CARLTON J. SMITH's CD RELEASE PARTY
At the Cutting Room - NYC (1/17/08)
SOUL BROTHER NUMBER NEW, Carlton J. Smith!!
This was a special event for one Carlton J. Smith aka SOUL BROTHER NUMBER
NEW.......this was the first NYC Soul-Patrol.com event for 2008...and....this
was the CD Release Party for Carlton's new project "Diagram of a
Relationship" (a diagram illustrating the start of a relationship to its
end)!! Lots of R&B/funk fans showed up to support this special artist and
they got their money's worth. No, there was no "Old School Fool", but
there was plenty of good stuff.
The band started around 10:05pm with a song called "I
Desire You", a great uptempo tune featuring featuring some good horns and
nice backing vocals by LAW and a female vocalist. The funky "There's a
Woman Inside of You" and "Precious Moments" were good, but
better was the song "Could We Not Argue Today?", which featured
Carlton reading a bitter letter to a ex-girlfriend (each verse started with
"Dear Pain in My Ass...") and a fast tempo rhythm in the choruses
(complete with handclaps)....and some really good bass lines by Luke! "Love,
Love, Love" was a nice, slower tune featuring duet vocals with Tracy
Brathwaite. "I Believe We Can Work It Out" was another nice R&B
song, but better was the nasty guitar solo and super-funk bass solo on
"Beautiful Thing".....the drumwork was also superb! The Carlton J.
Smith Band closed the show with a song called "Love" (the flip-side
of "I'd Better") and the UK single itself "I'd Better"
(written by LAW and Carlton), a great soul number that is reminiscent of the
old soul stuff of legends like Al Green. The show was over at 11:00pm.
Click here for pictures of Carlton J. Smith & the band
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