Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!
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Artist: Black Joe Lewis & The HoneybearsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-17
Music Label: Lost Highway
Soundtracks:
- Gunpowder
- Sugarfoot
- I'm Broke
- Big Booty Woman
- Boogie
- Master Sold My Baby
- Get Yo Shit
- Humpin'
- Bobby Booshay
- Please Pt. Two
Music reviews of Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!
Music Review: The Great Grandson of Soul
Rating: 4 Stars
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Hehhhh! Something great has been brewing over the last couple of years. Funky, gutbucket soul music is back! Not the canned, overblown, and ersatz junk you hear on TV singing contests and sitcoms but true 60's style R&B. Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse (yes, Amy Winehouse-she used Sharon Jones' backing band on Back to Black), and Raphael Saadiq are all doing their part to resurrect soul. And now Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears have stepped up to the plate.
Tell `Em What Your Name Is! is a gritty, storming, high energy debut album. Black Joe Lewis sings like James Brown and the Honeybears have that classic bass-and-horn driven Stax sound. That's right, it's like the Godfather of Soul fronting the Mar-Keys or Booker T. & the MGs. Talk about two great things that go great together--forget Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!
If that doesn't mean anything to you, just listen to the samples. You'll be up and on your feet dancing in no time. Then, check out some JB and Stax cuts and you'll see what I'm talkin' about.
Now then, back to the album. It's pretty much funky soul all the way through, with a few blues tunes, including a Yardbirds style rave up and a Fat Possum-like Mississippi hill country droner, tossed in for good measure. Black Joe and the band play loud and hard on every track...don't go looking for any slow jams on this platter. The only real flaws are that the running time is kind of short and the music seems to have been mixed for iPod and computer listening, with every element of the music placed way upfront. These are minor quibbles, however, and don't take much away from what is a fun and enjoyable record.
Bottom line: both old school and newer soul/R&B fans will dig this album. Strongly recommended.
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This disc made me think of these...
It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah: Happy Mondays + Stax = Memphchester
What It Is!: cool box set of obscure and rare soul cuts
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