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Drop In (When I'm Not Home) Composer :  Gail Selkirk Instrumentation and Musicians: Vocals :  Gail Selkirk Piano:  Gail Selkirk Organ:  Gail Selkirk Bass:  Gail Selkirk Drums:  Jimmy Boudreau Preview of: Drop In (When I'm Not Home) - MP3 3.9 MB Problems streaming or downloading?  Click Here. Lead/Lyric Sheet: Click here to download the Drop In (When I'm Not Home) Lead/Lyric Sheet PDF File (53 kB) Background of the Song Drop In  is quite simply a fun bit of nonsense. The Gory Details: Since there are thick chords in this little tongue-in-cheek blues shuffle,  I contrasted them with plain triadic "power chords" in the two interludes where the voices are singing "aahhhs".   These straight triads stand out in relief from all those extended chords. I used Native Intruments' B4 for the organ.   It's a very authentic soft-synth emulation of the Hammond B3 and Leslie that I used to play on stage. Take a listen to Drop In (When I'm Not Home) by clicking on one of the links above.   Then download the PDF file that contains the lead/lyric sheet, and try it out!

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