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Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints are proud to announce their debut album, Bridge of Love. The album’s ten original compositions are presented in sparklingly-clear stereo sound and run the soul gamut, from grits-n-bricks R&B (‘Played a Fool by You’) to throw-back psychedelia (‘One Tribe’), svelte seventies pop (‘One Night of the Week’) and some seriously sophisticated ballads (‘Wounded Hearts’, ‘Bridge of Love’). Together they document Bobby’s life journey in song. Through youthful self-doubt in the opening track ‘It’s My Time’, to confirmation on the exuberant finale ‘Raise Your Mind’, Bobby proves that faith and hard work can pay dividends. “Life is a joy when you free your soul.”

Throughout the album, Harden’s voice is tailored to perfection by the almost impossibly dexterous Soulful Saints and further dressed to the nines by an accoutrement of Latin percussion, full-on horns, high-flying backing singers, and even a string quartet. This comes as no surprise as The Soulful Saints have performed live and recorded with acts such as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Budos Band, Mark Ronson, Antibalas, The Impressions, & The Wu-Tang Clan.

The album is produced by Dala Records founder Billy Aukstik and recorded at Hive Mind Recording in Brooklyn, New York. Kurtis Powers of BQE Records Co-Executive Produced the album along with Aukstik.

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released May 12, 2023

RHYTHM SECTION

Guitar: Alex Chakour, Evan Heinze, Billy Aukstik
Bass: Vince Chiarito
Drums: Caito Sanchez, Miles Arntzen
Conga/Bongo: Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, Moses Patrou, Caito Sanchez
Percussion: Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, Caito Sanchez, Billy Aukstik
Piano/Electric Piano: Billy Aukstik
Organ: Billy Aukstik, Moses Patrou
Vibraphne/Bells: Billy Aukstik

HORN SECTION

Trumpet: Billy Aukstik
Trombone: Ray Mason
Tenor Sax: Freddy DeBoe, Stuart Bogie
Baritone Sax: Morgan Price, Mike Buckley
Flute: Mike Sarason

STRINGS

Camellia Hartman, Meitar Forkosh, Odetta Hartman, Erica Swindell

BACKGROUND VOICES

Carole Sylvan, Joyce Stovall, Mel Johnston, Kim Foxen, Bobby Harden, Billy Aukstik, Steve Garvin, Mike Sarason

Horn Arrangements: Billy Aukstik, Freddy DeBoe, Ray Mason
String Arrangements: Billy Aukstik

PRODUCED BY BILLY AUKSTIK

Recorded and Mixed at Hive Mind Recording Brooklyn, NY.
Cheif Engineers: Billy Aukstik, Vince Chiarito
Assistant Engineers: Steve Garvin, Evan Heinze, Andrew LeCoche
Mastering Engineer: Dan Millice

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY AUKSTIK & POWERS
℗ 2023 DALA RECORDS / BQE RECORDS, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Cover Photography: Rosie Cohe
Inside Jacket Photography: Jacob Blickenstaff
Layout & Design: Paul Glover & Kurtis Powers

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Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints Brooklyn, New York

“He was everything I’d been when I was
younger,” said Eddie Floyd, who gracefully passed the torch after several tours tag-teaming on stage for The Original Blues Brothers Band. “I
always tell him. ‘I saw you, my man, and I said, ‘That’s it! I can go back to the house and rest!’”
The true Soul Man, after all, lives to work, recognizing that success don’t come knocking with a gold-plated invite.
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