Jim Alfredson

My Valentine is a ballad written by Paul McCartney. We gave it the ol' "Further Adventures of Jimmy & Wes" treatment. It doesn't really have much to do with Patton but it was such a great take, I had to put it on there. Plus it will probably get a lot of airplay, which is always good.

I never received a CD. Then again, the backer level I pledged isn't very specific about what I receive. Maybe I just get the vinyl and not a CD. Thank you. I pride myself on not only producing quality product but being timely and communicative.

Just received this notice in my email: I still have yet to receive anything beyond a poster (a rather nice one at that, signed and all). They did post access to some mp3s to download but I must have missed the notification email as I didn't realize it until checking the Kickstarter page just now and the download window has passed. Oh well. I don't really want downloads, I want what I paid for, ie a vinyl copy of the album and the DVD (on vinyl... just kidding). But now the DVD isn't happening. I feel sympathy for the good Doctor because I doubt much of this is in his control. Whatever team he put together to manage this thing has done a poor job. In the 18 months since his Kickstarter began and ended, I've produced, by myself, one CD with bonus materials (the organissimo Kickstarter) and I'm about to put the finished touches on another CD and DVD project (the Big John Patton tribute) which will go to the duplicators by the end of next week at the latest. It should be noted that the Smith project raised as much money as both of my projects put together. What I would do as the producer(s) of this project is level with the backers and explain why it has taken so extraordinarily long to fulfill their obligations, what unforeseen hardships and obstacles they've run into in the process, and exactly why the DVD isn't happening. This would serve two purposes: It would save face and hopefully generate a bit of sympathy towards the people involved instead of simply leaving us hanging with confusion and indignation. And it would also serve as a valuable learning tool for other people considering doing something similar. Crowdfunding and self-producing multimedia products seems to be, for better or worse, the Brave New World of the music business and those of us out here attempting to do the same thing can use all the advice we can get. That said, none of this diminishes in the least my respect and love for Dr. Lonnie Smith. He's one of the masters. I'll support him again in a heartbeat. And he even listed me as A Friend Indeed on his website and possibly in the CD, so I feel a bit awkward posting this. But it is my hope that this experience can serve as a learning tool for other musicians out there on the trials and tribulations of self-producing your own material. I know I learned a lot from my first Kickstarter (we shipped three months late after all). Here's hoping the Doctor's team will let us in so we can all learn and hopefully laugh at the absurd but unfortunately necessary situation of producing your own content.

The title is no longer The Way I Feel. It's Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers - A Tribute To Big John Patton

A Tribute To Big John Patton Sessions - August 23, 2013 1. Let 'Em Roll tk1 2. Let 'Em Roll tk2 3. Let 'Em Roll tk3* (master take) 4. Let 'Em Roll tk 4 (alt. take) 5. Jakey tk1 (incomplete) 6. Jakey tk2 (master take) 7. Jakey tk3 (incomplete) 8. Jakey tk4 9. String Bean tk1 10. String Bean tk2 11. String Bean tk3 (master take) 12. Dirty Fingers tk1 (alt take) 13. Dirty Fingers tk2 (master take) 14. Ding Dong tk1 15. Ding Dong tk2 (alt take) 16. Ding Dong tk3 (master take) 17. Jakey tk5 (alt take) Jim Alfredson - organ Randy Gelispie - drums Ralph Tope - guitar Jim Cooper - vibes A Tribute To Big John Patton Sessions - August 24, 2013 1. Soul Woman tk1 2. Soul Woman tk2 3. Soul Woman tk3 (master take) 4. Daddy James tk1 (incomplete) 5. Daddy James tk2 6. Daddy James tk3 (master take) 7. Minor Swing tk1 8. Minor Swing tk2 (master take) 9. Minor Swing tk3 10. Gentle John (Alfredson original) 11. My Valentine (McCartney) tk1 12. My Valentine tk2 (master take) 13. My Valentine tk3 (alt take) 14. Funky Mama tk1 (incomplete) 15. Funky Mama tk2 (alt take) 16. Funky Mama tk3 (master take) Jim Alfredson - organ Randy Gelispie - drums Ralph Tope - guitar A Tribute To Big John Patton Sessions - August 25, 2013 1. Along Came John tk1 2. Along Came John tk2 (alt take) 3. Along Came John tk3 (master take) 4. Good Juice tk1 5. Good Juice tk2 (master) 6. The Way I Feel tk1 (master) 7. The Way I Feel tk2 (alt) 8. Early AM 9. The Silver Meter tk1 (alt take) 10. The Silver Meter tk2 (master) 11. Spiffy Diffy 12. Spiffy Diffy tk2 (master) Jim Alfredson - organ Randy Gelispie - drums Ralph Tope - guitar Dwight Adams - trumpet Mark Kieme - saxophones Add in the two we recorded back in February (Latona and Night Flight) and that's 19 tunes. I forgot we didn't track Fat Judy. Right now the current line-up for the CD is: 1) Good Juice 8:34 2) Daddy James 6:16 3) Dirty Fingers 6:55 4) Gentle John 7:48 5) Let 'Em Roll 7:25 6) Along Came John 7:02 7) String Bean 5:53 8) My Valentine 4:39 9) Spiffy Diffy 5:08 TOTAL RUN TIME approx 59 minutes I'm thinking of substituting Early AM for either Along Came John or Spiffy Diffy.

Wow! I'm definitely in!

Yes, I'm on the road. I got to the PO box on... Wednesday?... and there was $480 in checks there. That brings the total up to about $1400. I took $450 of that and paid myself back, so we're at $950, which means the server will be paid for well into next year. The bummer is that I tried to pre-pay a bunch of months in advance and the hosting company wouldn't let me. I don't want this money just sitting around, so I'm going to call the VP (he's a friend of mine) and see if I can't remedy that situation when I get home. Thanks everyone!

One of my favs. RIP Jimmy.

We recorded about 20 tracks over the three days. The CD has 9 tracks on it and it's 60 minutes worth of music.

http://youtu.be/Xc-1cZWHUqk Another little taste.

No, I no longer pay for it because no one was using it. I should probably turn off the button.

Yeah, fuck that. Janiva Magness never accepts that proposal. The two times that we played the Detroit Jazz Festival, they told us we couldn't sell discs from the stage. Instead we had to go through Street Corner. They were nice people to deal with but the percentage that we got from each sale was pretty low.

Yes, and after the gig is where we sell the most.

Got 'em both. Listened to them to death in the 90s. Great stuff.

Thanks, everyone. Raised $886 so far via Paypal. It would be nice not to worry about it until the end of the year or farther.

Ok, I looked it up (sorry was on my way out the door to a gig). Looks like an interesting read. I've put it on my next to read list for my kindle.

Yes, that would be nice!

A little taste. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWgNOyJFL0Q

Yep! And I'm completely lost concerning this thread. Is "Telegraph Avenue" a book?

You may have noticed the forum was down. The last funddrive ended in July but July wasn't paid for, so I owed three months worth of server time at $150 a month. Usually they let me get to four months without turning off the server but not this time! So anyway, I paid the $450 out of my own pocket. Paypal is b3groover@hotmail.com. Address for checks is: PO Box 27551 Lansing, MI 48909 Make all checks out to me, please. Thanks!

All music would have to pack it in, especially jazz and blues. I side with Thicke on this one. You cannot claim ownership of a groove. Unless he directly sampled Got To Give It Up (which he did not), he's in the clear. You can only copyright melodies and lyrics. You cannot copyright rhythms, chord changes (Blurred Lines uses different chords anyway), or motifs.

Day three of tracking the project. It's going really well. Friday was the trio plus vibes. Yesterday was just the trio. Today will be the trio with trumpet and tenor. I'm looking forward to mixing this and editing the video.

RIP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2pUAdHP8OA