{"id":14195,"date":"2017-06-14T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2017-06-12T12:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T19:57:35","slug":"new-music-revue-john-gary-williams-shows-smooth-style-on-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/06\/14\/new-music-revue-john-gary-williams-shows-smooth-style-on-reissue\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: John Gary Williams shows smooth style on reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Gary Williams
\nJohn Gary Williams
\n<\/i>(Stax Records)
\n3\/5<\/p>\n

In 1973, John Gary Williams released his debut solo album after returning from the Vietnam War and spending some time away from his band, The Mad Lads. That album\u2014now reissued on vinyl for the first time since its initial release\u2014shows both his smooth, soulful style and a political leaning that makes sense, given the times.<\/p>\n

Opener \u201cI See Hope\u201d rocks the funk to the disco, and \u201cI\u2019m So Glad Fools Can Fall in Love\u201d is smooth-as-silk \u201973 soul. Williams sings both styles with ease, as he does when he takes things down a notch further for smooth ballad \u201cHoney.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stylish sax work on \u201cAsk the Lonely\u201d impresses and sets a mood, but it\u2019s the aforementioned \u201cI See Hope\u201d and closer \u201cThe Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy\u201d where Williams gets away from romance and moves toward a more political lyrical approach, where the most impact is made. These are the strongest cuts on the album, and they leave me wishing Williams had spent more time on the album tackling this sort of lyrical content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Gary Williams John Gary Williams (Stax Records) 3\/5 In 1973, John Gary Williams released his debut solo album after returning from the Vietnam War and spending some time away from his band, The Mad Lads. That album\u2014now reissued on vinyl for the first time since its initial release\u2014shows both his smooth, soulful style and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-june-14-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t