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Written by Willie Dixon and originally recorded by harmonica innovator and Louisiana native Little Walter, “Mellow Down Easy” caught our ears a few years ago and we started playing it on our weekly Saturday night gig at the Spotted Cat.

Our version, which banjo man Patrick Mackey nicknamed “Wiggle Wiggle,” features a vocal by Panorama front-man Ben Schenck, an accordion blues chorus by special guest Michael Ward-Bergeman, a go on the trombone by long-time Panoramian Charlie Halloran and a ride by guest saxophonist Tomas Majcherski. The groove is propelled by Mackey, tuba ace Matt Perrine and Paul Thibodeaux on the drums.

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You jump jump here, jump jump there
Jump jump jump everywhere
Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy like you really wanna blow your top

You shake shake here, shake shake there
Shake shake shake everywhere
Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy like you really wanna blow your top

You wiggle wiggle here, wiggle wiggle there
Wiggle wiggle wiggle everywhere
Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy like you really wanna blow your top

credits

from Best of the Good (1st compilation from our "Good Music For You" series), released April 1, 2016
Recorded June 16, 2015 at Listen Up! Studios, New Orleans, LA
Released April 1, 2016

Ben Schenck – Clarinet, Vocal
Tomas Majcherski – Alto Saxophone
Charlie Halloran – Trombone
Michael Ward-Bergeman – Accordion
Patrick Mackey – Banjo
Matt Perrine – Tuba
Paul Thibodeaux – Drums

Music arranged by Ben Schenck
Recorded, edited and mixed by Michael Seaman at Listen Up!
Studios, New Orleans, LA
Mastered by Lu Rojas at Oak Street Recording, New Orleans, LA
Graphic design by Ben Schenck and Daniel Murphy
Cover photo by Greg Miles

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Panorama Jazz Band / Panorama Brass Band - New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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