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Can I Change My Mind

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I don't know what CD "A music fan (Bowie,Maryland)" was listening to, but it couldn't be "Can I Change My Mind". This is tight!

As a displaced Pittsburgh native, I had heard of but never actually heard any of Billy Price's CD's or shows.

I first heard Billy Price as the opening act for Joe Gruschecky (at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), and immediately went out and bought this CD. There is nothing disappointing about this CD!!!!

This is Rhythm and Blues exactly as it should be played.

Not since the "Trying to Live My Life Without You" album by Otis Clay was released in April of 1972 has soul sounded this good! Billy Price, with the help of multi-talented Swamp Dogg, has produced a disc that sounds like it was produced in the early 70's at one of the many small recording studio's "down south". Tight arrangements executed by a fat horn section and a solid rhythm section that knows how to establish the groove, and stick to it. The study of artists such as Otis Clay, Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright and Tyrone Davis are apparent, but Price sings every song as his own, including the title track. Some (of many) highlights include the tasteful guitar playing of Landis Armstrong (including a Flamenco guitar break in the middle of track 7), the growling sax solos of Jerry Peterson, and the gospel-tinged piano of Edell Shepherd on the title track. Fans should check out Price's other discs, which can be ordered through his website.

I own all the Billy Price albums...all worth a listen and your money BUT lately I have been yearning for a new CD and wham! "Can I Change My Mind" appears. All the other reviewers know the miniscule stuff....the band members, the Swamp Dogg stuff, the recording hoopla etc,

Me....... I know the Blues when I hear it and this is the "real merchandise." The first number "Crack,Crack" is pure BP, a bouncy upbeat tempo number but it doesn't set the stage for the incredible slower ballads that follow.

When the music starts for what has to be the best cut on this album, you will wear this track out. "What is love" is Billy's tribute to Harold Melvin and the Blue notes or the Spinners, perhaps other R & B artists of the 60's & 70's. Damn!, what a song, what a singer, what an arrangement.I walk around all day singin' this one, over & over! When he delivers "AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU DESERVE SOME," I am in SOUL HEAVEN AND YOU WILL BE TOO. This song is destined to be the title cut on some Hollywood movie! Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear one of the great soul artists of the East coast. And by the way......you could also try his earlier CD's which are superb! "Live" and the "Free at Last" album are pure soul magic with remembrances of Jackie Wilson, Solomon Burke, Otis Clay, Arthur Alexander all around you His earlier band, Pennsylvania's "Keystone Rhythm Band" knows how to cook......hot and full of horns. Introduce yourself to this master of the R & B sound.....you're gonna thank me. Everyone else I've turned on to Billy has thanked me again and again. Feel free to write me after you've had a listen.... you too are gonna thank me! Billy.....get to the studio again, the new millenium, needs you! See him live if you can.It's how clubs should sound! "Don't Change Your Mind"...make yours up to buy this one! As always, "This Price is Right!"

Talent like this doesn't come along very often. Billy Price is an excellent performer and very versital with his music. Most performers' music sounds the same; not the case with Billy Price. I've seen him perform live in Pittsburgh, PA. I now live in Hampton, VA and would love to see him again. Hopefully, he'll come and perform nearby

I bought this cd with great anticipation as I have been a loyal fan of Billy Price's live performances for many years - 20 years or so. However, this cd in no way compares to his early works and as a point of fact, probably is one of the worst bands I have ever heard recorded. The drummer lacks any imagination, doesn't listen, and does not reflect the rest of the band that is playing. The lead guitar work adds nothing and a Blues band without a solid lead guitar has an empty sound. Most dissapointing was the song structure, with a lack of any musical intro to bring force and excitement to the songs.

This cd is a major dissapointment. The band is plain weak.