LIVE24SEVEN // Motoring, Sport & Entertainment Bev Bevan’s
CD PICK’S OF THE MONTH: APRIL 2016 THIS MONTH'S FAB FOUR…
BILL WYMAN’S RHYTHM KINGS – THE KINGS OF RHYTHM VOLUME ONE / JUMP JIVE & WAI (EDSEL)
This four-CD boxset contains the first four releases from Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, the ten-piece band that Bill put together after he left the Rolling Stones in 1992. The band has a core rhythm section, but features a variety of all-star guest singers. These four albums show off the talents of Georgie Fame, Gary Brooker, Paul Carrack, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mike Sanchez, Beverley Skeete, Nicky Hopkins, Mick Taylor, Peter Frampton and Eric Clapton. CDs two and four are recordings from the band's early live shows and unavailable for many years up until now.
Standout tracks include Tobacco Road; Let The Good Times Roll; Mystery Train; Georgia On My Mind; Anyway The Wind Blows; Baby You Got What It Takes; Stagger Lee; and Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.
TASHA TAYLOR – HONEY FOR THE BISCUIT (RUF)
Tasha Taylor is the daughter of the late Johnnie Taylor, who had several soul hits in the USA including Who's Making Love, a top five hit in 1968 and Disco Lady, which topped the American charts in 1976.
Tasha has continued to carry the torch for soul and blues and with this, her third album, she unveils 13 self-penned songs that push her beloved genre into the spotlight. Recorded in Los Angeles, this is a well- produced, well-sung and well-played album, featuring a fine line-up of West Coast session musicians. Raised in Dallas, Texas Tasha's de facto childhood home was the tour bus and as she says, "I didn't have a lot in common with other kids’ family lives; on the road is where I grew up ". She may well follow in her father's successful footsteps. Tasha will be appearing at the Robin 2 on April 25th and at the Iron Gate in Evesham on April 27th.
OUT OF LEFT FIELD – WHERE SOUL MEETS COUNTRY (ACE)
The door that separates soul and country swings both ways. Here, on this 24-track compilation CD are classic soul songs cleverly remodelled for the country market. Given how many country songs have been turned into soul gems, it's unsurprising that many country singers would try their hand at interpreting material originally aimed at fans of soul music.
Amongst a host of fine recordings here are Who's Making Love by Daaron Lee; Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson; I've Been Loving You Too Long by Anita Carter; Warm And Tender Love by Archie Campbell; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby by Sonny James; Any Day Now by Ronnie Milsap; Baby I'm Yours by Tanya Tucker; Do Right Woman Do Right Man by Billy Joe Spears; and The Kendalls' version of The Dark End Of The Street .
GEOGIE FAME – THE WHOLE WORLD’S SHAKING (UNIVERSAL)
Georgie Fame was born Chris Powell in Lancashire in 1943 and went on to become one of Britain's finest exponents of American Jazz and Blues music, both as a singer and pianist. This five-CD boxset contains just about everything you would want to hear from Georgie and his excellent band, The Blue Flames.
Amongst my favourites on this huge collection of tracks are Night Train; Let The Good Times Roll; You Can't Sit Down; Baby Please Don't Go; Get On The Right Track Baby; Gimme That Wine; I Love The Life I Live; Funny How Time Slips Away; Sitting In The Park; My Girl; Blue Monday; Papa's Got A Brand New Bag; High Heel Sneakers; and UK chart toppers Yeh Yeh and Get Away.
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