Lee Fields in a still from the "Faithful Man" video, dir. Tiombe Lockhart
Yesterday soul survivor Lee Fields debuted the new video for his signature jam "Faithful Man," the title track from his excellent album on Truth And Soul. I don't know if anything will replace the clip of this live Austin session for capturing the song's raw, unfiltered emotional power. But this enchanting video--directed by renaissance-gal and Okayplayer's Tuesday crushTiombe Lockhart--makes a compelling case with a montage of brilliant nightclub performance and eyeshadow-streaking vignettes of wicked, adulterous love that can only be described as Motown magic realism. Today, I'm told, also happens to be a birthday celebration for Tiombe (who can be glimpsed getting her shoop-shoop on in the video's club sequences) which I think qualifies her for some sort of triple-word score in the cosmic Scrabble game. We're all playing--just got to make those letters spell out something like l-o-v-e or maybe h-a-p-p-i-n-e-s-s. Just ask Lee when you see him in your town (latest tour dates after the jump). Watch below and purchase the "Faithful Man" vinyl 45 (a limited edition including a bare bones arrangement which might [?] just be my Austin joint) via Truth And Soul immediately.
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS Tour Dates
Oct 02 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall tix
Oct 03 Montreal, QC - Cabare tix
Oct 04 Ottawa, ON - Ritual tix
Oct 05 Toronto, ON - Opera House tix
Oct 06 Hamilton, ON – This Ain�t Hollywood tix
Oct 11 Austin, TX - Stubbs (with The Alabama Shakes) tix
Oct 12 Marfa, TX – Ballroom Marfa tix
Oct 13 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits tix
European Tour (featuring Lady, the latest female soul duo from Truth & Soul)
Oct 16 Berlin, Germany - Gretchen Club tix
Oct 17 Hamburg, Germany - Mojo tix
Oct 19 Nancy, FR - Nancy Jazz Pulsations tix
Oct 20 Bruges, Belgium - Cactus club tix
Oct 22 Amsterdam, Holland - MC Theatre tix
Oct 23 Dordrecht, Holland – Dorhuis tix
Oct 24 Groningen, Holland - De Oosterpoort tix
Oct 25 Nijmegen, Holland - Doornroosje tix
Oct 26 Evreux, FR - l'Abordage tix
Oct 27 Paris, FR - le Trabendo tix
Oct 28 Lyon, FR - Transbordeur club tix
Oct 31 La Rochelle, FR - La sirène tix
Nov 01 Clermont Ferrand, FR - La cooperative de Mai tix
Nov 02 Montpellier, FR - Le Jam tix
Nov 03 Bordeaux, FR - Le Rocher Palmer tix
Nov 07 Madrid, Spain - The Frame
Nov 08 Bilbao, Spain - Kafé Antzokia
Nov 09 Barcelona, Spain - Luz de Gas -Barcelona Jazz festival
Nov 10 London, UK - Islington Academy tix
Nov 11 Dublin, Ireland - The Button Factory tix
Nov 14 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia tix
Nov 15 Stockholm, Sweden - Gotakalaerre tix
Nov 16 Oslo, Norway - Cosmopolite tix
Nov 17 Copenhagen, Denmak - Loppen tix
