So many times in contemporary popular music – in jazz, rock, blues, folk or beyond – the man with the guitar is the fulcrum on which all other sounds and voices hinge. He’s the core, the engine, the captain who leads and inspires the rest of the team.
George Benson has been that man for nearly a half century. In a career that spans five decades, more than 30 recordings as a leader and ten Grammy… Read more in Amazon's George Benson Store
There are some artists whose brilliance are overlooked as lightweights due to their fame, and George Benson is one of those artists. Along with the tracks he cut with George Benson and the Undergrounders, 'Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba' and 'Ain't No Sunshine' (available at eMusic), the track on this album, 'My Woman's Good To Me', with Benson doing rare vocals, ranks in the top of soul-jazz classics. The rest of the album is great, too.
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