Peebles, Ann - Straight From The Heart - New LP

Essential 1971 set, some insane understated guitar and then keyboard coming to the front on the mini bridge, horns helping punch it home, rock solid rhythm section for the foundation that backs Ann without getting in the way.  That's just the opening cut, and the set never lets up, slinking in close and taking hold, grabbing you right from the get go and never letting go, staying strong from go to whoa.  Talk about totality and tight, in the pocket, bass, drum, and guitar in sync with Ann as she takes it all in and makes it her own, beauty and grit, funk and soul.  -- winch (green noise)Straight From The Heart by Ann Peebles If Al Green is heads on the Hi Records coin, ANN PEEBLES is tails. The signature female artist on the legendary Memphis soul and R&B label, Ann Peebles rocked the pre-disco '70s with songs of love, lost love, and love straight up taken. Released in 1972, Straight From The Heart preceded by just two years Peebles' über-classic, I Can't Stand The Rain, proving th