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The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home. The best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "Banana Boat (Day-O)" ) and later became one of his signature songs.
It Ain't Easy also includes Willie Dixon's song "I'm Ready" and an Elton John-Bernie Taupin song, "Rock Me When He's Gone". [ 5 ] Baldry and Stewart put a band together to promote the album on Baldry's first tour of the US, consisting of mostly musicians from Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story album: Sam Mitchell (blues guitar), Micky Waller ...
In 1967, he recorded several solo singles for pop producer Mickie Most, including "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Tallyman", which also included his vocals. [33] He then formed the Jeff Beck Group, which included Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Aynsley Dunbar on drums (replaced by Micky Waller). [34]
The Tally-man accounts for the bunches going into the boat on the shoulders of the loaders. It is the loader that is going to get much up close and personal with a spider in a bunch. The Tally-man simply marks down that Frank loaded another bunch, and when the day comes the loader is asking for a total and thence his pay.
William Sheehan (born March 19, 1953 [1]) is an American musician known for playing bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing style, including the use of chording, two-handed tapping, "three-finger picking" technique and controlled feedback.
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
A part notated with figured bass consists of a bass line notated with notes on a musical staff plus added numbers and accidentals (or in some cases (back)slashes added to a number) beneath the staff to indicate what intervals above the bass notes should be played, and therefore which inversions of which chords are to be played.
In 1963, with the hit "Mr. Bass Man", Cymbal was recognized as a teen star. (The "Bass Man" part was sung uncredited by Ronnie Bright (1938–2015), [2] who sang with the Cadillacs, the Valentines and, for 40 years, phase two of the Coasters.) [3] In 1973, Who bassist John Entwistle covered the song on his third solo album, Rigor Mortis Sets In.