Delmark Records artist: Linsey Alexander - Come Back Baby - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Come Back Baby , from Linsey Alexander and it is full of grooving R&B Blues flavor! Opening with Little Bit Of Soap , a BB King style track with Bill McFarland (trombone), Chris Neal (tenor sax) and Ryan Nyther (trumpet), Alexander takes the lead on vocal as well as guitar shared with Breezy Rodio. High stepper Booze and Blues is driven by a nice bass line from Greg McDaniel and Roosevelt Purifoy weighs in with a sweet organ solo. Slow blues number, I Got A Woman , finds Alexander at his best with powerful vocals and searing guitar solos. Pooky Styx plays a nice simple contrast on drums as Alexander wails on. Very Nice! Come Back Baby is solid soul and Alexander is surrounded by horns. A very cool radio track with a nice melody and light airy guitar work. Harmonica wiz, Billy Branch, joins on Call My Wife , a classic Chicago style track. Branch's featured work on this track as well as simple, soulful guitar riffs from Alexander makes it ...