In 2002, Eli Husock
graduated high school in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Clarksdale,
Mississippi, immersing himself in the juke joint culture of the Deep South.
After a year, he relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he studied sociology in
college, hosted a soul-music radio show on the college radio station, and
played organ and piano in a church. A year after that, the renamed Eli "Paperboy" Reed returned
to Boston, where he launched a career as a recording artist strongly influenced
by late 1960s/early 1970s Chicago soul music. He now lives in Brooklyn, New
York. His fifth album, My Way Home, was
released on June 10, 2016.
Headlining a free Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors concert at Hearst Plaza this evening, Reed moved
from rhythm & blues to spirituals, showing himself to be a disciple of
vintage African American music. Backed by organist J.B. Flatt, bassist Michael
Montgomery, and drummer Noah Rubin,
Reed played bluesy guitar licks and sang from the gut like he was leading an
evangelical church choir. The songs sounded old-school, but the flame setting
them free blazed like a sudden wildfire. Reed's music was retro, but demonstrated
that roots music is timeless.
Visit Eli "Paperboy" Reed at www.elipaperboyreed.com.
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