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David Brinston

Brinston first appeared on the radar when his Jomar Records release "Hit And Run" became a regional hit. Producer Marshall Jones released an album of the same name in 1996. Brinston had been extensively touring the chitlin circuit and pleasing crowds since 1992. Brinston recorded two albums for the small R & B label before enjoying another hit with "Somebody's Cuttin' My Cake" In 2001 the best disc of his career was released on Susie Q called "Fly Right", a great vehicle for his Al Green-like chops. Malaco Records signed him after he opened for Marvin Sease and he released his first for the label in 2005.

Brinston dropped an independent CD in 2006 ("Mississippi Boy") , before signing with Ecko Records and returning to form.

Album Discography

"Love Maker" (Labro 199?)

1 Dirty Lover
2 Take It Easy
3 Last One
4 Don't Say Good-Bye
5 Personal Lover
6 I Got What You need
7 You're Mine
8 Can I Change My Mind
9 Love Maker
10 Love Maker (Instrumental)

david brinston hit and run "Hit And Run" (Jomar 1996)

1. Hit and Run
2. Old Feeling
3. Trouble Maker
4. Home Recka
5. Last One
6. Love Maker
7. Take It Easy
8. Dirty Lover
9. Personal Lover
10. Don't Say Goodbye
11. Got What You Need

***** The title track is a classic pop/ soul song- an upbeat jam with a Marvin Gaye-like vocal. The sheer quality of these 11 songs is special- slow soul wailers like "Old Feeling" & "Last One" and toe-tapping, head-bobbing ear candy like "Trouble Maker", "Dirty Lover" & "Home Recka"- this truly is a "lost" retro-soul classic. Hopefully, some label will re-release this. The album was produced by Marshall Jones.

"Slow Down (From The Run Around)" (Jomar 1997)

1 Slow Down From The Run Around
2 Hit and Run
3 Old Feeling
4 Trouble Maker
5 Home Recka
6 Last One
7 Love Maker
8 Take It Easy
9 Dirty Lover
10 Personal Lover
11 Don't Say Goodbye
12 Got What You Need

A 12-track version of "Hit And Run" was released as "Slow Down" including the single "Slow Down (From The Run-A-Round)"

david brinston the real deal "The Real Deal" (R & B 1997)

1.Hit & Run
2.Just Can't Take It
3.My Wife
4.I'am Tangled Up
5.Shake Your Pants
6.Party Time
7.Friday Night Ladies Night
8.I'am With You Baby
9.Double Clutch
10.Just For Me

**1/2 Moderate low-budget release featuring the funky "Double Clutch", which sounds like something that might come out of the Prince camp. "Just Can't Take It" is a smooth number with the disc's best vocal performance. "I'm With You Baby" ain't far behind. "Hit And Run" makes another appearance on this disc as well but it pales compared to the Jomar version.

david brinston too hot "Too Hot" (R & B 1998)

1.I'm Packing Up In The Moring
2.Cha Cha
3.Shake That Booty
4.I Love Being Tied Down
5.Looks It's Over
6.I'm Sorry
7.Too Hot
8.Work With Me Baby
9.She Robbed Me
10.I've Joined The "Players Club"

** More modern soul blues from underrated singer. The romantic "I Love Being Tied Down" is a highlight, as is the kickin' dancer "Shake That Booty". An acoustic guitar introduces the pop confection "I'm Packin' Up In The Mornin'" and "I've Joined The Player's Club" is a fine midpaced Southern Soul cut. There's some weak spots that mark this release uneven like the goofy melody on "I'm Sorry". Meanwhile, "Looks Like's It's Over" is hampered by out of tune backing vocals. "Cha Cha" is a generic dance workout that you really can't "cha cha" to. Things got better next time around.

david brinston somebody's cuttin my cake "Somebody's Cuttin' My Cake" (METT 1999/Ecko 2007)

1.Somebody's Cuttin' My Cake
2.Two Way Love Affair
3.Located
4.Joy
5.I'll Be There
6.Face It
7.Pay The Cost
8.Lay On You

**1/2 Yet another small label release contains some quality Southern Soul like the regional hit title cut, "Two-Way Love Affair", "I'll Be There" & "Joy".

david brinston fly right "Fly Right" (Susie Q 2001)

1. Straighten Up (And Fly Right)
2. I Paid the Price
3. Same Old Feeling (Every Time)
4. Kick It
5. After All I Do
6. Don't Change the Blues
7. You're So Freak, Girl
8. I Caught Ya
9. Party ('till the Lights Go Out)
10. Love Me Girl
11. Straighten Up (And Fly Right) [Radio Cut]
12. I Paid the Price [Radio Cut]
13. You're So Freak, Girl [Radio Cut]
14. Party ('till the Lights Go Out) [Radio Cut]

**** The opener "Straighten Up (And Fly Right)" is straight out of Willie Mitchell & Al Green's cookbook of Hi Records Memphis soul groovin'. With an insinuating rhythm section and Brinston's mellifluous phrasing the song builds as a hypnotic head-bobbing jam. Great! The rest of the disc leans more to the upbeat Southern Soul and slower sweet soul ache of more modern times. "Party ('Til The Lights Go Out)" and "Kick It" are funky dancers, "I Paid The Price" is a sweet soul number about regret, "Same Old Feeling (Every Time)" a classic midtempo swayer. Brinston even nails a straight up blues ("Don't Change The Blues"). All 10 songs (there's also 4 "radio versions" tacked on) were co-written by Brinston mostly with Marshall Jones, the man behind his "Hit And Run" album.

David Brinston "Rockin" (Waldoxy) "Rockin'" (Waldoxy 2005) 

1. Junk in the Trunk
2. You Can't Trust Anybody
3. Hard Working Lady
4. Woman Enough for Me
5. Sweet Lolipop
6. Rockin'
7. I Need a Girl Like You
8. Should Have Been Me
9. Memories
10. I Can't Win
11. I Don't Wanna Loose Your Love
12. Fantasy

*** Alternating between labels and producers for years, Brinston finally lands on a company with strong distribution. "Rockin'" is his fifth CD but he's best known for his Southern Soul classic "Hit And Run" from the album of the same name (produced by Marshall Jones). So it's odd that although Brinston is on a bigger label, the production on the disc is lower-budget than you'd expect from Malaco. Programmed rhythm, synthesizers and electric piano back the Al Green-inspired voice of Brinston (think Robert "Duke" Tillman) on most tracks. Programmed music may be the norm (Tyrone Davis did just fine for the label with this stuff) but compared to other Malaco releases "Rockin'"sounds small, which detracts from party dancers like "Junk In Your Trunk" and the Carl Sims-like "Rockin'". The production fares better on the slower tracks like the lovely "Memories" and "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love". The highlight for me is the percolating "I Need A Girl Like You" and romantic "Woman Enough For Me". This could've been quite a disc with beefier backing. For a better example of Brinston's work locate "Fly Right" on the Susie Q label or "Hit & Run" from Jomar if you can find it.

david brinston mississippi boy "Mississippi Boy" (R & B 2006)

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