Soul's Edge is an album by the American blues guitarist and singer Snooks Eaglin, released in 1995 on Black Top Records.
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Bill Dahl wrote: "Give this New Orleans master enough studio time, and he'll redo the entire history of postwar R&B his own way." The Chicago Reader wrote that "the core blues feel remains, but Eaglin's remarkable flexibility allows him to inhabit nearly any situation with grace, from the furious key-changing blues of bassist George Porter Jr.'s instrumental 'Aw' Some Funk', a real showcase for the guitarist, to the heart-wrenching lament his playing expresses on 'Nine Pound Steel'." The Times-Colonist wrote that "Eaglin drives the band with majestic blues string bending and grace."
Track listing "Josephine" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 6:05 "Show Me the Way Back Home" (Willie Tee) – 4:13 "Ling Ting Tong" (Mabel Godwin) – 4:00 "Aw' Some Funk" (George Porter, Jr.) – 4:55 "I'm Not Ashamed" (Don Robey) – 3:40 "Nine Pound Steel" (Dan Penn, W. Thompson) – 5:32 "Answer Now" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:01 "Skinny Minnie" (Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, Catherine Cafra) – 4:14 "Thrill on the Hill" (Hank Ballard) – 2:51 "You and Me" (Porter, Eaglin) – 6:13 "I Went to the Mardi Gras" (Eaglin, Ridgely, Scott) – 4:44 "Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca) – 5:23 "Mama and Papa" (Earl King) – 4:00 "God Will Take Care" (Traditional) – 4:17
Personnel Snooks Eaglin – vocals, guitar Sammy Berfect – organ, piano David Torkanovsky – piano on 3, 7, 9, 11 George Porter Jr. – bass, 2nd vocal on 7 Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III – drums, percussion Fred Kemp – tenor sax Ward Smith – tenor sax, baritone sax Steve Howard – trumpet Rick Trolsen – trombone
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