Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Brighter Days (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Brighter Days (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:35 minutes | 851 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Provogue

After emerging from the sacred pedal steel tradition in the African-American Pentecostal church, Robert Randolph has expanded the sonic possibilities of his instrument. Under Randolph’s fingers, the pedal steel roars as the star of his fiery live shows, exploding the common perception that its best use was adding atmosphere behind country music weepers. After eight albums Randolph has settled into a forceful soul-gospel-blues-groove which he continues to enrich and explore with each new record. In this collaboration, recorded by skilled Nashville producer Dave Cobb (who also played guitar and co-wrote five of the album’s tunes), Randolph mixes things up with a cover of the Pops Staples’ “Simple Man,” and on the funky, Meters-like “Second Hand Man.” “Cut Em Loose” is a powerful hard rock number led by the kind of buzzsaw tone that won the jam band audience over to his cause years ago. The musical intensity increases on “Living Off the Love You Give,” with Randolph letting loose on fierce, razor-like lead lines. Brighter Days closes with “Strange Train,” another driving, jumpy, R&B-drenched dance tune where Randolph shows again why he is the pedal steel guitar’s leading virtuoso. – Robert Baird

Tracklist:
1. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Baptise Me (04:06)
2. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Don’t Fight It (03:35)
3. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Simple Man (03:03)
4. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Have Mercy (04:17)
5. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Cut Em Loose (03:37)
6. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Second Hand Man (03:03)
7. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Cry Over Me (04:47)
8. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – I Need You (03:23)
9. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – I’m Living Off the Love You Give (03:25)
10. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Strange Train (05:14)

Personnel:
Robert Randolph, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Marcus Randolph, drums
Lenesha Randolph, vocals
Danyel Morgan, bass

Produced by Dave Cobb

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