Your Mind Is On Vacation - draft vrs- - Mose Allison
Jazz Med Swing at 110
Kinda surprised to not find many songs posted by the great Mose Allison (I only found one when I did a search). I know he's not the most revolutionary jazzman, but his lyrical sense is very sharp & to me, hilarious. Plus, he's just cool.
This is my draft version of his classic "Your Mind Is On Vacation" (& Your Mouth Is Working Overtime). It's based on what I assume is his original version, from The Best of Mose Allison, which I just recently got.
This is a draft version because I can't figure out how to edit the form to get the iReal Player to play the Coda where it belongs (at the end of the song). The problem w/ this song is that it's 3 verses based on the blues, & V. 1 is a standard 12 bar blues, but then V. 2 & V. 3 extend the I chord 4 more bars before it goes to the IV chord, making those verses 16 bar blues, a la some of the Willie Dixon/Muddy Waters songs like "Hoochie Koochie Man" & "Seventh Son" (which Mose also covered).
There is a solo section based on 12 bar blues, & after one repetition of that section (which is what Mose's original does), I put a D.S. al 2nd Ending, which takes the song thru V. 3. But then I can't figure out how to get the player to go to the Coda, which should happen after the E flat bar right before the solo section (after the solos & V. 3).
In other words, the form should be (w/ the Player set to 1x):
Verse 1 (12 bar blues)
Verse 2 (16 bar blues)
Solo section (2x thru 12 bar blues)
Verse 3 (16 bar blues)
Coda
Any help w/ getting the iReal player to play the Coda at the end of this song is very much appreciated. Thx!
MCJazzer
Jazz Med Swing at 110
Kinda surprised to not find many songs posted by the great Mose Allison (I only found one when I did a search). I know he's not the most revolutionary jazzman, but his lyrical sense is very sharp & to me, hilarious. Plus, he's just cool.
This is my draft version of his classic "Your Mind Is On Vacation" (& Your Mouth Is Working Overtime). It's based on what I assume is his original version, from The Best of Mose Allison, which I just recently got.
This is a draft version because I can't figure out how to edit the form to get the iReal Player to play the Coda where it belongs (at the end of the song). The problem w/ this song is that it's 3 verses based on the blues, & V. 1 is a standard 12 bar blues, but then V. 2 & V. 3 extend the I chord 4 more bars before it goes to the IV chord, making those verses 16 bar blues, a la some of the Willie Dixon/Muddy Waters songs like "Hoochie Koochie Man" & "Seventh Son" (which Mose also covered).
There is a solo section based on 12 bar blues, & after one repetition of that section (which is what Mose's original does), I put a D.S. al 2nd Ending, which takes the song thru V. 3. But then I can't figure out how to get the player to go to the Coda, which should happen after the E flat bar right before the solo section (after the solos & V. 3).
In other words, the form should be (w/ the Player set to 1x):
Verse 1 (12 bar blues)
Verse 2 (16 bar blues)
Solo section (2x thru 12 bar blues)
Verse 3 (16 bar blues)
Coda
Any help w/ getting the iReal player to play the Coda at the end of this song is very much appreciated. Thx!
MCJazzer
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