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Singer-songwriter Chris Paul Overall uses his unique and powerful voice to masterfully blend explosive rock and heart wrenching ballads. The formidable pipes that carry the motherlode of the CPO & Co sound have drawn in critics and fans alike. Secure within his own voice, his inspired singing gives off undercurrents reminiscent of soulful
Singer-songwriter Chris Paul Overall uses his unique and powerful voice to masterfully blend explosive rock and heart wrenching ballads. The formidable pipes that carry the motherlode of the CPO & Co sound have drawn in critics and fans alike. Secure within his own voice, his inspired singing gives off undercurrents reminiscent of soulful troubadours of the past. CPO & Co cover genres ranging from Rock and classic Blues to Modern Pop and Country.
Hillbilly Soul, the debut album from CPO & Co, is a rock album that embodies its title with simple heartbreakers only country music gets right, alongside soul tracks, which like the songs of Ray Charles, combine rock and roll, gospel, and rhythm and blues in a way that pulls people to their feet by their hips. Songs like “We are Flames” and “I Can’t Hold Back the Tears” play with the easy rolling melodies and songwriting deftness of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Chris Paul Overall’s (CPO) vocals in “I Don’t Know You Now” are close to angelic, the harmonies saturating. This album invites you to the dance floor in a 1950’s honky-tonk (“Hillbilly Soul”), sings the songs of your broken heart porch-side on a balmy night (“I Could Fall”), and lifts you up, down and all around with the spiritual sway of gospel and blues (“I’m Not Your Man”). Hillbilly Soul boasts great players like guitarist Marc Ford (Black Crowes, Ben Harper), and John Bazz of The Blasters on upright bass, was produced by Antoine Arvizu (Marc Ford and The Neptune Blues Club, Ryan Bingham) and was recorded, mostly live in studio, at The Compound in Long Beach, CA.