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艺人

W.C. Clark

语种

英语

厂牌

Alligator

发行时间

2004年06月29日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by Hal Horowitz

Like his last album, From Austin With Soul, this title references both W.C. Clark's Texas home base and his R&B leanings. Once again produced by horn player Mark &Kaz& Kazanoff, who also contributes harmonica, sax, and punchy brass arrangements, this is a classic soul lovers delight. Clark's grease-and-gravy voice is exhilarating, dripping with emotion and changing his inflection to boasting, hurtful, tough or tender depending on the song. The opening &Stronger Than You Need to Be& bursts out with the loose-limbed intensity of the best Otis Redding material, as the horns underline a Memphis groove so authentic you'd think you had unearthed a great lost Stax side. Sizzling covers of Redding's &You Left the Water Running,& Joe Tex's &I Want to Do Everything for You,& and Otis Clay's &I Didn't Know the Meaning of Pain& further cement that connection as tasty guitar licks intricately spar with the nimble horn charts and Clark's world-weary voice. The slow blues of &My Texas Home& gives Clark a chance to strut his guitar skills as does the closing take on Clarence &Gatemouth& Brown's &Okie Dokie Stomp,& where the brass gooses the already elastic jump blues. He also raids fellow Texas journeymen the Fabulous Thunderbirds' catalog for a rollicking &Twist of the Knife,& and kicks back with John Hiatt's darkly affecting &Tip of My Tongue.& Cleanly recorded but not slick, producer Kazanoff expertly balances detailed sonics with a gutsy live sound that delivers one knock-out punch after the next. It's a terrific contemporary soul release that meshes blues and R&B into an explosive combination, and shows the veteran Clark at the peak of his powers.