Unfortunately, only a small number of Beta females are fertile enough to get pregnant, and I'll be damned if I am going to hump my way through the pack until I find the ones who are.

Granted my pack is run less rigidly than some the Betas in my pack are not just allowed to breed but actively encouraged to. I had taken over as pack Alpha five years earlier, and it was high time that I started adding to the pack population. While I would have preferred to mate for love, it didn't seem that it was in the cards for me. Even if there had been affection for me, even if they had been willing to keep me as a pet (neither of these was the case, but an Omega could dream), Cal couldn't afford not to sell me.Ĭlint: Omegas were hard to come by worldwide.

I was human, so I understood why I was being sent to the auction. To enquire about booking Mahalia Barnes for your next event, fill out the booking enquiry form.Trevor: In most packs, an Omega, even one who couldn't breed, was treasured and would be revered and protected not cast aside, but our pack was not like most packs, and I was not like most Omegas. Premier Artists are Mahalia Barnes booking agents. In addition to Mahalia on vocals and tambourine and Bonamassa and Fletcher on guitar, the album features The Soul Mates players: Franco Raggatt (guitar), Clayton Doley (organ, piano), Lachlan Doley (clav, organ), Benjamin Rodgers (bass), David Hibbard (drums), and backing vocalists Jade MacRae, Juanita Tippins, Prinnie Stevens and Joy Yates. The end result is a journey through love, loss, heartacheĪnd happiness.

I really feel like the album has captured the spirit and energy of The Soul Mates, we experimented a bit more and really let loose in the studio this time, and to have Kirk Fletcher on the record with us was such a privilege. Mahalia said today, “I am excited for people to hear this record. The album features 9 original songs written by members of The Soul Mates, as well as the title track, Hard Expectations, and covers of Curtis Mayfield’s Hard Times and The Pointer Sisters’ You Gotta Believe. The title track, Hard Expectations, was written by Cold Chisel’s Don Walker and has already been added to national ABC Local Radio playlists. Hard Expectations was recorded at Freight Train Studios in Botany and mixed at Apple Street Studios in Berrima and features US guitarist Kirk Fletcher (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) playing on all tracks and blues/rock powerhouse, Joe Bonamassa, taking the guitar solo on Move On. Throughout her childhood years she was exposed to everything from Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett to Ike + Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, all of which helped shape her into the powerhouse soul and blues vocalist that has jaws dropping every time she picks up a mic. Mahalia Barnes has been in and around music her entire life.

Soul Mate for Sale by Kian Rhodes