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Feelin' Alright (​.​.​.​for Jimmy Boy)

from "it's about time​.​.​.​" (12 songs) by The Bobby Faria Band

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I have added this song as a Bonus Track and dedicated it to my old and dear friend...

James "Jimmy Boy" Conant, a singer and harmonica player who was a long time resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts and part of the Metro Boston music scene for many years.

I was deeply saddened to hear of Jimmy's sudden passing in the Fall of 2015. We hadn't run into each other nearly as often as we used to and I hadn't even heard that he was ill, so it was quite a shock when I read the news on Facebook. I wanted to pay tribute to his memory by putting my own spin on a song that I heard him sing many times.
"Feelin' Alright" was one of the many songs that Jimmy Boy sang with his own special flair at the Cantab Lounge and other clubs around town.

Jimmy was way too young to be leaving us... He was a good man and he was a good friend ... and he is missed by many good people...

Anyway, this is my take on the Dave Mason classic. It's a Rock- and-Roll anthem that gets airtime at pretty much every bar room blues jam across the planet so, I've done my own arrangement of the song here, taking some major liberties with the chord changes and bending a few of the lyrics to fit.

But as Tommy Chong said so many years ago... "Dave's not here, man"
so I hope he won't mind.

I hope you like it. I know I do...

Thank you for lots of great music, Jimmy! I hope you like it too ...

Since all the credit for this tune justifiably goes to Dave Mason, you can download my version for FREE (so Dave doesn't send his legal team after me)



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lyrics

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=== Song Lyrics - (mostly) By Dave Mason
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Oooooh …

Seems I got to have a change in scene
Cause every night I have the strangest dreams
Imprisoned by the way things might have been
Left here on my own or so it seems
I got to leave before I start to scream
But someone locked the door and took the key
CHORUS:
(You) Feelin' alright? I’m not feelin' too good myself
Are You Feelin' alright? I’m not feelin' too good myself,
good myself

Baby you sure took me for one big ride
Even now I sit and I wonder why…
And when I think of you I stop myself from crying
I just can’t waste my time, I must keep dry.
Got to stop believin' in all your lies
Cause there’s too much to do before I die

CHORUS:
(Guitar SOLO)

Oooooh …

Don’t ya get too lost in all this stuff I'm sayin'
Cause you know at the time… I really felt this way
But that was then… and now it's today
and I can't get off yet so I'm here to stay
‘til someone comes along and takes my place
With a different name and a different face

CHORUS:
Vamp & 2nd Solo

Oooooh …

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from "it's about time​.​.​.​" (12 songs), track released January 31, 2016

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Award Winning Guitarist, Saxophonist, Singer and Songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts

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