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Pleasing You - As Long as I Live

by Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas

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Recorded Live at Home
Howard Levy - harmonica and piano
Zvonimir Tot - guitar
Chris Bernhardt - bass
Phil Gratteau - drums
Solitaire MIles - vocal

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Enjoy our new single "Pleasing You - As Long as I Live" featuring Howard Levy on harmonica and piano, Zvonimir Tot on guitar, Chris Bernhardt on bass and Phil Gratteau on drums

This was was originally written and recorded by the great Lonnie Johnson in 1948, and we are the first band to perform it since!

This was a live-at-home recording and video, let by Howard and I have to say that I think it came out extraordinary if you consider that we all recorded by ourselves at home on simple devices and not with professional microphones in a studio together. Howard started the musical thread with his piano part, then I added vocal, then I sent it to bass, who sent it to drums who sent it to guitar and then back to Howard for his Harmonica comping and solo. None of us were together in the recording studio for this, we each added our parts separately, one at a time, it just speaks to the skill and talent of all the players!

I discovered this tune 'Pleasing You on a King Record collection when I was in college and I have always loved Lonnie's famous version of 'Tomorrow Night' but this one felt especially poignant to me. Back then I was a light soprano and couldn't have taken on an emotional blues song, but now in recent years my voice has settled into a kind of melancholy on this tune, I never felt the soul of it until I hit my late 40's. We are so happy to have Zvonimir work with us on this tune, I have been playing with him for over a decade now on jazz projects, but he was not always so keen about playing roots and western swing music. However this jazzy/bluesy ballad drew him in, finally! Everyone's varied musical backgrounds brought out the best of this poingnant classic.

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released November 9, 2020
Mixed by Steve Yates in Chicago

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"Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas includes some of Chicago's best players and Miles adds a lively vocal style that brings to mind a winning blend of Patsy Cline and Billie Holiday. " - DownBeat Magazine

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