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very catchy track that could well make the pop charts. ‘I Ain’t Living’ is funky hill country
blues with Tikyra Jackson, the lovely ‘If My Mind Don’t Change’ is probably my favourite track
and features Sharde Thomas on vocals and quills and ‘The Philly Sound’ is a talking blues
where G. Love tells how he got into hip-hop in the 1980s back in Philadelphia while ‘Shouts
Out’ is G. Love thanking all those who took part on this album. As a blues fan the tracks here
that combined blues and hip-hop were the most appealing to me and I thought that they
worked really well adding musicality to the hip-hop and giving the blues a modern twist.

Graham Harrison

Harrison Kennedy—Thanks For Tomorrow—Electro-Fi
Records ASIN : B09XGM47D1

Former member of the soul group Chairmen of the Board

Harrison Kennedy has for the the last several years been a
bluesman and his latest album is produced by former Levon

Helm keyboard player Jesse O’Brien and also features

guitarist Colin Linden, with John Dymond (bass) and Gary
Craig (drums). We start with 'All I Need is You' a loping blues

with Ruthie Foster adding her wonderful vocals to Harrison's
- what a start! - 'Easiest Thing' is a lovely 'easy' country blues

song with Linden's lyrical slide guitar and the title track has Harrison's testifying vocals -
you'd never guess that he is now 80 years old! 'On Call Man' is powered along by O’Brien's

boogie piano and 'Women' is a homage to modern women - "There ain’t nothing a woman

can’t do, where would we be without you?" while 'Checking You Out' is a rocker with more
boogie piano and Linden's electric slide.

'Crazy Love' is a thoughtful version of the Van Morrison song, 'Memphis Trippin'' is a low

down blues with Harrison howling the blues like Mr. Wolf and Colin Linden wailing on guitar
in the background in best Elmore James fashion and 'Cranky Woman' is a jump blues with nice

piano and guitar. 'Doomed' is an unusual, atmospheric song with an almost Spanish influence,
'You Lost Me' is a funky blues with both electric piano and organ and Linden's guitar heavily

distorted and 'Just Wanna Play' an upbeat rocker with Harrison stating "Maybe I wasn’t cut
out for the working class, just want to play soul music, jump n’ blues all day". Many people are

saying that this is Harrison's best album so far and I wouldn't disagree, his vocals are great

throughout and Jesse O’Brien's production and keyboard playing are both first class, as is
Colin Linden's guitar making for an album with lots of variety but a pleasing unified, cohesive

sound.

Graham Harrison