Dangerous Medicine

This is the tenth in a series of articles I’m writing about the songs in apocrypha, a compilation album I am publishing on DMusic. It is meant to complement my Jamendo album, evolution.

“Dangerous Medicine” was recorded July 13, 2005. You know, I like the Blues, but every time I compose a blueslike tune, I feel an irresistable urge to alter the chords and change the progression in some fundamental way. So here’s what I did with this song:

Ab7	%	%	%
Bm7	%	Ab7	%
Eb7	Db7	Eb7	Db7
Eb7	break (Db7)	Ab7	%

The key alterations:

• Substitution of Bm7 for the traditional IV chord, Db7, in bars 5 & 6
• The “Watermelon Man”-like last 8 bars, complete with break.