Aaron Neville celebrates his critically acclaimed new solo album “My True Story” during a second leg of his U.S. tour. He will play Oct. 1 at the Palldium in Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts.
Joining Neville and his five-piece band will be brother Charles on saxophone supporting the iconic R&B vocalist and multiple Grammy Award winner as he revisits some of his favorite classics from the doo-wop era, adding a few new spins along the way.
Released on Blue Note Records, “My True Story,” was co-produced by Blue Note Records President Don Was and Rolling Stone Keith Richards, who contributes guitar work throughout.
From heart-tugging ballads such as “Ting a Ling,” and “Tears on My Pillow” to upbeat numbers as “Money Honey,” “Be My Baby” and “Work with Me Annie,” and the bittersweet Jive Five chestnut that provides the album’s title, “My True Story” is one of the most personal projects that Neville has ever undertaken.
Renewing his collaboration with Richards in concert, Neville joined the Rolling Stones on stage recently for a rendition of the album’s “Under the Boardwalk.”
Joining the positive press for the album have been exceptional concert reviews, with the Birmingham News reporting, “Neville has a knack for making old songs sound fresh and new,” while the Houston Press said, “ a horde of listeners had gathered to hear and see the legend for themselves, getting everyone to snap their fingers and dance along… Neville has still got soul to spare, and he won’t be slowing down anytime soon.”
Aaron Neville’s remarkable career has seen him move seamlessly between his solo work and his role in the first family of New Orleans music – the Neville Brothers. Beginning in 1967 with his first No. 1 single, the immortal R&B/pop crossover “Tell It Like It Is,” Neville has built an influential body of work over the past five decades encompassing more than a dozen solo albums ranging from R&B to gospel to pop standards, including his Grammy-winning triple-platinum 1989 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt “Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind,” and another dozen releases with the Neville Brothers. With “My True Story,” the follow-up to 2010’s highly praised gospel album “I Know I’ve Been Changed,” Neville has returned to his place among music’s greatest.
