St Paul and the Broken Bones - Live at Eurockéennes / director Yoann Belton ; Paul Janeway, Allen Branstetter, Ben Griner, Andrew Lee, Jesse Phillips, Browan Lollar, Al Gamble.

[Place of publication not identified] : SEQUENCE SDP, [2015]

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""Good evening, we are St Paul and the Broken Bones from Birmingham, Alabama," the little guy behind his microphone literally shouts following a long introduction, composed of an instrumental funk medley, combining riffs of the most popular artists (Meters, JB's, ...) and linked to their own first track, swiftly filling a lawn that is initially sparse. Originally from a southern state equal parts emblematic and controversial (Alabama), this group formed eight years back is undoubtedly a worthy heir to the great southern soul acts of the sixties (Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, James Carr, ...). A legitimacy brilliantly embodied in the person of Paul Janeway, sporting his characteristic professorial glasses on the tip of the nose and a generous silhouette, enveloped in a costume whose durability is tested by his gestures and incessant dancing. Brought up on gospel music and the great lords of what is commonly known as deep soul, he is undeniably the central element of the arrangement. The sextet that accompanies him is not for nothing in this tasty journey, as it ensures the smooth operation of the machine with its many breaks, silences, accelerations, escalations and descents. The performance is filled with tricks and a language that everyone is familiar with, judging by the (almost) bluffing finale; a cover of one of the monumental successes of the Big O, the slow and savoury ""I've Been Loving You Too Long,"" reinterpreted here in the rules of art. Julien D."

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July 07, 2023

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