Many people will remember Charlie Rich as a Countrypolitan and Country rock hitmaker from the 1970s.The music from this era of his career make be offputting for many,but to judge Rich just on that material would be a fatal mistake.
This CD belongs in anybody's collection and should spur people on to buy the Charlie Rich Sun box set.
Early Charlie Rich reminds me very much of Aubrey 'Moon' Mullican,his 1930s-1940s equivalent.Rich, like Moon,mixed blues,country and jazz and displayed an eclectic vocal diversity.On this CD, the ultimate highlights are the gutbucket blues versions of "No headstone on my grave","There won't be anymore" (not to be mistaken for the countrypolitan version from the 1970s!),"My baby done left me" and "Who will the next fool be".
The other styles here range from R&B to country ballads and all display Rich's versatility.This CD is representative of the real Charlie Rich - an artist not allowed to persist during his 1970s hitmaker era.
This is what happens when you obsess about one song.
You buy a CD with a couple of good songs and the rest
filler.
