Personnel: Eric Lindell (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, electric piano); Chris Mule (guitar, resonator guitar); Sean Carey (harmonica, background vocals); James Carpenter (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals); Derek Huston (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mark Adams (piano); Chris Dejohn (drums, shaker); Stanton Moore (drums); Sheila Sanders (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Drew Vonderhaar.
Liner Note Author: Eric Lindell.
Recording information: Balance Production Studios, Mandeville, LA.
Photographers: Eric Lindell; Sarah Paul.
For his third full-length on Alligator Records, Lindell stays true to the recipe that made him a regional star with a burgeoning national profile in the late '00s: a no-frills, good-timing mix of classic soul, honky-tonk, and New Orleans funk seemlessly centered on his huskily blue-eyed-soul vocals, which sound at times like a cross between the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson and a young Van Morrison. Every track on GULF COAST HIGHWAY reimagines the latter's MOONDANCE as played by Dr. John and the Meters. Whether on his own compositions (like lead-off "If Love Can't Find A Way") or his cover choices (such as Delbert McClinton's "Here Come the Blues Again") that reveal a deep musical curiosity, Lindell pulls off the trick of making the well-worn sound fresh.
Professional Reviews
Down Beat (p.67) - "[I]t's his distinctive vocal approach, a sort of simmering soul colored by an assortment of Gulf Coast blues and country influences, that is both the music's main ingredient and its primary attraction."
Dirty Linen (p.52) - "Lindell closes the proceedings with an infectiously funky, keyboard-driven/cowbell-bangin' instrumental..."
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