STEVE BUTLER FEAT. RON HAYNES: Something for the People

Steve Butler feat. Ron Haynes

Something for the People

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A nice blend of James Brown & Curtis Mayfield. Includes bonus "Hold Up" three-track CD single from Steve Butler.

tracks

1 Windy City
2 Something for the People
3 Change
4 Lets Go to Work
5 Giving My All to You
6 Shakedown
7 Tonight's the Night
8 Bronzeville
9 Windy City (ext. mix)
10 Shakedown (ext. mix)

notes

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Order and get Steve Butler's "Hold Up" three-track CD single as a special bonus!

"Something for the People", the debut album from Steve Butler featuring Ron Haynes, is a funky, smooth and soulful tribute to the craftsmanship of classic R&B music. Influenced by artists such as James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, and Earth, Wind and Fire, the duo wanted to produce an album that reached back to the roots of R&B and recalled a time when creating great music meant getting musicians together and capturing the magic that arises from the fusion of the individual expression and flavor of each artist.

"Ron would go into the booth and tell the engineer to record not really knowing what was going to come out of his horn, and we just captured some stuff," Butler recalls of recording sessions in the studio.

Carefully constructed using a live horn section led by Haynes' trumpet and the rhythms of Butler's guitar, the mainly instrumental album is, like its creators, at once a study in contrasts, and a melding of classic and contemporary. Butler is a guitarist and producer from Chicago's South Side whose credits include hip-hop production and performances for Grammy-nominated artist Skee-lo, Twista, Do or Die, major movie soundtracks, and scores of radio and television commercials. Haynes, a Grammy-nominated trumpeter from Chicago's West Side, has a history that includes writing and backing artist such as George Duke, The Ohio Players, Ramsey Lewis, Lenny Kravitz and Liquid Soul.

With more than twenty years of age between them and careers that seem to flow in different directions, the unlikely duo of Butler and Haynes appear to have little in common. However, a closer look reveals that they share a passion for great music that has allowed them to not only draw on their differences creatively but also seek out new experiences. This willingness to experiment is the driving force behind Something for the People and has proven to be the magic behind the their successful 2004 collaboration "P-1 Groove," an urban radio hit that blended hip-hop, soul and funk.

"I pushed him into some different directions that he had never been pushed in, and he in turn pushed me in some different directions too, as a player, and I think it's been a learning process for the both of us," recalls Butler.

The ten-track album, written, produced and arranged by the Chicago natives, has a nostalgic feel of '70s R&B, including the syncopated rhythms from that era recognized as the hallmark of Chicago's great Stepping culture.

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  • author: George Gregory, jr

    for about 3 years now , i have been learning to chicago step, i took the cd to my step workshop. & everybody was asking me about it. the cd is fantastic & it is reminescent of james brown & fred wesley & the jb's

  • something for the people
    author: Tracey Sisco

    I absolutely love it, the funky sounds and the horns, reminds of James Brown, Fred Wesley. This is great music for Chicago Steppin. I'm looking forward to the next album. Thanks for the music and keep on keeping on!!!!

  • This is one of the baddest CD I ever bought.
    author: GaP

    If you love steppin, you will love this CD.

  • This album is HOTT
    author: Charles from Atlanta

    This CD is off the chain but one song touch me personally and that was GIVING MY ALL because I'm going thourgh a divorce and it made realize that I gave my all but didn't get it in return so she lost out on a good thing but it this song gave me the hope to keep move until i find that true love who would appreciate my all.

  • This album is electrifying
    author: Shannon (Washington)

    Listening to this album really relieved some tension. Especially, the song (Giving My All), it calmed me down. You guys rock.

  • This album is awesome, Giving my all, the young lady Joaquina is a powerhouse, h
    author: Lakesha from Atlanta

    The cd is moving from beginning to end, windy city revs you up, while giving my all soothes you. Overall, this album is hot.The young lady who sings giving my all, voice is amazing. I wish you much success.

  • The best! The funkiest! The greatest hope for People who love real music!
    author: beansouptimes.com

    If you want the product of musical craftmanship, true artistry and some damn good music that makes you want to dance; You are the people and this is somethin' for you! I love it!!!

  • Great Old School Jazz/Funk Mix
    author: SoulTracks.com

    A terrific mix of old school jazz and funk that will be tough to turn off or even turn down. [To see the entire review, visit http://www.soultracks.com/steve_butler.htm]

  • That 'SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE' is a smooth, funky & soulful thang
    author: Suzanne - Australia

    Lets start with cultural percussion, soulful session singers and a groove carried out with the deep powerful brassy sounds of trumpets. This album has lots of solo instrumental moments, with elements of jazz, blues, swing, funk and soul. Mauri Sevier features within 3 songs. Her gorgeous voice compliments this smooth collaboration and contributes to the album's overall funky soulful feel. Lyrically it is repetitive, simple and yet contagious. If you want to relax, groove with style and chill out, then this is the ultimate album. Experience it for yourself.

  • I love it
    author: Tom

    I defy anyone who claims to like soul and funk not to like this cd, the track shakedown will get you out of the chair while the two vocal tracks change and giving my all are just pure soul. I cant add much more other than to say get it now

  • A welcome return of musical genius to the world of soul music.
    author: The Reverend Jonathan Hagger

    The wonderful thing about soul music back in the day was that it often combined incredible musical talent with popular culture. To a large extent we have lost this from our musical culture. Mechanical production is a skill, but it is a trade skill, not a true art-form. This album, by Steven Butler, reunites musical genius with production genius, informed by popular culture. The result is a soul album that is truly soulful; a funk album with a groove that triggers a spiritual reaction in the listener and dancer. In this digital world we are still able to make organic, soul music that speaks to the soul - Steve Butler, Ron Haynes and their crew prove this fact.

  • Women In Entertainment endorse this fantastic CD!
    author: W.IN.E (Women IN Entertainment)

    It has taken sometime now to truly find and here good quality of music. We thank Butler & Haynes for this soon to be classic CD. W.IN.E (Women IN Entertainment) do not just endorse CD's we support CD's which have a long lasting quality of great music! The best has yet to come for this project! We challenge all our Music Business partners to support this great piece of music. Thanks!

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