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Feel free to cover Steve Pride & His Blood Kin, too...
DonGerard65 2 years ago
Bit of a Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash-ish vibe going on, cool!
TheRamblingBoys 2 years ago
Brilliant!
DonGerard65 2 years ago
This is the Viper! It's great to see the Rambling Boys doing this song in such a lively way. It's a very geographically specific little tune about Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, U.S., and I'd be happy to explain any references that seem obscure!
jerving 2 years ago
Thanks! Google search and google maps were my friends when trying to figure out what on earth this song was about. Which in turn led to a very fruitful afternoon browsing wikipedia-articles about public transportation in Illinois and aquatic life in the Great Lakes. You know how these things go. :-)
I guess we probably still mess up the lyrics in a number of ways though (I'm sitting on the sofa, sipping some gin, whereas the rest of the band would rather sit there with Cindy and Jean).
TheRamblingBoys 2 years ago
Ah! When I was writing that part of the song (it was written in pieces, years apart), a show called Melrose Place was on TV on Sunday nights between 7 and 8 p.m. Two of the characters were sisters named Sydney and Jane, and I was especially fond of Sydney's character.
However, I also like the way you heard it as "sipping some gin," which is actually also historically accurate to my Sunday night routine at the time! (And it reminds of the Kinks song "sipping on my soda / sitting on my sofa")
jerving 2 years ago
Melrose Place, would've never guessed that reference. Slightly star-struck at the moment - "Everything for Everyone" was the reason I took up the ukulele!
TheRamblingBoys 2 years ago
ok, boys... looks like we'll have to pack up and take this show over to Ghent. have suitcase, will travel.
victrola5150 2 years ago
Wow! That's awesome Rambling Boys! We're flattered that you covered us. If we are ever in Belgium we'll have to perform together.
rileybroach 2 years ago
We'd be happy to have you and Ghent is a lovely place to be. Thanks a lot for the encouragement, didn't see that one coming :-)
TheRamblingBoys 2 years ago
Glad to see you guys inspired a cover band... Although I don't recognized that particular song, I recognize the references... Drum Set !?!?!?!
mikenmollys 2 years ago