JJ Barnes – Hold On To It

By , July 17, 2012 1:41 pm

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Listen/Download JJ Barnes – Hold On To It

Greetings all.

The middle of another week is here and I’d like to take the opportunity to drop a little high quality soul on you.

Though the name should be very familiar to soulies, the legendary JJ Barnes is probably not one of the better known names among casual listeners.

He had a few R&B hits in 1966 and 1967, with ‘Baby Please Come Back Home’ making it into the Top 10 in 1967 and recorded a few dozen singles for a variety of labels between 1963 and the mid-80s.

Barnes was not only a fantastic singer, but also wrote some of his best songs as well, and on the rare soul scene in the UK (where he has performed frequently), Barnes is rightly regarded as a giant.

I’ve featured Barnes here before, with both individual tracks, and in mixes.

His 45s, for the most part are not terribly expensive, and I pick them up when and wherever I find them because they are invariably of very high quality.

The track I bring you today is one that did not really grab me immediately, but instead grew on me slowly to the point now where I often listen to it two or three times in a row whenever it pops up.

‘Hold On To It’, released in 1968 on the storied Revilot label has a fantastic vocal by Barnes and a top flight arrangement by Sonny Sanders. The guitar is especially nice on this one.

Interestingly, the backing track was recycled a in 1971 when the tune was covered by the Limitations on the Volt label.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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