Frogtoon Müzik

Take Me To The River by Al Green

Sanatçı biyografisi Al Green

Reverend Albert Green Born April 13 1946 In Forrest City Arkansas Is An American Grammy Award Winning Soul And Gospel Singer Who Enjoyed Great Popularity In The 70s With Hit Singles Such As "Let's Stay Together" Tired Of Being Alone" And "You Oughta Be With Me". Green Has Boasted A Voice Capable Of Both Fluid High Streams Of Sugar And Deep South Growls And Rasps. He Has Sold Over 20 Million Records Worldwide And He Was Also Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 Being Referred To As "one Of The Most Gifted Purveyors Of Soul Music." Green Was Born In Forrest City Arkansas. He Started Performing At Age Ten In A Forrest City Quartet Called The Greene Brothers He Dropped The Final "E" From His Last Name Years Later As A Solo Artist. They Toured Extensively In The Mid-1950s In The South Until The Greenes Moved To Grand Rapids Michigan When They Began To Tour Around Michigan. His Father Kicked Him Out Of The Group Because He Caught Green Listening To Jackie Wilson. In 1967 At The Age Of 16 Al Formed An R&B Group Al Green & The Creations With Several Of His High-School Friends. Two Creation Members Curtis Rogers And Palmer James Founded Their Own Independent Record Company Hot Line Music Journal And Had The Group Record For The Label. By That Time The Creations Had Been Re-Named The Soul Mates. The Group's First Single "Back Up Train " Became A Surprise Hit Climbing To Number Five On The R&B Charts Early In 1968. The Soul Mates Attempted To Record Another Hit But All Of Their Subsequent Singles Failed To Find An Audience. In 1969 Al Green Met Bandleader And Hi Records Vice President Willie Mitchell While On Tour In Midland Texas. Impressed With Green's Voice He Signed The Singer To Hi Records And Began Collaborating With Al On His Debut Album He Was Perhaps The Ideal Complement To The Orchestral Syrupy Strong Soul Production Work Of Hi Records Wizard Willie Mitchell Who Also Helmed 70s Classics For Syl Johnson Ann Peebles And Himself. On October 18 1974 Mary Woodson A Woman Who Was His Longtime Girlfriend Threw A Large Pot Of Sticky Boiling Grits On Him As He Was Preparing To Shower Because He Didn't Want To Get Married. She Committed Suicide In Minutes Which Deeply Affected Green To Turn To God And Religion. This Assault From Behind Caused Third-Degree Burns On His Back Stomach And Arm. Deeply Shaken Green Continued To Reaffirm And Grow Closer To His Deeply Held Love For God And Became An Ordained Pastor Of The Full Gospel Tabernacle In Memphis In 1976. Continuing To Record R&B Green Saw His Sales Start To Slip And Drew Mixed Reviews From Critics. 1977's The Belle Album Was Critically Acclaimed But Did Not Regain His Former Mass Audience. In 1979 Green Injured Himself Falling Off The Stage While Performing In Cincinnati And Interpreted This As A Message From God. He Then Concentrated His Energies Towards Pastoring His Church And Gospel Singing Also Appearing In 1982 With Patti Labelle In The Broadway Musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God. According To Glide Magazine "by The Late 70s He Had Begun Concentrating Almost Exclusively On Gospel Music." His First Gospel Album Was The Lord Will Make A Way. From 1981 To 1989 Green Recorded A Series Of Gospel Recordings Garnering Eight "soul Gospel Performance" Grammys In That Period. In 1985 He Reunited With Willie Mitchell Along With Angelo Earl For He Is The Light His First Album For A&M Records. In 1984 Director Robert Mugge Released A Documentary Film Gospel According To Al Green Including Interviews About His Life And Footage From His Church. In 1989 Green Released "I Get Joy" Again With Producer/guitarist Angelo Earl. In 2001 He Appeared In The Movie And Soundtrack Of On The Line Featuring Lance Bass. After Spending Several Years Exclusively Performing Gospel Green Began To Return To Rhythm & Blues. First He Released A Duet With Annie Lennox "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" For Scrooged A 1988 Bill Murray Film. In 1989 Green Worked With Producer Arthur Baker Writing And Producing The International Hit "The Message Is Love". In 1991 He Created The Introductory Theme Song For The Short-Lived Television Series Good Sports Featuring Ryan O'Neal And Farrah Fawcett. In 1992 Green Recorded Again With Baker The Fine Young Cannibals And Reunited With His Former Memphis Mix Engineer This Time Functioning As Producer Terry Manning To Release The Album Don't Look Back. His 1994 Duet With Country Music Singer Lyle Lovett Blended Country With R&B Garnering Him His Ninth Grammy This Time In A Pop Music Category. Green's First Secular Album In Some Time Was Your Heart's In Good Hands 1995 Released To Positive Reviews But Disappointing Sales The Same Year Green Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
In 2000 Green Published Take Me To The River A Book Discussing His Career. Green Received A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award In 2002.
In 2001 Green's Live Cover Of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" Was Released On The Soundtrack To Will Smith's Film Ali The Song Plays When Muhammad Ali Learns Of The Death Of Close Friend Malcolm X .
By 2003 Green Released A Non-Religious Secular Album Entitled I Can't Stop His First Collaboration With Willie Mitchell Since 1985's He Is The Light. In March 2005 He Issued Everything's OK As The Follow-Up To I Can't Stop. Green Also Collaborated With Mitchell On This Secular CD. The Title Of Al Green's Latest Album Lay It Down Released May 2008 Truly Tells It Like It Is. Conceived As A Collaboration Between The Soul Legend And A Handful Of Gifted Young Admirers From The Worlds Of Contemporary R&B And Hip Hop The Album Is Drawn From A Series Of Inspired Sessions That Yielded The Most High-Spirited Funky And Often Lushly Romantic Songs Of Green's Latter-Day Career. The Project Features The Sophisticated R&B Voices Of Singer-Songwriters John Legend Anthony Hamilton And Corinne Bailey Rae And It Was Co-Produced With Green By Two Of Hip-Hop's Most Innovative Players Drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson From The Roots And Keyboardist James Poyser The Go-To Guy For High-Profile Artists Ranging From Erykah Badu To Common. Add In Brooklyn's Celebrated Dap-King Horns Sharon Jones Amy Winehouse Guitarist Chalmers "Spanky" Alford Mighty Clouds Of Joy Joss Stone And Bassist Adam Blackstone Jill Scott DJ Jazzy Jeff Among Others And You've Got A Modern Soul-Music Dream Team Fronted By The Most Expressive Voice In The Business.

Frogtoon Müzik - Şarkı Bilgisi: Take Me To The River

"Take Me To The River" Is A 1974 Song Written By Singer Al Green And Guitarist Teenie Hodges. Hit Versions Were Recorded By Both Syl Johnson And Talking Heads. In 2004 Al Green's Original Version Was Ranked Number 117 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. The Original Version Was Recorded By Al Green As A Track On His 1974 Album Al Green Explores Your Mind Produced By Willie Mitchell And Featuring Musicians Charles Leroy And Mabon Hodges The Hodges Brothers Drummer Howard Grimes And The Memphis Horns. Green And Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Wrote The Song While Staying In A Rented House At Lake Hamilton Arkansas For Three Days In 1973 In Order To Come Up With New Material. According To Mitchell Green Wrote The Words And Green And Hodges Wrote The Tune Together. Green Dedicated His Performance On The Record To "...Little Junior Parker A Cousin Of Mine He's Gone On But We'd Like To Kinda Carry On In His Name.." According To One Writer "Green's Song Squares The Singer's Early Religious Convictions With More Earthly Interests" But When The Singer Became A Pastor Of The Full Gospel Tabernacle Church In 1976 He Dropped The Song From His Repertoire. Writing In The Independent In 1994 Tim De Lisle Wrote "Musically It Was Much Like Any Other Track Sung By Green And Produced By Willie Mitchell The Southern-Soul Maestro Who Ran Hi Records The Memphis Horns And The Memphis Strings R'n'B With Lashings Of Subtlety A Light Easy Late-Night Sound In Which The Strings The Horns The Organ The Guitars And That Wild-Honey Voice Blend Into A Single Swinging Winning Thing. It Doesn't Sound Like A Band Playing It Sounds Like A Lot Of Instruments Humming." The Record Company Hi Records Did Not Release Green's Track As A Single But Instead Passed The Song To His Labelmate Syl Johnson. Johnson's Recording Of The Song Featuring Most Of The Same Musicians As On Green's Version But With Additional Harmonica And A Grittier Vocal Performance Reached #48 On The US Billboard Hot 100 In 1975 And #7 On The U.S. Billboard R&B Chart. In 1976 Foghat Made The First Recording Of The Song By A Rock Band On Their Album Night Shift. Two Years Later It Was Recorded Separately By Levon Helm And Bryan Ferry On Solo Albums And Then By The Band Talking Heads On Their Second Album More Songs About Buildings And Food. Their Version Recorded With Co-Producer Brian Eno In Nassau Bahamas Was Edited And Released As A Single And Reached # 26 On The US Billboard Hot 100 In 1979 4 8 As Well As Hitting The Singles Charts In Canada Australia And New Zealand. Thomas Ryan Wrote Of Talking Heads' Version That It "broadsided The Status Quo By Combining The Best Ingredients Of Conventional Pop Music And Classic Soul Music Stirring Them Together And Then Presenting The Mix In The Guise Of Punk Rock." In The Liner Notes For Once In A Lifetime The Best Of Talking Heads Singer David Byrne Writes "Coincidence Or Conspiracy? There Were At Least Four Cover Versions Of This Song Out At The Same Time Foghat Bryan Ferry Levon Helm And Us. More Money For Mr Green's Full Gospel Tabernacle Church I Suppose. A Song That Combines Teenage Lust With Baptism. Not Equates You Understand But Throws Them In The Same Stew At Least. A Potent Blend. All Praise The Mighty Spurtin' Jesus." Live Versions Were Included On Talking Heads' Albums The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads And Stop Making Sense. "Take Me To The River" Has Also Been Covered By Several Other Performers Including Levon Helm Diane Schuur Tina Turner The Blue Ox Babes Annie Lennox Toni Childs Max On The Rox Dave Matthews Band Canned Heat The Dresden Soul Symphony Grateful Dead Delbert McClinton Maná The Commitments Gov't Mule Guy Sebastian Phish The Gizmos Element Of Crime Alabama 3 Claudja Barry Tom Jones And Eva Cassidy. Bruce Springsteen Has Used The Chorus During Live Performances Of The Epic Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out. In 2000 The Tune Was Used In The Popular Animatronic Singing Toy "Big Mouth Billy Bass". The Recording Was Arranged And Produced For The Toy's Manufacturers Gemmy Industries By Al Thomas Of Designer Music. Citation Needed According To Teenie Hodges He Made More Money In Royalties From That Version Than From Any Previous Versions.

50 Benzer Parçalar:

Take Me To The River için Müzik Etiketleri:

BAŞLANGIÇ AL GREEN
POPÜLER PARÇALAR KARIŞIMLAR ALBÜMLER
Video 1 : 50