Love it, Tony. This really looks like it could be a fun song.

Take it for a spin Gav, get your rock on! 🙂

@japov

Working on it 🙂

@japov

Any significance to the names in the song? Is this about people you know? The guy running the kitchen has a very distinguished name 🙂

Naaa... I just thought you'd look cute in an apron 😉

@japov

Here's what I came up with. I added some lyrics 🙂

THE DITTY BOP BAR & GRILL

(By JAPOV and Gavin)

We got a one-eyed hound dog sleeping at the door

A three legged cat that won't drink no more

A stuffed alligator hanging from the roof

And a hose outside to clean your boots

We got brand new gravel in the parking lot

The sign on the door says "shirts or not"

Betty at the bar wears a .44Mag

And the fresh fried oysters are the best you ever had

The music's always live and the beer is cold

And every guitar picker in town plays rock-n-roll

Come on folks we're gonna' sing and dance

Dogs gotta howl and cats gotta' prance

Romance never felt like such a thrill

Saturday night at the Ditty Bop Bar-n-Grill

Betty keeps purses safe behind the bar

Bonnie keeps the peace no matter who you are

Bridget works sound and lights for the band

Bubba runs the kitchen like a crazy man

Nine or ten beers and he climbs up on stage

His missus shouting, “Bubba, act your age?”

But the band don’t mind, cause Bubba can sing

And they’re just about to start into “Wild Thing.”

Betty gets respect from all the boys

'Cause it's always ladies night and ladies choice

Come on folks we're gonna sing and dance

Dogs gotta' howl and cats gotta' prance

Romance never felt like such a thrill

Saturday night at the Ditty Bop Bar-n-Grill.

At the end of the night when you fall asleep at the bar

Betty will hide the keys to your car

Come on folks we're gonna sing and dance

Dogs gotta howl and cats gotta' prance

Romance never felt like such a thrill

Saturday night at the Ditty bop Bar-n-Grill.

Ha! Yep, that works! 🙂

@japov

Not sure my voice really works for this, but it was fun. I had to remove Gavin from the kitchen as I sensed imagining me in an apron was interfering with your work. You can imagine Bubba instead.

Any suggestions?

Your lyrics are a perfectly natural progression, very good, I like it! Musically, you made it work with your style lol... I'm impressed, sounds like it belongs in your collection 🙂

Considering I had no melody in mind when I posted this, I can hardly criticize... there's absolutely nothing wrong with it "as is". However... (and you should know me by now lol)... I always write with "rhythm" in mind. This lyric is a lot easier to sing with a slightly slower "rock/swing" beat 🙂

I know what you mean. It seems to me that there are two approaches to writing a song - rhythm based, where you start with a riff and melody based, where you start with....well, the melody. I always seem to start with the melody.

Easier to sing? Where's the challenge in that? LOL

Lol! 😉

Great Job Gav!

@penkslyrics

Thanks Penk. Maybe we can all meet at the Ditty Bop for a beer sometime 🙂

Enjoyed Da Listen.Love it.