I fell in love with the pride of Vermont, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, years ago after seeing them open for Govt. Mule in Bozeman.
I was impressed, not only by the beaming smile, magnificent voice and boundless energy coming fro
m this pint sized beauty, Grace Potter, but her prowess on the B3 Hammond organ. And there’s nothing hotter than a woman who wields a Flying V and plays it like a pro.
Her backing band were pretty hot players too. And I fell in love with a woman who introduced her best song of the set, which she introduced as her “sex swing song.”
So needless to say, I grabbed the two CDs of hers that were available, unfortunately the song wasn’t on any of the CDs.
Nonetheless, I was impressed with the gritty organ powered blues of 2006’s Something in the Water, but not so much with the more pop feel of the follow-up “This is Somewhere,” so I had to scoop up her new self titled CD. And yes it has the “sex swing song,” the sexy, bluesy groove of “Paris (Ooh La La)” she even played it on David Letterman back in December.
So that makes the CD immediately enjoyable.
Even better, it splits the difference between the gritty soulful blues of “Something In The Water,” and the pop of “This Is Somewhere.”
The new CD has plenty of Potter’s pretty organ playing, which was missed on “This is Somewhere”, a little funk, a touch of blues a little of the gospel featured on ‘Something In The Water,” and is pretty much all awesome.
Her voice features elements of Tina Turner’s soul, Gretchen Wilson’s twang and Cyndi Lauper style ’80s pop.
There are a lot of highlights on the CD. ‘Paris (Ooh la la) ’ of course, and the R and B of ‘Hot Summer Night,’ not only heats up chilly winter nights, but takes you back to the best of ’60s soul as does ‘That Phone.’
‘Money,’ is definitely not Pink Floyd’s ‘Money’, it has its own funky groove and ‘Goodbye Kiss,’ even has a touch of reggae.
All in all, Grace Potter makes a long awaited return with a new CD that shows off her sexy, sultry, seductive and beautiful voice, her band’s musical chops and covers several different genres. It’s good to have her back.
Band: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Genre: blues/rock/ soul
Record Label: Hollywood Records
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