Soul's Edge
| Soul's Edge | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | November 1994 | |||
| Studio | Ultrasonic, New Orleans | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 68:08 | |||
| Label | Black Top | |||
| Producer | Hammond Scott[1] | |||
| Snooks Eaglin chronology | ||||
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Soul's Edge is an album by the American blues guitarist and singer Snooks Eaglin, released in 1995 on Black Top Records.[2][3]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Edmonton Journal |  [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
In his review for AllMusic, Bill Dahl wrote: "Give this New Orleans master enough studio time, and he'll redo the entire history of postwar R&B his own way."[4] The Chicago Reader wrote that "the core blues feel remains, but Eaglin's remarkable flexibility allows him to inhabit nearly any situation with grace, from the furious key-changing blues of bassist George Porter Jr.'s instrumental 'Aw' Some Funk', a real showcase for the guitarist, to the heart-wrenching lament his playing expresses on 'Nine Pound Steel'."[7] The Times-Colonist wrote that "Eaglin drives the band with majestic blues string bending and grace."[8]
Track listing
[edit]- "Josephine" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 6:05
- "Show Me the Way Back Home" (Willie Tee) – 4:13
- "Ling Ting Tong" (Mabel Godwin) – 4:00
- "Aw' Some Funk" (George Porter, Jr.) – 4:55
- "I'm Not Ashamed" (Don Robey) – 3:40
- "Nine Pound Steel" (Dan Penn, W. Thompson) – 5:32
- "Answer Now" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:01
- "Skinny Minnie" (Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, Catherine Cafra) – 4:14
- "Thrill on the Hill" (Hank Ballard) – 2:51
- "You and Me" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:13
- "I Went to the Mardi Gras" (Eaglin, Ridgely, Scott) – 4:44
- "Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca) – 5:23
- "Mama and Papa" (Earl King) – 4:00
- "God Will Take Care" (Traditional) – 4:17
Personnel
[edit]- Snooks Eaglin – vocals, guitar
- Sammy Berfect – organ, piano
- David Torkanovsky – piano on 3, 7, 9, 11
- George Porter Jr. – bass, 2nd vocal on 7
- Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III – drums, percussion
- Fred Kemp – tenor sax
- Ward Smith – tenor sax, baritone sax
- Steve Howard – trumpet
- Rick Trolsen – trombone
References
[edit]- ^ Berry, Jason (August 1995). "Next stop, Black Top". New Orleans Magazine. 29 (11): 47.
- ^ "Snooks Eaglin | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Dahl, Bill. "NO REQUEST TOO OBSCURE FOR `HUMAN JUKEBOX'". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ a b Dahl, Bill. Snooks Eaglin – Soul's Edge: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ Levesque, Roger (September 16, 1995). "BLUES". Edmonton Journal: D2.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 190.
- ^ Margasak, Peter. "Soul Survivor". Chicago Reader.
- ^ Blake, Joseph (June 15, 1995). "Soul's Edge Snooks Eaglin (Black Top)". Times-Colonist: 1.
