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Published on: 10/14/2005
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His guitar playing can be aggressive, even ham-fisted, but suits the material and is invariably the perfect complement to his vocals, as well as those by guests Marcy Levy and Los Lobos' David Hidalgo.
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Levy, who was part of Eric Clapton's outfit, off and on, from the mid 1970s to the mid '80s, smoothes Guitarlos' rough edges without compromising his personality, providing backup on several numbers and dueting with Carlos on the country speedster "My Old Dead Body" and the Stax-flavored "I Found Someone," which the two co-wrote.
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Helping Guitarlos out with his sophomore effort (again released on Nomad, a label started by his nephew) are kindred musical spirits David Hidalgo and Gene Taylor, with occasional background vocals from Marcy Levy (who also duets on "I Found Someone").
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Marcy Levy (‘Marcella Detroit,' who, when a background singer for Eric Clapton co-wrote "Lay Down Sally" and was co-singer and writer of "Stay," a 1992 UK hit for Shakespeare's Sister) is Carlos's co-singer on several moving cuts.
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Cut 5 is another sharer with Marcy Levy, and it is tremendous.
It EXPLODES with cut 6."I Found Someone," is deep and moving love ballad with r&b footing that is simply incomparable, aided again by the marvelous Marcy.
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Gene Taylor (of the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds) plays piano, and vocalist Marcy Levy (Shakespear's Sister and Eric Clapton) provides pretty harmonies on "Save a Dance" and "I Found Someone."
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Yet, that was exactly what happened last Saturday, when local legend Carlos Guitarlos and ex-Eric Clapton/Shakespeare's Sister singer Marcy Levy dropped by to play three engaging sets of blues.
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One such listener was Marcy Levy, who joined him on his new album Hell Can Wait.
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One of the real highlights of the night was the version of Levy & Clapton's hit "Lay Down Sally."She of course sounded great singing it, and Carlos really rose to the occasion with a solo that was so good it bordered on the profound.He seemed to enjoy the Clapton connection, even throwing in some tunes associated with the guitarist that pre-dated Levy's tenure with him, including a somewhat Ventures-esque reading of the instrumental theme to "Layla."And why not?He has the chops to withstand the inevitable comparisons.
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As if this was not enough, his three-piece backing band included the singer and guitarist Marcy Levy.Known for her work with Eric Clapton, for whom she wrote Lay Down Sally, Levy is also remembered as one half of Shakespears Sister, whose biggest hit Stay she also wrote.Tall, dark and exuding a Chrissie Hynde-like cool, she sang these and other songs in a beautiful, clear soprano, that was the perfect foil for Guitarlos's street-hardened holler.She also took a two-verse harmonica solo during the 12-bar shuffle Women & Whiskey that was the sexiest thing I have ever seen on a rock'n'roll stage.The easy rapport between Guitarlos and Levy -- "Beauty and the beast," as Guitarlos described it -- added yet another dimension to a performance that was already superlative.
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Playing beauty to his beast is Marcy Levy (Marcella Detroit of Shakespears Sister in a former incarnation, as well as a backing singer for the likes of Aretha Franklin), who performs a beautiful acoustic version of her biggest hit, "Stay".
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