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Like his last album, From Austin with Soul, this title references both W.C. Clark's Texas home base and his R&B leanings. Once again produced by horn player Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, who also contributes harmonica, sax, and punchy brass arrangements, this is a classic soul lovers delight. Clark's grease-and-gravy voice is exhilarating, dripping with emotion and changing his inflection to boasting, hurtful, tough or tender depending on the song. The opening "Stronger Than You Need to Be" bursts out with the loose-limbed intensity of the best Otis Redding material, as the horns underline a Memphis groove so authentic you'd think you had unearthed a great lost Stax side. Sizzling covers of Redding's "You Left the Water Running," Joe Tex's "I Want to Do Everything for You," and Otis Clay's "I Didn't Know the Meaning of Pain" further cement that connection as tasty guitar licks intricately spar with the nimble horn charts and Clark's world-weary voice. The slow blues of "My Texas Home" gives Clark a chance to strut his guitar skills as does the closing take on Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's "Okie Dokie Stomp," where the brass gooses the already elastic jump blues. He also raids fellow Texas journeymen the Fabulous Thunderbirds' catalog for a rollicking "Twist of the Knife," and kicks back with John Hiatt's darkly affecting "Tip of My Tongue." Cleanly recorded but not slick, producer Kazanoff expertly balances detailed sonics with a gutsy live sound that delivers one knock-out punch after the next. It's a terrific contemporary soul release that meshes blues and R&B into an explosive combination, and shows the veteran Clark at the peak of his powers.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
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Nicholson, Composer, Lyricist - McCabe, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publ., MusicPublisher - Rivkin, Composer, Lyricist - Peermusic III Ltd./Ryan Cory Music, MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV obo Gary Nicholson Music, c/o The Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
CLARK, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Kazanoff, Composer, Lyricist - Drippin Music, MusicPublisher - KazJazz Music, adm by Eyeball Music, PO Box 60234, Chicago, IL 60660, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Penn, Composer, Lyricist - Hall, Composer, Lyricist - FRANCK, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Screen Gems/EMI c/o Harry Fox Agency, 711 3rd Ave. NY, NY 10017, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Tex, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Tree Publishing c/o Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Jones, Composer, Lyricist - Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - Giles, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Kim Wilco Music adm. by Bug Music, MusicPublisher - Stage III Music, MusicPublisher - WB Music Corp. c/o The Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Hiatt, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Careers BMG Music c/o Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
CLARK, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Drippin Music, adm by Eyeball Music, PO Box 60234, Chicago, IL 60660, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - Nicholson, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - McClinton, Composer, Lyricist - Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publ, MusicPublisher - Bug Music obo Kim Wilco Music, c/o The Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Delbert McClinton Music, 535 Wilson Hollow Rd., Dickson, TN 37055, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Frank, Composer, Lyricist - Val, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - White Cliffs Publ. Co., Inc., 1001 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70116, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
CLARK, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Drippin Music, adm by Eyeball Music, PO Box 60234, Chicago, IL 60660, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
WILLIAMS, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Happy Hooker Music, 202 Adams Ave., Memphis, TN 38103, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Beckerman, Composer, Lyricist - Tanet Publ/Timothea Escapades, 6931 S.W. 62nd Ct., Miami, FL 33143, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
CLARK, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Drippin Music, adm by Eyeball Music, PO Box 60234, Chicago, IL 60660, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Davis, Composer, Lyricist - W.C. Clark, MainArtist - Songs of Universal c/o Harry Fox Agency, 711 3rd Ave. NY, NY 10017, MusicPublisher
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
Album review
Like his last album, From Austin with Soul, this title references both W.C. Clark's Texas home base and his R&B leanings. Once again produced by horn player Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, who also contributes harmonica, sax, and punchy brass arrangements, this is a classic soul lovers delight. Clark's grease-and-gravy voice is exhilarating, dripping with emotion and changing his inflection to boasting, hurtful, tough or tender depending on the song. The opening "Stronger Than You Need to Be" bursts out with the loose-limbed intensity of the best Otis Redding material, as the horns underline a Memphis groove so authentic you'd think you had unearthed a great lost Stax side. Sizzling covers of Redding's "You Left the Water Running," Joe Tex's "I Want to Do Everything for You," and Otis Clay's "I Didn't Know the Meaning of Pain" further cement that connection as tasty guitar licks intricately spar with the nimble horn charts and Clark's world-weary voice. The slow blues of "My Texas Home" gives Clark a chance to strut his guitar skills as does the closing take on Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's "Okie Dokie Stomp," where the brass gooses the already elastic jump blues. He also raids fellow Texas journeymen the Fabulous Thunderbirds' catalog for a rollicking "Twist of the Knife," and kicks back with John Hiatt's darkly affecting "Tip of My Tongue." Cleanly recorded but not slick, producer Kazanoff expertly balances detailed sonics with a gutsy live sound that delivers one knock-out punch after the next. It's a terrific contemporary soul release that meshes blues and R&B into an explosive combination, and shows the veteran Clark at the peak of his powers.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:05
- Main artists: W.C. Clark
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alligator Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc 2004 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc
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