Time: 49:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full
01. Raise The Alarm (4:26)
02. Same Blood Same Bone (3:34)
03. Rosalee (3:02)
04. I'm Movin' On (3:09)
05. Time To Go Home (4:38)
06. When I've Had A Few (3:47)
07. Bad Man (4:39)
08. Blue (3:56)
09. 'Til I See You Again (5:24)
10. He's A Winner (3:35)
11. Fight The Good Fight (3:46)
12. Lost In The Wilderness (5:23)
The amazingly powerful voice of Vaneese Thomas returns for her ninth album “Fight The Good Fight.” Beyond her vocal prowess the collection of a dozen new tracks showcases the songwriting skills of Thomas, who wrote/co-wrote the songs. Thomas co-produced the album with her life partner, Wayne Warnecke, at Peaceful Waters Music during the pandemic lockdown. The breadth of style and theme reflects Thomas’ career with a cross section of soul, gospel, blues, country, and Americana flavors with themes of romance, socio-political discourse, spirituality, celebration, and love.
Thomas invited many special guests to contribute to the effort including Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman’s musical director), Bo Mitchell, Lisa Fischer, Tash Neal, along with the Memphis Horns - trumpeter Marc Franklin and saxophonist Kirk Smothers (Drive By Truckers) - and harmonica from Corrin Huddleston. Two veterans of Late-Night TV, bassist Will Lee from the Letterman show and drummer Shawn Pelton from SNL, and a slew of other players sat in for special sessions in Brooklyn, Nevada, and the famed Royal Studios in Memphis.
Warnecke and guitarist Al Orlo hold down the rhythm section for the majority of the songs beginning with four on the floor call to arms opener ‘Raise The Alarm.’ On the smoldering ‘Same Blood Same Bone,’ Thomas pays tribute to her hometown and to everyone that worked to give birth to Soul music. Lively banjo from Peter Calo lends authenticity to the downhome tale of a wayward girl ‘Rosalee,’ and Thomas leads the charge herself on driving piano for the determined groover ‘I’m Moving On,’ with Sharrard tossing in some of his vaunted slide guitar to spice up the mix. The spacious ballad ‘Time To Go Home,’ capitalizes on the lonesome sound of mandolin and accordion to lend emotional support to the pleading vocals from Thomas.
She examines the strength of her own heart on the slinky blues ‘When I’ve Had A Few,’ and chastises a former lover on the front-porch stomper ‘Bad Man.’ The tale of heartbreak and regret, ‘Blue,’ has subtle Latin touches that color its acoustic delivery. The detailed arrangement of the dynamic ‘’Til I See You Again,’ gives the track a Broadway style, while the fun loving ‘He’s A Winner,’ has Thomas joined by Muses from “Hercules” singing the praises of a hero. The title track ‘Fight The Good Fight,’ has a distinct Nashville flair highlighted by sweet fiddle from Katie Jacoby, finger picking from guitarist Paul Guzzone to accompany Thomas’ message of optimism and hope. Pelton lays down a muscular back beat, Sharrard lets his guitar soar and the full gospel choir roars as Thomas takes us to church for the finale ‘Lost In The Wilderness.’ Emotional performances like the ones found on “Fight The Good Fight,” come naturally to someone like Vaneese, where making great music is the family business. ~Rick J Bowen
Thomas invited many special guests to contribute to the effort including Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman’s musical director), Bo Mitchell, Lisa Fischer, Tash Neal, along with the Memphis Horns - trumpeter Marc Franklin and saxophonist Kirk Smothers (Drive By Truckers) - and harmonica from Corrin Huddleston. Two veterans of Late-Night TV, bassist Will Lee from the Letterman show and drummer Shawn Pelton from SNL, and a slew of other players sat in for special sessions in Brooklyn, Nevada, and the famed Royal Studios in Memphis.
Warnecke and guitarist Al Orlo hold down the rhythm section for the majority of the songs beginning with four on the floor call to arms opener ‘Raise The Alarm.’ On the smoldering ‘Same Blood Same Bone,’ Thomas pays tribute to her hometown and to everyone that worked to give birth to Soul music. Lively banjo from Peter Calo lends authenticity to the downhome tale of a wayward girl ‘Rosalee,’ and Thomas leads the charge herself on driving piano for the determined groover ‘I’m Moving On,’ with Sharrard tossing in some of his vaunted slide guitar to spice up the mix. The spacious ballad ‘Time To Go Home,’ capitalizes on the lonesome sound of mandolin and accordion to lend emotional support to the pleading vocals from Thomas.
She examines the strength of her own heart on the slinky blues ‘When I’ve Had A Few,’ and chastises a former lover on the front-porch stomper ‘Bad Man.’ The tale of heartbreak and regret, ‘Blue,’ has subtle Latin touches that color its acoustic delivery. The detailed arrangement of the dynamic ‘’Til I See You Again,’ gives the track a Broadway style, while the fun loving ‘He’s A Winner,’ has Thomas joined by Muses from “Hercules” singing the praises of a hero. The title track ‘Fight The Good Fight,’ has a distinct Nashville flair highlighted by sweet fiddle from Katie Jacoby, finger picking from guitarist Paul Guzzone to accompany Thomas’ message of optimism and hope. Pelton lays down a muscular back beat, Sharrard lets his guitar soar and the full gospel choir roars as Thomas takes us to church for the finale ‘Lost In The Wilderness.’ Emotional performances like the ones found on “Fight The Good Fight,” come naturally to someone like Vaneese, where making great music is the family business. ~Rick J Bowen
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Thanks BT! :)
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