The soul of a blues man

"John Primer releases his first soul blues album backed by his regular band and some special guests and it's a winner! ... His soulful blues voice offers a different approach to the soul tunes here and I think he's successful at what he attempted. He's not trying to be Bobby Bland, Johnny Taylor, Brooks Benton or anyone else, he's being himself and singing stuff he enjoys. The blues stuff is tight, the soul is fun and his synergy with Steve Bell is quite apparent. Primer's fans will love this as will fans of Chicago blues".

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" ... a fun project to show how a great Chicago blues band presents the varied faces of Chicago blues and soul, taking the limited instrumentation of a bar band combo (bass, drums, guitar, keybord, harmonica and one sax) and approximating the fullness of a showband ... For fans of the classic Chicago "lump" for which John Primer has become rightly famous, the set includes the chugging, straight-ahead Primer originals You Shouldn't Tell a Lie and Pleas Don't Leave Me ... Between Primer and [Billy] Flynn there is plenty og guitar, including some slide, but the primary focus is on Primer's deep, impassioned singing, for which these selections provide fine opportunity".