Hey there Mexican food lovers. I thought I’d let you know that my song “Nacho Mama” has just now been released as a single on CD Baby. For today only, the lunch special is Nacho Mama for only $0.99!
The inspiration for this song came from the cooking magazine, “Bon Appetite”, which had an article titled “One Dish Wonder” and at first I thought that might make a good song title, but then that led me to think, “What ONE menu item do I think about a lot?”. It was then that I realized that that one dish has to be Nachos! I’ve always enjoyed songs about food and eating, so, born from that is this song about a guy falling in love with a brown-eyed beauty at a Mexican restaurant: Nacho Mama.
When I was a teenager and my friends and I had a routine of frequenting a Mexican restaurant back in Fort Wayne, Indiana where I grew up, called “Blackies” and I remember there was a waitress there who was very beautiful and I had a teenage crush on her because I thought she liked me. By the way, Blackies was on Fairfield Avenue in Fort Wayne, Indiana. According to “Insider Pages” one of the original Blackies restaurants on Calhoun Street is still open, but it is now called La Margarita. If anyone remembers Blackies, I’d sure love to hear from you!
My new version of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is now available on CD Baby, plus various outlets of digital distribution such as iTunes, Amazon, etc. and is streaming on Spotify. And, it’s best for me if you buy it directly at my music store. White Christmas is yet another tune that I got inspired to record last December when the music bug hit me hard. I’ve always loved the version done by The Drifters after I heard a clip of it on Home Alone when Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) realized his family woke up late and rushed off to the airport on their Christmas vacation without him. So, with just a little internet research I discovered this had been a big hit for The Drifters for many years.
As I have been studying double bass for the last few years I was intrigued to see if I could create an arrangement of White Christmas that prominently features the bass in the style of Bill Pinkney, the bass singer in The Drifters. After getting into it for a while I needed to find something for the 1st tenor part that Clyde McPhatter sang and I settled upon the fun, humble ukulele (or ‘ukulele as the Hawaiians say….).
You may wonder why I am recording Christmas music in the summer. So do I! Actually, it’s like people who do crafts to sell at the holiday craft bazaars….you have to start working early in the year to have it ready in time. Besides, by winter you will all have forgotten about this so when I reintroduce it, it will seem like new! I will be posting my video version with a salute to our men and women in uniform in the United States Armed Forces soon. Stay tuned!
Here’s a link to one of the cool Drifters versions of the tune with the incredible Bill Pinkney singing the wonderful bass part. Bill served in World War II and earned a Presidential Citation with five service stars (for battles including Normandy and Bastogneunder General Patton)!
I will be releasing my next recording this week….my instrumental cover of The Drifters version of White Christmas. Here’s the cover art! Check back tomorrow for more.
Another day, another ringtone from Santa! Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down ringtone lane! Anyway, here is ringtone number 2! This is in MP3 format. The iPhone version is available on my music store page.
