Today’s song is taken from Luther’s second solo effort for Cotillion, 1977′s Close To You. Nat Adderley Jr. who would later on become a major Vandross collaborator holds down the electric piano duties here as well as another GFM, Nile Rodgers holding it down on guitar.
Two classic performances of a classic tune. This song represents a spirit that is really missing in music today: Blues. Do you hear it? It is undeniable in both arrangements. That’s what makes you move, that’s what makes you want to literally “Take it to the streets”. This is not manufactured, this spirit has to be in you in order for it to come out. Maybe that’s the problem, maybe too many “creators” of music have been on a steady diet of garbage and you know what they say garbage in…
