With Grammy-nominated producer John Custer at the helm of the project, You Make Me Feel, by Bull City Syndicate, is the most ambitious recording by a Raleigh/Durham-based band in a generation.

Over the course of 13 years, formerly known as Soul Kitchen & The Bull City Horns, Bull City Syndicate (BCS) has successfully scaled the local scene of dance-cover bands, ascending during those years from a top-drawing club act to one of the most in-demand private and corporate party bands in the Mid-Atlantic region. Then, someone had an idea . . . and a good one at that. Specifically, to hand over to a world-class producer the yet unrealized potential of nine individually unheralded talents, and have them recreate tunes from some of North Carolina’s rich history of funk, soul and pop songwriters. (click here to read more >>)
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Carolina
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After a humorous and unexpected intro ditty, the album appropriately begins with "Carolina," an original track by producer John Custer. With alternating lead vocals by trumpeter Steve Baker and BCS front-man, Dan Lantier, (ala the Temps), "Carolina" is a new state theme song in waiting.
However unlikely intended, Larry Woodard¹s pace-setting drum pattern and Lantier¹s repetitive falsetto theme, ("Carolina for life, Carolina for life . . ."), could eventually join James Taylor¹s "Carolina in My Mind" as a more uptempo anthem on Chapel Hill¹s storied university campus.

Bull City Groove
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"Bull City Groove" charts new territory for the band with its cool-jazz/hip-hop groove. The song was co-written by Raleigh's Corey Parker, (yes . . . Maceo's son!), who also makes a guest appearance on the track with his distinctive rap. The Bull City Horns lay back this time, with a lilting, Bohemian beatnik vibe. Parker's rap, paying tribute to the history and landmarks of Durham, alternates with Egerton's smooth baritone on the chorus, leaving no doubt that Durham is the true home of the 'Groove'
among the Triangle's major cities.