Ron Beer - The Blues Don't Say It All

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2014
Time:36:55 
Size:84,8 MB 
Label:Be One Music Inc. 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Blues Don't Say It All - 3:03
 2. If We Don't Talk - 3:30
 3. I Understand - 4:16
 4. Close To The Fire - 3:42
 5. Give Me Shelter - 4:11
 6. Puppets and Pantomine - 4:16
 7. Call Me A Doctor - 3:24
 8. Who's Fooling Who - 3:46
 9. Farm Kids - 3:24
10. Play House - 3:18

In the first instance Ron Beer (vocals guitar) is a coach for self-defence in Ontario, but he also writes books and is a great singer/songwriter. Paul Scofield (horns) produced his latest CD with 10 self-crafted songs (lyrics by Lou Sabatini), recorded with Bill Evans on keyboards, Neil Chapman on lead guitar, John Meydam and Alex Paris for the rhythm section and Barbara Llynn Doran’s background vocals.
Beer starts off with the title song, a funky mix of Soul, Blues and Rock, showcasing his powerful voice and featuring some wicked guitar playing and an intoxicating pace. “I understand” is a beautiful R&B Blues including a great duet with Doran and on the Blues-rock “Close to the fire” Scofield blows the horns in Big Band style and Evans treats the piano in Boogie Woogie manner driven by bass and drums. Another highlight is “Call me a doctor”, a ragtime including banjo, clarinet and piano. “Who’s fooling who” features saxophone and cool jazzy pace, it reminds me of Barry White’s soul ballads and with the final Blues, “Play house”, the CD ends unfortunately after 37 minutes.
The music of Ron Beer comes from another age, but certainly is not out of time, friends of the 70ies Soul and 80ies R&B will love his sound..

The Blues Don't Say It All