Bobby Womack - The Minit LP's

from the bio..."In 1968, he signed with Minit Records and recorded his first solo album, Fly Me to the Moon, where he scored his first major hit with a cover of The Mamas & The Papas' "California Dreamin'". In 1969, Womack forged a partnership with Gábor Szabó and with Szabó, penned the instrumental, "Breezin'", later a hit for George Benson. Womack also worked with rock musicians Sly and the Family Stone and Janis Joplin, contributing vocals and guitar work on The Family Stone's accomplished album, There's a Riot Goin' On, and penning the ballad "Trust Me", for Joplin on her album, Pearl. Womack was one of the last people to speak to Joplin before her death in October 1970."

I think I've posted enough of the story of this man's life that you can  perceive the almost mythological pendulum swings. Tragedy and triumph have regularly taken their turns with Bobby. I have to confess that I nearly succumbed to the temptation to just fling the rest of the classic Womack out whole-hog in a post unworthy of the material and it's importance..... fortunately sanity has won out, I believe the true genius of Bobby Womack has to be experienced in pieces small enough to fully digest. It is certainly true that others, Al Green in particular, occupied the national spotlight during this period and Bobby's magic was only sporadically recognized, but we have the privilege today of fully appreciating what escaped our earlier attention and perhaps amend our perception. Even in those moments where this stuff crosses WAY over into hokey bullshit, Bobby somehow delivers it with a conviction that makes you buy into it.