Alvin Youngblood Hart - Start With The Soul (2000)

Artist...............: Alvin Youngblood Hart
Album................: Start With The Sooul
Genre................: Blues
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2000
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 314 Mb


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Guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart dedicates his third release Start With the Soul to, among others, the late

Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott. This isn't just lip service, as you can immediately hear when the opening

roar of "Fightin' Hard" comes blaring through. Hart doesn't go out of his way to appeal only to blues

followers. He has the natural ability to fuse twangy country, Hendrix, funk, and reggae into his Delta

blues style without regard to genres. Start With the Soul is unlike other releases from artists who at the

beginning of their career display an acoustic Delta approach only to end up incorporating a very commercial

soul sound for the sake of reaching a wider audience or receiving minuscule radio airplay. The choice of

cover versions is revealing; Chuck Berry's "Back to Memphis," Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose's 1971 hit

"Treat Her Like a Lady," and the Sonics' mid-'60s garage rocker "The Hustler" lose none of the vigor of the

originals. Credit should be given to the legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson for capturing the gritty

sound critical to this kind of undertaking.




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01. Fightin' Hard
02. Nanos Arriba
03. Treat Her Like a Lady
04. Once Again
05. Porch Monkeys' Theme
06. Electric Eel
07. Back to Memphis
08. Cowboy Boots
09. A Prophet's Mission
10. Cryin' Shame
11. The Hustler
12. Maxwell Street Jimmy
13. Alvin Youngblood Hart