"Blue Jean Baby" Official Home Page

GarageBand.com gave "Blue Jean Baby" the following Awards;

#25 Best Guitars in Country, all-time

#7 Best Beat in Country, all-time

#8 Grooviest Rhythm in Country, all-time

#15 Best Dance Track in Country, all-time

For the week of July 16, 2007 - BEST MALE VOCALS in Country

For the week of July 16, 2007 - BEST GUITARS in Country

For the week of July 30, 2007 - BEST GUITARS in Country

For the week of August 6, 2007 - BEST GUITARS in Country

For the week of August 16, 2007 - BEST GUITARS in Country

For the week of July 16, 2007 - BEST LYRICS in Country

For the week of July 16, 2007 - BEST BEAT in Country

For the week of July 30, 2007 - BEST BEAT in Country

For the week of August 6, 2007 - BEST BEAT in Country

For the week of August 13, 2007 - BEST BEAT in Country

For the week of July 16, 2007 - BEST FEEL GOOD TRACK in Country

For the week of February 18, 2008 - MOST ROCKING TRACK in Country

For the week of July 30, 2007 - BEST DANCE TRACK in Country

For the week of July 30, 2007 - BEST DANCE TRACK all Genres

For the week of July 30, 2007 - BEST DANCE TRACK in Country

July 25, 2007 - GarageBand.com TRACK OF THE DAY

October 15, 2007 - GarageBand.com TRACK OF THE WEEK

"Song of the Year" Reviews!

The following italicized paragraph is the official "Song of the Year" review;

The lyric is soulful and thought out very well with a pleasing upbeat melody that implements the mood precisely. This song has the essence of country with blues sensibility. The title has a wonderful place and this makes the song very memorable. The song is marked with an accomplished composition and powerful vocal performance. Your professional approach to your craft is stunning. I'm most impressed. The musical implementation has strong resolve and a playful sound that gives the song life. Great job! The composition is entertaining and professional. It would be fruitful to get it to an established artist(s) with a suitable style to capture the rhythm and soul of this composition and propel it into the musical charts.

Just before Christmas 2005, Mike's youngest daughter, Amanda, (16 at the time) submitted her Christmas wish list with a very unusal gift request. Of course there were normal teeange girl items listed on the sheet but one of the Christmas wishes was for her dad to write a song for her. She had asked before but never on a wish list so Mike decided to sit down and get this done.

Anyone who is familiar with Amanda knows that she is vivacious and full of life, always smiling and making friends, so this song had to be something upbeat, something sort of tough and sassy, something that made people feel good and would leave them smiling too.

So Mike picked up old electric and worked out the chords as the lyrics came to him. Every line was approved by Amanda before it ever went on paper. And in a couple of hours, "Blue Jean Baby" was born.

It would still be another 8 months before the demo track was recorded but that was okay with her because she knew the song was written and she knew it was all hers. When "Blue Jean Baby" was finally done, well, it was indeed found to be a country / southern rocker with smokin' guitars including some very phenominal slide work by Sammy Hundley. Mike wanted the song to have a modern jitterbug tone accompanied by the sound of a 1950's Elvis & Jerry Lee slapback on the mic. The results far exceeded Mike's expectations . . . but not Amanda's. She seemed to always know that "Blue Jean Baby" would crank itself out just the way it did. It was a Christmas gift from a dad to a daughter and it turned out to be both timeless and priceless.

Merry Christmas Amanda!

Lead Vocals: Mike Parrish

Background Vocals; Mike Parrish - Spoken Vocals; Amanda Parrish

Bass Guitar, Electric Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar

are all performed by; Sammy Hundley

Drums: Alan Dossett

Mixed & Mastered by Kyle W. Smith

Screaming guitars!

The guitar work was really great! The song is fun and upbeat with an appropriate hook line. I think it was interesting doing unison rather than harmonies on the last line. This is a great boogie-woogie song that had me dancing in my chair!

Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Guitars, Lyrics, Beat, Most Rocking Track.

Jeanette Myers

Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island

Canada

July 9th, 2007

OW!!! MY FEET ARE SORE!

How dare you post something that keeps my foot tapping like this does. My wrists are sore from playing air guitar. The hook won't leave my head, you have created another earworm, those tunes you can't get out of your head. You have a lot of nerve putting something so infectious on the internet.

Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Guitars, Production, Lyrics, Beat, Mood, Best Feel Good Track.

David Hartt

Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

July 11th, 2007