"Bayou Baby" is the debut single off of Serabee's album Hummingbird Tea, out on 10/14. This is an auto-biographical song mixing her past, her present, and her future lives by singing about her father, her mother, the love of her life, and how it all comes full circle. Shot at various locations around Louisiana and Mississippi, Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi and Rabadash Studios. Video directed, filmed and edited by Derek Fountain of Derek Fountain Productions.
“A song idea that was written about me: a girl raised in the churches, juke joints, and tent revivals on the bayous of Louisiana and banks of the Mississippi by a Pentecostal preacher, guitar-playing father, and folk songwriter mother. A true hybrid of both father from Buras, Louisiana, and a Mother from Laurel, Mississippi. When you meet someone who takes you to church without a Bible - whether you are an unbeliever, a sinner, or a saint - it might spiritually challenge your faith in love. Still, it's always magical,” smiles Serabee, “and a little Dusty Springfield fairy dust goes a long way.” - Serabee
This prodigal daughter returns home to embrace her roots to record what she calls “the front porch songs” in a historical 1920s Mason’s Hall turned studio in Covington, LA. Hummingbird Tea will be released on October 14, produced by Serabee and John Autin of Rabadash Records, with distribution through Amplified. Special mixing production appearances by Marc Hewitt (Allen Toussaint), Zach Allen (Kingfish/Keb’ Mo’), and Gary Katz (Steely Dan) give that shimmer to Serabee’s incredible songs.
Hummingbird Tea has been in the works for a couple of years with writing and recording, and it’s well worth the wait. The album consists of 14 original songs ranging from building grooves to stripped-down tear-jerkers dripping with soul from end to end. The backing band consists of Serabee on piano and guitar, Casandra Faulconer: electric bass, Eric Bolivar: Drums, Dave Easley: pedal steel guitar, 12-string dobro, electric guitar, Shane Theriot: Guitars, John Autin: piano, Nick Necaise: B-3 organ, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and Charles (C.C.) Carter: backing vocals, flute, saxophone. A very special guest on the song, “I Need Saving Too,” is the great Mickey Raphael of Willie Nelson’s band, thanks to Shane Theriot. The entire studio’s talent output created a deeply rooted album that will recall musical cities and their geographic sounds like Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, and New Orleans to round out her songs. A musical quad-city of sorts.
“Bayou Baby “
Written by: Sera Buras/ SERABEE/ Sister Sera Songs BMI
Jason McConnell Stebly/BMI
He was born in a river town
30 miles north of the mouth
Where the River meets the sea
converging in the sound
in his home, it was Etta James, Bobby Dylan and Marvin Gaye
the first song that he ever sang was “I’ll Fly Away”
And he sang it for the sinners on a Friday Night
And he sang it for the righteous on Sunday Morning
He sets my soul on fire like a revival
Love is the name of his faith
He takes me to church
Every night without a Bible
I’m just a sinner
Come and save me
Your love delivers me
Bayou Baby
He left home he was seventeen
He hitched a ride to New Orleans
With twenty dollars that his mama gave him and his daddy’s old guitar
He played down by the Riverside
The locals loved him, and the tourists cried
Cause he touched them deep inside
Like they never felt before
And he played it for the wicked on a Saturday night
And he played it for the Saints on Sunday morning
He sets my soul on fire like a revival
Love is the name of his faith
He takes me to church
Every night without a Bible
I’m just a sinner
Come and save me
Your love delivers me
Bayou Baby
He got an old-time religion with a brand-new song
Yeah
And when he sings to me
he saves my soul
Lay your hands on me
Set me free
And make me whole!
He sets my soul on fire like a revival
And Love is the name of his faith
take me - take me to church
Every night without a Bible
I’m just a sinner
Come and save me
Your love delivers me
Bayou Baby
just a sinner
Come and save me
Ooh I wanna be by you baby
I gotta be
I wanna be
I said I gotta be by you
Baby Yeah, yeah!
Ooh, ooh!
My Bayou Baby
I said my sweet little bayou,
Bayou baby