Frankie Miller - Frankie Millers Double Take '2016

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 Frankie Miller is one of the great unsung rockers of the 70s, a blue-eyed
soul singer on par with Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker who could also rock as hard
as Bob Seger. All three of these artists recognized a kindred spirit in Miller,
with all three covering his songs in the 70s and 80s. Like all hard-working
rockers, Miller kept working right into the 90s, when he tragically suffered a
brain hemorrhage while woodshedding a new band with Joe Walsh. After five
months, he emerged from a coma but was paralyzed and lost his speech. His
friends did their best to keep his legacy alive, a mission that peaks with 2016s
Frankie Millers Double Take. Instigated by the curiosity of Rod Stewart,
producer David Mackay asked Millers wife if there were any unreleased songs, and
she sent him a bunch of tapes, which he then polished and refurbished into
Double Take. Figuring that the best way to garner attention for the album was to
get his friends and fans aboard, he constructed the album as set of duets,
adding some additional instrumentation along the way. He got a bunch of heavy
hitters: Stewart, Walsh, Elton John, Huey Lewis, Paul Carrack, Willie Nelson,
and Kid Rock are all here, along with Bonnie Tyler and Kim Carnes -- two
raspy-voiced soul singers who are natural foils for Miller -- Delbert McClinton,
Steve Cropper, and John Parr. All these superstars do attract headlines, but
they dont quite attract attention on Double Take, as each of the performers
chooses to keep the focus on Millers songs and, to a lesser extent, his singing.
While the production is just a tad too polished to feel as gritty as Millers
best 70s works, the music is nevertheless in that vein and many of the songs are
quite good, particularly the gospel-drenched Elton John number Where Do the
Guilty Go? and the swaggering Way Past Midnight (performed with Lewis). Kiss Her
for Me (with Stewart) is a pretty ballad and Jezebel Jones (with Kid Rock) is a
prime slice of soulful rock. While its tempting for the Miller faithful to wish
he was singing lead on every song, its clear this is a labor of love and were
fortunate to have these fine songs resurrected in whatever fashion we can get. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

01. Frankie Miller feat. Joe Walsh - Blackmail
02. Frankie Miller feat. Elton John & Steve Cropper - Where Do The Guilty Go
03. Frankie Miller feat. Huey Lewis - Way Past Midnight
04. Frankie Miller feat. Bonnie Tyler - True Love
05. Frankie Miller feat. Joe Walsh & Rod Stewart - Kiss Her For Me
06. Frankie Miller feat. Francis Rossi - Gold Shoes
07. Frankie Miller feat. Kiki Dee - Sending Me Angels
08. Frankie Miller feat. Kid Rock - Jezebel Jones
09. Frankie Miller feat. Steven Dickinson - When Its Rockin
10. Frankie Miller feat. Delbert McClinton - Beginner At The Blues
11. Frankie Miller feat. Kim Carnes - To Be With You Again
12. Frankie Miller feat. Willie Nelson - I Wanna Spend My Life With You
13. Frankie Miller feat. Tomoyasu Hotei - The Ghost
14. Frankie Miller feat. Paul Carrack - It Gets Me Blue
15. Frankie Miller feat. Stuart Emerson - Out On The Water
16. Frankie Miller feat. Brian Cadd - Its A Long Way Home
17. Frankie Miller feat. John Parr - Im Missing You
18. Frankie Miller feat. Lenny Zakatek - I Never Want To Lose You
19. Frankie Miller - I Do

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