Doris Troy

Listen/Download – Doris Troy – Special Care MP3

Greetings all.

In furtherance of getting the week off on the good foot (as it were) I bring you a hot, recent addition to my crates.

Doris Troy is a name that is probably familiar to R&B and soul fans as a one hit wonder for her oft-covered 1963 hit ‘Just One Look’.

By the late 60s, Troy had relocated to the UK where she worked as a backing singer and vocal arranger for groups like the Rolling Stones.

In 1969 Troy met up with George Harrison (via a Billy Preston recording date) and through that meeting was signed to Apple Records.

The self-titled album she made for Apple (released in 1970) was an all-star affair, dipping into the various and sundry heavy friends circulating in and around Harrison and the rest of the Beatles.

The tune I bring you today is Troy’s smoking cover of one of my favorite Buffalo Springfield songs ‘Special Care’.
Recorded with the song’s composer Stephen Stills on guitar and Leon Russell on piano, Troy takes the song and a much more brisk pace than the original, and hearing the vocal delivered by her soulful voice, as opposed to the Springfield’s harmonies (Stills/Neil Young/Richie Furay), makes for an interesting contrast.

I dig the bass (Klaus Voorman) and the horn section too.

All in all a very nice reworking of an already groovy song.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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2 Responses to “Doris Troy – Special Care”

1. whiteray says:

   October 6, 2015 at 4:25 pm

   Sweet stuff, Larry! Could the drummer be Ringo?

2. Larry says:

   October 6, 2015 at 4:28 pm

   It most definitely could be. Ringo and Alan White are both listed as playing on the album.