Eddie Floyd

Listen/Download – Eddie Floyd – Got To Make a Comeback MP3

Greetings all.

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We close out Stax Week with a record that I consider to be one of the greatest Southern soul ballads ever recorded, and like Wednesday’s selection, it languishes on the flip side of a monster hit.

‘Knock On Wood’ was Eddie Floyd’s very first hit, making it to Number One on the R&B charts and Top 30 Pop in the summer of 1966. It remains to this day one of the best-known soul records of the 1960s, and has been covered countless times by soul, rock and disco artists in since the time of its release.

‘Got To Make a Comeback’, written by Floyd and DJ Joe Shamwell, is from its very first notes, a truly remarkable record.

Opening with deep, tremeloed guitar (which keeps rolling through the song, courtesy of co-producer Steve Cropper) ‘Got To Make a Comeback’ is as deep and pleading a ballad as ‘Knock On Wood’ was a sock soul shouter.

Floyd digs deep into the lyric, and the backing – basically the MGs and the Memphis Horns – is classic Stax/Volt.

Once again, it seems like ‘Got To Make a Comeback’ was relegated to obscurity by the overwhelming power/success of it’s a-side. I’m shocked that it hasn’t been covered very mch over the years (though Robert Cray did a very nice, very faithful cover in 1983).

It’s a great, great song/performance, and a great way to close out a week of Stax.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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One Response to “Eddie Floyd – Got To Make a Comeback”

1. Randy says:

   May 6, 2017 at 7:41 am

   Great selections this week. Stax is my favorite label. Great coverage as always Larry.