Time: 53:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Full
01. I Can't Get Next To You (5:15)
02. I'll Carry You Home (4:44)
03. Party By The Tower (3:39)
04. A Little Bit Of That (8:03)
05. Cry To Me (6:44)
06. I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (4:16)
07. Cold Cold Night (4:10)
08. Tell Daddy (4:21)
09. Parking Lot Blues (3:26)
10. Piece Of My Pride (4:16)
11. Dressed To Kill (4:33)
Personnel:
Bob Orsi - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (2,3,7,11)
River City Slim (aka Peter Rost) - Drums
Larry Willey - Guitar
Tony Delisio - Bass
Steve Donovan - Keyboards
John Smayda - Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones
Neil Tint - Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
Drummer, singer and blues DJ River City Slim formed The Mighty Soul Drivers with singer-songwriter and New England Music Hall Of Fame inductee Bob Orsi in 2012, presenting a high-caliber show featuring the classic soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and all points South. The group’s second album, I’ll Carry You Home, celebrates ten years of bringing their collective joy and energy for this music to the people, showcasing seven new original tunes along with four carefully chosen covers.
"I Can't Get Next to You" was a #1 single for the Temptations and Motown Records in 1969 and a blueprint for power soul. The Mighty Soul Drivers make a bold move by opening the album with a tune others would save for an encore, putting their own bump and grind spin on the showstopper. Orsi penned the title track "I’ll Carry You Home" as an homage to the sweet love songs of yesteryear. The head-bopping "Party By The Tower," takes us back to the day when blues legend James Cotton held court at the historic Shaboo Inn and inspired a generation to dedicate themselves to the blues. Orsi talks about living on the edge during the driving "A Little Bit Of That," as the band tosses around hot solos. MSD honors their long association with soul queen Betty Harris on a faithful reading of her signature song "Cry To Me," and further demonstrates mastery of the genre by taking on "I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog" from the Bobby "Blue" Bland catalog.
New England Music Hall Of Fame inductee guitarist Paul Gabriel drops in a tasty solo as special guest on the funkified "Cold Cold Night" and Orsi has a little fun delivering "Tell Daddy," the original version of the Muscle Shoals classic most associate with Etta James that was first recorded by Clarence Carter, a sure-fire highlight of the bands live show with its signature horn line. Slim's bittersweet elegy for a clandestine affair, "Parking Lot Blues," echoes the classic cheating songs of James Carr and Little Johnny Taylor.
Keyboardist Donovan leads the crew with his honkytonk piano on the swinging baby-done-me-wrong song "Piece Of My Pride," taking a slick solo after Smayda blows his baritone sax. Orsi and Donovan co-wrote the album closer, "Dressed To Kill" as an East Bay funk-styled theme song for The Mighty Soul Drivers spelling out the bands MO as sharply dressed soul men on a mission, "Got it all goin' on, got it like that." This strong recording, I’ll Carry You Home, shows just how much fun The Mighty Soul Drivers are having delivering their own brand of rockin' Memphis Soul and down in the alley blues. ~Rick J Bowen
You can buy the album here:
https://themightysouldrivers.bandcamp.com/album/ill-carry-you-home-2
Bob Orsi - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (2,3,7,11)
River City Slim (aka Peter Rost) - Drums
Larry Willey - Guitar
Tony Delisio - Bass
Steve Donovan - Keyboards
John Smayda - Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones
Neil Tint - Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
Drummer, singer and blues DJ River City Slim formed The Mighty Soul Drivers with singer-songwriter and New England Music Hall Of Fame inductee Bob Orsi in 2012, presenting a high-caliber show featuring the classic soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and all points South. The group’s second album, I’ll Carry You Home, celebrates ten years of bringing their collective joy and energy for this music to the people, showcasing seven new original tunes along with four carefully chosen covers.
"I Can't Get Next to You" was a #1 single for the Temptations and Motown Records in 1969 and a blueprint for power soul. The Mighty Soul Drivers make a bold move by opening the album with a tune others would save for an encore, putting their own bump and grind spin on the showstopper. Orsi penned the title track "I’ll Carry You Home" as an homage to the sweet love songs of yesteryear. The head-bopping "Party By The Tower," takes us back to the day when blues legend James Cotton held court at the historic Shaboo Inn and inspired a generation to dedicate themselves to the blues. Orsi talks about living on the edge during the driving "A Little Bit Of That," as the band tosses around hot solos. MSD honors their long association with soul queen Betty Harris on a faithful reading of her signature song "Cry To Me," and further demonstrates mastery of the genre by taking on "I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog" from the Bobby "Blue" Bland catalog.
New England Music Hall Of Fame inductee guitarist Paul Gabriel drops in a tasty solo as special guest on the funkified "Cold Cold Night" and Orsi has a little fun delivering "Tell Daddy," the original version of the Muscle Shoals classic most associate with Etta James that was first recorded by Clarence Carter, a sure-fire highlight of the bands live show with its signature horn line. Slim's bittersweet elegy for a clandestine affair, "Parking Lot Blues," echoes the classic cheating songs of James Carr and Little Johnny Taylor.
Keyboardist Donovan leads the crew with his honkytonk piano on the swinging baby-done-me-wrong song "Piece Of My Pride," taking a slick solo after Smayda blows his baritone sax. Orsi and Donovan co-wrote the album closer, "Dressed To Kill" as an East Bay funk-styled theme song for The Mighty Soul Drivers spelling out the bands MO as sharply dressed soul men on a mission, "Got it all goin' on, got it like that." This strong recording, I’ll Carry You Home, shows just how much fun The Mighty Soul Drivers are having delivering their own brand of rockin' Memphis Soul and down in the alley blues. ~Rick J Bowen
You can buy the album here:
https://themightysouldrivers.bandcamp.com/album/ill-carry-you-home-2