Tyrone Davis

 

Greetings all.

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The tune I bring you today is one that was hiding in plain sight in my record room for years, before it finally found it’s way into my ears (and onto the blog).

Tyrone Davis is best know for a two-decade long string of R&B hits, that began in 1968 with ‘Can I Change My Mind’.

I picked up a copy of that very album severeal years back, and dug it right away.

It contained a couple of hits, a couple of contemporary covers and some originals.

Among those covers was a version of Eddie Floyd’s 1966 R&B #1 ‘Knock On Wood’.

I suspect that my missing it the first time around had everything to do with the fact that Davis’s version is a radical reworking of the tune, taking an upbeat soul dancer and turning it (very nicely indeed) into a pleading ballad.

I rediscovered the tune about a month ago when I pulled the album out for a spin, and didn’t recognize the song right away.

The re-imagining of the song is so thorough and so convincing that you almost have to put the original out of your head to dig it.

Davis does a fantastic job with the song (I’d love to know who’s playing the guitar, which is excellent), and it really ought to be better known.

I hope you dig it, too, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

 

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