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Bokeys CD
Memphis Soul Music


The incendiary soul/jazz/funk of The Royal Sessions is a hard-hitting and authentic modern take on Memphis’ original soul-stew sound – a mixture of original instrumental and vocal features that fuse R&B fundamentals with elements of modern hip-hop. An all-star section of Stax sidemen – Charles “Skip” Pitts (Isaac Hayes) on wah-wah guitar, Ronnie Williams (The Bar-Kays, David Porter) on Hammond B-3 organ, and drummer Willie Hall (The Bar-Kays, the Blues Brothers) —joins garage rock prodigy Scott Bomar (Impala) on bass to lay down deep funk grooves for a mighty horn section consisting of Memphis’ finest young players. Recorded and mixed at Willie Mitchell’s (Hi Records, Al Green) Royal Studios, The Royal Sessions is steeped in the Memphis tradition. But it’s much more than an homage: it’s the sound of Memphis now– familiar, fresh, and unquestionably fantastic.