(Casual : 2003)

Sheldon Church Yard - Larry Jon Wilson | I Hate Hate - Razzy | Hey Good Looking - Charlie Rich | Running Back To You - Eddie Hinton | Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You? - Tony Joe White | You Better Move On - Travis Mammack | Short End Of The Stick - Donnie Fritts | We Can Love - Delaney and Bonnie | Funny How Time Slips Away - Reuben Howell - | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Jim Ford | Get Involved - George Soule | Where's Your Love Been? - Sandra Rhodes | Stay Baby Stay - Johnny Day | The Feeling Is Right - Bobby Hatfield | If Love Was Money - Dan Penn

There was something funky happening in the American South in the late '60s and you din't know what it was, did you, Mr. Jones?.

Hip young caucasians were tuning in, turning on, dropping out of their ancestors' ancient prejudices - rebel youths who'd grown up in the shadow of Elvis, who'd heard the siren call of black singers on the radio and had their heads turned round

“We weren't interested in any kind of white music, period. Far as I was concerned, I was black. I don't know how my skin got white, but I was black - my mind was black!”.

Dan Penn, redneck Soul Man extraordinaire

“There's a particular kind of Southern soul musician - singers, songwriters - whose skin is white, but their soul is black, and their music is as much part of their life as breathing. From the great underrated Charlie Rich, (in the words of Jerry Wexler) to Tony Joe White - a rugged Elvis, who plays killer guitar and blows soulful harmonica and writes great songs - to Funky Donnie Fritts, the Alabama Leaning Man, with whom I spent nearly three good decades on the road.”.

“Larry Jon Wilson? He can break your heart with a voice like a cannonball. Eddie Hinton. Travis Wammack. The great Dan Penn. What a group. The work of these guys has moved emotions of millions of people, and we are grateful.”.

Kris Kristofferson.

To read more, you'll have to check out the excellent cover notes on this CD!

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