Uvee HayesDaddy B. Nice's #113 ranked Southern Soul Artist |
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"Play Something Pretty (w/ Otis Clay)" Uvee Hayes November 27, 2014: NEW ALBUM ALERT! Sample/Buy Uvee Hayes' IN THE MOOD CD at Amazon. See Daddy B. Nice's new CD Review. Or scroll down this page to "Tidbits #2". ********** To instantly link to all the awards, citations and other references to Uvee Hayes on the website, go to "Hayes, Uvee," in Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index. ********** UVEE HAYES: In The Mood (Mission Park) Two Stars ** Dubious. Not much here. (11-20-14) Notwithstanding her fine duets with the gritty Otis Clay, and unlike her raunchy St. Louis "soul sister" Barbara Carr (See SOUTHERN SOUL BLUES SISTERS), Uvee Hayes has always skated along the fringes of southern soul music, studiously avoiding anything carnal or lowbrow. Uvee picked one of Johnnie Taylor’s most delicate and sentimental tunes a few years ago for her hit single “Play Something Pretty.” Similarly, the title tune of her new set (“In The Mood”) is a smooth-as-silk cover of one of Tyrone Davis' most atypically jazzy outings. Although "A Woman's Gotta Do" (a remake of Uvee’s "A Man's Gotta Do") and "Handy Man" (a redo of her "Maintenance Man") qualify marginally as southern soul, the overwhelming bulk of her new album plies a meditative, jazzy style of singing more suited to the "Americana" or “Urban Smooth Jazz” market. There's nothing wrong with that; just be warned. This is music you'll hear in a cabaret with fine linen and waiters in starched uniforms, not in your favorite "hole in the wall” between Ms. Jody and Nellie "Tiger" Travis. DBN. Sample/Buy Uvee Hayes' IN THE MOOD CD at CD Universe. ************ --Daddy B. Nice About Uvee Hayes Uvee Hayes was born on a farm near Macon, Mississippi. As a member of her high school choir at Noxubee County High School, she was encouraged to enter a musical talent contest and won, setting her on a path in the music business.
Tidbits November 27, 2014: Uvee Hayes on YouTube
UVEE HAYES: In The Mood (Mission Park) Two Stars ** Dubious. Not much here.(11-20-14) Notwithstanding her fine duets with the gritty Otis Clay, and unlike her raunchy St. Louis "soul sister" Barbara Carr (See SOUTHERN SOUL BLUES SISTERS), Uvee Hayes has always skated along the fringes of southern soul music, studiously avoiding anything carnal or lowbrow. Uvee picked one of Johnnie Taylor’s most delicate and sentimental tunes a few years ago for her hit single “Play Something Pretty.” Similarly, the title tune of her new set (“In The Mood”) is a smooth-as-silk cover of one of Tyrone Davis' most atypically jazzy outings. Although "A Woman's Gotta Do" (a remake of Uvee’s "A Man's Gotta Do") and "Handy Man" (a redo of her "Maintenance Man") qualify marginally as southern soul, the overwhelming bulk of her new album plies a meditative, jazzy style of singing more suited to the "Americana" or “Urban Smooth Jazz” market. There's nothing wrong with that; just be warned. This is music you'll hear in a cabaret with fine linen and waiters in starched uniforms, not in your favorite "hole in the wall” between Ms. Jody and Nellie "Tiger" Travis. DBN.Sample/Buy Uvee Hayes' IN THE MOOD CD at CD Universe. ************ Product, comments, information or questions for Daddy B. Nice? Write to daddybnice@southernsoulrnb.com ************ Honorary "B" Side "Steal Away To The Hideaway (w/ Otis Clay)" |
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