His vocals invoke the spirits of James Brown and Marvin Gaye without the sense of novelty one might expect from a white guy so audaciously attempting to carry on the soul music tradition. Lidell’s September 30 show at the Echoplex only served as further proof that he is one of the great torchbearers for contemporary R&B, not some white dude who can do a mean impersonation of the soul greats. 



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