Waiting For The Train

Product description

CD

Review

The soulful vocalist has been garnering major accolades and his winning streak continues with Waiting For The Train. The bass player/co-composer Bob Trenchard leads the same band as on Johnny's last outing, complete with the four-piece horn section and pumping rhythm section that made his previous disc, Tiger In A Cage such a widely-acclaimed release. The album leaves the listener wanting more, which--all things considered--cannot be viewed as anything but a good thing. --Living Blues Magazine, October 2017

Across eight Catfood albums since 2005, Johnny Rawls' singing has displayed sincere, easeful emoitional engagement with intelligent lyrics form one song after another written with his trusty bassist, Bob Trenchard. And the streak continues. Note the intimacy he brings to the ballad Stay With Me and the bravura that spurs the song's uncontained glee over making a fresh start on Rain Keep Falling. Never flagging in spirit, Trenchard and the other ace musicians again incorporate elements of Southern soul, Texas blues and classic pop-soul into their infectious group sound. (Waiting For The Train is on the 2017 Downbeat Best Albums of the Year List) --Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat Magazine