Ames Harris Desert Water Bag Co -- "People"
Another Eccentric Soul track, the single best recording of the series that I have yet heard. Why this was not a number one hit in 1971, I do not know.
Straight out of East St. Louis: the wah-wah rhythm guitar that holds the song together, the horn section that keeps it moving forward, the interplay between the lead call and the choral response, the spoken word social commentary -- the first time you hear it, this seems like a soul classic you could have been hearing all your life, and you wish you had.
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