This week’s entrant in the soul revival sweepstakes is Boston’s own Eli “Paperboy” Reed, who along with his band The True Loves, has a new album called Roll With You (QDivision Records). Here we have an honest-to-goodness show band, complete with horns, in the tradition of ’60s legends The Magnificent Men, or somewhat more recently, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

There are dangers inherent in pursuing this genre. You could be seen as a slavish imitator, or worse yet, a parodist of the form. The Blues Brothers only escaped universal scorn because two true soul music veterans, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn, were part of their band, and Belushi and Aykroyd were well known as comedians. Besides, they claimed that they were bringing a new audience to the blues. That was their rationale, anyway. I wonder how many of those Blues Brothers fans actually went back and listened to the pioneers of the music.

But analysis is almost beside the point, because what Eli Reed & The True Loves have delivered is a terrific Saturday night party album. To delve too deeply into the whys and wherefores would take all the fun out of it, and this music is all about fun.