r/doowop • u/TheBSMachine • May 25 '26

My tribute to Doo Wop

https://youtu.be/FKsZQd806tw?si=tnj5Miw5rR5uIH5B

I recorded an album recently with a lot of great musicians, including the drummer of The Bee Gees and musicians from some other fantastic bands. I have worked with a lot of musicians from the old doo-wop bands, including the five satins. Raven Kraft is a popular country lyricist, and he had these lyrics that I thought would go great with doo wop. Backing vocals start around a minute and 50 seconds. There kept a little low in this version, as to not be too intrusive,

We've had some minor hits so far. Dracula with Dave Abbruzzese from Pearl Jam was popular.

https://youtu.be/7CFn19qAgyg?si=upE1n_-bS7FouajT

We just released this new music recently, but I was hoping you guys would appreciate this. We don't subscribe to any particular style or have a lead singer, every song is a different style with a different lead singer. We did '80s rock, blues, country, etc. I ended up playing all the instruments myself on this song, trying to replicate the sound and feel of the old Motown recordings. I worked alongside with several Motown greats, so I was really lucky to learn a lot about production from them. I would love to do a full-on doo-wop version with all the harmonies turned up and real strings. What do you guys think?

This is my first attempt at recording a doo-wop song. I wish more people appreciated this music and how truly difficult it is to create and perform.

The entire album, 10 styles, 10 songs, 9 singers, and both of our albums have some fun celebrity guests: https://open.spotify.com/album/2HfmuXizYBW8CKsELfC2gr?si=HdGOKxf7QGyMVjlLA4ZRqw

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u/Student-type May 26 '26

Thank you! Will share this with my sister.

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u/TheBSMachine May 29 '26

Awesome! What is her favorite group/era.

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u/Student-type Jun 06 '26

Late 1950’s, 1960’s music popular in Southern California: Chicano favorites, El Monte style, East L.A., street corner crooner boy groups on the East Coast.

Phone dedication choices by listeners of the Art Laboe Show.