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JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound

JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound

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Chicago-based singer JC Brooks and his white trio are closer to garage soul. Along the lines of Austin's Black Joe Lewis and Brooklyn's Dap-Kings, the group finds its groove in the tough '60s rumble of Stax and Motown before the latter became overly commercialized. Brooks has a convincing tenor voice and the songs, predominantly written or co-composed by guitarist Billy Bungeroth, tap into the raw power of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett at their most rootsy. Added sweetening from guest horns, keyboards, and background singers fleshes out the sound, but keeps things unpolished and, well, at least somewhat insurgent.

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