The Soul Patrol series wraps up in style with 23 bluesy Southern soul classics. A number of these tracks date from the early '60s, including Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae," and Esther Phillips' "Release Me," King Curtis' "Soul Twist," and Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford's "I Need Your Lovin' Every Day," but they still sound fresh. There's also King Curtis' "Soul Twist," a sax raveup with roots in Texas blues; the Parliaments' "(I Wanna) Testify," which testifies to the extent of George Clinton's pre-Funkadelic talent; and Joe Tex ...
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The Soul Patrol series wraps up in style with 23 bluesy Southern soul classics. A number of these tracks date from the early '60s, including Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae," and Esther Phillips' "Release Me," King Curtis' "Soul Twist," and Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford's "I Need Your Lovin' Every Day," but they still sound fresh. There's also King Curtis' "Soul Twist," a sax raveup with roots in Texas blues; the Parliaments' "(I Wanna) Testify," which testifies to the extent of George Clinton's pre-Funkadelic talent; and Joe Tex's "Hold What You've Got," a sermon on fidelity that hit number five on the pop charts and has been called Southern soul's first crossover hit. ~ Jeff Burger, Rovi
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