Who is this guy? We must find out more....

Peter met up with Barrence Whitfield (also Peter Wolf of J. Geils/Fay Dunaway fame) at the James Hunter show at the Paradise in Boston Wednesday night. He had previously seen Whitfield perform and was raving about his singing.

Per his AMG profile - A Boston-based singer of what one might refer to as "traditional" R&B (i.e.,'50s- and '60s-style), Barrence Whitfield is the owner of one incredible pair of lungs and limitless energy and enthusiasm for his music. A soul screamer in the spirit of Little Richard, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, and early Don Covay, Whitfield & the Savages, though never breaking big nationally, are a great cult act, a triumph of substance over style, with a bunch of terrific records to boot.

Seems like a guy we need to check out. His schedule shows him playing in the Netherlands the next couple weeks, but then he's back in the Boston area for some shows. If you catch him, let me know.