ReMix:The Adventures of Bayou Billy "El Lagarto" 4:37

HOLY CRAP! Mind = blown. There's so many brass and funky guitars and various percussive elements, that I can't restrain myself from any movements while listening to this mix - it makes my body move. It's so awesome.

Dance! Party! If you are holding an event with one or both of those two words in it this song needs to be playing at it. This mix is fun, energetic, and awesome!

Holy shit, the funk just doesn't stop in this ReMix! How did I not see this before!? In any case, I have to give props for the insanely good production and both the clapping and 70's sounding guitar work, which just adds to the spice of the arrangement. So much fun, it's incredible! Hard Latin funk for the win!

DAMNNNNNNN this is funky!!! Not only that, but it's produced at the quality of 2013's stuff. So worth the listen. GET IT!

This song has 3 pages of comments. 3 pages is not enough.

Great job on this! As a side note does anyone else think this sounds like it could be from the Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 soundtrack? Sounds like the same style anyway.

The whole style reminds me of some of the music in the very first GTA game, way back

Yeah, me too. On a slightly related side note, this music was used in Ben Buja's machinima, Red Dead Redemption Bloopers, Glitches And Silly Stuff, here.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

This popped up on my playlist on shuffle. I had to repeat it at least four or five times to make sure what I was hearing was real. It was.

Mind you, I liked Bayou Billy's music when I first listened to it, but sweet crap I didn't realize anyone had made an arrangement this unbelievably awesome. It comes in almost unassumingly but then BAM! Brass right in your face, with a whole slew of sounds that blend together perfectly. The Latin flavors, the slick guitar, the funky bass, the ridiculous hand percussion and...oh man, this is so good.

Nature of the beast is that I didn't know about it sooner because it was from Bayou Billy, a game which unfortunately I don't seek out arrangements for very often. Glad it eventually made it's way down my waxy earways because this song can be inspiration to anyone to make a mix.

I would encourage you, whether you're familiar with the source or not, to LISTEN TO THIS MASTERPIECE. 99.999% guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

(Incidentally, I'd love to know what kind of brass you used: whether it was live or sampled, and if sampled, what samples)

Right from the get-go this song unapologetically pays homage to the source in a unique fashion that can only come from being taken from Bayou Billy. I always enjoyed the song on the Nintendo when I played this, closely followed by the jeep stage music... which, as a bonus, was also included in this, and the transition was pulled off very nicely. I'm not sure anyone not familiar with the music would be able to tell that it was actually a separate track... it sounds like more of a breakdown. Way to ninja that in there. And great job on the Santana-esque guitars towards the end. Sounded great.

Can't say enough good stuff about this track. It's got a permanent slot on my OCR playlist.

This is what the ultimate bayou barbecue sounds like. Billy's spending a day-long truce with his enemies, flippin' burgers, poppin' open fizzy beer bottles, tossin' horseshoes, breakdancing, crackin' jokes, AND battling alligators. Contagious, mind-blowing fun. It's probably due in large part to how the Latin brass and the wah guitar play off one another, blending and countering with blendmelodies and countermelodies alike. Of course, the other instruments (particularly the claps and drums) sound just as hot, even if they're not as prominent.

Superlative work.

Holy shit this is so much fun! Reminds me of Santa Esm-- oh, David nailed that in the write-up. Fuck, I love that song. And this is terrific too. Amazingly well done!

This is surprisingly fun to listen to!

It's like there's a party in my pants, and-

...I don't sleep with this remix, whatchu talkn' about?

Heck yeah!

This is awesome.

This pulls everything off everything off superbly.

Very nice

and I really love the castanets (or whatever that is) used throughout the song, e.g. from 0:22 on.

That's actually just basic handclapping. Me and few friends of mine clapped it to a really crappy mic. And it worked out great.

On other news:

Thanks everyone for the great feedback! Really glad you like it.

Absolutely great piece of music. The whole style reminds me of some of the music in the very first GTA game, way back. The wah-wah guitars are great, the overwhelming guitar from 3:30 onwards is even better, and I really love the castanets (or whatever that is) used throughout the song, e.g. from 0:22 on.