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April 2008
Boston Phoenix
By Ted Drozdowski
"These primal-funk black belts led by former Heavy Metal Horns leaders Henley Douglas Jr. (sax) and
Garret Savluk (trumpet) spare no grease on their sixth studio album. Things kick in with the Average
White Band–style groover “Ask Me Later” and end with “It’s a . . . Vocal,” an update of the J.B.s’ sound
with fellow Boston R&B sparkplug Barrence Whitfield filling in for the Hardest Working Man in Show
Business. And if you don’t know who that was, maybe this booty-rockin’ disc can help you plug that hole
in yo’ soul. In between there’s pumping originals, a throbbing recast of blues giant Willie Dixon’s “I Just
Want To Make Love to You” (also featuring Whitfield’s honking vocalise), Mr. Brown’s own “Givin’ Up
Food for Funk,” and Johnny “Guitar” Watson’s working man’s anthem “A Real Mother for Ya.” Don’t let
their provincial name fool you: this sextet are a world-class outfit."
Boston Phoenix
By Ted Drozdowski
"These primal-funk black belts led by former Heavy Metal Horns leaders Henley Douglas Jr. (sax) and
Garret Savluk (trumpet) spare no grease on their sixth studio album. Things kick in with the Average
White Band–style groover “Ask Me Later” and end with “It’s a . . . Vocal,” an update of the J.B.s’ sound
with fellow Boston R&B sparkplug Barrence Whitfield filling in for the Hardest Working Man in Show
Business. And if you don’t know who that was, maybe this booty-rockin’ disc can help you plug that hole
in yo’ soul. In between there’s pumping originals, a throbbing recast of blues giant Willie Dixon’s “I Just
Want To Make Love to You” (also featuring Whitfield’s honking vocalise), Mr. Brown’s own “Givin’ Up
Food for Funk,” and Johnny “Guitar” Watson’s working man’s anthem “A Real Mother for Ya.” Don’t let
their provincial name fool you: this sextet are a world-class outfit."