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Herman Mathews, Richard Millsap and Tony Braunagel, plus Kevin McKendree and Bennett
Salvay (keyboards), with Darrell Leonard (brass) and Paulie Cerra (saxes).

The opener ‘I’d Do It for You’ is typical of the other tracks, Teresa out front with confident,
controlled vocals and the band locking in behind laying down a funky rhythm with the brass
section riffing along. ‘Lean on Love’ is more bluesy with Wilson’s biting lead guitar and ‘The
Idea of You’ is a 50s-style late night torch song with Teresa singing over minimal backing. ‘I
Don’t Need Another Reason to Fall in Love’ is a catchy Stax-style soul ballad that could be Sam
and Dave and ‘Flip Flop’ has restrained brass and relaxed vocals from Teresa, while ‘The Heart
Wants What It Wants’ is a melodic ballad with Jay Bellerose on drums and Terry Wilson
playing everything else. We’re back to the blues with ‘Ain’t Nothing for Certain’ with Matt
Lemeo on blues harp and even the closing track ‘Second Chances’ keeps up the high standard
here. I’d guess if you wanted to give a flavour of what Teresa and the band sound like it would
be modern day Bonnie Raitt, i.e. built on blues and old skool R&B but with modern AOR
elements and, like Bonnie, Teresa’s vocals are at the heart of everything here, although the
band also play their part in backing her superbly.

Graham Harrison

Bob Corritore—Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me—South-
west Musical ASIN :B0CC1RPRVT

Bob is back with a new album but unlike his multiple recent
releases these performances are not from his vaults but are

new recordings featuring both a regiment of guest vocalists to
front the songs - Bobby Rush, Sugaray Rayford, John Primer,
Eugene Hideaway Bridges etc. etc. - as well as a multitude of
backing musicians and not forgetting Bob’s own harp playing.
John Primer kicks us off with A.C. Reed’s ‘This Little Voice’, then
Thornetta Davis rocks out on ‘A Whole Lotta Lovin’’ before
Bobby Rush funks things up with ‘I’m Good as Gone’. ‘Stranded’
is a down and dirty blues with Carl Weathersby on vocals and guitar, Anthony Geraci on piano

and Bob on particularly distorted harp.

Tia Carrol gives us Willie Dixon’s ‘I Want To Be Loved’ with Sid Morris on piano, while Eugene
“Hideaway” Bridges is on guitar and vocals on a gorgeous country-sounding ‘If You Don’t Want
to Love Me’ and Sugaray Rayford announces that he’s ‘Goin’ Fishin’’ - “I don’t need no rod and
reel, my newly printed dollar bills and my big Lincoln seals the deal” – yes we can see what
kind of fishing you’re doing Mr. Rayford! Lurie Bell gives us the slow blues ‘Act Like You Love
Me’ and ‘Draw Me Closer’ is a melodic soul ballad sung by Francine Reed, while ‘Tough
Enough’ has Jimi ‘Primetime’ Smith on vocals and guitar (Jimi also plays guitar on thirteen of
the tracks here). ‘Help the Poor’ is the BB King song sung here by Diunna Greenleaf with a

brass section of Doug James (sax) and Jeff “Doc” Chandonhouse (trumpet) and Willie Buck
finishes off the album with ‘Let Me Find Out Your Name’ an Elmore James-style slow blues
with Bob on chromatic, Billy Flynn on guitar and Ben Levin on piano. As usual these are great
traditional-sounding Chicago blues recorded in Arizona and produced by Bob with his excel-
lent harp playing gracing every track.

Graham Harrison