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▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Ellis Hooks ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Up Your Mind ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Evidence ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Blues ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Dec-07-2003 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Oct-28-2003 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 47:30 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Ridin' with Fire 02:53 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Up Your Mind 03:30 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Eight Months Ago Today 05:01 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Holding Out My Love 04:28 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Man of the Blues 03:45 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Controlling Picasso 03:33 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. Still Waiting 04:04 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. Last Chance for Happiness 03:27 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. Down for the Last Time 03:30 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. Jessie Got Shot 03:03 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. Black Wolf Bone 03:39 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. How Long 03:10 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 13. To Get You Back in My Arms Again 03:27 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Up Your Mind is the American debut by soul-blues ▓▌
▓████▓▌ singer/songwriter Ellis Hooks. Originally hailing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from Mobile, AL, he was an itinerant musician, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ scrambling and scuffling across the globe, often as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a busker. His debut album, Undeniable, garnered a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ slew of attention on the other side of the Atlantic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and has afforded him the notoriety and critical ▓▌
▓████▓▌ acclaim to play the Montreux Jazz Festival and the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ esteemed Poretta Festival in Italy. Hooks resides ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in New York and is remaking music in his own image ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by using and fusing traditional elements from soul, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ rock, and the Mississippi Delta played in a direct, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ gritty manner. Hooks doesn't sift and he doesn't ▓▌
▓████▓▌ blend, he sculpts and shapes, leaving the rough ▓▌
▓████▓▌ grain on the surface to admire. Hooks and veteran ▓▌
▓████▓▌ producer Jon Tiven offer a streetwise, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ passion-filled toughness in their deep, sensual ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mix. Hooks has a voice that owes a great debt to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Otis Redding first and Wilson Pickett second (who ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Tiven produced for many years), and an approach in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ his songwriting that is eclectic, knotty, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ groove-solid. Up Your Mind's 13 songs run the gamut ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from the funky, dirty city blues of the opener ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Ridin' With Fire" (with a distinct guitar line ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that comes straight outta "Rock & Roll Hoochie ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Koo") to the Muscle Shoals-strolling soul groove α ▓▌
▓████▓▌ la Eddie Hinton of "Controlling Picasso" and the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ swollen, smoky, deeply sensual roil of "Down for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the Last Time." Here, stinging guitars and Hammond ▓▌
▓████▓▌ B3's crisscross under a heavily reverbed vocal with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a double-timed rhythm track that is ready for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ remixing by DJs in clubs all over the world. (Don't ▓▌
▓████▓▌ be surprised if it ends up on a Gilles Peterson mix ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in the near future.) But still there's more; the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ straight-up Godfather of Soul funk in "Last Chance ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for Happiness" is over the top and down in the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ grease with a nasty rhythm and snarling vocal. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ elasticity in the grain of Hooks' voice is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ astonishing, and he could wrap emotion around the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ words on the back of a cereal box. Like those ▓▌
▓████▓▌ before him, his vocal gift is in his ability to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ make every song he sings the last one on earth. An ▓▌
▓████▓▌ added treat on this slab is "Man of the Blues," a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ chilling autobiographical tome. With its ragged ▓▌
▓████▓▌ slide guitar blues, Hooks duets with Freddie Scott, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ who sounds here like Pops Staples at his rowdiest. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Hooks' own lines are full of razor wire and tears; ▓▌
▓████▓▌ they offer a dark story with a redemptive ending. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Tiven's guitar playing is stellar and in the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ pocket, leading the singers just a bit into each ▓▌
▓████▓▌ line before exploding with a fill. Up Your Mind is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the sound of a monstrously talented individual who ▓▌
▓████▓▌ may be coming to the populace as a newcomer but ▓▌
▓████▓▌ carries in his voice the authority and lineage of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the entire Southern soul and blues traditions. Up ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Your Mind is an outstanding release that deserves ▓▌
▓████▓▌ to be shortlisted for the Handy Award. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bon Appetit !!!!! ▓▌
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