On September 10^th, 2013, my good friend Cyril Neville aka “The Uptown Ruler”, will be releasing his new solo CD “Magic Honey” (Ruf Records). Under the direction of The Thunderbird Management Group (Rueben Williams), this will be the third straight CD I have had the pleasure of doing the marketing photography work for Cyril, the first being Cyril's “Brand New Blues” release back in 2009 followed by “The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007”, in addition to the Royal Southern Brotherhood's self titled debut release where Cyril fronts the new super group along with Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooten and Yonrico Scott. cyril_neville_magic_honey_cover On Magic Honey, Neville is backed by Cranston Clements (guitar), “Mean” Willie Green (drums), Carl Dufrene (bass) and Norman Caesar (keyboards). The record also features guest appearances from legendary Allen Toussaint (piano) and Dr. John (organ), as well as his Walter Trout and his Royal Southern Brotherhood bandmate Mike Zito (guitar). I got a good taste of Magic Honey during the recording sessions at Studio in the Country last fall and needless to say the record spews some serious fiya, from a cover of Rush's “Workin Man”(Credit Omari, Cyril's son for turnin Cyril on to RUSH) to what I would consider one of the more timeless, low down and nasty funked out New Orleans groove infused cuts that I haven't heard in a while, “Right Back on You”, nothing less than a hard core quintessential example of Cyril's undeniable influence and contribution to the actual d.n.a. of what we all know as New Orleans Funk which oozed out of the New Orleans music scene starting in the late 60's by front man Art Neville and the Meters, who rounded out there lineup with none other than percussionist/vocalist Cyril Neville. Cyril then launched into a 2 decade plus funkathon with New Orleans musical ambassadors The Neville Brothers. Oh, and by the way, Cyril and the Meter's were most recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, need I say more?? Cyril starts serving his latest musical delicacy “Magic Honey” on September 10^th, trust me, get ya some......Jerry ;-)  You can also catch Cyril live when he embarks on an extensive tour in support of Magic Honey, just check his site for dates!  Images from Studio in the Country and the photo shoot can be accessed on the home page portfolio drop down entitled  Photo Shoots