Review from NO DEPRESSION for William Bell's CD "One Day Closer To Home"

 

The review of this album could be very short: William Bell is a master of soul music who can tear out your heart with one vocal phrase and soothe and comfort with the next, and One Day Closer to Home reveals a master at work.

William Bell (photo by Ginette Callaway)

Black and white photo of William Bell wearing hat and holding sunglasses

 

Bell’s signature 1961 song “You Don’t Miss Your Water (Until Your Well 

Runs Dry)” was one of the earliest hits on a then-new label called Stax. With Booker T. Jones, Bell wrote “Born Under a Bad Sign” (1967), which Albert King turned into a hit. To our good fortune, Bell has never stopped writing and singing songs that blend gospel, blues, and soul into smooth ballads that settle deep into hearts and rollicking soul stirrers that soar on the playful wings of joy….

 

 

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