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Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul
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AMG Review of The Man Who Invented Soul
Ron Wynn
All Music GuideAlthough the title is a bit misleading, the songs and vocals are the real deal. Not every Sam Cooke album from the '60s was great, but every one had plenty of great performances, and that was also the case with this one, even if there's a recycled feeling about several numbers.
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Britt Daniels - Bring It On Home To Me
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It's almost not Sunday, so I best be getting my covers on.I got this in a whirlwind of downloading chaos a while back and didn't even realize I had it til I put my iPod on shuffle the other day. Sam Cooke is my favorite soul singer of all time and to hear one of my favorite bands of today cover him filled me with dread/fear/horror/relief/elation. The spare, almost a cappella version here remind...
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Charles Brown’s “Trouble Blues” starts with Sam mmm-mmm-mming the melody against bass and drums. Then the piano and organ come in, with Clif White’s guitar laying triplet chords against the groove. Billy Preston has a nice solo, then a closing chorus. Beautiful!
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