Solomon Burke, 1940-2010

Here we are, back again for a little homage to Solomon Burke, the King of rock’n'soul who left our world in a perfect on-the-road fashion, passing away on the flight that was bringing him to Amsterdam for a sold out concert where he was expected to perform together with the Dutch band De Dijk. He was definitely one of the last few remaining top-class musicians, the ones who made music history on their own. Together with band De Dijk, Burke had just released days ago his final albumq: Hold On Tight, 12 bluesy songs, 11 of them being originally in Dutch but translated for such occasion. Classy music for gourmets, who deserves be mentioned and saluted. The song I am posting here comes actually from such album, and it is called What a Woman (original Dutch title: “Wat een Vrouw” – I have to say it sounds way better in English!). Greetings!