Hard Act To Follow

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 39:35

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04.22.11
A soul-blues singer for all seasons.
1998 | Label: Blind Pig Records / IODA

With her background in gospel and jazz, this is a soul-blues singer for all seasons. Scott has a classic, but limited, soul voice — sassy and with a slight rasp — that she's able to get the most out of thanks to her savvy phrasing. She can rock out, as on the opening “Steppin'Out on a Saturday Night,” or take it soft and sensuous on “Sweet Man of Mine.” With the exception of an unlikely remake of the Eurythmics'”Missionary Man,” she writes her own material, the tables-turning “Men Gossip Too” being particularly clever, and her horn-heavy band is supportive without getting in her way.

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Soul singer extraordinaire E.C. Scott comes back from her 1995 debut with perhaps even a stronger album the second time at bat. Ten of the 11 tunes on here emanate from her prolific pen (the only cover is her interpretation of the Eurythmics’ “Missionary Man”), and her earthy, engaging style is heard to great effect on the opener, “Steppin’ Out on a Saturday Night,” the bouncy shuffle “Don’t Touch Me,” the slow blues “Lyin’ and Cheatin’” and the title track. Her time is impeccable, her phrasing straight and true, and every vocal on here is chock full of deep feeling; as a modern-day example of a soul-blues album, this one’s about as good as the form gets. – Cub Koda

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