{"product_id":"you-make-me-feel","title":"You Make Me Feel","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2021 GRAMMY NOMINATED FOR BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Love Is to Blame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e99 Lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs It Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Die a Little Each Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon’t Turn Your Back on Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Love Is Too Late\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI’ll Go Crazy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCracked Up over You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Woman’s Touch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalk All Over God’s Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf you turn your ears a certain way, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou Make Me Feel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (May 8, Fat Possum) by soul great Don Bryant can be heard as a love letter to his wife of 50 years, Ann Peebles.  That killer horn riff that kicks off the album? Think of it as a fanfare preceding the reading of a royal decree; or maybe it’s a funky version of a wedding march.  Written by Bryant and producer Scott Bomar, “Your Love Is to Blame” has the chorus of a good blues song: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Nothing in my life is the same\/Your love is to blame.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut here, “blame” gets a halo. “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI tried to turn this one around,” Don says with a slight grin. Then he explains, “Your love is to blame because we are together!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eProduced by Scott Bomar, who recently scored \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDolemite Is My Name\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang (Elvis Presley, Al Green, John Prine), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou Make Me Feel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e continues Don’s resurgence with newly written music and a revisit to Don’s celebrated back catalog, where he’s interpreting some of his songs for the first time.  Musicians include members of the Hi Rhythm section — Howard Grimes, Archie “Hubbie” Turner and Charles Hodges, who played on his by Al Green and Ann Peebles — with members of St. Paul and the Broken Bones and The Bo-Keys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“It feels good to have found my own voice,” says Don, who never stopped writing.  “Music has always been a part of me, I’ve never given up on it, never let it go. If I’m walking around, I’m humming songs. Now, I’m trying to let it all out. What I had, what I got, and what I’m gonna get.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon is nearing the age of 80, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou Make Me Feel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis his third solo album. His 1969 debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePrecious Soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eproduced by Willie Mitchel, who planned for Bryant to be Hi Records’ next star.  Don instead took a supporting role and made a career as a Hi Records hit man, namely as the songwriter and background singer for Peebles, who topped the charts in 1974 with “I Can’t Stand the Rain.”  Ann retired from music in 2012, and Don returned to the spotlight in 2017 with his second album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t Give Up on Love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I fell in love with Ann when she first came in to Hi,” he reveals. “But there was so much going on with her—recording, travel, so many around her—it wasn’t my time. And I wasn’t in no hurry—I knew I wasn’t going nowhere! We got to know each other better and better and it opened up. It was a long drawn out situation, but for me it was love at first sight.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne of the many standouts on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMake You Feel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is the reprise of “Don’t Turn Your Back on Me,” a single Don originally released in 1965. The new version is slowed down, and as anyone who has ever pleaded—for love, for life, for time—we know that the slow petition is more effective… but so much harder to carry out.  Don recorded a new version of “99 Lbs” “to put some light on Ann,” he demurs, and there’s a punch to this new version that would make Willie Mitchell proud—classic soul with a 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003est\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e century power.  And he doesn’t shy from the darker feelings; “Is It Over” sounds like it might date to 1973, when Otis Clay recorded Bryant’s song, “I Die a Little Each Day,” also featured on the album. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis is the first time Don released a version of his “Cracked Up Over You,” recorded enough times to be an R\u0026amp;B chestnut.  (Jr. Parker gave it a fine workout.) Don released the B-side “I’ll Go Crazy” in 1968, and it it’s only song on here he didn’t write.  He related to the hook: “If you love me any better, I'll go crazy.”   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“My main thing is to tell a story,” reflects Don.  “Taking an idea and making a full story out of it is a challenge to me. I go back to look at situations in my life, work the story in my head…If you can tap into things that people go through, then they want to listen.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Bryant","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":55919218294857,"sku":"jhf1787252568575","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Compact Disc","offer_id":55919218327625,"sku":"puw1787252568576","price":8.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/you-make-me-feel_1.jpg?v=1787252575","url":"https:\/\/streetclad.shop\/products\/you-make-me-feel","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}