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Scott Looks to the Future with James Hunter and the Past With Al Green

June 17, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 


James Hunter - The Hard Way - Hear Music
Al Green - Lay It Down - Blue Note

Great soul music seems to be universal. Not only can it touch the hearts of young and old music fans (when it’s done right) but it can also cross color barriers easier than any other type of music. I mean, who can resist early Motown like The Supremes, Smokey Robinson or even Marvin Gaye? Who does not feel a little more alive when a song by Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin comes on the radio? Then try to sit still when one of the greatest of them all, y’all, James Brown, gets his furious dance beats percolating.

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