Sunday, March 16, 2014

Cyril Neville




























Artist:  Cyril Neville
Born:  October 10, 1948.  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Funk, Southern Soul
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Percussion

Cyril Neville is an American Singer and one of the four Neville Brothers, from New Orleans.  He has appeared on recordings by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Edie Brickell, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Jimmy Buffett and others, he is also bandmate of Royal Southern Brotherhood.













Title:  Magic Honey  (2013)
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Funk, Southern Soul
Label:  Ruf Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Magic Honey  (5:13)
 2.  Swamp Funk  (4:32)
 3.  Something's Got A Hold On Me  (5:12)
 4.  Another Man  (4:58)
 5.  Still Going Down Today  (4:54)
 6.  You Can Run But You Can't Hide  (3:20)
 7.  Invisible  (4:09)
 8.  Blues Is The Truth  (4:16)
 9.  Running Water  (4:03)
10. Working Man  (4:58)
11. MoneyAnd Oil  (4:00)

Personnel:

Cyril Neville:  Lead Vocals, Percussion
Cranston Clements:  Guitar
Carl Dufrence:  Bass
Norman Caesar:  Keyboards
"Mean" Willie Green:  Drums

Guest Musicians:

Allen Toussaint:  Piano on Tracks:  4, 2
Dr. John:  Organ on Track 2
Mike Zito:  Guitar on Tracks:  10, 11
David Z:  Guitar on Track 3
Walter Trout:  Guitar on Track 9
Gaynielle Neville & Omari Neville:  Backing Vocals

Magic Honey is a fantastic album by Cyril Neville, was released on September 16, 2013 by Ruf Records, its a tasteful, well-cooked musical and very well produced album which sounds superb for music lovers.  Highly Recommended!

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