Patience

Casey Russell, best known as the keyboardist of tour circuit mainstays, The Magic Beans, shares his debut solo album Patience, from Color Red.

Russell began writing the album shortly after the pandemic lockdown, pouring energy that would normally be used on gigging heavily into sending demos back and forth between musical colleagues locked down in their studios. In late 2020 with a solid batch of demos in-hand, he called Eddie Roberts (The New Mastersounds & The Lucky Strokes) to book a session at Color Red Studios and record 8 songs in 2 days.

The new collection of songs positions itself perfectly with stalwarts of the soul revival in recent years such as The California Honeydrops, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and Leon Bridges who have stormed the scene and airwaves with the new school of soul and R&B music. With Color Red’s trusty Tascam-388, Russell was able to hone in on the old-school analog sound while putting his imprint on the reemergence of soul music that honors carefree arrangement sensibility, breezy vocal harmonies, and a locked-in rhythm section. The record was mixed & mastered by Josh Fairman of Laskin Productions who was a standout part of the process dedicating many hours to the process of honing in on Russell’s signature soul sound.

“Patience is my love letter to old school Soul and R&B music,” proclaims Russell, “From the songwriting to the recording methods, I wanted to take a step back in time to my favorite sounds of the 60s and 70s, with a little bit of modern flare mixed in. It has a very funky retro-soul feel, complete with an 8-piece band recording through analog equipment.”

The album features Dan Africano (Thievery Corporation), Jeff Franca (Thievery Corporation), Taylor Fredrick, Lyle Divinsky, Nick Gerlach, Eric “Benny” Bloom (Lettuce), Parris Flemming (Harry Styles, The Parrisian), Alex Cazet (Mama Magnolia), Shira Elias (Cool Cool Cool), and Kim Dawson throughout.