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Preconceptions can be a dangerous thing. When I read the advances of Dave Keller<\/strong>‘s Soul Changes<\/em>, I made the assumption that Keller would be the latest vocalist in a Memphis-flavored retro bag. And while he is in fact that, he’s much more. Taking nothing away from the fine singers who don’t play an instrument onstage \u2013 Charles Bradley<\/strong> comes to mind \u2013 Keller offers a bit more on Soul Changes<\/em>. Yes, he sings in a searing, soulful style, but he also rips it up on bluesy electric guitar.<\/p>\n With stellar backing on the first half of the album by the Hi Rhythm Section<\/strong> plus Stax veterans Bobby Manuel<\/strong> (guitar) and Lester Snell<\/strong> (keyboards), Keller turns in performances that compare favorably to Boz Scaggs<\/strong>‘ self-titled 1969 Muscle Shoals foray. And the second half of the disc (cut in Brooklyn) features backing by The Revelations<\/strong>, an NYC band who truly get the whole soul vibe. The songs on Soul Changes<\/em> deal with the dissolution of Keller’s marriage (\u201c17 Years,\u201d for example) and he successfully channels pain and despair into a album that’s visceral and emotionally charged throughout. The album was nominated for a 2014 Blues Music Award. Recommended.<\/p>\n Follow \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <\/a> Preconceptions can be a dangerous thing. When I read the advances of Dave Keller‘s Soul Changes, I made the assumption that Keller would be the latest vocalist in a Memphis-flavored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,49,65,69],"tags":[623,994,1825],"class_list":["post-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blues","category-new-release","category-review","category-soul","tag-dave-keller","tag-hi-rhythm-section","tag-revelations","cat-9-id","cat-49-id","cat-65-id","cat-69-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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