Jack Mack & The Heart Attack - Soul Meeting / Lookin' Up! EP

Album: Soul Meeting
Size: 110,1 MB
Time: 47:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues Soul, R&B, Soul
Art: Front

01. Soul Man (3:51)
02. Ride The Rocket (3:38)
03. Sha La La (4:00)
04. Soul Meeting (3:57)
05. Walk On By (4:03)
06. I Just Need You (3:51)
07. Hard To Fall (4:45)
08. Don't Give Up On Me (4:30)
09. A New Past (Feat. Max Carl) (4:11)
10. What You See Is What You Get (Feat. Curtis Salgado) (4:03)
11. Under My Thumb (2:57)
12. I've Been Loving You Too Long. (Feat Michael Grimm) (3:20)

The long awaited 30th Anniversary recording project from Jack Mack and the Heart Attack features 12 amazing tracks. 7 originals and 5 “re-imaginations”, including two by the late great Solomon Burke. “Don’t Give Up On Me”, which has a wonderful Lee Thornburg horn arrangement a la Ray Charles, and “Soul Meeting” which features 5 singers: Bill Champlin, Max Carl, Mike Finnigan, Tim Scott and Mark Campbell all sharing the lead. Also, The Rolling Stones classic, “Under My Thumb” in the spirit of Otis Redding, circa 1969. Also included are Burt Bacharach’s, “Walk On By” and Otis Redding’s, “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” – Featuring 2010 America’s Got Talent winner, Michael Grimm. The original songs include: “Ride The Rocket”, describing lead singer, Mark Campbell’s high school days, “Soul Man” is a tribute to all the legendary soul singers who have passed away, “Sha La La” is an ode to street corner singers, and “I Just Need You”, sung by bassist, Bruce Atkinson is a Sam Cooke influenced shuffle. The bluesy, funky tracks: “What You See Is What You Get”, and “A New Past”, a song penned for this album and sung by former Jack Mack and 38 Special lead singer, Max Carl. “Hard To Fall” is a gritty get down to the bone Rock and Soul groove. Former band members: John Paruolo, Lee Thornburg, Tim Scott, Rick Shlosser, Kevin Cloud, Tony Braunagel and Jim Coile all appear on the project in addition to a special guest appearance by blues legend, Curtis Salgado.

Soul Meeting

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Album: Lookin' Up! EP
Size: 48,5 MB
Time: 20:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Soul, R&B, Soul
Art: Front

01. Lonely No More (4:05)
02. Lookin' Up (4:57)
03. Sha La La (4:03)
04. Good Man Gone (3:05)
05. Don't Give Up On Me (4:31)

Ever wonder what happens when Grammy™, ASCAP and Blues Music Award winning producer and composer Tom Hambridge joins forces with one of America’s baddest Soul bands? It leads to a genuine Soul Meets Blues creative collaboration with relevant, authentic and soulful songs!

John Heithaus, Executive Producer of the EP and Hambridge’s partner in SuperStar Records, said: “Jack Mack’s sweet and funky soul music has earned a critically acclaimed and thirty year legacy of success in the business that includes, seven records, blockbuster movie soundtracks, hundreds of global television appearances and stage performances. Signing the band and inviting our new partners to Nashville proves that genre musical synergy is alive and well!”

“Lookin’ Up!” features vocalist extraordinaire, Mark Campbell, loved the world over as one of the premier blue-eyed soul vocalists. Campbell, guitarist, Andrew Kastner, and Saxman Bill Bergman co-wrote two tracks with Hambridge. Kastner and Bergman served as Associate Producers on three of the EP’s tracks. Jack Mack’s legendary Wall Of Soul horn and rhythm sections contributed world-class performances as well.

Lookin' Up! EP

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