Uploaded by raredoowop on Apr 7, 2010
Charles continued to work club dates around the Cincinatti area at this time, basically taking whatever work he could get. He was apparently an inveterate gambler, able to lose large sums of money almost as fast as he made them. He ended up deep in hock to a syndicate boss by the name of Screw Andrews, who kept him playing (with a gun to his head) as the house band at his Copa Club in Newport, Kentucky (a 'sin-bin' right outside of Cincinatti). It was here that Sam Cooke would hear Charles perform I Want To Go Home as part of his regular show whenever he was in town. Cooke was a big fan, and would often tell him that someday he was gonna record it with him...
By 1962, Andrews was dead, and Brown was free to return to the west coast. By this time, Sam had written new lyrics to the song, and asked Charles to come down and play piano at the recording session for his tune, now re-titled Bring It On Home To Me. Brown declined, opting instead to go to the racetrack... The rest, as they say, is history, with Sam and long-time Chicago Gospel pal Lou Rawls nailing it on the second take, this phenomenal song would go on to become the giant hit that it remains today (please check out Peter Guralnick's excellent Dream Boogie for more on Cooke and his world).
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@rosterfoster -- uh, oh yeah. listen to the two. holy cow. somebody would owe something if this happened today ...
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@rosterfoster I don'ty see how anyone could deny it. It's right there and plain for anyone to see.
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@rosterfoster You can totally hear it.
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I recently read that Sam Cooke borrowed heavily from the musical structure of this song when composing his hit "Bring it on Home to Me."
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You certainly know your Cincy "club" history. It's been a long time since Screw Andrews. I used to listen to Amos at the Tri-Cities yacht club. Thanks for posting.
12014343lk 1 year ago
@12014343lk , you very welcome.
raredoowop 1 year ago