Artist.......: Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Album........: Live de la Semaine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Soul
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Dec-01-2008
Str.date.....: November 2008
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.elipaperboyreed.com
track title time
Live de la Semaine
01. StΘphane Saunier - Intro
02. Eli Paperboy Reed - Stake your claim
03. Eli Paperboy Reed - Am I wasting my time ?
04. Eli Paperboy Reed - I'm gonna getcha back
05. Eli Paperboy Reed - It's easier
06. Eli Paperboy Reed - (Am I just) Fooling myself
07. Eli Paperboy Reed - Take my love with you
08. StΘphane Saunier - Ending
Runtime 30:49 min
Size 39,3 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded / Performed : November 2008 (France / Canal+)
Growing up in Brookline, MA, Eli Reed had wide exposure to
music. His father was a critic and lent his extensive
record collection to his son, who soaked up as much as he
could, gravitating toward the gospel, soul, blues, and R&B
albums especially. Teaching himself piano, guitar, and
harmonica, and busking in Harvard Square to practice his
chops and performing skills, after finishing high school
he found work in Clarksdale, MS, but upon moving there,
and finding that the job had fallen through, Reed
introduced himself to the music community there, playing
frequently at local clubs and even ending up under the
tutelage of drummer Sam Carr. It was in Mississippi that
Reed also got his nickname, "Paperboy," thanks to the
newsboy-styled hat he was wearing at the time, but after
nine months there, at his parents' bequest he moved north
to attend the University of Chicago. In Chicago Reed was
able to meet soul singer Mitty Collier, who had had a hit
in 1964 with the single "I Had a Talk with My Man" but had
since turned to ministry. The young musician impressed her
so much -- he auditioned on the piano in his dormitory --
that she asked him to be the Minister of Music at her
church, a position he held until he returned to Boston
after a year of school. Back home, Reed worked on
assembling his band, called the True Loves, and in 2005 he
self-released the record Sings "Walkin' and Talkin' (For
My Baby)" and Other Smash Hits, a collection of covers and
originals. The band began to gain recognition around town,
particularly thanks to Reed's enthused and passionate
singing, and a performance at 2007's SXSW attracted some
label interest. Signed to Boston-based Q Division, Eli
"Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves issued their second full
-length, Roll with You (with all songs written or co-
written by Reed), in the spring of 2008.