''Soul's Edge'' is an album by the American blues guitarist and singer Snooks Eaglin, released in 1995 on Black Top Records.

Reception

In his review for

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, Bill Dahl wrote: "Give this New Orleans master enough studio time, and he'll redo the entire history of postwar R&B his own way." The ''

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'' wrote that "the core blues feel remains, but Eaglin's remarkable flexibility allows him to inhabit nearly any situation with grace, from the furious key-changing blues of bassist George Porter Jr.'s instrumental 'Aw' Some Funk', a real showcase for the guitarist, to the heart-wrenching lament his playing expresses on 'Nine Pound Steel'." The '' Times-Colonist'' wrote that "Eaglin drives the band with majestic blues string bending and grace."

Track listing

# " Josephine" ( Fats Domino,

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) – 6:05 # "Show Me the Way Back Home" (

Willie Tee Wilson Turbinton (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007), professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New ...

) – 4:13 # "Ling Ting Tong" (Mabel Godwin) – 4:00 # "Aw' Some Funk" (George Porter, Jr.) – 4:55 # "I'm Not Ashamed" ( Don Robey) – 3:40 # "Nine Pound Steel" ( Dan Penn, W. Thompson) – 5:32 # "Answer Now" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:01 # " Skinny Minnie" ( Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, Catherine Cafra) – 4:14 # " Thrill on the Hill" (

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) – 2:51 # "You and Me" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:13 # "I Went to the Mardi Gras" (Eaglin, Ridgely, Scott) – 4:44 # " Talk to Me" ( Joe Seneca) – 5:23 # "Mama and Papa" ( Earl King) – 4:00 # "God Will Take Care" (Traditional) – 4:17

Personnel

* Snooks Eaglin – vocals, guitar *Sammy Berfect – organ, piano *David Torkanovsky – piano on 3, 7, 9, 11 *

George Porter Jr. George Porter Jr. (born December 26, 1947) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 1960s and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of fun ...

– bass, 2nd vocal on 7 *Herman V. Ernest III – drums, percussion *Fred Kemp –

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*Ward Smith –

baritone sax The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contrab ...

*Steve Howard – trumpet *Rick Trolsen –

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References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Snooks Eaglin albums Black Top Records albums