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BINKY WOMACK – Womack Style
Gonzo 2017
Keepin’ it in the family, a soul
stalwart’s nephew rolls a milestone of his own.
Healthy skepticism would be forgiven when someone
seems to try and make a fortune on their relative’s fame, although this is not
the case on “Womack Style,” a robust record whose title would be a bold
statement of flying a family flag rather than fitting into familiar groove. The
great late Bobby is here, though, weaving his harmonies on “Love Addict” whose
funky beats get embellished with Snoop Dogg’s rhymes, but it’s Binky’s
butterscotch vocals that glue the album together; his voice – and his sensual
six strings which take the autobiographical grit of “Me And My Guitar” from
mundane detail to celestial soaring in one upward swoop.
“Womack Style” is a celebration of life, however
unjust our existence can be, so the artist’s pride and joy radiate from “Sunday
Morning” where punchy rhythms come wrapped in an almost orchestral tightness,
and there’s a seductive vibe to the jazzy “Malibu Nights” adding transparent
fragrance to the love that’s in the air. Yet if “Nobody Loves Me Like You” may
suggest vulnerability in Binky’s picking up where “I’ve Been Loving You Too
Long” left off, the cover of his uncle’s “I’m In Love” is as reassuringly
effervescent as only masters of soul trade can serve up, while a take on John
Mayer’s “Gravity” defies any self-doubt Womack has demonstrated earlier.
So whereas “When You’re Wrong” comes on as a
raga-tinctured, scintillating dance number, “Love Is” rocks seriously hard, and
“Put Something Down On It” has a heavy, Hendrix-patented rumble to it, which
will bind the listener for more spins of this Binky experience. There’s a new
Womack in town – let the circle be unbroken!
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