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The great george jacson

Tony Mowatt | 01/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"George Jackson is one of southern soul's greatest writers and an underrated singer in his own right. Nearly everyone on earth has heard Bob Seger's 'Old Time Rock n' Roll'(wriiten by Jackson) and those of us over 40 remember Seger taking a long ride on his 'Tryin' to Live My Life Without You'- originally done by soul great Otis Clay (his biggest hit too).

Jackson also penned 'One Bad Apple' (originally intented for the J5) perhaps the only Osmond Brothers tune that you wouldn't mind listening to.

He wrote the Pickett classic 'Man and a Half' and, what has now become a blues standard, ZZ Hill's, 'Down Home Blues'.

There are many other great Jackson tunes (the wonderful 'If I Could Reach Out' for Otis Clay and the Johnny Taylor blues, 'Last Two Dollars').

As a performer, Jackson wrote and sang the great, amazingly hooky, 'Aretha, Sing One for Me'. And there is no greater southern soul ballad than his gospel drenched 'Gonna Hold On to What I've Got'.

None of the above are included on this CD but George Jackson seems incapable of writing a tune not worth hearing. There's a lot of gems and though it's pricey here...it's worth it."