7 Days in Memphis
Peter Gallagher
Betty Wright
Producer: Michael Mangini
Epic (USA), 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: 95106
EAN: 0827969510629
UPC: 827969510629
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This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
Personnel: Peter Gallagher (vocals); Teresa James (vocals); Steve Cropper, A.J. Nilo (guitar); Jim Spake, Kirk Smothers (saxophone); Scott Thompson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Raymond Angry (keyboards); Pete Iannacone (bass guitar); Caesar Griffin (drums); Betty Wright (background vocals).
Perhaps best known for his appearances in independent films like SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, and for his role on the television series THE OC, actor Peter Gallagher is also an impressive singer (his first film role was as a '50s rock & roll singer in 1980's THE IDOLMAKER). In 2005's 7 DAYS IN MEMPHIS, Gallagher makes his debut as a recording artist. Featuring soul classics like Hayes and Porter's "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" and Solomon Burke's "Don't Give Up On Me," and contemporary tunes like Lucinda Williams's "Still I Long For Your Kiss," this respectable set of blue-eyed soul comes across as much more than just a vanity project, thanks to the help of top-tier Memphis session musicians and Gallagher's surprisingly strong performances.
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Betty Wright
A 1960s gospel prodigy who went secular at an early age, Wright had her first hit ("Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do") at age 15, and four years later followed it up with "Clean Up Woman," a proto-feminist smash with one of the all-time killer guitar riffs. A popular artist of the 1970s, her influence could be strongly felt on the empowered-female, hip-hop infused R&B of the '90s.
