The Other Side is an album by D.C. go-go funk legend Chuck Brown and American singer Eva Cassidy. It was first released in 1992 by Brown's label Liaison records. The album comprises jazz, blues and soul standards and contains a mixture of solos and duets. It is the only studio album by Cassidy. (by wikipedia)
Only in America could an album like this have come together: Eva Cassidy, a young vocalist who, had she lived, might have gone on to become her generation's favorite song interpreter, trading verses with Chuck Brown, seasoned godfather of the D.C. underground funk movement known as go-go. By the time this was recorded in 1992, the go-go trend had long since peaked for Brown, while the twentysomething Cassidy was still an unknown local session vocalist. Yet, on this set of standards, the two collaborate as if they were picking up where they'd left off decades earlier, from easy-riding versions of "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" to near-definitive renditions of "Over the Rainbow" and "Dark End of the Street." And while it's easy to focus on the posthumously acclaimed Cassidy, Brown's haunting solo turn on "You Don't Know What Love Is" suggests that unjustly overlooked talents are still making music in the shadows of our nation's capital. (Bill Foreman)
Only in America could an album like this have come together: Eva Cassidy, a young vocalist who, had she lived, might have gone on to become her generation's favorite song interpreter, trading verses with Chuck Brown, seasoned godfather of the D.C. underground funk movement known as go-go. By the time this was recorded in 1992, the go-go trend had long since peaked for Brown, while the twentysomething Cassidy was still an unknown local session vocalist. Yet, on this set of standards, the two collaborate as if they were picking up where they'd left off decades earlier, from easy-riding versions of "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" to near-definitive renditions of "Over the Rainbow" and "Dark End of the Street." And while it's easy to focus on the posthumously acclaimed Cassidy, Brown's haunting solo turn on "You Don't Know What Love Is" suggests that unjustly overlooked talents are still making music in the shadows of our nation's capital. (Bill Foreman)
Personnel:
Matthew Allen /strings)
Darryl Andrews (percussion)
Roy Battle (trombone)
Keter Betts (bass)
Chris Biondo (bass, percussion)
Chuck Brown (vocals, guitar)
Jim Campbell (drums)
Dan Cassidy (violin)
Eva Cassidy (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
William Cook (percussion)
Tom Crawford (saxophone)
Donnell Floyd (saxophone)
Keith Grimes (guitar)
"Little" Benny Harley (trumpet)
Ju Ju House (drums)
C.J. (saxophone)
Philip Jehle (clarinet)
Mark "Godfather" Lawson (organ)
Dave Lourim (guitar)
Raice McLeod (drums)
The Reverend Pope (trumpet)
Gilbert Pryor (trumpet)
Lenny Williams (piano, vibraphone)
Kent Wood (organ, synthesizer)
Tracklist:
01. Let the Good Times Roll (Goodman/Lee) 3.12
02. Fever (Cooley/Davenport) 4.16
03. You Don't Know Me (Arnold/Walker) 4.59
04. I Could Have Told You So (Van Heusen/Sigman) 3.31
05. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Razaf/Redman) 2.44
06. I'll Go Crazy (Brown) 2.50
07. You Don't Know What Love Is (Chuck Brown solo) (de Paul/Raye) 4.40
08. Drown In My Own Tears (Glover) 5.37
09. God Bless The Child (Eva Cassidy solo) (Holiday/Herzog, Jr.) 3.18
10. Red Top (Kynard/Hampton) 2.55
11. Dark End Of The Street (Eva Cassidy solo) (Penn/Moman) 3.55
12. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Mandel/Webster) 3.30
13. Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy solo) (Arlen/Harburg) 5.02
14. You've Changed (Carey/Fischer) 4.00
