Spellbinding and utterly hypnotizing blues ballad from some dusty corner of soul history, this little single is unpolished,raw and earthy sound of black ghetto. Just a guitar and few instruments in the background,piano plinking and girl (in this case great Fontella Bass) pouring her heart out to a song that actually belong more to already out-of-fashion doo wop style of previous decade. Think Lula Reed, Esther Phillips or any of classic rhythm n' blues songbirds. It is a dark, smokey sound of after-hours hang outs, with strange characters and only a tired waiter still around. Yes,it has Ike Turner written all over it and Tina joins harmonizing in refrain, her recognizable deep, soulful voice matching main vocalist note by note. Side B is another doo wop ballad "This Would Make Me Happy" that actually has Ikettes around for a background vocals. Delicious glimpse into the past. Old jukebox. Almost never anthologized on CDs although it definitely should have been. I love this so much that I could listen this all the time.
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