Lee Fields & the Expressions – Still Gets Me Down
{Lee Fields and the Expressions perform at the Troubadour on June 28th here in Los Angeles!}
Lee Fields’ 2009 record My World is one of my favorite “retro-soul” records of the last 10 years. Faithful Man was a decent follow-up, but it probably wasn’t possible for me to fully appreciate that record coming after all the highs of My World. With the newly released Emma Jean, Lee Fields keeps the fires burning with a mostly mid/slower tempo record backed by the Expressions with a sound that sounds to my ears to be fuller and richer than with Faithful Man. Gone are many of the 70s sweet soul flourishes from the previous album, and we have a return to a more “southern soul” style of production, that better fits all the “Little JB” qualities of Fields voice, many of which are fully on display here on “Still Gets Me Down.” Stately work from a true soul survivor.