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Rockie Charles - Born For You"Fifty-four-year-old Louisiana Native Rockie Charles emerges from the fen-sucked fog of obscurity on 'Born for You.' A singer/songwriter/guitarist known as 'The President of Soul,' he backed soul legends like Little Johnny Taylor, Percy Sledge, O.V. Wright and Otis Redding in the 1960s when he was based in Nashville. This unpretentious album of original Southern soul owes more to the music of Al Green and O.V. Wright then to blues or even 'Nawlins R&B. The five ballads suggest the influence of Percy Sledge. His sparse, clean guitar work reminds me of Stax-era Steve Cropper as it fits in perfectly with the organ and horns."
Thomas J. Cullen III, Blues Review
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Born for You - 2:52
 ListenOld Black Joel - 5:03 Oh My Darling, Look What You're Doing to Me - 4:14 ListenFestis Believe in Justice - 2:04 Please Tell Me It Ain't So - 2:22 Something is Wrong With Our Love - 5:09 I Need Your Love So Bad, I'm About to Lose My Mind - 3:41 Don't Let Me Go - 3:53 ListenI Just Called to Wish You a Merry Christmas - 4:16 I Like to Make Love When It's Pouring Down Rain - 2:43 There Is a Rainbow Hangin' Over My Shoulder - 6:35 Produced by Carlo Ditta Recorded 1995-1996 in Louisiana at Bonvillians Music In Gretna, Hart Sound in Belle Chasse & The Garage in Covington |
guitar & vocals: Rockie Charles
bass: Jerry Pekinto
bass (tracks 7 & 11): John Bonvillian Jr.
organ: Rick Allen, Wayne Lohr
drums: Tony D'Alessandro
lap steel: Fred Koella
tenor sax: Jerry Embree
baritone sax: Sean Kenny
trumpet: Wilber Tank
harmonica: Smoky Greenwell
background vocals, snaps & claps: Karlene Arean, Rhea Kahler
tambourine: Carlo Ditta
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