A Peek into 'Roo '11: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

FUNK! Growing up with a dad like mine, it is no wonder that I have such a love for funk music. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears is my generations James Brown meets Wilson Pickett meets Muddy Waters meets Howlin' Wolf. The grit and the raw funkability resembles that of 1960's/ 1970's musician. Black Joe Lewis' recent album Scandalous is down right dirty. It is raw using exquisite melding of instruments. This album is so much fun! That stinkin' sweet bass line alone is enough to have you hooked. Lewis truly delivers along with all the musicians, in fact. Every song is played as though it is the last song anyone will ever hear. There is a rock element in a good majority of the tunes that works as a tremendous balance. Though it may be rock n' roll, there is still a righteous amount of funk. It is so, so funkin' sweet to know that funk will live on through artists like Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Can't wait to get my mash potato on at Bonnaroo.