my tribute to a fantastic cover version of the tune from Booker T. & The MG’s.
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