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In the words of the time, this is river deep country fried buttercream soul. I liked it. I had never heard of Solomon Burke, but apparently he coined the term soul music, and this is it. Right between rock and roll and crooning, it's definitely a classic of this time. His Wikipedia page is also great. Apparently he had 21 children, started his own Church denomination, sold overpriced food to other black artists on tour who couldn't go out to eat because of Jim Crow, and performed at a KKK rally. Awesome. His music was good, theology and diet were questionable at best. Here's his quote concerning the fact that he weighed about 400 pounds: It's very rough. I love to eat and I love to cookâas you can see. But my hip has to be replaced and a knee has to be replaced and I've got to lose 150 pounds before they can do that. And that's a lot. But it's NOT! God knows I've enjoyed every kind of food there is, all around the world. It's not like I'm going to miss any of it. Because I've had it all! Highlights: You Can't Love Em All