Hard Rock version of .... Herb Alpert's Tijuana Taxi

Tijuana Taxi (http://kineticnorth.com/StuffAndTing/Music/MP3Handler.ashx?id=42e7ff70-3e09-44df-8d84-f565048eb677&dl=True)

I honestly don't know why, I just sometimes feel the need to do dreadful covers of classic old tunes. This one features at least one take using each one of my guitars so that's one Telecaster and five Stratocasters.

I swear Herb Alpert wants me dead for this.

See also: Spanish Flea (http://www.kineticnorth.com/StuffAndTing/Music/MP3Handler.ashx?id=67f0e919-0fd4-4a05-94fd-2a7ef266d31f&dl=True)
Tiptoe through the tulips (http://kineticnorth.com/StuffAndTing/Music/MP3Handler.ashx?id=bdc86e9a-a8e4-414d-a73f-69081230672c&dl=True)
Tico Tico (http://www.kineticnorth.com/StuffAndTing/Music/MP3Handler.ashx?id=4e352550-b1a7-4f7a-9224-4dcb39131182&dl=True)

and, er this modern-day classic (http://www.kineticnorth.com/StuffAndTing/Music/MP3Handler.ashx?id=fcd98624-07fc-4ad1-ad74-193726777f7a&dl=True)

I like them.... oddly enough! :shock: You need to back the drums off in the mix a bit on Tijuana Taxi though, or bring the guitars up. Fun stuff :razz:

Yeah, they're just a bit of fun so I didn't bother with the mixing and production too much. It's more about ruining the tune rather than producing a real work of art :)

Although I've got to say I was really pleased with the strat tone and the solo in the last one

I'm digging Tiptoe - have you ever heard of Roy Wood (http://www.roywood.co.uk/index.html)? I'm hearing some similarities...

Oh, btw, that's a good thing!

Roy "well I wish it could be christmas every day" Wood?

That answers my question!

That was cool, thanks.

But I agree ... turn down the drums a bit.

Yes, I probably mixed them in a rush. I'll sort out the mixes another day, I think some of them were probably mixed down on headphones right after I finished recording and that's never a good way to work it.

Hi there,

Just wanted to say I enjoyed Tijuana Taxi. This reminds me of the hey-day of those old instrumental cover-song albums from the 70's, like the Ventures used to do.

Fun stuff!

cheers,
ew

Thanks, glad you liked it - think of it as a tongue-in-cheek tribute. It's also good discipline for my guitar playing, I usually just pick up a guitar and noodle away doing mad solos all day. To actually copy saxaphone and trumpet lines is surprisingly tricky and playing in B flat or F breaks me out of the open-string monotony.

And yes, I'm a lousy singer but the Britney cover just HAD to be done.