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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Lou Rawls |
| Record Label: |
Blue Note Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Pop Vocal |
| Release Date: |
March 21, 2006 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Motherless Child (with The Pilgrim Travelers) 2. God Bless the Chil (with Les McCann LTD.) 3. Nobody But Me 4. Blues For the Weepers 5. Blues For the Weepers 6. Goin' to Chicago Blues 7. How Long, How Long Blues 8. Something Stirring in My Soul 9. Georgia on My Mind 10. So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry 11. Old Folks 12. Somebody Have Mercy 13. Why (Do I Love You So) 14. Street of Dreams 15. I Wonder 16. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield 17. One For My Baby, One More For the Road |
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Personnel include: Lou Rawls (vocals); Cliff White, Herb Ellis, Rene Hall (guitar); Eddie Beal (piano); Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ); Jimmy Bond (bass instrument); Earl Palmer (drums); The Pilgrim Travelers (background vocals). Though the late Lou Rawls's career was launched on the gospel circuit, he never exuded the churchy grit that marked the vocal stylings of many of his 1960s R&B contemporaries. Rather, his strong, smooth baritone lent itself perfectly to interpreting a wide variety of styles and songs. At no point in his career was this more apparent than during his near decade-long run with Capitol Records, the majority of which was spent in collaboration with famed producer David Axelrod. Twelve of the 20 tracks on THE BEST OF THE CAPITOL JAZZ & BLUES SESSIONS contain Axelrod's studio signature and illustrate just how well he and Rawls jibed. Standouts include the robust, swingin' blues of "So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry," the slinky, shuffling, vibes-laden "Street Dreams," and the sultry, s... |
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