This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Good Gawd!
In case you were wondering, I have figured out why we haven’t heard from James Brown lately — Lee Fields has stolen his mojo, baby. Heh! Uh-huh! Fields, leader of The Soul Providers, has mastered the Godfather Of Soul’s style, from the percolating organs, chicken-picking guitars and punchy horns of his syncopated old-school funk down to the natty suits and cries of Yee-oww! he drops at the end of every line on Let’s Get A Groove On. Can he take it to the bridge? Yes, he can! Is he a sex machine? Yes, he is! Can he hit it and quit it? Yes, he can! And he’s not alone: Just check out Spike’s Choice, a compilation of artists from the roster of Desco Records (the precursor to Daptone), including Fields, the Providers, sassy Sharon Jones, sitar funketeer Ravi Harris and others. From top to bottom, they got soul — and they’re superbad. Ow!
