Big Soul, the King of Rock and Soul.Solomon Burke was a big man with a huge impact in music history. Proud owner of hits like Cry to Me and Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye), Solomon also lent songs for soul legends such as Otis Redding - Down in the Valley was performed in the Album Otis Blue.
He was inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 in a decade that would still present some of his best output. The album Don´t Give up on Me was released in 2002 on Fat Possum Records. The songs are written by some of his greatest fans like Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits. Don't Give Up On Me won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and revived Solomon´s carrier. It´s is just a treat to find, hear and later realized that real music can still be made in the occurring pop dominated world. Is this bad… maybe not. If you want to hear real music, you´ll just have to dig a little bit more, let´s call it getting some of that musical workout, baby!
Last October, on the tenth day, Solomon was flying to the Netherlands. He took the chance as he thought to himself – hey brother, here´s a shorter way to the sky.
He never got to land that day.
21 children, 90 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and millions of fans miss the hell out of him.
Two months before his passing, Solomon Burke visited Portugal for a heartfelt show in Cascais Cool Jazz Fest. Here is the image dating 29-07-2010.
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