Bad Luck Blues

Country blues shuffle with a laid-back pocket, brushed drums, upright bass, twangy Telecaster fills, and barroom piano stabs; verse walks with sparse guitar and voice, pre-chorus tightens with handclaps and rising harmony, chorus opens with stacked gang vocals and a hooky slide-guitar reply, bridge drops to near-solo vocal before the final chorus lifts with fuller drums. Close-mic male vocal, cracked and conversational, with short delay throws on the hook words, turnaround licks between lines, warm dusty mix with a little bite