About this title: It's East coast meets West coast as the swinging, jazzy jump style most associated with California blues gets roughed up with a shot of Memphis R&B, courtesy of Jackie Payne's gutsy vocals. Bring in the Sweet Meat Horn Section horns (Carl Green on tenor and alto sax and trumpet player John Middleton) for a finger-popping time and the result is a consistently engaging platter without any soft spots. Although Steve Edmonson is a fine if slightly laid-back guitarist, this really is singer Payne's show. His voice swells, bellows and hits the sweet upper register like Al Green, but also has the ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- Mean Evil Woman
- Master of the Game
- The Real Deal
- A Fool Named Me
- Woman in Kansas City
- Sweet Landlady
- Black Cat Roun' My Do'
- Wake Me Up in San Francisco
- A Nickel and a Nail
- Just the One
- Warm Rain Fallin'
- Cabranito
- I'll Take Care of You
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
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