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Artist:	STATON, CANDI
Title:	His Hands
Label:	HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	HJR 023CD

Honest Jon's re-releases this modern soul classic by legendary U.S. soul/gospel singer Candi Staton, in a new card-gatefold packaging. Previously released in 2006 in the U.S. on Astralwerks. After years of gospel releases (including two gospel album Grammy nominations), His Hands marked Candi Staton's return to secular music with an album that collects four of her own compositions alongside songs originally written by Charlie Rich and Merle Haggard, as well as the heart-wrenching stand-out title track by Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy). Staton's renowned musical history includes a turn with the Jewel Gospel Trio in the 1950s, as well as tours with Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson and the Staple Singers. In the late-'60s, she reached the top ten with her version of "Stand By Your Man" and the Grammy-nominated "In the Ghetto." She even moved briefly into disco-diva territory with her 1976 smash hit "Young Hearts Run Free." His Hands sees Staton returning home to the tear-soaked and aching Southern soul that first guided her career, with consummate backing support by Muscle Shoals legend Barry Beckett on the Hammond B3 organ, various members of Lambchop, as well as Candi's son Marcus Williams on drums and daughter Cassandra Hightower on back-up vocals.

Artist:	STATON, CANDI
Title:	His Hands
Label:	HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	HJR 023LP

LP version, repressed. Honest Jon's re-releases this modern soul classic (originally issued in 2006) by legendary U.S. soul/gospel singer Candi Staton. After years of gospel releases (including two gospel album Grammy nominations), His Hands marked Candi Staton's return to secular music with an album that collects four of her own compositions alongside songs originally written by Charlie Rich and Merle Haggard, as well as the heart-wrenching stand-out title track by Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy). His Hands sees Staton returning home to the tear-soaked and aching Southern soul that first guided her career, with consummate backing support by Muscle Shoals legend Barry Beckett on the Hammond B3 organ, various members of Lambchop, as well as Candi's son Marcus Williams on drums and daughter Cassandra Hightower on back-up vocals.

Artist:	STATON, CANDI
Title:	Who's Hurting Now?
Label:	HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	HJR 037LP

Vinyl version. Honest Jon's releases a new studio album by legendary U.S. soul/gospel singer, Candi Staton -- the follow-up to her sublime 2006 soul re-emergence, His Hands. Who's Hurting Now? could arguably be even better than His Hands, once again recorded in Nashville by producer Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Silver Jews), with a grittier, more live, Southern-funk sound. As before, this album hosts a combination of veterans and newcomers, including Candi's son on drums and her daughter singing back-up; but this time, the band is led by keyboard-player Mose Davis, from Detroit funk legends The Fabulous Counts. Again, there is a mix of original compositions, including another song written for Candi by Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy), and country and soul revivals by songwriters such as Dan Penn, Mary Gauthier, and Dave Crawford, who also wrote Staton's 1976 disco-hit, "Young Hearts Run Free." Another soul classic in the making.

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