Jumping Jackson Records

New music day! We're so proud and happy to share the next track from The Walter Projek, "First Thing Smoking".

This is a trippy New Orleans vibe about Katrina and her aftermath that could also be about the events of the last few weeks. I think we did Walter's great tune justice and put a cool new spin on it.

From the liner notes (full notes after the jump)

“First Thing Smoking” is a completely fresh take on a tune Walter first penned for the early GRS records. The song was inspired by an interview Walter saw with Fats Domino immediately after Katrina, in which the legend said he was going to “catch the first thing smoking” to get back home. Walter wrote:

“Time, not on our side / Time only watch the water rise / Help, not on the way / Deep black water ain’t no place to pray.”

Looking at the state of the world today, those words still hit hard. We added a final verse to bring the Katrina saga into the present day, while keeping Walter’s incredible story at the core.

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