Featured Artist: Jimmy Hall

CD Title: Jimmy Hall & The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Collective

Year: 2007

Record Label: Zoho Roots

Style: Blues

Musicians:

Jimmy Hall (vocals, harmonicas), Clayton Ivey (keyboards), David Hood (bass), Larry Byrom (guitars), Jonathan Dees (drums), Delbert McClinton, Kira Smalls, Bruce Dees (vocals), Greg Martin (guitars)

Review:

Jimmy Hall is right on it as he is always. Bet you can not listen to this album without totally getting into it. This album will make you want to get up and move with or without rhythm. Absolutely anyone could enjoy this album. The wonderful collection is just so well put together. It is irresistible. You will not be able to play it only once.

Jimmy Hall, the man has real soul. Don’t just take my word for it. Purchase the album and see for yourself. This album may very well turn out to be one of your favorites. This collection does not hold back a thing. It is very expressive and does it in such a manner you can not help but feel exactly how Eddie Hinton felt when he wrote the song and how Jimmy Hall felt while recording.

You may have never heard jazz like Jimmy Hall throws it. He puts his heart and soul into his music. As quoted, “Jimmy Hall has the kind of voice that makes a woman want to leave her husband and disappear into the mystery of the blues,” word of Jazz Promo. Who ever brought together E. Hinton (1944 – 1995) and J. Hall is a genius. “Jerry Wexler once described Eddie Hinton as ‘the anointed one, the white Otis Redding’. High praise from one of the industry’s most revered producers.

Few could match his expert playing or craftsmanship in writing songs. Jimmy Hall and Eddie Hinton were destined to cross paths. However, this singer and these songs were made to last forever,” as Jazz Promo describes it.

Tracks:

Still Want to Be Your Man, Salty, Here I Am, Poor Old Me, Coming After You, Cover Me, Build Your Own Fire, It's All Wrong, Watchdog, What Will I Do Without You, I Found A True Love, Coming After You (Greg Martin mix), Salty (Greg Martin mix), David Hood Interview on Eddie Hinton

Record Label Website: http://www.zohomusic.com/

Artist's Website: http://www.jimmyhall.net/

Listen or Buy: Purchase CD

Reviewed by: Alonda Washburn

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