If you know the Viper & His Famous Orchestra music at all, you’re likely to know this song. It’s something we’ve played at probably every show since 1997, it’s the first thing I wrote with a whole band in mind (I can vividly remember the shower on Hill St. in Champaign, Illinois, where I wrote most of it), and it’s endlessly flexible in terms of being able to include guest musicians and on-the-spot arrangements, etc.
Below is a live recording from 2009 at Mike n’ Molly’s in Champaign, Illinois, notable for an unusually large number of couplets borrowed from “The Superbowl Shuffle” as Riley and I battle rap.
And here’s the version from our studio recording:
The Viper & His Famous Orchestra 