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Movin' Day 03:27 | | 02. Willoughby Grove 03:27 | | 03. Shoes 02:56 | | 04. Poor Make Believer 03:14 | | 05. Please Send Me Someone To Love 05:39 | | 06. Big Mable Murphy 04:04 | | 07. She Even Woke Me up To Say Goodbye 03:28 | | 08. Save The Last Dance For Me 02:59 | | 09. Sidewalks Of Chicago 03:54 | | 10. Country Comfort 03:32 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | By the time he recorded Story Teller he already had long recording | | career behind him which commenced in 1955 with "The Kentuckian Song" | | single. Coming from a Gospel/Doo Wop background, he carved out a | | career that took in Blues, Rock N Roll and Soul and as a gifted | | songwriter he wrote for none other than Nat King Cole. In 1959 he had | | number 3 hit in the US with "It's Just a Matter of Time" and from | | there on many hits followed, especially in the early part of the 60s. | | His star waned by the middle of the decade but his recording of Tony | | Joe White's "Rainy Night In Georgia" put him right back in the US top | | five in 1969 and when we catch up with Brook here he was just off the | | back of that international success and in good shape. | | | | "Story Teller" was the follow up and his jaunty pose on the sleeve | | with pipe in hand got me on his side already! The title does sum up | | the Brook Benton approach at the time really, he very much was the | | kind of singer that could bring lyrics to life - sounded like he | | meant it, man in Johnny Rotten-speak. This record leads off with the | | mournful "Moving Day" and does not vary too far from the format its | | predecessor - mostly slow semi-ballads but with skilful musical | | flourishes and Brook's deep baritone. "Shoes", his last medium sized | | hit, is a cool, high-class funk concoction about a spurned lover and | | Benton's voice is full, sorrowful and huge throughout this record. | | "Please Send Me Someone To Love" (surely a proto-Morrissey title?) | | reprises the Gospel elements of the previous LP and "Big Mabel | | Murphy" reaches even further back merging 40s swing jazz and blues to | | come on like an update of Cab Calloway. Oddly for such an | | accomplished songwriter this album was all covers, but bar Pomus and | | Shuman's well-worn "Save The Last Dance For Me" it eschews the | | familiar ending with a version of Elton John's "Country Comfort". | | | | | | Chuck Rainey - bass | | Cornell Dupree - guitar | | Bernard Purdie, Ray Lucas, Sammy Creason - drums | | Dave Crawford - electric piano, piano, organ | | Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson, The Memphis Horns - horns | | The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2021-=----------------------/__\--'