Old Acoustic

Carmen Amaya, flamenco dancer

Dancing Queen

This is a remake of ABBA’s superhit from the 1970′s. It’s a lot of fun to take a pop song, and “acousticize” it.

I’m a bass player, and I wanted to see how a tuba would work instead of a bass to fill out the low end. It was kind of experimental, but I think it worked. My friend Tim Porter played the tuba in the key of B, which is pretty much the worst key for a tuba (I found out after I gave him the music).

As I was recording, it occurred to me that this version has less in common with disco, and more in common with folk dance. Actually, folk dance is just like disco, but without roller skates. Watch Carmen Amaya prove it.