ROBIN MCKELLE & THE FLYTONES - I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU

I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU

ROBIN MCKELLE & THE FLYTONES

SONGWRITERS: FRANK SINATRA, JACK WOLF, JOEL S. HERRON

COUNTRY: U.S.A

ALBUM: SOUL FLOWER

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: JAZZ BLUE

YEAR: 2012

"I'm a Fool to Want You" is a 1951 song composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron. Frank Sinatra released the song as a Columbia Records single. The ballad is considered a pop and jazz standard.

It certainly is rare to read about a soul/blues singer who once finished third in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal competition. Originally from Rochester, NY, vocalist Robin McKelle migrated to France, where two recordings of big band swing material made her a star. Five years ago she began a transformation that took her through songs from composers like Willie Dixon and Doc Pomus to this latest recording that celebrates the musical legacy of the city of Memphis.

McKelle’s  band, the Flytones, quickly serve notice that they have an innate understanding of  sweet soul music with Al Street on guitar, Ben Stivers on a multitude of keyboards, Derek Nievergelt on bass and Adrian Harpham on drums 7 percussion. Producer Scott Bomar certainly brings a wealth of experience to the project. He is the bass player for the Bo-Keys and learned how to work a studio alongside the legendary Willie Mitchell, leading to Bomar engineering two Al Green recordings. Two other members of the Bo-Keys add their considerable talents to the mix – Mark Franklin on trumpet & flugelhorn and Kirk Smothers on saxophones & flute.

I'm a fool to want you

I'm a fool to want you

To want a love that can't be true

A love that's there for others too

I'm a fool to hold you

Such a fool to hold you

To seek a kiss not mine alone

To share a kiss the Devil has known

Time and time again I said I'd leave you

Time and time again I went away

But then would come the time when I would need you

And once again these words I'll have to say

I'm a fool to want you

Pity me, I need you

I know it's wrong, it must be wrong

But right or wrong I can't get along

Without you