1 	Nuthin' In The World 	
2 	25 Years 	
3 	Anything 	
4 	Big Mama 	
5 	Love The Way You Roll 	
6 	Gonna' Love You 	
7 	Waiting 	
8 	You Don't Move Me No More 	
9 	It Ain't Over 	
10 	Hang On 	
11 	Them Days 	
12 	Shake Your Hips

Vicki Bell - Vocals
Jimmy Bennett - Guitar
Peter Bennett - Bass
John Ginty - Hammond B3, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vibraphone
Ray Grappone - Drums, Percussion
Alexis P. Suter - Vocals 

The Alexis P Suter Band is a five piece ensemble fronted by the eponymous Ms Suter. With a growing reputation for incendiary live performances, particularly in the North-Eastern USA where they are based, Love The Way You Roll – the APSB’s sixth album – should be the catalyst that helps introduce the band to a wider audience.

Love The Way You Roll is fine slab of modern guitar-led electric blues-rock. Opening with the riff-based “Nuthin’ In The World”, Jimmy Bennett’s heavily over-driven guitar has echoes of Hendrix in his soloing style, particularly in the outro solo as he bends and releases his strings with abandon.

The most distinctive aspect of the ASPB however is Suter’s deep, husky, powerhouse of a voice. She began singing in her church choir in Brooklyn as a four-year-old, and the gospel influence is still evident in her tone, particularly on ballads such as “Anything”, which also features some lovely organ from John Ginty, or “Waiting”. Blessed with a deep bass/baritone voice, Suter is a highly impressive singer, capable of convincingly conveying deep emotional turmoil, whether it be the pure lust of “Big Mama” or the anger and resignation of “You Don’t Move Me No More.” She is well-supported throughout by Bennett’s warm, choppy guitar playing and the solidly swinging rhythm section of Peter Bennett (bass) and Ray Grappone (drums/percussion), together with Vicki Bell’s voice (which adds lovely touches to songs like “Hang On” and “Them Days”).

Of the 12 songs on the album, various members of the band contribute 10 of the songs in different writing combinations. They cover a wide range of styles, from the funky blues of “It Ain’t Over” (with the memorably assertive lyrical punchline at the end of each verse that “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings”) to the R’n’B/pop ballad of “Them Days” and the Black Crowes-esque “Hang On.” The memorable title track features a rumbling bass and drum backing with distant and discordant slide guitar framing Suter’s voice of abandon.

The two covers on the album are Big Mama Thornton’s classic “You Don’t Move Me No More” (which is given a rock and roll re-interpretation with excellent jungle drums from Grappone) and Slim Harpo’s “Shake Your Hips”. The one-chord groove of the latter can be tricky to nail convincingly, but the APSB turn in a fine modern version, with Suter and Bell’s voices combining magically.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ben Elliott at Showplace Studios, Love The Way You Roll is a very enjoyable release and well worth checking out by fans of modern electric blues and blues-rock. ---Rhys Williams, bluesblastmagazine.com

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01. Talk To Myself (3:39)
02. Can't Find A Reason (3:13)
03. Another Place And Time (4:23)
04. All For Loving You (4:00)
05. Livin' In A World (3:26)
06. Fool For You (3:56)
07. Don't Ya' Tell (2:41)
08. So Long (3:16)
09. Circumstance (3:30)
10. Every Shut Eye (3:24)
11. Let It Be (6:17)

Alexis P Suter - Vocals
Jimmy Bennett - Guitar
Vicki Ben - Vocals
Ray Grappone - Drums
Peter Bennett – Bass

Blues fans and festival goers should be familiar with Alexis P. Suter by now. In any case, the rocking, enormous power of Suter and her band is on full display on their seventh album release, one that captures best the power of their live performances. Gospel- raised Suter’s bass/baritone voice is a force of nature. The Brooklyn/Jersey based Alexis P. Suter Band that got their start at Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles, where they appeared 99 times. Alexis has since been twice nominated for Blues Music Awards in the Koko Taylor Vocalist of the Year and Soul/Blues Vocalist categories.

This release contains 10 originals from the band and their devastating cover of “Let It Be,” a staple in their live shows. As with their previous American Showplace release, stellar keyboardist John Ginty is aboard, but aside from Suter, the burning light here is guitarist Jimmy Bennett, who has a hand in writing most of the tunes and fills the recording with blistering riffs of electric and slide guitars. Previous APSB releases have mixed blues, gospel and soul but this takes pretty much a straight-ahead hard-charging blues approach, detouring at times into blues-rock. We don’t really get the gospel touch until the glorious closer “Let It Be,” but you also hear the expansive range of her voice in the crescendo-building ballad “Fool for You.” Whether you want to dance or need an infusion of raw powerful music, this disc will more than satisfy. --- Jim Hynes, elmoremagazine.com

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1. THE SHOW (J. Bennett, A. Suter, V. Bell, P. Bennett)
2. THAT YOU CAN (V. Bell, P. Bennett, A. Suter)
3. DO WHAT YOU DO (A. Suter, V. Bell, P. Bennett, J. Bennett)
4. HOLE THAT I’M IN (V. Bell, A. Suter, P. Bennett, R. Grappone)
5. I’M A RAM (A. Green)
6. LEAVIN’ IS THE HARDEST (V. Bell, A. Suter)
7. TEACHER MAN (V. Bell, P. Bennett, A. Suter)
8. SISTER MARY (V. Bell, A. Suter, R. Grappone)
9. PLAIN FOLKS (H. Stroman, D. Martin, M. Cusick, R. Grappone, J. Collins, C. St. Bean)
10. BE ON YOUR WAY (J. Bennett)
11. LOUISIANA 1927 (R. Newman)
12. RIDE RIDE (V. Bell, A. Suter, R. Grappone)

BONUS TRACKS

13. BUILT FOR COMFORT Alexis with The Levon Helm Band (W. Dixon)
14. PRECIOUS LORD (T. Dorsey)

The Players are:
Alexis P. Suter - Lead Vocals
Ray Grappone - Drums and Percussion
Peter Bennett - Bass
Jimmy Bennett - Guitar
Bruce Katz - Piano, Organ and Keyboards
Vicki Bell - Background Vocals
Glenn Turner - Background Vocals

With Very Special Guests
Amy Helm - Background Vocals (DVD 2,11 / CD 2, 5,12,14)
Debbie Hawkins - Piano (DVD 2, 9,10,11 / CD 2, 9,11,12,14)
Jay Collins - Sax and Flute (DVD 9,10,11 / CD 2,5,9,11,12,14)
Tony Leone - Percussion (DVD 11/ CD 12)
Iris Williams - Background Vocals (CD 14)
The Levon Helm Band on “Built For Comfort”
Levon Helm - Drums
Little Sammy Davis - Harp
Mike Merritt - Bass
Jimmy Vivino - Guitar
Larry Cambell - Guitar
Brian Mitchell - Piano
Eric Lawrence - Saxophone
Stephen Bernstein – Trumpet

Alexis regularly performs live at the Levon Helm Midnight Ramble Sessions in Woodstock, NY. These live performances are not to be missed because her unprecedented, universal talent connects with the heart and soul of audiences everywhere. Her larger than life stage presence radiates with the power of a white-hot super nova to the farthest niche of performance space. She has just released this phenomenal CD/DVD recorded live at Levon Helm Studios from The Midnight Ramble Sessions. --- levonhelm.com

THE ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND are rising star's on the roots, blues and soul scene. Alexis's powerful bass/baritone voice, seasoned with raw emotion and a wide streak of attitude, has won the praise of greats from B.B. King to Levon Helm. "She is one of those wonderful spirits," said Helm. "She's got her arms around you. You can feel that." --- alexispsuter.com

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