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Put your hands on the remote! browse music »Second Time Around by Edwin Holt
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fave it Rhythm & Blues | Traditional Gospel
13 tracks | 53 minutes
Released Aug 2005
on TopCat Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 I Don't Think I'm Going to Make It lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 I Don't Think I'm Going to Make It lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 I Don't Think I'm Going to Make It
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Second Time Around lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Second Time Around lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Second Time Around
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Red Clay Back Road Mama lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Red Clay Back Road Mama lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Red Clay Back Road Mama
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 You're in for a Big Surprise lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 You're in for a Big Surprise lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 You're in for a Big Surprise
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:00 Back Line lyrics BUY MP3 05:00 Back Line lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:00 Back Line
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 Somebody's Gettin' It lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 Somebody's Gettin' It lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 Somebody's Gettin' It
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Steal Away lyrics BUY MP3 03:07 Steal Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Steal Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:16 Jack About Nothin' lyrics FREE 04:16 Jack About Nothin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:16 Jack About Nothin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 I Want to Walk You Home lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 I Want to Walk You Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 I Want to Walk You Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 Down to the Bone lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 Down to the Bone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 Down to the Bone
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:35 Right Reverend of the Blues lyrics BUY MP3 04:35 Right Reverend of the Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:35 Right Reverend of the Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 Higher Ground lyrics BUY MP3 04:25 Higher Ground lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:25 Higher Ground
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 One More River to Cross lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 One More River to Cross lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 One More River to Cross
"Blues with funk on the side. Down and clean more than down and dirty"... several tunes have a "big band" sound with horns and even a choir at one point, but are also seasoned Texas-Style with touches of nasty harmonica and resonator slide guitar.
Bio / Background
He's an East Texas native on the verge of a breakthrough, a man who became immersed in the blues at 18 after attending a blues festival in Mississippi and who has been a
mainstay in South Dallas' juke joints, opening for legends like Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnnie Taylor and the Rev. Al Green himself. Edwin Holt may be white, but he's definitely got soul. "Let me start from the beginning, so you have a good understanding of what I'm trying to do," Mr. Holt, 38, states by phone in his straightforward Texas twang. "My goal is to be the first white man to cross over into the black blues
market. I don't play the white bars; I've spent the last 15 years learning and playing with blacks. "I also sing gospel at the Bon-Air Baptist Church" in Oak Cliff. "White blues players usually sing to a white crowd. A black blues player will sing for both since
they're able to cross over from market to market. As far as I know, a white blues player has never crossed over; it's very difficult to do.
↓ more ↓" All indications are that Mr. Holt is on the right path. His warm vocals carry all of the raw passion of the blues, intertwined with that
inescapable East Texas twang. Cuts from his upcoming TopCat Records debut, Second Time Around, features players from the late Johnnie Taylor's backup band and have also earned the stamp of approval from his loyal fan base. "I have so much support coming from South Dallas that it's incredible. It was, like, 'OK, Edwin's on the move; let's get behind him and make it happen.' It's just as much their album as it is mine." He wrote the songs closest to his heart: "I wrote about my wife, Jennifer, in 'Red Clay Back Road
Mama,' and then there's one about R.L. Griffin called 'The Right Reverend of the Blues.' "Mr. Holt says the local blues club owner, singer and former drummer for the 1960s era Big Bo Thomas combo is "a legend here in Dallas, very underrated and he's been like a
mentor for me." Second Time Around also impressed the folks with The Blue Shoe Project, an organization focused on developing an education-based blues music
curriculum for schools. "Some people think that blues musicians are just bar acts, but
Edwin conducts himself like a true showman. He dresses the part," says Michael Dyson, vice president of The Blue Shoe project. "His music tells a story and he's got more soul
than a tennis shoe. I thought it was time to let Dallas and the world know that Edwin has
arrived. All I can say is that the music moves ya, it'll hook ya."
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