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South Side Sam

from A Few More Plans by Bob Purse

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Again, this began with my friend Stu. One day in 2000, he wrote to tell me that he’d dreamed a chorus for a song about South Side Sam, and encouraged me to use those words, and the general idea, as I saw fit. As is often the case when someone put an idea in my head, the lyrics came flowing. I had the resulting song in a couple of days, and, by early 2001, I had the finished track.

This is just a good old-fashioned novelty song, with lyrics that would not have been accepted in the old-fashioned days. I was particularly happy with the Midi trad jazz arrangement I was able to build for this song. Stu’s original lyrics are in the final song: they are in the chorus which has the lines that involve local sports teams and, um, plastic tubs.

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from A Few More Plans, released July 14, 2019

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