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	SON OF A PREACHER MAN The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love and his band A3 make their soulful major label debut with 'Exile on Coldharbour Lane,' on Geffen Records.

It's based on his very popular and fun 12-step plan with a generous helping of the King in heaven Ö the King being Elvis, of course.

The good Reverend recruited various music lovers and itinerants and put together a band of sorts; he looked at it and saw it was good and he called it The First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine (U.K.).

Like any self-respecting religion they put together a hymnal of sorts, as well as a complete choir.

The choir took on the name Alabama 3, later shortened to A3 during its exhaustive trip across the Atlantic.

The hymnal somehow (perhaps by divine providence) fell into the hands of various higher-ups at Geffen Records.

Never one to worry about the evils of earthly possessions, The Very Reverend D. Wayne Love decided to sign on with Geffen in order to help spread his Presleyterian beliefs.

He does it by way of A3's funk-filled, trip hop music. The tunes on Exile on Coldharbour Lane, the band's first album, demonstrate this.

Imagine the likes of John Coltrane, John Prine and, of course, Elvis Presley playing alongside the likes of Prodigy and the Crystal Method. Now throw in some tribal rhythms and you can come up with some general idea of A3's soulful harmonies.

The Reverend and his trusty right-hand, Larry Love, supply the vocals and are backed by a consortium of able-bodied and quick-witted musicians.

The Mountain of Love lays down harmonica tracks reminiscent of the early days of Greg "Fingers" Taylor. Sir Real "Congaman" Love takes care of the acoustic guitar and percussions, Mississippi Guitar Man plays a mean electric guitar, Little Boy Dope beats the drums and the keyboards are supplied by The Spirit.

Exile on Coldharbour Lane kicks off with "Converted," a straight-up old-fashioned gospel hymn rewired with a heavy techno core to make it infinitely danceable. Hank Williams, Sr., would be doing the two-step if only he were still around to hear it.

"U Don't Dans 2 Tekno Anymore" departs from any sort of electric instrumentation A3 uses and just uses acoustic guitars, drums and harmonicas to produce a saucy country swing.

The Presleyterian socialist beliefs are highlighted in "Bourgeosie Blues." The Very Reverend shoots straight from the hip when he sings, "What a society we're living in selling Third World Drugs at First World prices/They say Lenin was wrong. Who says?/It's enough to give me the fucking blues."

The song has a pretty standard techno beat with a cool electronic voice warning about the evils of temptation in the background.

Exile on Coldharbour Lane contains a bonus disc which contains dance remixes of some songs from the album.