In “Nobody wants you when you’re down and out” You can hear the intricate play between voice and guitar within possibly one of the most cooking grooves. Its like he can’t wait to sing those lyrics. Bobby tells it how it is. His style thankfully doesn’t allow for second thoughts and lyrical changes.
What he’s saying is always personal and often in the first person. Tunes like “That’s the way I feel about Cha” and “If you want my love, put something down on it” demonstrate Bobby’s amazing musical range and skill in the softer register as well as on the James brown meter.
He encompasses falsetto traits of Al Green, the despairing vulnerability of Marvin Gaye and screaming sensation of James brown. All these geniuses and really Bobby is right up there with them, in them and they are in him. Bobby Womack simply is not one artist. Like all giants he is beyond genre. The fact he has written for and been covered by so many is testament to that fact.
When you put on a Bobby Womack CD, You ‘re never alone. You have Bobby talking to you- giving you advice- roaring at you to make you understand what he’s been through. Bobby is probably the most under rated music artist alive today. God bless Bobby. We thank him for being Bobby Womack and being there for us.
These are some of classic hit recordings written by Womack:
The Rolling Stones achieved their first UK Pop number one on 16th July 1964 with a song entitled “ It’s All Over Now”; co written Bobby with is sister Shirley Womack extracted from classic hit album 12 X 5 recorded at the famous Chess recording studios in Chicago on 10th June 1964.
The second song was the title track Breezin’ performed by George Benson; which was number one on the Billboard Album chart listings under three separate genres; Jazz, Pop and R&B. By 22nd October 1984, the Breezin album achieved triple platinum status for over three million copies sold in North America.
What he’s saying is always personal and often in the first person. Tunes like “That’s the way I feel about Cha” and “If you want my love, put something down on it” demonstrate Bobby’s amazing musical range and skill in the softer register as well as on the James brown meter.
He encompasses falsetto traits of Al Green, the despairing vulnerability of Marvin Gaye and screaming sensation of James brown. All these geniuses and really Bobby is right up there with them, in them and they are in him. Bobby Womack simply is not one artist. Like all giants he is beyond genre. The fact he has written for and been covered by so many is testament to that fact.
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| This album recorded by The Rolling Stones includes the hit single "It's All Over Now" |
When you put on a Bobby Womack CD, You ‘re never alone. You have Bobby talking to you- giving you advice- roaring at you to make you understand what he’s been through. Bobby is probably the most under rated music artist alive today. God bless Bobby. We thank him for being Bobby Womack and being there for us.
These are some of classic hit recordings written by Womack:
The Rolling Stones achieved their first UK Pop number one on 16th July 1964 with a song entitled “ It’s All Over Now”; co written Bobby with is sister Shirley Womack extracted from classic hit album 12 X 5 recorded at the famous Chess recording studios in Chicago on 10th June 1964.
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The triple platinum album "Breezin" Researched and compiled by Mr K Tomlin Music Historian ©RCM Music/Signaturesoundsonline2013 |
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