Heaven or Hell - Revisited 2

Community Recordings Originals (Not Covers)
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Hi,
This is a remake of a song I wrote about 4 years ago. Tim, who is a friend of mine commented on the song and said it sounded like Fillmore East. I think the bends in the solo fills guitar got to him. He has been on the radio for over 50 years. I am sure he rocked it out on air long ago, but now is a bit more mellow. Thus, I wanted to revisit Heaven or Hell and tame the guitars a bit.

Trouble is that I had to hang my guitar up on the wall. My left fretting hand is toast in the thumb area and I simply can’t play anymore without intense pain. So redoing the guitar fills with straight, non-bend stuff was out. I ended up programing in some piano for those parts. I did leave in the main solo near the end as I like it. There are just a couple bends in it.

The top offering is the Revisited and mellow version. Under it at the bottom is the original. I think on my end I favor the original as the guitar fills seem to add a lot. The tone is pretty wicked too, if you ask me. But I wonder what you think? Revisited & Mellow? Or the old Bendy, rockin version?

Lastly, this one is a solo effort on the project. I did bounce it off some folks for an opinion on it. I hope I can play again at some point, but that is either surgery or some new PRP stuff that is less intrusive on the body and does not take a year to heal. Thus I might be sporadic here as I can’t do originals or covers any more for a while…

NOTE: I liked the piano in the mellow version enough to go back and add it all the way through the song, except for the solo area where the piano is turned down. This replaces [Heaven Or Hell - Revisited], that was first posted. Sorry for the confusion!

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Heaven Or Hell - Original Version)

Be well and take good care,
LB

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Hi LBro,
What a shame to read that your physical condition is so shitty… good luck with that and wish you lots of wisdom and help with the decision you make… :mending_heart:

I remember this well…very nice and I can imagine that the video clip certainly helped with that :grin: :sunglasses:

I definitely prefer the original… a little more power fits just a little better for me …

Good luck Bro ,I wish you all the best :four_leaf_clover:

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Wow I love seeing these videos people make it inspires me so much I need to learn man cheers Hec

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HI Roger,
Thanks much for listening and commenting!

Yeah, on the medical side, I just take it a day at a time. It will work out in the end. Funny though in that I was considering changing the hand of the guitar to a lefty. That would have left the bad left thumb to just do strumming and palm muting. But this has progressed to a point I am not sure that would work out either. The PRP injections sound promising, from what I have heard.

Yeah I like that first version as well. The more I listen to the new version, the more I think it should have more piano in it all the way through. That is a boogie woogy piano. I think as fills it is ok, but one could get mere into it, if the piano was expanded and played more.

You take care Roger!
LB

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