Video: Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Take My Love With You

Soul is back. And not just Sharon Jones. Here's a white guy from Boston called Eli "Paperboy" Reed . His band, the True Loves , do soul-by-numbers like it's 1966. That's not a bad thing. The picture quality above is not great, but the sound's fine, and you can hear the band's energy, and let's face it: Paperboy can sing. Fellow End Hits blogger Andrew R Tonry put it perfectly: "May not sound super hot on record, but live I bet it rips..." So yeah, I'm gonna check it out tonight. I [...]

Jesus H. Christ! Here's a voice and a half that means the name of Eli 'Paperboy' Reed can be uttered in the same sentence as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cook without fear of embarrassment. With his electrifying live act ("I rip a lot of pants."), he's on his own 'mission from God' to pick up the mantle of Jake and Elwood as flag bearer for the Stax/Chess/Motown legacy. There's been a lot of retro sounds around lately of course, from the ladies mainly, but this is so immediately authentic that, just as with the original soul [...]

Surnommé le Soul Brother Number One par thephoenix.com, Eli "Paperboy" Reed a du/de la soul à revendre et un pep d'enfer. Une gageure pour un blanc-bec du Massachusetts que l'on verrait plus en crooner qu'en héritier de James Brown. Comme le disait Bo (RIP), il ne faut pas juger un livre à la couleur [...]

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