oktober 07, 2020

Cate Bros. Band - The Cate Bros. Band (1977) - €7,99

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The Cate Brothers are an American singer-songwriter-musician duo of twin brothers from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Earl and Ernest "Ernie" Cate (born December 26, 1942). 
In the mid-1960s, they became performers of country soul music at clubs and dances in Arkansas and elsewhere in the mid-South of the United States. Both brothers are singers, with Earl playing guitar and Ernie playing piano. 

They were recording artists during the mid- to late-1970s and again from the mid-1990s through the first decade of the 2000s.
In 1975, Helm introduced the Cate brothers to a record company representative in Los Angeles. 
The brothers soon after received a recording contract with Asylum Records, and so began their recording career.

The Cate Brothers, now billed slightly differently, reintroduced themselves billed as an official quartet with their third album, also displaying a tighter sound in the process. With Ernie Cate handling most of the lead vocals (as well as keyboards) and Earl Cate mostly singing backup and on lead guitar, and a rhythm section of Terry Cagle (drums) and Ron Eoff (bass), who also sing harmony, they have a very powerful yet mostly lyrical sound, overall slightly reminiscent of the Doobie Brothers but with more intensity and virtuosity (especially from Earl Cate's playing). 
There's not a weak point on the album, but there are lots of highlights, including the soaring "Out on a Limb" and "I'm No Pretender" (which must have been even better on-stage), the ebullient "Rendezvous," and gorgeous "Let It Slide." 

There are places here where they sound amazingly like the original Impressions, and also intersect sonically with Curtis Mayfield's early-'70s sound, especially in Ernie's singing. They incorporate horns on "I Can't Give It Up," but the group never loses the lean, self-contained core sound of the quartet: the horns aren't any more obtrusive here than they were on any of the albums by the Band. If anything, the album is an embarrassment of riches, with lots of crescendos and at least three numbers beyond the actual finale that each could have constituted a killer finish. 

Where they actually do end it, with "Give Me a Reason," is a powerful low-key soul workout, highlighting Ernie Cate's singing about as well as anything in their output. It only leaves the listener wanting more, which the Cates would subsequently deliver once more in the '70s with Fire on the Tracks. 


Side A
A1. Rendezvous - 4:23  
A2. Woman I'm Tryin' - 2:41  
A3. Stranger At The Door - 3:41  
A4. Out On A Limb - 3:50  
A5. Let It Slide - 3:38  

Side B
B1. I'm No Pretender - 3:50  
B2. I Can't Give Up - 3:33 
        Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Soloist [Solo] – Jerry Jumonville
        Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns Conducted By] – Jerry Jumonville
        Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Joel Peskin
        Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Saxes] – Jerry Jumonville, John Phillips
        Trombone – Linda Small
        Trumpet [Trumpets] – Mark Underwood, Steve Madaio
B3. Yield Not To Temptation - 4:10  
       Written-By – Deadric Malone
B4 Give Me A Reason - 5:24 
      Harmony Vocals [Harmony Vocal] – Tim Schmit


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Credits

Recorded from May 2-July 1, 1977 at Davlen Sound Studio, Los Angeles
Re-mixed at Producer's Workshop, Los Angeles, July 18-August 1, 1977
Mastered at A&M


Notes
Release:  1977
Format:  LP
Genre:  Pop, Funk
Label:  Asylum Records
Catalog#   AS 53064
Prijs:  €7,99

Vinyl:  VG
Cover:  VG

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