As with Roxy Music, I got into Al Green through a slightly indirect route. I saw/heard a slightly warped cover of his song "Simply Beautiful" by Mike Patton's band Fantômas.
Loved the song so I checked out a couple of Green's tracks on youtube ended up picking up a 4-pack of Green's classic albums for Hi records.
Green's voice is a thing of beauty. It moves from a delicate, barely audible falsetto whisper to a raspy bold cry, giving each song exactly what it needs. Whether it's the soul grooves of 'La la for you' and 'So you're leaving', the laid back RnB of 'What is this feeling?', or the epic, emotive 6 minute reading of "How can you mend a broken heart?" in which you could imagine that Green is actually searching for the broken shards.
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