Whatever Works (2006)
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I wrote this song a ten years ago, and I recorded it for my album "Toots' Rambles" then as a folkie sing-along with a sort of hook in the guitar and it was a big hit in the local coffeehouses. I decided to update it recently after I played a song with my friends Ry and Sean in Session Americana, as a boogie blues. There's a couple of genres that can handle a two chord song, and boogie blues is one, James Brown funk being the other. My brother Albert did the funky version with his band The Brain Surgeons, so that leaves me this genre to explore. I tried to keep it pretty simple, but it does build up a little towards the end. I do play a bit of hand drums and tamborine on this, along with the acoustic guitar, bass guitar, harmonica and organ and various other software instruments. The song actually has a lot of little things about it that are somewhat close to my life so I guess you might call it a true story, but I don't think Buddha actually said "Whatever Works..." though that may be one way to get to the Middle Way. Enjoy!