CD Review
    Terry Evans
    "Walk That Walk"
    Telarc Blues (83486)
    by Matt Alcott
    Review date: February 2000
    1999 KBA Award Winner
    Achievement for Blues on the Internet
    Presented by the Blues Foundation
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    An incredibly gifted vocalist whose warm and sometimes gruff bass-baritone has been heard often, Vicksburg, Miss. native Terry Evans has a list of recording and performing credits that many session singers would kill for.

    Evans and his one-time partner, Bobby King, were a murderously good soul duo, laying down old school Stax/Volt grooves that were certainly in a league with Sam & Dave. Eventually they hooked up with Ry Cooder, and their astounding tandem vocals became a featured part on four of the guitarist's albums.

    Running the gamut of the harp-spiced "The Story of My Life," the spiritual tone of "Don't Give Up" and the wailing "Credit Card Blues." Rounding out the CD is raspy covers of "A Stone's Throw Away," "Dancin' With Your Belly" and "Let's Have a Ball."

    Produced by Joe Harley, Evans' longtime producer, "Walk That Walk" features guitar slinger Cooder and drummer Jim Keltner on all nine tracks. Also joining the session is keyboardist Jeff Alviani, saxophonist Gil Bernal, bassist Kenny Dew, harpist John "Juke" Logan, guitarist Jesse Samsel and vocalists Willie Green Jr. and Ray Williams.

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    This review is copyright © 2000 by Matt Alcott, and Blues On Stage, all rights reserved.

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