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Since we didn't get a shot to create anything NEW this December, here's something OLD for you.

This recording is from 2013 and if memory serves, i recorded this on board a cruise ship, you know, when that was still a thing VoicePlay did a whole lifetime ago.

Anyhow, the original song "Basin Street Blues" comes from one of my favorite vocal groups ever, The Mills Brothers, and you can watch them perform it HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNOBrUITV4A

It's just magic to watch these guys.

My Chin music isn't quite as good as theirs is (or even close) but you get the idea. VoicePlay performed this arrangement ONCE before the other guys decided it was too obscure to keep singing live. It's a real shame because i friggin love this song.

Anyhow, all of the voice parts in this track are me as i existed eleven years ago (including the drums). So young but still so very very old. Enjoy the glimpse at the past and I'll see you soon!

-G

Comments

Tine

Oohhh I love this song😍 thank you SO much for sharing this. How lovely to hear this!

Debs Badger

Oh! I love The Mills Brothers! This is lovely, Geoff!

ZAYRAY!

2013 Geoff sounds so different!! Do you hear it as much as we do?

Helen A

A blast from the past to see the old year out, excellent choice. And I love this song too. A current rerecording might be fun, just to clock the vocal growth! Happy New Year to you and the family.

Leonie Frenkert-Ghazi

Thanks so very, very much! Have a beautiful New Years Eve and all the best wishes for 2025! ❣️🥂🍾

ZAYRAY!

It's funny that we were all talking about which of you guys could form a Acapella Group by themselves. We concluded You Layne and J could, potentially Eli also. But here you go proving that!! I love it

Purple Butterfly

You are making old new again as always. I hope you had a great Christmas and a happy new year. This ancient lady is celebrating the ball drop with New Zealand so I don't miss my bedtime. Lol

Angie Woollard

Oh Geoff, this is great! What a groove!

Huldra Draco

Ohhhh this is amazing!!! What a great idea to share this! 🥰

Melissa Clabaugh

Great trumpet solo! 😂🤩 I would love to hear more of this style from you in the future. Happy New Year!

Blue Raven

A perfect evening for looking back a little. Thank you, sir! 🥃🥃 🎇 Happy New Year to you and your's 🎇

Cloudy Skies

This is a delightful item to share as we say farewell to this old year. Thank you. Happy New Year to you and your family !

Frances Smith

My father loved the Mills bros. And my brother and I grew up listening to their records. Amazing job and would love to hear it done currently by you. Happy New Year to you and your family and friends!

Agnes EvaR

The first sounds were enough to put a smile on my face. I love it. Thank you and happy new year!

Alyssa Daniels

Oooh it’s like opening a little time capsule! Young(er) you sounds so different layered together than current you.

Sue Armstrong

Well that was just lovely! I really enjoyed that arrangement, and the sounds of you from 11 years ago. Too bad the other guys thought it was too old and dusty, their loss.

Manasi Kane

This is lovely, Geoff ! The only Basin Street Blues I had heard was the Louis Armstrong one ❤️ The Mills Brothers version is so good !

ANITA M WRIGHT

Love this so very much! Awesome job Geoff!

Huldra Draco

What a great idea for those months where you don't have time to make something new! This was so fun! Something that also could be very cool to share some time, if you are able to find it and actually have it, that is, is any footage of you doing that Blues Brothers performance! That's something a LOT of patrons have been wanting to see for a long time, we've been digging on youtube to no avail!

ZAYRAY!

Yeses! We want blues brothers! I've spent to much of my life searching 🤣

Mikki Fullerton

Ooo thanks for the cool new (to us) track! I love it so I probably would have voted to keep it, but then I love the blues more than an average show-goer might!

Jaezrar

That sounded super! It may be an older song but it was great :D I wouldn't mind more of this on times where a new song isn't an option :)

Annett Günther

Yes, yes, yes ... 🥰 It's great and very, very, very nice. Thank you Geoff!

Janis Carney

So sweet. Lovin' the throwback.

Nicki

Oh how I wish there was a video of this performance. I would love to see how it matches the video that's playing in my head while listening to this enjoyable song 🎬🎥🎶

Jordi S

The is wonderful, thank you 🥰

Born Ancient

I feel very Spoiled! What an absolute treat! Wasn't expecting anything...... but this is gold! You definitely had "it" 11 years ago, you just have a richer more experienced "it" now! Thank you so much for this! Wishing you & yours a safe, healthy & happy New year from North Wales 🥳🎶❤️🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥃 Xx

Karen & Lauren

Well, here's to an end of one year and start of another. I must confess, I love the irony of you releasing this little gem to us. Throughout the holiday season, I was listening and relistening to Peppermint Winter and was wondering how in the heck y'all did the horn parts on Christmas Island, and lo, here you give us this with an even more delightful taste of them. No pun intended, but, Be Prepared to give us a demo and explanation next chat, because I'll be requesting it. I also can't not wonder what this would sound like with a bit of audio mixing.

Martina Kraft

Don't know the song but it's a beautiful end of the year song. Yes it sounds a bit different than nowadays but that doesn't matter at all. Happy New Year to you and your family

Mamma Bear

Loved this so much. Mills Brothers were great. Thank you for preserving this gem. HAPPY NEW YEAR

Emma Yadkin

Absolutely love old crooning tunes. Thanks for this flash back. Any chance of getting a MP3 of this? Pretty please.

Marie Galaxy

I’m always amazed that all that harmony is coming from just one person!! Absolutely phenomenal! 😻💜💚 Thank you & Happy New Year 🎈

Barazion

Having grown up on my father's folkways records(78's), and having a son your contemorary, I love hearing the realy days of recording!

Marie DesJardin

> So young but still so very very old. This will remain true for the rest of your life. Thank you so much for this year-end treat. Wishing you a gentle and productive 2025

Marlene

Thank you so much. Great song!! Happy New Year to you and your family!

Sofia Guerra

Thanks you very much, Geoff! Happy New Year :)

Sheila Stephens

I love The Mills Brothers! Like the Doo-Wop sound you gave it. Mike and I got the biggest kick out of the trumpet solo! Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Stacey V.

I really liked it. Thank you very much for bringing it out of storage and reintroduced it to us. I hope you, Kathy and William have a have a happy New Year !🎉🎉🎉

Daniel Sarnik

Great to hear something “new” from you, my wife is starting to get annoyed hearing the same songs over and over (and over haha). Hope you had a merry Christmas and have a happy new year.

Katherine Powell

Thanks for sharing, Geoff! Happy new year to you and the fan!

Loves to Dive

What a gem, I love the Mills Brothers, cause I'm way older than you we had a number of their records (black round spinning things that played music). Hope y'all have a Happy New Year.

Diane Holland

A precious gem from the Castellucci Vault. I love the simple and classic sounds of your voice. Thank you for sharing 🤩

Åse M Bruun Lagnestål

Oh, how lovely! 🥰🎶❤️ Didn’t get any notification for this. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sarah Borzelli

Oh what a wonderful thing to end the year with! 😍 Thank you for this lovely gift, Geoff! That's all you OMG! So delightful! Have an amazing New Year's eve and a wonderful start in the year 1999...oh wait it's 2025? Already? How's that possible?!

Virginia Small

If any of my friends listened to this, they would never guess this was all one guy. Wonderful and brilliant.

ObscureReferenceWoman

This was one of my favorite songs to play when I was with the Rosier Players tent theater company, Yeah, I did vaudeville... Thanks for this blast from both our pasts! I grew up with Mom's Mills Brother's records. Still play their Xmas album!

Freinarond

Oh wow! I loved this. You're rendition is brilliant, and thank you for sharing the Mills Bros version. I melted all over the place. I absolutely love anything like this. Oh to have been in that audience... I think I was born in the wrong era.

Ilona Dever

Surely that would have gone over well with the cruise ship crowd! I think the rest of the fellas were wrong. And yay for you doing it all by yourself just to show 'em! And I promise not to call you Surely again....

Eric

Thanks for the end-of-year bonus! Very cool and swingy.

Silv E

Omg, this is delightful!! You are the absolute best. Thank you, and have a happy new year, Geoff!

Lynn M

Thanks for the trip back in time. I did not expect your upper register to be so prominent in this, but it was lovely. The vocal instrumentation was fun too. Best wishes for 2025 for you and your family.

Karin Wolf

You'r like a magician pulling wonders from different places! 🥰😂😅

Deb Moore

Thank you for this. I love Mills Btrothers. Some more of this and Ernie Ford would be so much. I could share this with my daughters and grand kids. Happy New Year

Cynthia Ross

OMG… you made a fantasy come true for me. You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to hear you do straight up blues, but I didn’t think you’d be down for the style! But there’s nothing obscure about this song to me. I’m sitting here singing along word for word. I’m not singing well, but the point is I know the melody and the words. Everybody had a version of this back in the day - the ones I know best are Louis Armstrong’s, Cab Calloway’s, and the version Bing Crosby recorded with Connie Boswell. Connie was one of the Boswell Sisters. They were contemporaries of the Mills Brothers, and the first “girl group” to make it big. If you’ve never listened to them, please give them a shot. Their harmonies are as tight as can be - The Andrew Sisters straight up copied them. I appreciate that you did a non-racist version. That’s a bit of an issue with music from that time frame. I love those boys of yours, but they didn’t know what they were talking about here. The blues are alive and well; you just don’t hear it on commercial radio. Besides, you can freshen up and make anything popular again. Look what you did for that rusty, tired, done-to-death Carol of the Bells. 😊 Thank you again, this just went to the top of my personal chart. 🫶🫶🫶🫶

Kathy Pricer

Fantastic! And it never fails, I always think you do a better rendition than the original artists! And that's REALLY saying something in this case, Mills Brothers are AMAZING!

Judi B E

OMG. I can't wait (but of course, I will) to share this with my girlie. She is deep in the swing dance world and she will love this so much. WOW !💃📣🎶🎺❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Jacky Friedman

Wow Geoff! You should bring this back as one of your videos this year just as you did it here. No changes. It is awesome. Love your voice back then too.

Mia

How magical 🥰 The depth of your talent is astonishing every time I discover a new level.

Jacky Friedman

By the way. In case I don't get to say it tomorrow.... Happy New Year Everyone 🎇🥳!

Randiskye

This sounded darn good, Old Man. I wish everyone here a boring old New Year! Hope it's happy and fulfilling!

Jeanette Pencz

Thank you for this wonderful old gem 🥰 Shame on me I didn’t know the song but I am a sucker for Blues 😊 Happy New Year to everyone 🍀🐷🎩🥂🍾🎉

ChazyUK

I love this Geoff, it’s really really good 😊 it sounds familiar but I can’t place it. Has it been in a film ? It is so familiar I was humming to it 🤷🏼‍♀️ Anyway I am happy you shared it with us, it’s too good to be sat on a “dusty old shelf” as you would say haha.

ChazyUK

Oh and a Happy “old” New Year Geoff , here’s to it being a great one 👍😊

Ashley Evers

The other guys are buttheads 😆 They may have been right about the obscurity, but I for one love it 🤣 Guess it is dusty enough for your patrons 🤣

Mathilde R

Happy new year to all of you guys, and many thanks to Geoff for yet another beautiful year of music Much love to y'all 🩵🩵🩵

Cécile Roussey

Thank you for sharing ^^ It’s nice to listen, it’s sweet, calm etc... I wish you a happy new year 2025 <3

Talbot

I loved this right down to the last wah-waaaaah! Thanks, Geoff, Happy New Year. 😘

KorKnot

Thanks for sharing this..a great toe-tapping song. Wishing all the best to you, family, & everyone for 2025.

Cynthia

I love it🫶

Sarah Martin

This was an awesome surprise! I think I would like to hear some more OLD stuff!! Keep them coming and thanks for all you do!!

Loralei Dragon

This is so fun! I love it when you veer to the bluesy/jazzy side of things

Jessica Lord

I've listened to so many instrumental versions of this that I'd forgotten the words. Thank you for the reminder!

Alex Sage

Ooo I’ll have to listen to this tomorrow when I get a chance.

Beckie Henry

So impressed...I think back on what my career looked like 11 years ago and it could be described as "needs work." I love listening to you doing *anything* so feel free to add content like this any time. You touch my heart!

Kourtney Frantz

Well, what the hell else are you HIDING!?!?!?! Bring them out, SIR!!! That was freakin awesome!! So smoooooooth!!! What a nice year ending treat!!!❤️🙌🏻

Leigh D

Thank you for sharing this treat. Happy New Year 🎉

Amanda Hovendon

Oh my goodness! I love this so much! I love this kind of music! Thank you so much for sharing this🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Suzy Bailey

As if not sufficiently multi-talented already you thought you would throw in something 'old', showing off even more things you are good at!?!? My jealousy and disbelief not withstanding, that extra little treat was highly enjoyable, thank you Geoff! Wishing you, Kathy and William a most wonderful 2025! 🎆💜🇬🇧

Judi B E

Happy New Year, Geoff, to you and yours. I got so excited by the song and your great rendition that I forgot it was NY Eve. Happy 2025.🎉🎉 And Happy New Year to everyone else reading these comments.

Crisstina Joubert

I love it!! Happy New Year to you, Kathy and William, and thank you so much for being a magical bright star in this Universe!!❤️❤️❤️

Michele Hearns

So relaxed right now - what a New Year's treat. Wishing a magical 2025 for you, Kathy, William and Thomas! Thank you for making the year I discovered you and VoicePlay the best year ever in a life spanning over seven decades.

Filiz E

Oh, this is so lovely! Thank you Geoff! Happy new year..

Swan

What an unexpected gift to end the year and a wonderful start into the next <3 Lovely bit of music, Geoff! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. And I am deeply impressed by the brass section :D

Dorothy Rosenberg

Incredible a cappella performance! Thank you for sharing your wide-ranging talent with us. Truly your voice is incredible. It’s so special to begin 2025 on this beautiful note. Thank you. Best wishes to you and yours for a wonderful New Year.

Shannon D

Happy New Year! Love this song, thanks for sharing it with us 😊

Karen Z

Lovely blues song with such amazing talent! Thank you, Geoff. You're starting the New Year out with the Mills Brothers again, and I heartily approve! Happy New Year to you and your precious family!

PetraH

Thank you, Geoff! Loving it, so much fun to listen to and hum along. Happy New Year to you and your family! And to everyone here 😊

Rowan

LOVE Basin St. Blues. So sad that the other guys don't agree that it's worth doing.

Gaisha Ziapour Edwards

You took my breath away, I can listen to this all day..♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹

Cheryl Smith

❤️ Love this song. Thank you

Doyne

Click on the three dots and choose "Download." Geoff made it downloadable from this post.

JMB Music

This is so cool! How unfortunate that this never saw the light of day…

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Ulalume

This was wonderful! Now I’m very curious about what else is in the vault 👀

Christine

Just so chilled. Thanks. really relaxed now.

Lori Chaslot

Laissez les bon temps rouler❣️

David Wanderer

That's just beautiful. So cruisy! I really love your more blues-oriented stuff.

Marie Galaxy

Well I just can’t stop listening to this! What a treasure!! 😻

Judi B E

I got to drive (yay!) and visit my girlie yesterday. She shared all of her pictures and videos from her swing dancing "Stormy Weather" week up in Seattle. We listened to this together and she really enjoyed it. When it is released to the public and I send her the link, I hope she shares it with the rest of the teachers she works with. Many of them are older than she and may be greatly interested. There were 8 bands there and one that played the second night, The Cloud Drops (I think) has a gal that sings and plays the sax (I think) and she did a song similar to this with the same kind of fun stuff built in. Keeping great music alive.

Debs Badger

I don't think he has any intention of releasing this publicly.

Judi B E

Well, that makes me so sad. 😪 Thank you for letting me know. I was thinking they might want to do a routine to it, but alas, I will have to use my imagination.

Tracy Z

Awesome!, Some things are timeless like jazz and great harmony.

BarbK

This is a really lovely song. Never heard it but I really love it!

Erma Payne

Wow! This is absolutely wonderful, Geoff! I could listen to this all day!

Jen Fraley

That was awesome but now I want an updated version that I can listen to in the car!

Maria Moore

Never heared this before bit I like it so sultry and smooth

Sharon Bapp

You captured the moment and flavor!😍

Sharon Bapp

What goes around comes around. What is old can be made new again. Espcialy with the G or VP original twist to it. No one does that better.😁🤩

Lauren J Telesca

why does clicking on the mp3 just bring me to the top of the page rather than giving an opportunity to download an mp3?

Silv E

Listening to this track makes me so happy! If only I had an mp3, I would name it George and I would hug it and pet it and squeeze it and pat it and ... (pretty please?)

Cara Zylla-Paterson

Try clicking on the three dots at the bottom of the post. I get two options: Download and Report. Download actually downloads the MP3. I'm ecstatic I get to listen to this anytime!

Cara Zylla-Paterson

Try clicking on the three dots at the bottom of the post. I get two options: Download and Report. Download actually downloads the MP3. I'm ecstatic I get to listen to this anytime!

Silv E

Yay! Thank you!

Jen

Nice