Today’s comic brought to you by the letters F and A… as in Fuckin’-A, man! As promised, Jeff’s double-sized blues song comic is here. The week has been a rough one with a ton of work and of course the launch of the Webcomic Alliance, but I digress.
I *cannot* take credit for the lyrics. The idea and set-up are mine, but thanks to my editor, Jeff has his own song. As much as my editor enjoys popping me upside the head with my silly redneck grammar infractions, she enjoys music even more. As a literary type, seems blues lyrics were up her alley. I for one am glad it is! So, a big thank you to my editor. Yay!
Love Bud in the final frame. The underlying theme originally was going to be they’ve lost their power and Jeff was going to be bemoaning their lose due to no cash, but this didn’t need the power company zinger at all, but having Bud with a lighter would have had two meanings with the original concept. Perhaps I’ll do the other one someday…
No song for today, as crap, we’ve got an original one that would fit nicely into 1977 blues rock just fine. So, hum the unknown melody in your head as you walk around the office today.
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I been tryin’ to fit the lyrics to a modified Me an’ Bobby McGee-ish ballady-blues sorta thing. Not too shabby, actual … 🙂
Interesting 2nd thought on that … any chance Lorraine does more than just vocals ..? Maybe a weird-mad extra skill, like blowing a badass bit of harmonica? Some of my favorite bands tend to be ones where a male and a female can switch off on lead vocals and extend the range of songs offered up in any given set.
I’ve decided to imagine Jeff with more of a Kenny Wayne Shepherd voice, rather than, say, an Axl Rose. Not sure about Lorraine yet, but it’s gotta be an all-out, powerful Grace Slick/ Janice Joplin kinda energy.
Maybe she should be a secret banjo genius. After all, Dolly Parton found a way to play banjo…
And while not using her hands too… 🙂
You’re getting ahead in the story again!! Yes, Lorraine does more then sing an have wild sex. You’ll find out in the next storyline when Plan 9 goes on tour. That will start once we finalize the “Get A Job” storyline… which Jeff is the last one to “get a job” so we’re closing in on being back on the road again.
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Grace Slick or Nancy Wilson for sure. Oh, how I use to fantasize about Grace Slick… man, she’s hot.
Haven’t thought about Jeff. Joe Walsh maybe?
Oh, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd was born in 1977… wonder where I met his mom?
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Oh, I could so totally be down with Joe Walsh. Absolutely adore the guy. I owned, like, one Eagles album in my whole life (though I do like ’em a lot) … but I had pretty much every Joe Walsh album (up through ~1985), plus a mess of James Gang, and still have a Barnstorm bootleg floating around here somewhere.
Could go with Stephen Stills, also, but doesn’t quite ring true for Jeff. Maybe more of a Graham Nash ..? I’m a bit tired to try & imagine more obscure artists, but I tweaked right on Kenny Wayne when I saw this strip, for some reason. Just love the raw power in the mans voice, as well as his incredible guitar work. Seemed a good fit for the blues theme.
Think more of mournful honky-tonk, with reflections along the lines of ‘broke down engine, got no driving wheel…’ 😉
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– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvO72UscZQM
That’s about as classic as it gets, fo’ shur ’nuff. I actually heard Bob Weir’s voice doing the Grateful Dead’s cover of Me an’ Bobby McGee when I saw the comic come up, so that’s what I went with when I tried to sing it out.
But, with the recent ZZ Top discussion, I also felt rubbing a touch of Texas Flood on it would be more along something Jeff might try … thus the Kenny Wayne reference. Could’ve said Stevie Ray, but I like the warmer, deeper tones that Kenny Wayne puts out … surprising when you hear that coming out of such a scrawny-looking body. Thought I’d give Jeff the benefit of the doubt.
Ah, Kenny Wayne. Nice music, shame about the father-in-law 😛
I have to give major kudos to your editor, she’s got some mighty fine lyrical skills! 🙂
~pulls off the Sekrit Superhero mask and bows~ That was more of a ‘argh argh argh PANIC!!! Byron asked me for this weeks ago and guess who totally forgot oshitoshitoshit’ five-minute special 😀
Nice lyrics, but it’s the visuals that REALLY rock it 😀
Putting in the shadows on the wall (hmm, a new Pat Benatar song?) was a bit of a pain, but worth it. I stayed up *way* too late getting this one done. Mainly because a couple clients pulled the plug on their websites by mistake… oops… and I was working on restoring those last night as well.
What a day… 🙂
Well worth staying up for! I was bouncing in my chair and going ooh-ooh-ooh when I saw the shading. Beautiful job!
Sheer genius by all concerned!
Love it!
Bob
I know! When I first read the lyrics I about pissed my pants I was so excited. She done good…
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That right there just flat out rocks, man; I don’t care who ya are!
I sense someone has watched “Blue Collar Comedy” and picked up a little Larry the Cable Guy? 🙂
Here’s a little something Larry did “just for me”:
https://1977thecomic.com/media/larry-cable-guy-1977.mp3
I couldn’t resist.. 😛
Man, you definitely delivered great on your promise. I love the lyrics, tell your Editor she did well. Jeff may want to get several pairs of those working shoes to go along with his job-huntin shoes cause I have a feeling he’s gonna pound a lot concrete with his little piggies to get all that cash earned.
Yeah, if the track record of his band mates are any signs of what’s to come for him, he’s in trouble all ready.
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*laughs* Oh, that was funny! Kudos to you, your editor, and your increasing computer-art skills. 🙂
Great shadow-work… and the double-meaning of the lighter is a nice touch.
(The song running through my head as I read this was “Suitcase Blues” by Triumph – possibly the worst attempt at white-boy Blues I’ve ever heard on a record!)
I’m pretty sure the worst ever whitebread blues was Martin Mull’s ‘Rich Man Blues’ – sung to the accompaniment of a ukulele:
‘Woke up this afternoon, both my cars were gone
Woke up this afternoon, both my cars were gone
I got so mad
I threw my drink across the lawn…’
Mind you, he was going for the fail on purpose 😉
Word word :Clever! Your comics pretty much always make me think. 🙂