Been A Long Time Coming
Veteran Lansing, Michigan band Root Doctor ply contemporary electric blues and soul-blues: funky on "Michigan Roads," shuffling on "Me and My Wife," a little soulful on "My Foolish Pride," and downright Sam Cook-meets-'70's- R&B on "Been A Long Time Coming," among the originals, with fine covers of Willie Brown's "Mississippi Blues," Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night In Georgia," Johnnie Taylor's "Last Two Dollars," and Tyrone Davis' "Turning Point." The soulful slant to the set is testimony to the presence of the Sofa King Horns, Freddie Cunningham's powerfully lithe baritone, and the Doctor's refusal to submit to blues-rock pressures. Thumbs up on the the release of Been a Long Time Coming (Big O 2046)
Blues Revue Aug/Sep 2006
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