Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!

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Austin’s Black Joe Lewis doesn’t adulterate his mix of old-school R&B and vintage blues-rock with any 21st-century additives. <i>Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!</i> is a sweat-drenched throwback to the soul shouters and party combos of the ‘60s, aimed squarely at the loins and legs. Clearly a student of James Brown and Otis Redding, Lewis constructs his sound around unstoppable grooves and accents them with blistering brass. “Gunpowder,” “Boogie,” and “Bobby Booshay” match Lewis’ hard-chopping guitar with thick bass lines and primal, skull-slamming drum work. Especially wild is “Big Booty Woman,” a trashy garage-rock number suggesting a mashup between Booker T. Jones and the Blues Magoos. “Humpin’” saunters to a beat crossing New Orleans rhythms with ‘70s-style funk. Lewis unleashes his pungent sense of humor on tracks like “Sugarfoot” and the hilarious “Get Yo S**t,” and he can sober up and smolder on legit blues tunes like “Master Sold My Baby” as well. <i>Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!</i> gets down, keeps it real and leaves you begging for more.

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