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Next on deck, straight from Producer Dan Ubick's Lions Den Studio, comes two more re-imagined soul classics from Los Angeles' own Night Owls. First up, we have soul phenom Eli InchPaperboyInch Reed taking on Ray Charles' classic InchYou Don't Know MeInch and Rocksteady champions Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos, laying their beautiful soul harmonies to Eddie Kendricks' timeless InchIf You Let Me.Inch For Side A's InchYou Don't Know Me,Inch Ubick had a tough assignment - find someone who could bring his own innate soulfulness to a song sung by InchThe GeniusInch in his prime. The answer came from Massachusetts-bred Eli InchPaperboyInch Reed, who moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi at 18 to cut his teeth singing in juke joints all over the Delta. Then, moving on to spend a year as minister of music at Chicago's Southside church of Soul legend Mitty Collier (Chess Records) and relocating back to the East Coast to record for Capitol Records, Warner Brothers, Colemine Records, and now Yep Roc, Dan had found his man. On InchYou Don't Know Me,Inch Reed's voice ranges from belted lows to soulful highs that perfectly sets the stage for this more upbeat and Roots Reggae-infused rendition. With a tip of the hat to Jamaican legend and producer Bunny InchStrikerInch Lee, Night Owls take Charles' classic soul and R&B standard to new territory. On Side B is Eddie Kendricks' InchIf You Let MeInch feat. Jr Thomas & The Volcanos (Colemine Records), re-done here with a nod to another legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, and music producer, The Techniques' own Winston Riley (Johnny Osbourne, Dave & Ansel Collins, etc.). Originally debuted on Eddie Kendricks' post-Temptations 1972 masterpiece People... Hold On (Tamla/Motown), Night Owls create a decidedly more moody and dubbed-out tone here, laying into a bass-heavy one-drop feel that perfectly sets the stage for Jr Thomas' soulful lead and Volca
