Wasn’t Born To Follow Ft. Glen Baker’s Psychedelic Harmonica

How’s that for a clickbait caption? I did not know or perhaps forgotten that this is a Goffin / King song. Others did not know that as well. The cover is based on the Byrds prettified arrangement. I had heard the song on Underground Garage Bill Kelly’s Black Hole Bandstand. I took it to South Bay Acoustic Music, Ukulele Rebellion (songs from movies theme night), and Monterey Ukulele Club Zoom jams. Monterey heard Glen’s harmonica instrumental that we made a track of earlier that afternoon. A Monterey participant was the only one to mention my little joke at the chart bottom. That made my afternoon. The harmonica was undoubtedly an improvement over my messing with D chord voicings. Mary Cryns at Ukulele Rebellion said that my 2nd song cover of St. Valentines Day Massacre was easy to follow, and the bass line helped. That made my evening. I’m sure keeping steady timing is helpful to those strumming along. Chart.
St. Valentines Day Massacre featured the electric Risa ukulele. It sounded tinny in my February recording. I ran the amplifier directly into the mixer rather than having the microphone pick it up to give it more of an electric presence. I used headphones to monitor the mixer. I did a test zoom with a friend to do a soundcheck and adjusted levels appropriately. This technique gets closer to the sound I want. I’ll try a preamplifier next. Also, next time: The mixer can also take the bass directly. Currently, the mic is picking up the bass out of its separate amplifier.