#o.v. wright

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O.V. Wright - Ace Of Spades

He sang blues so deep and so raw. Slow burns, deep moans, pure ache.

Decades later, Hip-Hop musicians found him in vinyl. O.V.’s pain was living its second life. Chopped, looped, and rapped over by UGK, 8Ball & MJG, and half the Southern rap scene. Even the RZA knew: you don’t fake that kind of soul. 

For me, his music is timeless. His best vinlys are his live records.

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"That's How Strong My Love Is" - O.V. Wright (With The Keys) 

LABEL: Goldwax 106 (B-side of "There Goes My Used To Be"), 1964. 

 INFO: O.V. Wright was one of the Memphis soul singers that most retained his original gospel roots on his R&B records. This soul classic was written by Roosevelt Jamison and alternate stories have him being rejected by Jim Stewart upon bringing the demo tape of Wright singing the song to Stax. Another, and to me more likely, story has Jamison bringing just the lyrics to Stax and seeing Steve Cropper, who subsequently kept the words, but without having heard the demo, was forced to come up with a new chord progression. Hence, the 3/4 I-V-IV progression of Otis compared to the 6/8 I-VIm-(IV-V) of O.V. Wright. 

 NOTES: While I love Otis Redding's version of this song, O.V.'s original is something else entirely. This record has a completely different atmosphere, darker and far more desperate. The guitar work is fantastic and Wright's vocal entry is achingly devastating.

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I Feel Love Growin' - O.V. Wright (Into Something (Can’t Shake Loose), 1977)

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Good morning world, let’s do this…

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Overton Vertis Wright (9 October 1939 – 16 November 1980)

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O.V. Wright - I'd Rather Be (Blind, Cripple or Crazy) (1973)

You like Al Green?  Try O.V. Wright.  His vocals are a bit more gritty, but the production by Willie Mitchell is very similar.

Why you wanna do it, baby?

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O.V. Wright