For a Lick and a Promise
by The Push and Pull feat. Fred Thomas of the J.B.'s
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I've been beyond blessed to play guitar for Fred Thomas since 2008, when I joined him in backing Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens. While on tour with Ms. Shelton, Fred took me under his wing to teach the J.B. guitar styles of Hearlon "Cheese Martin" and Jimmy Nolen. To this day, we're still hashing it out live on the bandstand, and in rehearsals.
Yes, Fred is that Fred Thomas! 36 years with the Godfather of Soul starting in 1971, playing on hits such as; Hot Pants, Papa Don't Take No Mess, Make it Funky, Get on the Good Foot, Drive That Funky Soul, Doing it to Death, I Got Ants in My Pants, There it Is, Stoned to the one, and instrumental classics like Pass the Peas and Gimme Some More.
He's on the seminal "Live at the Apollo Vol. 3 Revolution of the Mind and I believe every one of James Brown's Soul Train appearances.
Here, he's singing a song I wrote for him. We tracked and put it out a few years ago and now have a remastered version we truly love.
Gabriel
Yes, Fred is that Fred Thomas! 36 years with the Godfather of Soul starting in 1971, playing on hits such as; Hot Pants, Papa Don't Take No Mess, Make it Funky, Get on the Good Foot, Drive That Funky Soul, Doing it to Death, I Got Ants in My Pants, There it Is, Stoned to the one, and instrumental classics like Pass the Peas and Gimme Some More.
He's on the seminal "Live at the Apollo Vol. 3 Revolution of the Mind and I believe every one of James Brown's Soul Train appearances.
Here, he's singing a song I wrote for him. We tracked and put it out a few years ago and now have a remastered version we truly love.
Gabriel
lyrics
Yeah baby, it all came together in the end
Do you remember when
We were strangers
We just kind of like
Some kind of way we hooked up
You know what
Getting so close
To our big toast
Raise high the glass
I’ll give all you ask
For a lick and a promise
I'm just thinking about the time we spent
The sites the scent
And the years in between
You're back in Brooklyn now like fresh cement
Can I be your gent
I can write what I mean
We were so much younger then, so innocent
Baby please consider this, a kiss is just a kiss
Let's start with a lick and a promise
Getting so close
To our big toast
Raise high the glass
I’ll give all you ask
For a lick and a promise
All those days was something magical
We had a ball
Rolled right along
Something tells me we'll be more than friends
We'll make amends a drink in my den
Maybe I can’t promise things, like diamond rings
Baby please consider this, a kiss is just a kiss
Let’s start with a lick and a promise
Well, oh that's what we did baby
We rocked the boat
We rocked it so good till we dun got married
For a lick and a promise
It's all about you and me getting together baby
It started all up in Brooklyn
For a lick and a promise
Rockin it sockin it
I knew it was going to happen from the get go, you know what i mean
For a lick and a promise
Rockin it sockin it
For a lick and a promise
Do you remember when
We were strangers
We just kind of like
Some kind of way we hooked up
You know what
Getting so close
To our big toast
Raise high the glass
I’ll give all you ask
For a lick and a promise
I'm just thinking about the time we spent
The sites the scent
And the years in between
You're back in Brooklyn now like fresh cement
Can I be your gent
I can write what I mean
We were so much younger then, so innocent
Baby please consider this, a kiss is just a kiss
Let's start with a lick and a promise
Getting so close
To our big toast
Raise high the glass
I’ll give all you ask
For a lick and a promise
All those days was something magical
We had a ball
Rolled right along
Something tells me we'll be more than friends
We'll make amends a drink in my den
Maybe I can’t promise things, like diamond rings
Baby please consider this, a kiss is just a kiss
Let’s start with a lick and a promise
Well, oh that's what we did baby
We rocked the boat
We rocked it so good till we dun got married
For a lick and a promise
It's all about you and me getting together baby
It started all up in Brooklyn
For a lick and a promise
Rockin it sockin it
I knew it was going to happen from the get go, you know what i mean
For a lick and a promise
Rockin it sockin it
For a lick and a promise
credits
released September 4, 2020
Featuring: Fred Thomas, vocals, bass guitar, mix engineer
Gabriel Caplan, guitar, keyboards, recording/ mix engineer
Albert Goold, keyboards
Martin Schmid, organ
Tony Mason, drums
Starr Busby, background vocals
Aisha J, background vocals
Craig Dreyer at Mighty Toad, recording engineer
Jonathan Vergara, mix engineer
Justin Weiss, Trakworx, mastering engineer
Artwork, Kerri Mahoney
Music and Lyrics: Gabriel Caplan
Recorded by A Train With Two Fists
Featuring: Fred Thomas, vocals, bass guitar, mix engineer
Gabriel Caplan, guitar, keyboards, recording/ mix engineer
Albert Goold, keyboards
Martin Schmid, organ
Tony Mason, drums
Starr Busby, background vocals
Aisha J, background vocals
Craig Dreyer at Mighty Toad, recording engineer
Jonathan Vergara, mix engineer
Justin Weiss, Trakworx, mastering engineer
Artwork, Kerri Mahoney
Music and Lyrics: Gabriel Caplan
Recorded by A Train With Two Fists
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