Some songs celebrate the cultural legacies
of cities like Chicago, Paris, New York, London, New Orleans, etc., “Something
in the Water” celebrates the music of Minneapolis, MN, a city that has produced
legends like Bob Dylan, Prince, The Replacements, Soul Asylum, Husker Du,
Willie Murphy, Wee Willie Walker, and current stars like Lizzo and Atmosphere.
One need only look at the performance and production bio of St. Paul Peterson
to understand his fingerprints on 4 generations of popular music.
St. Paul Peterson’s new single “Something in the Water”, is
a burning slice of greasy blues driven new funk. Take a big drink of the
Minneapolis sound, kick back and let “Something in the Water” improve your funk
stride no matter what city you hail from!
Co-Produced and co-written by St. Paul Peterson and
long-time collaborator Oliver Leiber (Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Paula Abdul,
Beth Hart et al) at Ollywood Studios in LA and Creation Audio in Minneapolis.
“Something in the Water” was inspired by a question often raised, “Why is
Minneapolis so funky?” St. Paul Peterson
addresses this question in song form, explaining it must be “Something In the
Water.”
“Oliver Leiber and I have been writing songs together going
all the way back to 1986 and my first solo single, “Rich Man,” explains
Peterson. “He understands what I want to say and is the ultimate collaborator.
His clever lyrics and incredible guitar playing set the tone to explain why
Minneapolis is so funky.”
“St. Paul Peterson, “Something in the Water” new single is a
simmering synth-funk salute to the Minneapolis Sound, with shout-outs to Jimmy
Jam and Terry Lewis, Sonny T, Morris Day, André Cymone, Jellybean Johnson,
Bobby Z, Willie Murphy and pretty much everyone but the Purple One, who so
obviously influenced all this funkiness that he doesn’t need to be
namechecked.” Jon Bream.
St. Paul Peterson came up in the 80s as the teenage keyboard
player in the Purple Rain era line-up of The Time, appearing in the hit film
and on the platinum selling album “Ice Cream Castle” (“The Bird”, “Jungle
Love”). Subsequently enlisted by Prince to front The Family, who would release
an eponymously titled album on Paisley Park featuring the singles “Screams of
Passion”, “High Fashion” and the original recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U’.
As a solo artist he scored Top 15 R&B and Top 40 Pop hits for MCA and
Atlantic Records respectively. A multi-instrumentalist and platinum selling
songwriter his resume includes names as varied as Mavis Staples. Paula Abdul,
Brian Culbertson and Victor Wooten through to rockers Beth Hart, Peter
Frampton, Kenny Loggins and Steve Miller Band. George Benson scored a Grammy
nomination with the St. Paul Peterson penned ‘Song For My Brother’. In early
2019 St. Paul Peterson released his first new single in over two decades ‘You
Got 2 Love’, which received a warm welcome back from BBC Radio, American Public
Radio, and tens of thousands of streams from fans from around the world.
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