(Tommy Boy)
Herald rating: * * *
Review: Russell Baillie
Former House of Pain bigmouth Everlast had his reinvented self noticed on last year's solo set Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, on which he grafted his gruff singing voice and folk-blues shapes onto loping hip-hop beats with smart results.
That led to his subsequent guest spot on Santana's comeback album. The guitarist predictably returns the favour on the southern-rockin' Babylon Feeling, just one among a guest list which includes the Brand New Heavies'n'Dea Davenport, Cypress Hill's B-Real, the Roots' Rahzel among others. Despite the hip-hop help, it's best when it's following Whitey's Ford's rootsier urges, as on the blues-rock Black Jesus, the languid folk-soul of I Can't Move and Black Coffee.
But all told, Eat at Whitey's is bit of a second helping, more filling than thrilling.
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