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aint_no_life_nowhere

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9. I never was a big fan of George Benson's Soul/Pop career
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 03:16 AM
Aug 2014

Last edited Tue Aug 19, 2014, 11:43 AM - Edit history (1)

with his super-commercial tunes like This Masquerade, Give Me the Night, Bumpin', etc. I love blues, classical, and jazz. I did see George Benson live at the old Lighthouse jazz club back in the 70s and he blew me away on the guitar playing just straight ahead jazz and not singing a note. But I spent a winter in the 1980s in a cabin in the mountains and got snowed in along with an extremely beautiful girl from my law school (we were studying for the bar together) and she was a big fan of soul and of this tune in particular. I guess I like it because it's a pretty good pop tune and it especially reminds me of her. She would play it over and over and over and dance to it by herself in front of the fireplace. She had some great dance moves.


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