Root Doctor - Change Our Ways

[Bright Moments]

no thread yet on this one - i have been on a root doctor binge since the big "O" holiday sale!!

y'all gotta get this one if for no other reason than track 10 - "I Wish it Would Rain"

this is an AMAZING cut!!!!

[Jim Alfredson]

Thanks, Evan! I am particularly fond and proud of that track, so I'm happy to know you like it.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Me too.

One of the really nice things about the band is the way you can pick not too well known songs for covers. "Wish it would rain" is a great number in the first place, but the Temps' version isn't the kind of thing you hear about a lot. Same goes for a number of the other covers; even if they were hits, they're not stone classica. I think this gives the band a bit of an edge; you get these great songs that come at the audience without the baggage of awareness of the originals, be they by Johnnie Taylor, the Meters, Temps or whoever, so they have the force of originals.

And you do have a big Johnnie Taylor fan lurking in there, don't you? Actually, I was often reminded of Little Milton, despite your not doing any of his numbers. In fact, it was, I think, more on the originals that I got that Campbell feeling.

I think overall, Root Doctor is every bit as good as (and sometimes better than) Bernard Purdie & the Hudson River Rats, Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom or Bill Heid & the Detroit Blues Masters.

MG

[GregN]

  The Magnificent Goldberg said:

Me too.

One of the really nice things about the band is the way you can pick not too well known songs for covers. "Wish it would rain" is a great number in the first place, but the Temps' version isn't the kind of thing you hear about a lot. Same goes for a number of the other covers; even if they were hits, they're not stone classica. I think this gives the band a bit of an edge; you get these great songs that come at the audience without the baggage of awareness of the originals, be they by Johnnie Taylor, the Meters, Temps or whoever, so they have the force of originals.

And you do have a big Johnnie Taylor fan lurking in there, don't you? Actually, I was often reminded of Little Milton, despite your not doing any of his numbers. In fact, it was, I think, more on the originals that I got that Campbell feeling.

I think overall, Root Doctor is every bit as good as (and sometimes better than) Bernard Purdie & the Hudson River Rats, Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom or Bill Heid & the Detroit Blues Masters.

MG

Thanks MG! The fellas and I love keeping classic tunes around as much as we dig working the originals.

Randy Marsh thinks of Little Milton a bit when he hears Freddie too.

Freddie has an interesting and deeply soulful voice, imho. I've learn a lot as a vocalist from him, and still am learning. Hell, I've learned a lot from Jim. Jim Alfredson also sings his butt off!