Lee Fields “Faithful Man”

Lee Fields is legend, and to create quality soul recordings in 2012 that sound nostalgic and timeless is amazing. I wont say to much, others have done much better in their descriptions of Lee and his music see below.  This detailed article done over at Indyweek about Lee Fields is a great read also you can check that out here

Since the late sixties Lee Fields has amassed a prolific catalog and has played and toured with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, and many more. With a career spanning 43 years, it’s mind-blowing that the music he’s making today with Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career. While drawing comparisons to The Moments, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, and—of course—James Brown, Faithful Man is able to create a space of it’s own due to the group’s desire to interpret and further the formulas of good soul music rather then imitate them. – Truthandsoulrecords

Temptation always was a whore. A momentary compromise of better principles, constantly available and never worth the trouble. How strong, exactly, do you have to be to hold fast? To not compromise? Maybe as strong as Lee Fields, who has the temerity to sing soul and funk songs like the last four decades never happened. He dresses like a man unaccustomed to half measures, in a slick tan jacket made from an animal one imagines he wrestled and skinned himself. He stands at the microphone like a mountain — specifically, a volcano. When he finally erupts in a scream at the climax of “Faithful Man”, it is with the power to shake the house, and all those demons, loose. – Jeff Leeds

Lee Fields “Faithful Man” is available now on Truth & Soul Records. You can listen and purchase here

Spotted via: Yourstruly X truthandsoulrecord X Indyweek