Description
Personnel: James Hunter (vocals, guitar); Gill Morley (violin); Ellen Blair (viola); Carwyn Ellis (organ); Jason Wilson (bass instrument); Damian Hand (tenor saxophone); Lee Badau (baritone saxophone); Jon Lee (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Gavin Whitlock (baritone saxophone); Tom Morgan (piano); Vicky Matthews (organ); Carwyn Ellis, Ellen Blair, Gill Morley.
Audio Mixer: Liam Watson.
Recording information: Toe Rag Studios, London, England.
Photographer: Harry "Rockbarry" Benson.
British blues and R&B singer James Hunter performs a remarkably assured selection of self-penned songs on his vintage-sounding PEOPLE GONNA TALK album. With a noteworthy resemblance to the sound of classy 1960s U.K. R&B outfit Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames, Hunter and band journey confidently through cuts like the Sam Cooke-influenced "Mollena," the "Poppa's Got a Brand New Bag"-like "No Smoke Without Fire," and the '50s R&B of "It's Easy to Say." There's a laid-back, gently swinging feel to the album (which was done live in the same London studio the White Stripes used to record ELEPHANT), and Hunter's vocals sound soulful and authentically world-weary.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Rock
- Released: 2006-03-07