{"id":5980,"date":"2015-10-13T13:17:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5980"},"modified":"2015-10-13T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:17:55","slug":"zz-hill-dont-make-promises-you-cant-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5980","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Hill – Don’t Make Promises (You Can’t Keep)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – ZZ Hill – Don’t Make Promises (You Can’t Keep) MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are few things better (for me anyway) than finding a new version of one of my favorite songs.<\/p>\n

I have always been a big fan of Tim Hardin\u2019s<\/strong> first few Verve albums, which yielded a number of folk rock standards, like \u2018If I Were a Carpenter\u2019, \u2018Reason to Believe\u2019 and the original version of today\u2019s selection, \u2018Don\u2019t Make Promises (You Can\u2019t Keep)\u2019.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, it wasn\u2019t Hardin\u2019s original that introduced me to the song, but rather a cover version by Rick Nelson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, last year a friend posted the version you see before you today, by southern soul legend Z.Z. Hill<\/strong>, on Facebook, and as is often the case, I set out immediately in search of a copy for my playbox.<\/p>\n

Hill is one of those guys that I knew of for years, but never really dug down into his music because he was best known for a kind of blues-inflected soul that was never really my speed.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, I should have kept digging.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s recording of \u2018Don\u2019t Make Promises (You Can\u2019t Keep)\u2019 is from 1968, and it features his warm, slightly raspy voice, female backing singers, and a really nice arrangement with enough kick that this record has become a favorite on soul dance floors in the decades since it was first released.<\/p>\n

The bass and drums are tight and crisp, pushed along by rhythm guitar, handclaps and just enough strings to give the record a touch of uptown class.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that Hill had been recording for Kent since 1964, he didn\u2019t really start hitting the R&B charts until 1971, after which he had a steady string of hits that lasted until his untimely passing in April of 1984, from injuries suffered in a car accident a few months earlier.<\/p>\n

I will certainly be exploring the Z.Z. Hill discography in more depth.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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