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and the result was the longest uninterrupted body of hard rock & roll and R&B in their entire output

empathy and a winking love of life

even though the stomping floor tom and snare beat that drives "Meet You in the Shadows" feels just as insistent as it did when it propelled the band's debut single

" and "Phantom of the Opera

MOURNING IN THE MORNING 04/8/2022 and the result was thePanned by many a critic upon its 1969 release, Otis Rush's trip to Muscle Shoals sounds pretty fine now (with the obvious exceptions of "My Old Lady" and "Me," which no amount of time will ever save). The house band (including Duane Allman and drummer Roger Hawkins) picks up on Rush's harrowing vibe and runs with it on the stunning "Gambler's Blues," a chomping "Feel So Bad," and a shimmering instrumental treatment of Aretha Franklin's "Baby I Love