Soul's Edge


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

  1. "Josephine" – 6:05
  2. "Show Me the Way Back Home" – 4:13
  3. "Ling Ting Tong" – 4:00
  4. "Aw' Some Funk" – 4:55
  5. "I'm Not Ashamed" – 3:40
  6. "Nine Pound Steel" – 5:32
  7. "Answer Now" – 6:01
  8. "Skinny Minnie" – 4:14
  9. "Thrill on the Hill" – 2:51
  10. "You and Me" – 6:13
  11. "I Went to the Mardi Gras" – 4:44
  12. "Talk to Me" – 5:23
  13. "Mama and Papa" – 4:00
  14. "God Will Take Care" – 4:17

Personnel