Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1989
Styles: Blues Soul R&B
Time: 36:08
Size: 83,1 MB
Art: Full
(3:28) 1. Not by Man Alone
(3:40) 2. Don't Cry for Me
(2:29) 3. Soul Deep
(4:26) 4. Teardrops
(3:17) 5. Here Comes the Night
(3:32) 6. Come With Me
(3:24) 7. Puttin' the Best on the Outside
(4:50) 8. Come on in This House
(3:39) 9. Somebody Special
(3:19) 10. Breakaway
Miki Honeycutt was born in Oakland, CA and grew up as most American kids. She wasn't a blues maven in highschool but a hippie girl-singer. Honeycutt even worked for a while in a Reno show band, singing Top 40 hits in classic lounge-singer style. It wasn't until she moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where she wound up singing with the group A-Train, that Miki finally took to the blues and soul. Blues and Soul singing isn't the sort of thing anyone just can learn, either it's there, or it isn't. And it doesn't take too long to realize that Miki Honeycutt has soul to spare.
Miki Honeycutt has the kind of earnest affectation and genuinely raw sound that comes only from the heart. She sings Southern soul and surging blues on this release with the timing and intensity of a veteran, although she's a relative newcomer. It helps that she's backed by Sugar Ray And The Blue Tones, plus a host of fine guests including guitarist Duke Robillard and producer/keyboardist Ron Levy. But it's up to Honeycutt to make such numbers as "Not By Man Alone," "Teardrops" and "Somebody Special" something more than laboratory exercises. It's only on the covers, particularly her rendition of Irma Thomas' "Breakaway," where problems arise. But Honeycutt perseveres, showing the ability to sing soulful material with integrity and personalized flair. -- Allmusic.
Miki Honeycutt has the kind of earnest affectation and genuinely raw sound that comes only from the heart. She sings Southern soul and surging blues on this release with the timing and intensity of a veteran, although she's a relative newcomer. It helps that she's backed by Sugar Ray And The Blue Tones, plus a host of fine guests including guitarist Duke Robillard and producer/keyboardist Ron Levy. But it's up to Honeycutt to make such numbers as "Not By Man Alone," "Teardrops" and "Somebody Special" something more than laboratory exercises. It's only on the covers, particularly her rendition of Irma Thomas' "Breakaway," where problems arise. But Honeycutt perseveres, showing the ability to sing soulful material with integrity and personalized flair. -- Allmusic.
Soul Deep