"Make Do With What You Got"

[Alexander]

Being a big fan of the original King of Soul, I was very pleased with his comeback disc, "Don't Give Up On Me." Well, Brother Burke has a new disc that came out this past week titled "Make Do With What You Got." As great as "Don't Give Up On Me" was, this disc is even better. As with the last disc, many of the tracks were penned by famous songwriter/performers such as Bob Dylan (Burke does an outstanding cover of Dylan's "What Good Am I"), Robbie Robertson, Dr. John, and Van Morrison. All of the tracks are excellent, but perhaps the crowning achievement is Burke's breathtaking cover of Hank Williams' "Wealth Won't Save Your Soul." Van Morrison contributes the excellent "At the Crossroads" as well as liner notes. Highly recommended for fans of classic soul! Solomon Burke is back, baby!

[John L]

Good news. I didn't even know that it was in the making.

I hope that they had time to rehease the songs this time. Personally, I didn't like Don't Give Up on Me for that reason. Solomon now does the songs on that album great live. He owns them now. But they didn't give him time to learn them in the studio before they recorded.