Talk to Me

Little Willie John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: King
• ASIN: B00000177R
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,944 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Talk to Me, Talk to Me

2. I've Been Around

3. Drive Me Home

4. I'll Carry Your Love Wherever I Go

5. No More in Life

6. Uh Uh Baby

7. Person to Person

8. Until You Do

9. Tell It Like It Is

10. Don't Be Ashamed to Call My Name

11. If I Thought You Needed Me

12. There Is Someone in This World for Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vocal Genius Before His Time, November 29, 1998

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[e-mail] (Moriches, Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk to Me (Audio CD)

Little Willie John had the kind of haunting, nasal voice that was perfect for singing the kind of blues that could make a grown man cry back in the 1950s and 1960s. While blusey and full of poignant lament, his moaning was more like a lyric tenor executing a perfect-tone scat. His "Talk To Me" and especially his "Cottage For Sale" has the power to resurect a deep well of feelings of anyone who has loved and lost. The only contemorary artist that comes close to this inherent ability to touch a listener so deeply is Al Green, and--though a master of both gospel and soul music--Rev. Green only begins to scratch the surface of where Little Willie John's legendary voice could have taken the blues. I was greatly sadden to learn that, like so many other gifted artists including Chet Baker who also spent time in jail, Little Willie John's genious came to an untimely end in the dank corner of a Washington State prison cell as a result of a heart attack. One wonders why a man with such vocal power to touch other people's hearts in such a personal way would ultimately die of what only can be described as a broken heart. I hope also that his family will be able to reap the financial rewards of an eventual revival of his extraordinary music. If you're interested in the roots of African American music, don't leave this one out of your collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Little' Willie John, September 17, 2007

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Anthony White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk to Me (Audio CD)

If you have a true affection for great music, outstanding singing, and quality lyrical content, this is the album for you...Blues singer Mabel John's "kid" brother, The immortal Willie John puts together a masterpiece (perhaps his best album)...The title track "Talk to Me" is a classic...I truly recommend this cd!