Little Beaver - Joey

Label:

CAT, T.K. Records

Catalog#:

CAT-1601, TK 1601

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Released:

1972

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Rhythm & Blues, Soul

Tracklist

A1	Joey	3:37
	Producer - Betty Wright , Willie Clarke
A2	Give A Helping Hand	4:00
A3	I'm Losin' The Feelin	3:33
A4	What The Blues Is	6:15
A5	That's How It Is	3:45
B1	Katie Pearl	11:26
B2	Two Steps From The Blues	7:00

Credits

Arranged By [Rhythm], Guitar, Vocals - Willie "Beaver" Hale*
Arranged By [Strings] - Mike Lewis (7)
Bass - Edmund Collins , Ron Bogdon
Drums - Freddie Scott , Robert Fergeson*
Engineer - Bobby Radeloff , Richard Finch , Willie Clarke
Engineer, Producer - Steve Alaimo (tracks: A2 to A5, B1, B2)
Piano - Benny Latimore

Notes

Distributed by T.K. Productions, Inc.

Re-released under the same Cat.No.

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Review by jasonofshaft Oct 07, 2009

After years of work as a well respected arranger and side man in the local Miami Soul scene, Little Beaver's unique music was finally given proper nationwide exposure with this, his first full length release. "Joey" easily distinguishes itself as a superb, heartfelt and original album, containing a mesmerizing mix of Soul, Funk & Blues all woven together with lush orchestrations that seem to lift each song. What helps a great deal is that Beaver is such a talented songwriter that one cannot help but be pulled in to the rich layers and textures present in each of these numbers. Oh and did we mention this man can play a MEAN Guitar?!

I remain biased of course as I've been collecting his records for ages now, but in all honesty this album deserves a whole heap more accolades than it's gotten over the years.