Bobby Scott - Robert William Scott - In Memory of the Race
Warner Brothers 1970
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Review
This album demonstrates what can be done with the old “Male vocal” format. Bobby Scott was an arranger, song-writer and solid musician that made a series of vocal albums in the sixties and early seventies. The early ones were big band swing with a lot of soul and his own arrangements backing him up. This album is more reflective. Some of the songs, especially his version of “A taste of Honey”, have that “3 am, nobody else around” feel.
He does a great version of the Hollies hit “He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother” that he co-wrote as well as “That's Where my Brother Sleeps” a tribute to veterans of all ages. He even uses the dreaded voice over interlude but it all works producing a seamless album from start to finish.