The Texas Trumpets's lyrics & chords

A bassist and drummer hold down a solid walking rhythm, almost a shuffle. The guitarist comps jazzy rhythm chords and throws in the occasional fill, restrained but assertive. A Hammond B3 goes from simmer to slow boil in the background, while a bawdy singer moans "Rebecca, Rebecca, get them big legs offa me." Floating on top of the whole mix are four, count 'em, four, trumpets, which never overpower the other elements. It's not like the octave-stretching lineups of Tower of Power or James (Brown) and the Famous Flames. No sax or trombone here. ...read more