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Today I’m featuring the fourth track from my latest album, Spooky Season III, “Boneyard Blues.” It’s a swingin’ little tune that evokes a cool skeleton jiving about in the old boneyard.
“Boneyard Blues” is a funky, jazzy blues piece for two alto saxophones, baritone sax, and percussion. It’s in 5/4 time, giving it a slightly off-beat feel—much like that of a skeletal shuffle. It’s built around a concert D minor pentatonic blues scale.
I love the groovy sing of this piece, as well as the big horn blats and percussion fills.
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIX: ‘Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XX: ‘Sleepy Student’s Serenade’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXI: Styx’s ‘Come Sail Away’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXII: ‘Blessed Assurance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIII: ‘Gabbi’s Gavotte’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIV: ‘Softly and Tenderly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXV: ‘Venite, exultemus Domino’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVI: ‘Sonatina’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVII: ‘Heavenly Sunlight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVIII: ‘Song of the Bigfoot’”
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIX: ‘Lavender’s Blue’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXX: ‘Chorale for a Sleepy Wednesday’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXI: ‘Carousel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXII: Hymn Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIII: ‘Spore Song (Mushroom Dance)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIV: ‘Chase’s Dilemma’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXV: ‘The Rings of Saturn’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVI: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ LIVE!“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVII: ‘Private Lessons (Goth Chick)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVIII: ‘Quasi-Date’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIX: ‘(I’m in the) Business of Love)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XL: ‘Parada’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLI: ‘Serenade for a Sleepy Student No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLII: ‘1001 Arabian Nights’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIII: ‘Greek Fair’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’ – BASS“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVI: ‘Canon Event’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVII: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVIII: Sloppy ‘Hipster Girl Next Door’ Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIX: ‘Lament of the Lizardman’“
- “Open Mic Adventures L: ‘Bigfoot Boogie’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LI: ‘Minuet for a New Moon’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LII: ‘Andante in D major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIII: ‘I Need Thee Every Hour’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIV: ‘”Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LV: ‘Orange Roll’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVI: ‘Firefly Dance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVII: ‘Kartofelsalat’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVIII: ‘Listless Chorale’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIX: ‘Silent Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LX: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXI: ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXII: ‘FRANTIC!!’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIII: ‘Snowfall’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIV: ‘Uninspired Étude in E major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXV: ‘Scribblings I: Post-Christmas Concert Scribbling’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVI: ‘Ode Napoléon’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVII: ‘Cook’s Brief Bourrée in E minor’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXVIII: ‘Triumphant Processional’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIX: ‘Moody Noodling’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXX: ‘Epistemology’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXI: ‘Three Chorales in Diminishing Length’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXII: ‘Blue Mage’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXIII: ‘Red Mage’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXIV: ‘White Mage’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXV: ‘Black Mage’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXVI: ‘The Blind Prophet’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXVII: ‘Robobop’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXVIII: ‘Pink Princess’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXIX: ‘Purple Prince’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXX: ‘Yellow Knight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXI: ‘Green Knight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXII: ‘Brown Friar’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXIII: ‘Advanced Funkification’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXIV: ‘Funk Chorale (Hymn to Funk)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXV: Steelheart’s ‘I’ll Never Let You Go’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXVI: ‘1001 Arabian Nights’ Redux“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXVII: ‘Heptadic Structure’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXVIII: ‘Angularity’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXXXIX: ‘White Boy Summer’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XC: ‘Balladic Processional’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCI: ‘Tu Me Manques’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCII: ‘Jaunt’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCIII: ‘C20r4735 (Chorales)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCIV: ‘Nobles Gases’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCV: ‘Akhenaten’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCVI: ‘Summer Vibes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCVII: ‘Perambulating’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCVIII: ‘Mellow’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XCIX: ‘Pythagoras’“
- “Open Mic Adventures C: ‘Dancing in the Graveyard’“
- “Open Mic Adventures CI: ‘Curious Little Ghosties’“