Oscar Brown Jr. - Between Heaven And Hell 1962

Oscar Brown Jr was the voice of blacks during the 1960s. In a way, a black Bob Dylan. However, Brown could actually sing as well as write important songs. He covered the Black experience and so much more. This is my favorite of all his albums. There are 4 songs in particular that just hit me hard when I first heard them. "Mr Kicks" is from a broadway style show about a demon who came to earth to collect souls. The song swings and the lyrics are so bitter and so true. "World Full of Gray" is a song that could have been written by many different people but only Oscar was able to capture the pain and longing of seeing one thing and desperately wanting something else. "Lucky Guy" is really bitter. Love his use of the catch phrase "and all of the true love that........money can buy". Finally, and really the only song here that is "only" about the Black experience, "Elegy". A summation of a life that is about the Black experience but could also be about anyone who lives, loves and experiences.

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