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Barker Bill

from A Few More Plans by Bob Purse

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This is a song that everyone in my family knew. We had owned it, on a Little Golden Records 45, since the early 1950’s, years before I was born. While at my brother’s home for his wedding in 2000, I put together a revved-up arrangement of it, complete with a Caribbean-styled solo break featuring my favorite instrument, the marimba.

I then asked all of my family members to help out, and they sing on the bridge sections, prior to my basso line. In the first bridge, you’ll hear my daughters Molly and Wendy (then 6 and 8), followed by my mother. In the second bridge, you’ll hear my sister Marcia, my brother Bill, and my niece Jessica. And everyone is in on the final five words. This is my favorite track on this collection.

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from A Few More Plans, released July 14, 2019

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