Tell'em What Your Name Is!Black joe lewis is one of my favorite acts from Austin. they play an energetic, modern and upbeat version of the blues, which my be sacrilege to some, but its a great time to others. There are plenty of gritty, explicit songs about jealous, violence-prone lovers and horny-but-clueless boyfriends on the riveting debut album from Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, and its fierce, rich amalgam of primal blues, soul, R/B and funk feels simply incendiary.
The band mines the tradition of firecracker ensembles that backed the likes of James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Sly Stone, and Lewis comes across as a soul shouter of the first degree. Forget neo-soul -- this is "Yeow! soul."
The band mines the tradition of firecracker ensembles that backed the likes of James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Sly Stone, and Lewis comes across as a soul shouter of the first degree. Forget neo-soul -- this is "Yeow! soul."
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