Genre: Album
Grade A-
Notable People: William Bell,
Title: This is Where I Live
Review: A legend of the Stax-Volt sound in it 60’s heyday, the 77 year old southern soul master makes his return to Stax records after a 55 year absence. This is the Real Deal. Bell was contemporary of Otis Redding and hits all the highlights of classic southern R&B on this one- covering songs by Jesse Winchester, Marc Cohn, Roseanne Cash and the great Booker T. You’ve got your vocals by Amy Helm to add to the chitlin’ mix. This guy wrote “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and “Born Under a Bad sign” so his songs are not chopped liver either. Glad he is back.