Couldn't agree with you more about Sam Cooke… Harlem Square Club is a perfect live album… there's just a palpable energy to it that you can't usually feel in a recording (I actually wrote a bit about it here). And the use of the marimbas on “Good Times” has always been one of my favorite quirky little orchestrations of Sam.
Keep writing about him! I'd love to read more of your thoughts.
Ben
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