Peter Sprague Plays “God Bless the Child” featuring Rebecca Jade

Back in the early days both Tripp and I grew up with a father that was completely into jazz. Miles and Coltrane and Stan Getz were on the main menu but he would sometimes stray to other more modern groups that had jazz and rock built-in. One of the records that stood out was Blood, Sweat, and Tears with a recording of their version of “God Bless the Child.” It's a great arrangement that starts off with a semi-classical introduction and then gets into this gospel groove for the main body of the tune. From there it launches into a Latin flavored solo section and then eventually returns back to first the gospel vibe and then finally the classical exit. It's a brilliant way to showcase this song and this was the model that we used for our version.
Rebecca is sounding so good and the way that she bends notes and adds riffs to the already gorgeous melody is just fantastic. Tripp on sax carves some beautiful lines!
This performance first appeared on our Episode 6 Live(ish) from SpragueLand livestream and here is the link for the whole show: www.youtube.co...
the group:
Peter Sprague - guitar
Rebecca Jade - vocals
Tripp Sprague - sax
Mack Leighton - bass
Duncan Moore - drums
video mixing by Steve Grant and Peter Sprague
audio mixing by Peter Sprague
livestream team: Stefanie Sprague and Brian Balthazor
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Thanks for listening and watching!

[@bladerunner6282]

pretty tough to pull off that tune like that with such a small group. ...and with no brass. everyone must be at the top of their game, and they are! bravo!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Yo Bladerunner, thanks for checking in and the kind words too.

[@bahadrbabi5309]

Great song from BST and huge singer D.C. Thomas... oh my young in times... Thank you all..

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

BST were one of the best! Thanks...

[@bahadrbabi5309]

@@PeterSpragueMusic .. agree Sir

[@bvveltre]

wonderful stuff....

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

What a song, what a vocal!

[@williamdatz6364]

Ridiculously great! Each one of you soared! Rebecca each time she sang, Tripp, you, Mack, Duncan throughout - such a great version! Your break at the 6:00 mark and following is wonderful art, Peter… thanks for sharing!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Wow, thank you!

[@justinallison6249]

Fantastic arrangement, performance and production as always! And Rebecca! Oh my!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@barbarabaenziger8742]

Beautiful! Wonderful voice, thanks to Rebecca, and creative improvising by all! Peter and Trip work so well together!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Thanks for the listen Barbara and yep, we're having a good time over here!

[@robert2088]

Smokin’ Hot! Roll on Peter Sprague Band!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Rollin' and thanks!

[@jimfoster5450]

Great arrangement and sound! Just had Rebecca at our concert series in Tacoma two weeks ago. Peter, when are you coming back up?!?

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Hey Jim, yeah Rebecca is so cool and I did see that she was part of your series. I'd love to come back, we just need a little more money to make it work....let me know if you come into some super patron! Hah!

[@cliffkeller8551]

really enjoyed this performance and arrangement. wowza!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Thanks Cliff and RJ for miss soul jazz singer personified!

[@nylonsteel]

👏👏♥

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Rebecca rules the sonic universe!

[@gorilago52]

I really like the voice and the arrangement! Great musicians! Thanks for post it.

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Our pleasure!

[@zazaz44]

lovely playing and vocals.

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Super fun and thanks!

[@producer2123]

Lovely performance!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Dig it!

[@allisonadamstucker]

Sublime!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

What a vibe, right?

[@Rhoneman]

Almost hard to believe that BST was where this song got started. It is such a great jazz standard now. Another song that strikes me that way is Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word, by Elton John. Anyhow, very nice rendition.

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Thanks for the spin on the music!

[@alramirez9032]

My god, awesome

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Thanks a bunch for the listen!

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

4th listen-view; 1st LIKE posted... here we go!

[@PeterSpragueMusic]

Boom!