Change Our Ways
If your feeling down, Root Doctor certainly has the "blues for what ails ya!" The
band's latest release, Change Our Ways, has six original songs, and four excellently chosen covers that become addictive fast. With bluesy vocals by Freddie Cunningham, some jazzy Hammond B-3 by Jim Alfredson, the funky bass of James Williams, forceful and precise guitar licks from Greg Nagy and Rick Bole on the pumped-up drums, this Lansing, Michigan-based band is blazing a steady path through the blues scene.
"Blues Will Take Good Care of You" sets the tone with exceptional roots-based blues. The band's namesake song, a Roy Hytower favorite, is surreptitiously provocative, while "Give Me Love" - with its catchy beat and enthralling harmonica - has a more swing-blues sound. The Motor City Horns help take the Meters' "People Say" to a funky new level, while the Warren Haynes classic "Soulshine" climbs up the spiritual hill - the mixture of a slow Hammond introduction, the developed, soulful vocals and the background choir makes this song a religious experience. Bringing you back down to earth, the title track has a real street feel to go with poignant lyrics and a rockin' beat. The Temptations' masterpiece "I Wish It Would Rain" closes out Change Our Ways and it calms the mind and solidifies the incomparable talents of the doctors involved.
When your soul aches, just take what the doctor gives ya.
Emily Parks - Hittin The Note - Issue 56
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