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Solomon Burke - Nashville Audio CD

A fair review of the Solomon Burke "Nashville" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Solomon Burke reviews here, or go back to the Solomon Burke tabs.

Solomon Burke Band: Solomon Burke
Title: Nashville
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Release Date: 2006-09-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: That's How I Got to Memphis 2: Seems Like You're Gonna Take Me Back 3: Tomorrow Is Forever - Solomon Burke, Dolly Parton 4: Ain't Got You 5: Valley of Tears - Solomon Burke, Gillian Welch 6: Honey Where's the Money Gone 7: Atta Way to Go 8: Millionaire 9: Up to the Mountain - Solomon Burke, Patty Griffin 10: Does My Ring Burn Your Finger 11: Vicious Circle 12: We're Gonna Hold On - Solomon Burke, Emmylou Harris 13: You're the Kind of Trouble - Solomon Burke, Patty Loveless 14: 'Til I Get It Right

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Following in the footsteps of Ray Charles
For this album, he enlisted the support of a stellar cast of guests including five female singers. In the sixties, Solomon Burke had hits in the American pop charts with R+B covers of country songs, though without making the same impact as Ray Charles, but I believe that this is Solomon's first album that actually focuses on country songs.

The set begins with That's how I got to Memphis, written by Tom T Hall, though Solomon could have learned the song from Bobby Bare's recording. Both Tom and Bobby have plenty of more famous songs to their credit, but the song suits Solomon well and makes a great opening to the album. Next up is a Jim Lauderdale song (Seems like you're gonna take me back), which is followed by a duet with Dolly Parton on one of her early hits (Tomorrow is forever, which she originally recorded as a duet with Porter Wagoner).

The fourth track (Ain't got you) is a Bruce Springsteen song. I've come across several covers of Bruce's songs by country singers, including traditionalists like Mel McDaniel, and they always work well. Whatever you think about Bruce's politics (and mine are very different from his), Bruce always wrote good songs with thoughtful lyrics. Next is Valley of tears, a Gillian Welch song that features the lady herself as Solomon's duet partner. Honey where's the money gone (written by Paul Kennerley and Barry Tashian) precedes Atta way to go, a cover of a Don Williams song from the early seventies.

Kevin Welch wrote Millionaire; he plays guitar on Solomon's version here, with Buddy Miller playing guitar and joining Solomon on vocals. Patty Griffin wrote Up on the mountain; here she joins Solomon for a duet version of the song. The next two tracks (Does my ring burn my finger?, Vicious circle) find Solomon singing solo. We're gonna hold on, performed here as a duet with Emmylou Harris, started life as a duet by George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Patty Loveless joins Solomon for a duet version of You're the kind of trouble. The album closes with a solo version of a Tammy Wynette classic, Till I get it right. I suspect that Solomon would have liked to sing with Tammy and they would surely have sounded great together. Even so, this is a brilliant album from start to finish.

The songs selected are not necessarily obvious choices but I suspect that Solomon, clearly a country music fan, may have most or all of the original versions in his own record collection. Solomon brings an R+B feel to all the recordings so some traditionalists may not be keen, but there is plenty here to satisfy most country fans and some non-country fans too.


the best - done right
So good in so many ways, you can play it again and again and never stop marveling at the power of the performances. From song selection to arrangement to production to guest artists to Solomon Burke at the top of his game, this is a collection for the ages. Go, Solomon!.


Incredible!
This is one of those albums. Very seldom do I listen to an album that transcends genre by including so many musical styles that the songs become "music" instead of country music or gospel music or blues music. Burke's voice is strong and emotional in rip roarin' honkytonk tunes and in the slow weepy ones. Five stars, easily!.


Soloman Burke Nashville
A really great effort . Soloman Burke proves once again why he is still recording music . . He has the voice that says Soloman Burke as soon as you hear it. . . He knows how to phrase a lyric to get all its meaning out front. . . . . His voice is the difinition of soul music. . . . Nashville shows. . . off his ability to move from one place to the next and not miss the meaning of the style of the music he is singing. . . . . . . This CD gets better with each playing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Ross.


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