Black Midnight Sun is the first release on the Dreyfus label by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
Lucky Peterson, joined here by producer
Bill Laswell on bass and former
Parliament/
Funkadelic drummer Jerome "Bigfoot" Braily. While the disc features a few
Peterson originals, the majority of the album relies on cover versions. Luckily,
Peterson picked several that he's well suited to tackle, including "Herbert Harper's Free Press" (
Muddy Waters), "Lucky in Love" (
Mick Jagger), "Is It Because I'm Black" (
Syl Johnson), "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" (
Johnnie Taylor), "Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothing" (
James Brown), and "Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa" (Sly Stone).
Black Midnight Sun is a combination of electric blues, rock, soul, and funk that, for the most part, works just fine. ~ Al Campbell