Patti Parks - Come Sing With Me

Patti Parks - Come Sing With Me Featuring Johnny Rawls AVAILABLE 1/5/24 (digital) 1/19/24 (CD) Vizztone Records VizzTone proudly presents its second album from Patti Parks. A soulfully uplifting singer, Patti is a multi-award-winning vocalist and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee, COME SING WITH ME was produced by Soul-Blues Legend Johnny Rawls,

who also teams with Patti on two duets - the aching ballad “I’m In Love With You Baby,” co-written by Rawls and Patti’s husband Guy Nirelli, and Johnny’s midtempo southern swing with a Shag Dance feel, “How Much Longer”.

Patti’s stunning, sensual and warm voice soars over tracks where blues, Memphis Soul, Gospel and Carolina Swag simmer together creating an explosive recording. The songs were carefully selected by Patti to create a combination of music with clever lyrics, memorable rhythms, and uplifting vocals. In addition to Rawls, the tracks feature several guest artists to enhance the set: Renowned pianist Anthony Geraci  gives an epic performance on “DJ’s Boogie,” which Ms Parks performs as a show stopping feel-good dance tune. “Hamburger Man,” a burning slow blues laced with light hearted double entendre, features Richard Rosenblatt on harmonica, and the exhuberant track, “Sing Around the World” carries its impactful message of love, life and spirit with the help of gospel recording artists, accompanying vocalist Kamira Lattimore and organist Aaron Blackmon.

Photo: Marilyn Stringer

Patti is also a dedicated working nurse, and has received national recognition for “Nurse’n Blues” the unique therapeutic program she founded in 2015. As a performer and a nurse, Patti understands the healing power of the blues, and COME SING WITH ME delivers the message with strength and style.

TRACKIST

 

1.   I'm In Love With You Baby (Johnny Rawls, Guy Nirelli)

2.   DJ's Boogie (I Like to Boogie) (Guy Nirelli)

3.   One Foot Out The Door (Derrick Procell, Terry Abrahamson)

4.   Sing Around The World (Patti Parks, Guy Nirelli)

5.   I'm Sorry (Guy Nirelli)

6.   Hamburger Man (Phyllis Livingston)

7.   Why (Guy Nirelli)

8.   A Lotta Man (Derrick Procell, Terry Abrahamson)

9.   How Much Longer (Johnny Rawls)

10. Good Day For The Blues (Guy Nirelli)

"When paired with a suitably meaty set of lyrics, vocalist Patti Parks holds up her half of the bargain, evidenced here with a smoldering reading of the ballad “One Foot Out The Door”, searing delivery on the steamy, stylish shuffle “I’m Sorry” and a righteously roots-bound take on the soul-rocker “A Lotta Man”." — Duane Verh, Roots Music Report "Patti Parks has found a way to match her love for the blues with her life's most meaningful work – one of the gest examples of the welll-worn ciché that music is a healing force. She is the embodiment of it." – Jim Hynes, Making A Scene Review: https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/reviews/view/album-review-of-come-sing-with-me-by-patti-parks