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Lou Rawls' first album, and still one of his best, finds him backed by jazz pianist Les McCann's trio in a program of blues, pop, and jazz standards. This is all rather urbane stuff; the sonic template is the elegant funk made popular in the late '40s and early '50s by Nat "King" Cole and Charles Brown.
Rawls does it all extremely well, even allowing himself a rare foray into gospel-derived falsetto on Percy Mayfield's classic "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town." He also contributes two songs of his own, at least one of which--"Blues Is a Woman"--deserves to be much better known.
Rawls does it all extremely well, even allowing himself a rare foray into gospel-derived falsetto on Percy Mayfield's classic "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town." He also contributes two songs of his own, at least one of which--"Blues Is a Woman"--deserves to be much better known.
Tracks:
1 - They Call It Stormy Monday
2 - God Bless the Child
3 - See See Rider
4 - Willow Weep for Me
5 - I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
6 - In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
7 - 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do
8 - Lost and Lookin'
9 - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
10 - Sweet Lover
11 - Blues Is a Woman
12 - Little Les of Lou's Blues
13 - (They Call It) Stormy Monday [Alt Take]
2 - God Bless the Child
3 - See See Rider
4 - Willow Weep for Me
5 - I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
6 - In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
7 - 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do
8 - Lost and Lookin'
9 - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
10 - Sweet Lover
11 - Blues Is a Woman
12 - Little Les of Lou's Blues
13 - (They Call It) Stormy Monday [Alt Take]