Last month, temps in Northern California hit record highs. As I was driving to an outdoor gig (in the shade, thankfully), this song popped into my head. Later, as I was scrolling through the different versions of this song, I ran across this Ace Of Base cover. It’s in the same key and has the exact same bass line from the original Bananarama version, but had a more modern arrangement.

The Ace Of Base version has a few sections, including the intro, where the bass is not playing. I stuck pretty close to their arrangement.

Last month, temps in Northern California hit record

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Cruel Summer

Great song! Very fun to play.

We hacked our way through it without much of rehearsal at the last couple gigs and the crowd reaction was surprising. This is definitely one that we will be working on perfecting and featuring at future “Retroflection” gigs in the SF Bay Area.

Great song! Very fun to play.  We hacked our way

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I'll Be There For You (Theme from "Friends")

At one of our recent “Retroflection” rehearsals, our guitarists said, “Name that tune” and played 2 chords. I recognized those 2 chords instantly as the first two chords from this song. Turned out it wasn’t the song he had in mind.

This song is a fun song to play, especially for a beginner. There are only 3 notes: C, F, and G. Two more, if you count the short bridge before the 2nd and 3rd verses. Then you just add A and B, walking from G back up to C.

Cruel Summer - Ace Of Base - 1998 - Pop