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These Guys Are Great !!

proofhockey | 07/17/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was amazed to see these guy's @ Moe's Alley New Years Eve, 3 piece, and they rocked, sounded like the whole production was there. Sweet Pea, Randy, what a team, if you like R&B you gotta get this CD.. Can't wait to see them again.. Keep on, keeping on."

"Contemporary Soul" . . . an oxymoron

proofhockey | North Andover MA USA | 05/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If every black pop artist since the 1970s had not been reimagined for the disco and "velvet soul" markets, we might be blessed with more bands like the Boneshakers. Is Randy Jacobs a better axe scratcher than he is a songwriter? That's a tough call, but you'd think that playing the tar out of original bluesy ballads and funky grooves would be enough. With his Strat up front and strings nowhere to be found, this project represents what might have been. If you want your funk without no junk, there's at least the Boneshakers.

A later incarnation of the Boneshakers featured Malford Milligan, the former vocalist of another overlooked rock/soul outfit, Storyville, but Jacobs re-formed the original lineup for 2005."