Label: Hi / Fat Possum
Released 1986
A killer from WILLIE MITCHELL – harder, funkier, and a lot more soulful than most of his other records from the 60s! The groove here is sock-soul, and most cuts have a hard and tight funky 45 approach. WILLIE was really cut loose on this one – freed from his usual standard of recording hits and pop songs, he wrote all the songs on the set – and they're heavy Memphis instrumentals with a sound that's much more like 60s BAR KAYS work on Stax! There's a great sax player on the session, too – not named in the notes, unfortunately, but with a sound that really wails on the best tracks. Titles include "Fat Cat", "Pep Talk", "That Driving Beat", "The Champion (parts 1 & 2)", "Nick O Demus", "Everything Is Gonna Be Alright", and "Stone Face".
Track Listing:
- Everything Is Gonna Be Alright 2:22
- Nick - O - Demus 2:06
- The Time Ain't Long 2:18
- The Champion Part 1 2:15
- I'm Moving On Now 2:22
- Stone Face 2:04
- That Driving Beat 2:06
- The Champion Part 2 2:15
- Doing The Stroll 2:22
- Pep Talk 2:07
- Fat Cat 2:17
- Smiley 2:04