Talk about being late to the party. Lee Fields made his first album in 1969 when he was 17 years old, but I didn’t hear about him until this summer when he opened for the Black Keys at their Terminal 5 show in New York. And not having been in attendance for that show, I didn’t actually listen to Fields until even more recently.
Now I can’t stop listening.
Aided by Leon Michels (whom you may know as co-owner of Truth & Soul Records or from his work as one of Sharon Jones’ Dap-Kings or as part of El Michels Affair or as one of those dudes backing up the Black Keys on their current tour or from any number of other projects Michels has his creative hand in), Fields has created a marvelous, sensuous, emotionally-charged album, My World, of contemporary soul with a decidedly classic edge. This is the first album in ages that has made me feel like turning the lights down low and spending time with a special someone – and since music is my boyfriend, this works out nicely.
Honey Dove – Lee Fields and the Expressions
Ladies – Lee Fields and the Expressions
Do it.
