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Our Lady of Mysterious Sorrows

Posted by Lance Davis - August 23, 2018 - Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Chips Moman, Dan Penn, Jerry Wexler, King Curtis, Ray Charles, Sweet Inspirations
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Like Ray (Charles), Aretha was a hands-on performer, a two-fisted pianist plugged into the main circuit of Holy Ghost power. Even though we produced Aretha in a way that we never produced Ray, she remained the central orchestrator of her own sound, the essential contributor and final arbiter of what fit or did not fit […]

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Oh Bobby, Won’t You Let It Rock: Bobby Keys, Pt. 1

Posted by Lance Davis - January 10, 2015 - B.B. King, Bobby Keys, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, Delaney & Bonnie, Dion, Eric Clapton, Faces, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Joe Cocker, Keith Richards, King Curtis, Levon Helm, Little Walter, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones
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  Every night’s a Saturday night And every day’s a Sunday I know I’ve been wrong before But I’m gonna try it one more time! –Epigraph to Bobby Keys‘ autobiography, Every Night’s A Saturday Night, 2012 When The Rolling Stones‘ longtime saxophonist, Bobby Keys, died last month due to cirrhosis of the liver, it marked […]

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Anatomy of a Classic: Bring It On Home To Me

Posted by Lance Davis - July 5, 2008 - Charles Brown, King Curtis, Lou Rawls, Sam Cooke
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  Sam Cooke is my favorite singer and has been since I was 13-14 years old. While most of my friends were obsessing over U2 and Depeche Mode concert tickets, I was obsessing over Sam Cooke records. While time has mostly vindicated me, even I have to laugh that while I liked The Joshua Tree […]

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