{"product_id":"dan-penn_moments-from-this-theatre_2020_ber","title":"MOMENTS FROM THIS THEATRE","description":"For the last time, in May 2006, Dan Penn and his eternal accomplice, organist Linden \"Spooner\" Oldham, played a handful of European concerts. A true Lennon\/McCartney, this inseparable pair wrote some of the most beautiful pages of Southern soul, pages revisited on stage with incredible class, forty years after their golden age. True to his debonair image, invariably dressed in farmer's overalls, Dan Penn remains the unsung hero of country soul music that sticks to you like the clay soil of the Alabama hills from which he hails. Since his discovery of black music, Dan has never changed direction, playing, composing, and singing like a black man. \"I was black, I don't know why my skin was white. But my spirit was black. At that time, the respect was immense, from the singer to the band, from the band to the singer, there were magnificent interactions on both sides.\" All the important Southern soul artists, from Aretha Franklin to Percy Sledge, Arthur Alexander, James \u0026 Bobby Purify, Otis Redding, Arthur Conley, or James Carr, have at some point recorded a song written by Dan and Spooner.\nWhile Dan no longer possesses his youthful voice, heard on astonishing demos, he knows a thing or two about singing. On stage, Spooner's Wurlitzer delicately underscores Dan's relaxed vocals, as he also accompanies himself on guitar, with an undeniable sincerity. Eternal classics like (At The) Dark End of the Street; Rainbow Road, Sweet Inspiration; Cry Like a Baby; Do Right Woman, Do Right Man; It Tears Me Up; Out of Left Field; or I'm Living Good unfold with incredible nonchalance, like a sunset on a Southern porch. The two companions give their all, expressing the irresistible joy of being together. (Les Inrockuptibles)","brand":"Dan Penn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55306848010584,"sku":null,"price":20200828.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5052442013549_3f5e734c-2717-4529-8b9c-8f40398bd3b1.jpg?v=1760296474","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/dan-penn_moments-from-this-theatre_2020_ber","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}