Posted August 30, 200619 yr The definitive version of this mammoth deep soul piece? The Jarvis Jackson original on Sims or Woodard's cover version on Chant, often cited as the greatest blue-eyed soul waxing. I'd love to know what other ballad fans think.
August 30, 200619 yr Would love to hear these. Have heard neither. For some reason, I can't listen to the sounds in "the gallery" so that wouldn't work.
August 30, 200619 yr The definitive version of this mammoth deep soul piece? The Jarvis Jackson original on Sims or Woodard's cover version on Chant, often cited as the greatest blue-eyed soul waxing. I'd love to know what other ballad fans think. ...Jarvis Jackson, by a country mile. Mind you the man Woodard's is pretty mind blowing in its own right, but JJ's was, I think, the first record to ever make me spontaneously burst into tears, such is the power of the emotion in its simple, upfront delivery. I still think it's the very essence of what soul and country songwriting is about - honest and direct in a way that todays equivalent could never be... TONE
The definitive version of this mammoth deep soul piece? The Jarvis Jackson original on Sims or Woodard's cover version on Chant, often cited as the greatest blue-eyed soul waxing. I'd love to know what other ballad fans think.