Bman's Blues Report

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, This Is Rock And Roll from Lloyd Price and it's a funky R&B party. Opening with high stepper, I'm Getting Over You , Price, Mr Personality, lays out a softer version of ZZ Tops classic boogie. Nobody Loves Anybody Anymore has a solid funk sound with plucky bass and tight horns.  R&B track, The Smoke has glistening keyboards and sounds like it could be straight off of a Johnny Guitar Watson release (sans JGW). Our World has a "Mayfield" feel with wah wah guitar rhythm and vocal blending.  Blues rocker, This Is Rock And Rol l, is classic Jimmy Reed with scorching guitar work and clear piano roll under Price's solid vocals. The Four Tops' I Can't Help Myself gets a modern make over with solid bari sax soloing and female backing vocals. Fat's Domino's I'm Walkin' gets a power makeover ...big band swing style with a walking bass line, excellent sax work and rich bac...

HALL OF FAMER LLOYD PRICE PROCLAIMS, “THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL” ON HIS NEW ALBUM, DUE SEPT. 22 The legendary New Orleans singer/songwriter (“Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “ Personality,” “Stagger Lee”) delivers a dynamic set of new and old songs  on his first new release in years. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — If anyone know what rock ’n’ roll is, it is Lloyd Price . Price was there at the beginning … well, before the beginning of rock ’n’ roll. His debut release, the game-changing single “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” has been credited with helping to usher in rock ’n’ roll music. The song topped the charts for seven weeks, and its historic success made Price the first American teenager to sell a million copies.   The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame r, well-known for his other crossover smash hit...