Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights
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Artist: Mike FarrisEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-26
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Sit Down Servant
- Streets Of Galilee
- Oh Mary Don't You Weep
- Precious Lord Take My Hand
- Change Is Gonna Come
- Devil Don't Sleep
- Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down
- Selah! Selah!
- Take Me (I'll Take You There)
- The Lonely Road
- I'm Gonna Get There
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Free Music Review: Great CD!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I had never heard of Mike Farris before I saw him on the Gospel Music Channel one night. His voice intrigued me so I decided to order his CD. The songs on the CD sound like a mixture of many different styles of music: everything from Negro spirituals to Blues, Soul, and Funk, with a heavy dose of New Orleans flavor. Some folks will probably not care for it. I can say that is like nothing I have ever heard before. I can say that it will affect you in some way. At times you will want to raise your hands, look toward heaven and praise God. At other times you will want to sit, close your eyes, and connect with the song on a deep spiritual level. At other times you'll tap your toes and maybe even want to get up and dance. The CD is outside what I normally listen too, but I can't seem to get enough of it.
Salvation in Lights Poster
Those who remember Mike Farris as the frontman for '90s hard rockers the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies will do a double take when they hear this unexpectedly moving comeback. The singer has radically overhauled his image, shifting from gin-soaked frontman to gospel shouter on this roof-raising release. What hasn't changed is Farris's powerful voice, even more potent since he cleaned up from various excesses in 2004. While the appropriately titled Salvation in Lights is a drastic musical departure from his previous band's swaggering, boozy approach, it's also a logical use of his soulful vocals and candid personality. The singer delivers the goods on a handful of rearranged traditionals such as "Oh Mary Don't You Weep," but when he rips into Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," the song shimmers with a passion that nearly matches the original, and that's saying a lot. The oozing, swampy "Devil Don't Sleep," the restrained funker "Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down," and the Memphis-thumping "Selah! Selah!" add to the rousing, rootsy R&B groove. Farris is unexpectedly convincing throughout and obviously inspired as he keeps the faith on this stirring but not preachy album. He's accompanied by horns and a tough yet restrained band with righteous female backing vocals that perfectly position these tunes between heaven and earth. He testifies on his Staples Singers cover that he wants to "take you there," and by the time the album closes with "I'm Gonna Get There," you'll gladly follow wherever he leads. --Hal HorowitzBlues Music CDs
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