Needle In A Haystack

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Product Description Ellis Hooks embodies the very finest aspects of Southern musical traditions of Blues, Soul and Gospel; his voice, while evocative of some of the greatest such as Little Milton, Sam Cooke, James Carr, and even Otis Redding, is nevertheless his very own; his unique luscious baritone a trademark. The stylish guitar phrases are at times reminiscent of a more organic Robert Cray. Ellis connects with the past while looking into the future. His emotional realism is what makes Hooks larger than the sum total of his individual influences; one of the most exciting young Blues voices today The team of Ellis Hooks, poet-lyricist Stephen Kalinich and producer Jon Tiven has an extensive and extremely impressive combined résumé and the combination and result of these formidable talents is a brand-new Ellis Hooks album, recorded, at the Hormone Studios, in Nashville, Tennessee, with a backing band directed by Tiven, who also plays guitar, keyboards and tenor saxophone, and includes his wife, Sally, on bass guitar. Needle In A Haystack: These 13 emotionally intense songs set a new benchmark for contemporary Southern Soul and Gospel tinged Blues albums Review Hooks touches upon Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding, but feels like one of the gritty New York streets he has busked upon --Allmusic