First a word about the excellent backing band casting. On the keys one finds Sammy Berfect (accidentally Marva Wright's brother), a skilled musician who played for many musicians like Willy Deville, Harry Connick or Tori Amos ; Lee Allen Zeno (from Buckwheat Zydeco band at the time) on bass ; Raymond Weber (Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Solomon Burke) on drums ; and a solid and experienced horn section : renowned Austin musician, arranger & producer Mark 'Kaz' Kazanoff on sax, Rick Trolsen (Dr. John, Boz Scaggs...) on trombone, Willie Singleton (Four Tops, Rita Coolidge, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls...) and Hollywood film scores musician Jamil Sharif on trumpet. These four bring a strong r'n'b touch to the album. Too strong ? That's a good question...