Did You Mean It? - by my jazz/swing/schlager band

Jan Jonsson · Post by **Jan Jonsson** » 18 Sep 2009 1:56 pm

For the last two years, I've been playing with a band playing the jazzy swing/schlager music that was popular in Sweden in the '30s and '40s. Most of the songs we play were made popular by Swedish artist using translated lyrics of the original American songs. Although we sometimes play the Swedish version, the majority of the songs we play are with the original lyrics.

Here's a song from the '30s made popular by Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman - "Did You Mean It?" This is from a concert a few weeks ago. I'm on steel playing a C6-ified S10 Sho-Bud through a Fender Princeton Reverb amp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYHwPsRtbz8

Hope you like it.

-- Jan

NB: the quilt backdrop was not our choice of decoration.

Papa Joe Pollick · Post by **Papa Joe Pollick** » 18 Sep 2009 2:08 pm

Yessssirrrr,I could listen to a whole bunch of that...Good job all the way around...

Marc Jenkins · Post by **Marc Jenkins** » 18 Sep 2009 2:37 pm

Awesome! I like the quilt too.

Doc Hope · Post by **Doc Hope** » 18 Sep 2009 7:43 pm

Jan,
Great band,good old swing music,great picking.Keep them songs a coming.
Doc Hope

Harry Johansen · Post by **Harry Johansen** » 19 Sep 2009 12:30 am

Sheeez Jan,you did it again.

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 19 Sep 2009 5:25 am

Hey Jan...that is so cool, it made me laugh out loud! Right out of another era. Great playing my friend!!!
You really copped the bag perfectly! Nice looking old Bud!!!

Jan Jonsson · Post by **Jan Jonsson** » 20 Sep 2009 12:38 pm

Thanks! I appreciate the kind comments. It's a great band to be a member of and the songs are real fun and challenging to play. We also have a couple of uptempo Les Paul songs on the set list that really gets the band and audience going.

Rick: My "Freckled Blondie" Sho-Bud is a mighty fine guitar with great sustain and tone. It was refurbished and converted to a C6 setup by Ricky Davis and John Coop. The original foot pedals were shaved down to be more like the pedals on my Fulawka.

-- Jan

Jody Cameron · Post by **Jody Cameron** » 28 Sep 2009 9:19 pm

Dude! That SWINGS

I love it...great band. jc