Even Now - Walter "Wolfman" Washington
from the album The Future Is My Past (2018)
Walter "Wolfman" Washington is one of the great soul men who have never fully received their due. A New Orleans native, Washington spent his teenage years immersed in music; getting singing lesson from the legendary crooner - Johnny Adams - while mastering his chops as a guitarist.
By the time he was nineteen, he was touring with Lee Dorsey's band. Soon after, he was playing on some of the 60's greatest New Orleans recording, including Working In A Coal Mine (later covered by Devo), Ride Your Pony, and Get Out Of My Life Woman.
Along the way, he became the leader of a touring band who would support great singers, including Johnny Adams and Irma Thomas.
Now severity-four years old, he has reunited with Irma Thomas on the duet Even Now.
The song is a slow-burning, deep soul masterpiece. The vocals, with their texture and dynamics, are chilling and timeless.
I am also incredibly captivated by the drumming. There is something about a New Orleans drummer and the way they keep a beat. You just can't imitate it. I urge you to listen to this song a second time, isolating on the drum performance. It is perfection.
Click Here to listen to Even Now by Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Irma Thomas.
Walter "Wolfman" Washington is one of the great soul men who have never fully received their due. A New Orleans native, Washington spent his teenage years immersed in music; getting singing lesson from the legendary crooner - Johnny Adams - while mastering his chops as a guitarist.
By the time he was nineteen, he was touring with Lee Dorsey's band. Soon after, he was playing on some of the 60's greatest New Orleans recording, including Working In A Coal Mine (later covered by Devo), Ride Your Pony, and Get Out Of My Life Woman.
Along the way, he became the leader of a touring band who would support great singers, including Johnny Adams and Irma Thomas.
Now severity-four years old, he has reunited with Irma Thomas on the duet Even Now.
The song is a slow-burning, deep soul masterpiece. The vocals, with their texture and dynamics, are chilling and timeless.
I am also incredibly captivated by the drumming. There is something about a New Orleans drummer and the way they keep a beat. You just can't imitate it. I urge you to listen to this song a second time, isolating on the drum performance. It is perfection.
Click Here to listen to Even Now by Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Irma Thomas.
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