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Artist:	COVAY & J. LEMON BLUES, DON
Title:	House of Blues Lights
Label:	SEPIA-TONE
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	STONE 011CD

"The compositions of R&B and soul songwriting great Don Covay have been recorded by everyone from the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, Gladys Knight to Wilson Pickett, and many others. Mick Jagger has even cited Covay as his all time favorite singer! During his period at Atlantic in the late '60s and early '70s, Covay's tunes were continually cut by other artists (most notably 'See Saw' and 'Chain Of Fools' by Aretha Franklin; 'Watch Dog' and 'I'm Gonna Take What He's Got' by Etta James; and 'Think About It' and 'Demonstration' by Otis Redding). But Covay's own recording career had reached an impasse, so he began trying different approaches to reach a new audience. One such attempt was the Jefferson Lemon Blues Band, featuring former Shirelles guitarist Joe Richardson and John Hammond, a favorite of the Greenwich Village coffee house folk/blues crowd. Recorded at Herb Abramson's A-1 Studio, the album was aimed at what was then called the 'underground' audience. What may have seemed like an odd direction at the time produced one very raw and potent marriage of soul, blues and rock. Out of print for years, The House of Blue Lights has become a desired album by record collectors everywhere."

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