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Fred Wesley (trombone) made the horn arrangements for the Charlotte, NC, sessions, 8 songs, starting off with “Nothin’ but the Blues” featuring Capathia Jenkins’ powerful backing vocals. Whelan has a hoarse voice perfectly fit to sing the Blues and is supported by the brilliant vocal ensemble like on the title track. Wesley’s great horn arrangements and the backing vocals on “Ice water” are awesome and Michael Lee Breaux adds his virtuoso tenor saxophone solo, brilliant Soul music. Jazzy horns, driving bass lines and cool singing are topped with another tenor sax solo by Breaux on “The rainmaker” and Robbi Hall Kumalo sings a beautiful duet with Whelan on the jazzy “Steak for two”, crowned by a stunning guitar solo. Ron Horton’s (trumpet) New York horn section accompanies the slow Blues “Lighten up” and Michael Blake plays a superb solo on tenor saxophone. Finally Randy Weinstein gives a splendid guest performance on harmonica on the stomping “Too cold Ohio Blues”.
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