Lou Rawls

The Way It Was, The Way It Is

1969 · Rhythm & Blues · Capitol Records

US · ST-215

Tracklist

Credits

Producer: David Axelrod
Arranged by: David Axelrod, Benny Golson
Written by: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper, Bobby Doyle, Kenny Rogers, Mike Post, Hayes & Porter, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis, Donovan Phillips Leitch, John Hartford, Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen, Savannah Churchill, Lou Rawls

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Where it leads

Memphis Soul

Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.

Where to find it

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