What is Soul? - Paul Shaffer

Written and produced by D.Covay/S.Cropper/P.Shaffer; from Shaffer's '89 Capitol release Coast to Coast - from the sleeve: "I approached the emperor of soul, Covay, to do Memphis justice. He pulled in Cropper, and we set about reassembling the legendary Soul Clan - Pickett, Womack, Ben E. - talk about a function!" - and earlier: "Here was the idea: that for one year, every time I had a weekend off, I would fly to one of the musical centers of the U.S.A. to one of the towns from which had emanated the music that shaped my life, and in each town I would get with my favorite friends (my favorite mentors, actually) and we would hang, party out, and make a song together...this can't be a bad time!"

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Music

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• American
• Soul
• Music