Release Date: 28 July 2017
Label: Big Legal Mess Records / Fat Possum
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 854255005422
Genres: Blues
Release Date: 28 July 2017
Label: Big Legal Mess Records / Fat Possum
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 854255005415
Genres: Blues
Description
Sam Frazier, Jr., whose power as a southern soul vocalist is captured here in recordings he made between 1969 and 1971, never gained much traction in the charts, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The topics range widely, and the interracial harmony theme of “Black and White Love� seems particularly apropos given Frazier’s comfort in the worlds of country and blues. The songs collected here demonstrate Frazier’s ability to tackle a wide variety of soul styles, though a commonality to his approach is restraint. “I’m not a shouter, you’ve got to sing with feeling,� explains Frazier, who expresses his admiration for Joe Simon, Bobby Womack, Arthur Alexander and Bobby “Blue� Bland, whose 1959 hit “I’ll Take Care of You� he covers here. All those artists recorded in the country-soul subgenre, which Frazier contributes to here via “Low Down and Loneliness,� the dobro-flavored “Mama Said She Ain’t Here,� and “I Got to Tell Someone.� Frazier says that he still enjoys the songs collected here, and hopes that this release will result in the attention they deserved the first time around.
Description
Sam Frazier, Jr., whose power as a southern soul vocalist is captured here in recordings he made between 1969 and 1971, never gained much traction in the charts, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The topics range widely, and the interracial harmony theme of “Black and White Love� seems particularly apropos given Frazier’s comfort in the worlds of country and blues. The songs collected here demonstrate Frazier’s ability to tackle a wide variety of soul styles, though a commonality to his approach is restraint. “I’m not a shouter, you’ve got to sing with feeling,� explains Frazier, who expresses his admiration for Joe Simon, Bobby Womack, Arthur Alexander and Bobby “Blue� Bland, whose 1959 hit “I’ll Take Care of You� he covers here. All those artists recorded in the country-soul subgenre, which Frazier contributes to here via “Low Down and Loneliness,� the dobro-flavored “Mama Said She Ain’t Here,� and “I Got to Tell Someone.� Frazier says that he still enjoys the songs collected here, and hopes that this release will result in the attention they deserved the first time around.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Spiritualized
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Connie Smith
Dehd
Elizabeth King
Spiritualized
Armand Hammer
Faith & Harmony
REO Speedwagon
Jimmy McCrackin
Damon Fowler
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
Sierra Green & the Giants
Andrea Bignasca
Dominic Quarto
Scrapper Blackwell
