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[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Oliver Wood feat. Steve Berlin - “Yo I Surrender”

Everybody wants to have some good sax.

And Oliver Wood got a bunch by recruiting Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin to play on “Yo I Surrender,” a slick slice of lo-fi funk from Woods’ forthcoming (June 14) second solo album Fat Cat Silhouette.

Yo, I surrender/I don’t know anything, Wood sings as Berlin’s baritone woodwind snakes off like a serpent full of rodents.

The track grew out a studio jam between Wood, Berlin, Wood Brothers drummer Jano Rix and bassist Ted Pecchio. Despite its origins from what Wood calls “a very childlike” play session, “Yo I Surrender” sounds grown up and fully formed.

“It was so fun to play with amazing musicians who listen to each other and allow you to just trust and surrender,” Wood said.

Read Sound Bites’ review of the preceding “Light and Sweet” here.

Grade card: Oliver Wood feat. Steve Berlin - “Yo I Surrender” - A

5/21/21

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Oliver Wood and Katie Pruitt - “Have You No Shame”

Oliver Wood and Katie Pruitt are natural collaborators.

The pair teamed to record a magnificent version of Donnie McCormick and Tommy Carlisle’s “Have You No Shame” and the resulting blend of 21st-century Americana and 1960s soul balladry is a brilliant mashup.

Wood coaxes as much emotion from his electric guitar as he and Pruitt bring to the mic as they sing the song of heartbreak both alone and together.

Add harmonies from Jano Rix and Ted Pecchio, on percussion and bass, respectively, and “Have You No Shame” is the song Sound Bites didn’t know he was waiting for.

Grade card: Oliver Wood and Katie Pruitt - “Have You No Shame” - A

12/7/23