Hi,
Welcome to GMO (Give Me Oil In My Lamp), the longest project Roman and I have ever done to date. Your looking literally at about 7 months of work, mainly in the audio realm and getting all the vocalists tracked with their busy schedules..
I really felt Roman would never do such a song as this but I think once he found out what it was about he was “in”. This is a special song that had 3 generations of 6 vocalists in it and this took a long time to coordinate. From 2 granddaughters under 10 to my 3 daughters who are adults and myself as a grandad. Add in Leo, Roman and Victor to fill out this roster and you have GMO as we call it. See credits at the end of the video for who did what.
This song is special because I did it with my daughters back when they were under 10 about 30 years ago for a large audience. So now my daughter’s kids are in this version. This will be handed down to the next generation so their kids can hear mom, gramma and great grandpa when they come to be. But that is not the extend of play for this one. I played this for my friend who is a DJ and has a weekly radio show. He had not heard this song in about 40 years and wants to end one of his radio shows with it. So if that goes down then this will get radio play as well. If that happens I will try and snag an on air copy of the song and DJ comments for you to hear in another post – “stay tuned” as they say in the business!.
Video beach scenes shot on location in Kona Hawaii!
Pay special attention to “Take it away Girls" @ about 1:13 in the video. See Verse 2 below, I think these vocalists stole the show. Too bad they both had colds.
In MHO Victor smokes on Lead Guitar!
Leo lends his new acoustic guitar to the mix too!
Roman – Well, without him this does not happen!
Thanks guys!
Family of Girls and Women Vocalists!
Thanks Gals!
https://youtu.be/X5CIr0EUwJ8
Hope you enjoy this up temp cover - lyrics below,
The GMO Crew & LBro
GMO LYRICS
VERSE 1
Give me oil in lamp, keep me burning
Give me oil in lamp I pray, Hallelujah
Give me oil in lamp, keep me burning
Keep me burning till the break of day
CHORUS 1
I will Sing Ho-san-na!
Sing ho-san-na! Sing ho-san-na
To the king of kings
Sing ho-san-na! Sing ho-san-na!
Sing ho-san-na, To the king of kings
OH Yeah!
Take it away Girls!
VERSE 2 – 2ea 10 years old & under granddaughters, with colds…
Give me unction in my gumption
Let me function, function, function
Give me unction in my gumption I pray
Hallelujah
Give me unction in my gumption
Let me function, function, function
Let me function till the break of day
Oh Yeah!
CHORUS 2
I will Sing Ho-san-na!
Sing ho-san-na! Sing ho-san-na
To the king of kings
I will Sing ho-san-na! Sing ho-san-na!
Sing ho-san-na, To the king of kings
OH Yeah!
Whoa!
VERSE 3
Give me gas for my Ford,
keep me trukin' for the Lord
Give me gas for my Ford I pray
Hallelujah
Give me gas for my Ford,
keep me trukin' for the Lord
Keep me truckin' till the,
break of day
Oh Yeah!