Root Doctor releases new cd!!

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Jeff writes some compelling stuff here Greg!  I gotta hear the new one  my 
brother!  I know Keith and the guys did the horns so that will be  slammin' !
 
RJ Spangler
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Date:    Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:11:43  -0400
From:    Jeff Konkel <_jeffkonkel@HOTMAIL.COM_ 
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Subject: Re: Root Doctor  releases new cd!!

welcome, greg.=20

the new root doctor CD really  is excellent . . . here's what i wrote
about
it on another  board:

"Change Our Ways, the new CD from Root Doctor showed up in my  mailbox
yesterday afternoon. I=92ve had a chance to listen to it twice,  and
I=92m
knocked out.

"On paper, Root Doctor shouldn=92t really  flip my switch. I prefer down
home=

blues, and these guys are clearly  more =93uptown.=94 My taste in
R&B
leans
toward southern soul,  while these guys clearly draw a lot from their
Michigan predecessors. When it  comes to jazz, I prefer the kind that
borders=

on avant garde, while  Root Doctor clearly has a fondness for the smoky,
blues-based jazz of Jimmy  Smith and Big John Patton.

"So why do I like this record so much? Because  it absolutely bristles
with
energy and intelligence. The band clearly has  huge chops, and they=92re
not
afraid to show them off =96 but never at the  expense of the music. The
songwriting is strong and varied and the  performances are polished but
never=

sterile. There are hints of  Albert King and the aforementioned Jimmy
Smith,
but also Solomon Burke,  Percy Sledge and even Mitch Ryder and  the
Detroit
Wheels!

"Highlights abound on this beautifully produced  and brilliantly
programmed
record. I=92m particularly fond of =93Give Me  Love,=94 which plays like
a ro=
using
R&B barnburner, but has a  huge dose of country swagger to it.
It=92s
not har=
d
to imagine  Willie Nelson and his classic seventies band tackling this
one.
Another  favorite is =93Lucky One,=94 co-written by our own Greg  Nagy.
This
beautiful, gospel-drenched ballad would fit perfectly on one of  Solomon
Burke=92s recent comeback records. "Big Blue Cadillac" is a slab  of
deep fun=
k
featuring Greg's searing, Funkadelic-inspired guitar  work and bruising
horn
work from the Motor City Horns.

"Six of the  ten tracks on Change Our Way are originals, but the four
covers
are no  mere filler. Warren Haynes=92 beautiful =93Soul Shine=94 is
given  an
anthemic arrangement, complete with an Allman-esque intro by Greg.  You
can
practically see the lighters waving in the dark during this one.  But to
me,
the most stunning cover on the record is Root Doctor=92s  goose
bump-inducing=

take on the Temptations classic =93I Wish It  Would Rain.=94 Its spare,
piano=
-led
arrangement is tastefully  augmented by mournful cello and violin, while
lead=

singer Freddie  Cunningham delivers one of the most soulful vocals this
side
of Muscle  Shoals. Absolutely stunning.

"Very highly recommended. Now if you=92ll  excuse me, I=92m gonna give
this t=
hing
a third spin . .  ."





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