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Swamp Jammin'

Jere Ellis - 2017 Monkey Bidness Music

Swamp Jammin'The Dirty Quarters
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Jere Ellis - bass, acoustic and electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars

John Nichols - organ, backing vocals

with:

Emily Music - backing vocals;   Tim Quinn - drums, percussion
and featuring:
Bill Cole - lead and backing vocals

After Jere saw a documentary about the recording and music scene in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the 1960's and '70's.  It made him start imagining floating down the river on a boat with his guitars, and some friends, and picking up partiers along the way, just as a fun tribute to Rick Hall and all of the musicians who played with him and everyone else, down there.  Just a fun party song; not to be tken seriously, at all.

So, not liking his voice on it, Jere got Billy Cole to do a guest lead vocal on it, and Billy, John and Emily Music made up the Barking Dog Gospel Quartet, and Jere's "fun little song" was just that ...

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