Huey Lewis & The News picked some of the more obscure songs from the STAX RECORDS vault and the result is this cover CD. Plenty of brass, great backup singers, and Huey Lewis & The News sounding better than they have in years. If you love soul music, you’re going to want this album: 14 songs that bring back the Sixties. The most recognizable song is “Respect Yourself,” the old Staple Singers hit. My favorite song is “Just One More Day,” the Otis Redding hit. I love this music so I’m obviously giving this CD: GRADE: A
TRACK LIST
Don’t Fight It
Got To Get You Off My Mind
Free
Respect Yourself
Cry To Me
Just One More Day
Never Found a Girl
Soulsville
Little Sally Walker
I Want To (Do Everything For You)
Just The One (I’ve Been Looking For)
Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You
Never Like This Before
Grab This Thing
I’m glad they went with some of the lesser-known soul hits. There are so many covers of classics like “Soul Man,” where the originals are so familiar, the question becomes “What’s the point of a remake?”
And I love, love, love that cover!
You’re going to love, love, love this CD, Deb. I can’t think of another group that can capture the STAX sound like Huey Lewis and The News.
First concert we took our kids too. Love the cover. I’d hang it in my living room.
Huey Lewis and The News are touring to promote this CD, Patti. If they show up in Western New York, I’m going.
Wilson Pickett did “Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You” – I do know that one.
Sounds like one I’ll have to order. I saw a pretty good documentary about the whole Memphis/Stax-Volt studio history (sadly, it turned into a black vs. white thing at the end after it had been the most integrated music company ever) with great footage of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper, etc.
Look out for it. It’s called Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story and was on PBS.
I taped it, Jeff, but haven’t watched it yet. I haven’t seen the book. I’ll have to look for it.
And there’s a book too.
Just listened to this one on Rhapsody. Good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed SOULSVILLE, Bill. There are some songs here I haven’t heard in decades!
OK – we ordered it.
You won’t regret it, Jeff. Plenty of great music to enjoy!