Paul Davis had some big AM soft rock hits in the second half of the 70's and early 80's such as I Go Crazy and Cool Night and many more. But here on his 1969 Bang Records' debut he had another deserved hit. Mixing a reggae sounding organ with an acoustic guitar motif it starts strongly and like a lot of his early work has a soulful feel; he covers a Bert Berns tune on this album too. While the song has a strong country western feel, the building vocals in the bridge and the rousing chorus that declares "But the Mississippi River's just get's wider everyday!" has an almost Motown presence to it. The epic scale of this song with it's gospel backing singers means it surely should have been remembered as well as his later work.
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Paul Davis (1969) Mississippi River
Paul Davis had some big AM soft rock hits in the second half of the 70's and early 80's such as I Go Crazy and Cool Night and many more. But here on his 1969 Bang Records' debut he had another deserved hit. Mixing a reggae sounding organ with an acoustic guitar motif it starts strongly and like a lot of his early work has a soulful feel; he covers a Bert Berns tune on this album too. While the song has a strong country western feel, the building vocals in the bridge and the rousing chorus that declares "But the Mississippi River's just get's wider everyday!" has an almost Motown presence to it. The epic scale of this song with it's gospel backing singers means it surely should have been remembered as well as his later work.
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