Truly great version of this song. Truly great Soul singer who had his own particular problems to try to overcome. Right up there along with contemporaries like Oscar Toney Jr., Darrell Banks, David Ruffin. Raw, powerful, emotive. This is an inspired post.
Deep, raw and gritty soul singing, matched with a terrific arrangement listen to the bass, behind and the organ here: majestic, shades of Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness“ backed by Booker T. & the M.G.’s! Yeah, why have I never heard of this guy? Partly because it only charted at number 112 on the Billboard hot 100 bubbling under in 1968.
I know! why why why? Dang im so inlove with his music. Why isnt he a Motown Legend? Not ust for his amazing Vocals but materpiece recordings. The music had amazing arangments and obvioulsy top notch players. No disrespect to Otis, Sam Cook, Brook Benton but James is right up there with them.
Lot's of these blues singers that we have not acknowledged have the most powerful, voices , and music abilty... recor company's pushed who they wanted back then, and now.
It's probably GOOD that he didn't get to Motown -- they might have stifled (?) or at least misdirected his career. ~ Be thankful for all his great Goldwax Records sides, all here on RUclips!
He really reworked what was a country song (you can hear recordings by Carl Smith and Little Jimmy Dickens on youtube, and kills it. Memphis deep soul at its best..
Has anyone ever noticed that many of these Blues Singers are minorities? I mean, not minorities in the sense of the japanese but in the sense of, you know, people that are not in the majority of the nation's population.
+Sam Calin Yes, the Blues began when the bottom fell out of the slave market and one enterprising slave trader held his 158 slaves in a large barn in South Carolina until the market for slaves began to show higher prices. But, while they were being held there, the slaves discovered an old bottle of molasses that had turned into alcohol -rum- and they began to drink it and the results were terrible hangovers and a longing for women and then the slaves began to write lyrics complaining about their situation - hung over, no chicks - and they applied those lyrics to a recast gospel song and that was the birth of the blues.
Man, my Parents have the Album of that Man. We need to get back to our Roots of Soul Music!
The truth is spoken....
Thank you for posting this beautiful song.
I love it when an artist puts their heart and soul into a song. Make you want to play it again and again.
Truly great version of this song. Truly great Soul singer who had his own particular problems to try to overcome. Right up there along with contemporaries like Oscar Toney Jr., Darrell Banks, David Ruffin. Raw, powerful, emotive. This is an inspired post.
This is absolutely amazing music. RIP James Carr
There are so many powerful emotions in his songs, you feel every lyric. Every word sound as though he actually experienced them personally.
This man ! This man! Lord u can feel his sanging deep n ur soul! 🌠🌠💕
Why!? Why? Why have I never heard of this man before? AMAZING!
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oh my gosh I love him! Best version Ive heard!
Deep, raw and gritty soul singing, matched with a terrific arrangement listen to the bass, behind and the organ here: majestic, shades of Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness“ backed by Booker T. & the M.G.’s!
Yeah, why have I never heard of this guy? Partly because it only charted at number 112 on the Billboard hot 100 bubbling under in 1968.
Horns lagging slightly behind. Pure Memphis Soul
I know! why why why? Dang im so inlove with his music. Why isnt he a Motown Legend? Not ust for his amazing Vocals but materpiece recordings. The music had amazing arangments and obvioulsy top notch players. No disrespect to Otis, Sam Cook, Brook Benton but James is right up there with them.
I know this man just could make you feel every word he sang
Lot's of these blues singers that we have not acknowledged have the most powerful, voices , and music abilty... recor company's pushed who they wanted back then, and now.
This is really brilliant.....
Perfect. Love it.
he didn't record for Motown but I can't help agreeing with every other point Jude made. Spot on mate!
It's probably GOOD that he didn't get to Motown -- they might have stifled (?) or at least misdirected his career. ~ Be thankful for all his great Goldwax Records sides,
all here on RUclips!
He really reworked what was a country song (you can hear recordings by Carl Smith and Little Jimmy Dickens on youtube, and kills it. Memphis deep soul at its best..
Life can do that.
(Man)Can you say real music
(Baby)The best
(Man)That's close enough xD
Has anyone ever noticed that many of these Blues Singers are minorities?
I mean, not minorities in the sense of the japanese but in the sense of, you know, people that are not in the majority of the nation's population.
+AlphaCatholic Yeah, I mean, do you know any history of the blues/ soul/ jazz?
+Sam Calin
Yes, the Blues began when the bottom fell out of the slave market and one enterprising slave trader held his 158 slaves in a large barn in South Carolina until the market for slaves began to show higher prices.
But, while they were being held there, the slaves discovered an old bottle of molasses that had turned into alcohol -rum- and they began to drink it and the results were terrible hangovers and a longing for women and then the slaves began to write lyrics complaining about their situation - hung over, no chicks - and they applied those lyrics to a recast gospel song and that was the birth of the blues.
AlphaCatholic jo3simoñ Joe Simon Joe Simon Joe Simon Says
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He isn't a Motown legend simply because he never recorded for Motown Records.
Thank you
this sounds more like blues than motown
It’s both really
Belter..
oh my gosh I love him! Best version Ive heard!