BOBBY WOMACK:The Greatest Man In The Universe

[soulselector]

To ye from the land of Dub-Step, drop all normal slagging of that genre, and give a listen to the new album by Mr. Womack.

The stark inimitable voice is framed by the spare sonics----'a heart beat and a funeral', is the reaction of one of my fellow Womack-worshippers here in St. Louis, when considering the song 'Whatever Happened To The Times'.

Now, I've always sold LOTS, LOTS of BW in my shop here, but I can't imagine his traditional audience easily warming to this. But GODS, his voice puts the hook in and doesn't let go.

Surveying the admitted ruins of a tempetuous life: Womack as King Lear.

He should be well-proud of this fine release.

[I]

Pardon Mr Selector, it was his mentor, Sam Cooke, who was the greatest man in the universe and to this day remains as such.

Observer

[Mr Swing Easy]

.... and his brother in law. bob's brother cecil married one of sam's daughters of course. i once met the close friend of another of sam's babymothers, on a train from memphis to chicago, august 2001. my friend's friend had a daughter for sam cooke in new orleans.

bobby womack is seriously under-rated & i'll listen to all and any papa ray. the poet 2 remains my favourite and sam cooke remains my favourite male soul singer like Penny said.

T.

[soulselector]

This primary link to Mr. Cooke(as was fellow-protege Johnnie Taylor, another enduringly popular R&B artist in these parts) once stood in St. Louis on-stage, & announced that it was his 50th birthday.

Over a 1,000 fans on a warm Tuesday night sold out the club, and Womack's spot-on band were suddenly taking a break. Holding an acoustic guitar, he said it seems like it was only yesterday I was 15, and playing guitar for my idol Sam Cooke'. The solo version of Change Is Gonna Come was rapturously cheered by the STL crowd, and later that night I was introduced to no less than JW Alexander by Bobby...no doubt an unexceptional moment in these two men's life, but I sure as hell felt it was an auspicious moment of history for my eyes to view these two men in a night club where, if you went out the back door, one looked out an urban backdrop for the Mississippi River.

As the man once said, Who Feels It Knows It.

[Mr Swing Easy]

Seen. Miss Evelyn Gethers, my secondary link to mr Cooke! T