ZZ Top's Blue Jean Blues from their fourth album Fandango!
The album was released in April 1975 and was my birthday present to myself that August, I bought it off this older guy that used to hang out with us... I was fourteen years old... I went straight for this track for some strange reason... even-though it's the second track on the flip side!
I always wanted to cover it using a wah... so here it is!

Blue Jean Blues
(ZZ Top)
I done ran into my baby
And finally found my old blue jeans.
I done ran into my baby
And finally found my old blue jeans.
Well, I could tell that they was mine
From the oil and the gasoline.

If I ever get back my blue jeans,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
If I ever get back my blue jeans,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
'Cause if I get back those blue jeans
You know, my baby be bringin'em home to me.

Sept 3

Blue Jean Blues

The Velvet Bulldozer... untouchable... the closest I'd would ever get is The Denim Bobcat... Nuff Sed...

The Sky is Crying

Burn Me Like Fire

Mr Bartender pour me some rum, 
my winter is coming 
And I need to feel warmth.
It don’t seem to matter how fast I run, 
my candle keeps burning and I’ve much to get done.
But I’m sitting right here, just a face in the crowd.
They say good things will come to those who wait...


She waltzes right in, laughing with friends.
Oh, I would sell my soul
Just to watch her dance.
With a pout on her lips and a wave of her hand, 
She puts on me a curse that can never be undone.
Hey girl, heavens above,
What have you done with my heart...

Hey

Hey girl, heavens above,
What have you done with my heart...
You come just like thunder, you shatter the sky.
You burn me like fire then run.

Hey girl, heavens above,
What have you done with my heart...
You come just like thunder, you shatter the sky.
You burn me like fire then run.

But you don’t have to run...

E.P.

Burn Me Like Fire

Kitten
I originally recorded this track back in 2008, at the time I experimented with a couple of guitars and a lap steel  trying to get the kitten's meow... in the end I ended up using my trusty Ibanez AK95DHS Hollow Body and my old Vox V846HW (which I later traded in for a Boss ME-20... still scratching my head as to why I did that...)into a Blues Jr. (later traded for a Cabronita) through a Sennheiser 840e. I started out with a generic backing track (drums/bass) and then overdubbed on multiple tracks rhythm guitars and keyboards(piano, synth, pads, strings and ocarina).

Riding The Wave

Kitten

No One Will Know
Copyright©RodNesser2007-2023
I actually recorded this track on a rainy winter's night a couple of years ago...
Took some condenser mics outside and tried recording the storm but couldn't get it right so I ended up resorting to "canned" rain and thunder...
As I always do, I put down the rhythm tracks first, then keys and finally on one "live" take only, no overdubs, the lead guitar...

Serge Rodriguez's Album

No One Will Know

Riding The Wave
Copyright©RodNesser2007-2020

Rod Nesser:
Gibson Les Paul Jr. 
Boss ME20
Maton E225 Acoustic 
Fender P Bass
Roland TD4 Drums
Yamaha Keyboards
Tascam 2488Neo 24 track recorder

I Can Breathe Again
Copyright©RodNesser2007-2021

Here I stand alone
Holding tight 
 Standing strong
Get it right
I ain’t backing down
I’ve got no time for sorrows
The way that you been treating me
I won’t be here tomorrow 
woh no no no no

Seven days straight
Seven nights
Playing games
Taking flight
The way you put me down
Burns a hole in my soul 
woh no no
Baby when you talk to me
My heart turns hard

Here I sit alone
In the night
Headlights fade away
Out of sight
The hurt somehow’s gone
Now I can breathe again
In case you think of coming back, I won’t be here tomorrow 
woh no no no

The Road Ahead

I Can Breathe Again

"After years of playing the acoustic folk circuit I decided it was time to let the cat out of the bag... 
Yes... I love the Blues! 
I was taken by it from the very first time I heard Cream's "Sleepy Time" (I was probably 12 maybe 13 years old at the time) 
Led Zeppelin's "I Can't Quit You Baby" soon followed... and a door was opened... soon I was listening to Muddy Waters, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddy King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker..." 
Rod Nesser

Rod Nesser

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