Change Our Ways
Root Doctor has a sterling soul-blues entry with Change Our Ways (Big O 2407).
Freddie Cunningham's faultless vocals are at the center of the songs awash
in Jim Alfredson's piano and Hammond Organ, seasoned with Greg Nagy's crisp
guitar, and buoyed by the right-on rhythms of James Williams and Rick Bole.
The band energizes well-selected material by the Meters, the Allman Brothers Band,
the Temptations, and Roy Hytower ("Root Doctor"), and pens excellent originals
such as "Big Blue Cadillac," the funky, upbeat "Blues Will Take Good Care Of You,"
the Delbert McClinton-esque "Give Me Love," and the deep soul ballad "Lucky One."
Terrific performances and production bring it all to life.
Tom Hyslop Blues Revue Feb/Mar 2008
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