DON'T LET THE COVER FOOL YOU
ERIC A. DUKE | 11/26/1999
(3 out of 5 stars)
"THE COVER OF THIS ALBUM FEATURES THE FACES OF SAM COOKE AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOUL STIRRERS WHO RECORDED IN THE 5O'S BUT THE ACTUAL RECORDING IS OF THE SOUL STIRRERS WHO SUNG IN THE LATE 60'S WILLIE ROGERS FEATURED ON LEAD AND MARTIN JACOX ON BARITONE LEAD, SONNY MITCHELL ON BASS GUITAR, ARTHUR CRUME ON GUITAR AND ORIGINAL BASS SINGER J.J. FARLEY. A GOOD ALBUM WHEN YOU PURCHASE IT BUT YOU EXPECT TO HEAR THE LATE SAM COOKE. HOWEVER ANY REAL SOUL STIRRERS FAN KNOWS MR. ROGERS IS AS GOOD AS SAM EVER WAS."
SAME QUALITY DIFFERENT LINE-UP
BIG 6 | GA. | 10/16/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"WHILE THIS CD COVER DISPLAYS SAM COOKE,PAUL FOSTER AND THE CLASSIC LINE-UP OF THE 1950'S...THIS IS ACTUALLY A COLLECTION OF THE 1960'S CARNATION FRONTED BY WILLIE"THE WONDERFUL" ROGERS AND MARTIN"HORSE"JACOX WHO ARE JUST AS EFFECTIVE FOR THEIR ERA AS SAM AND PAUL WERE FOR THE 50'S.THE MUSIC AND PRODUCTION ACTUALLY RIVALS THAT OF MOTOWN AND STAX!"