James Carr: The Dark End of the Street

Written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman, this 1967 Goldwax recording is a pinnacle of Southern deep soul. James Carr's bruised, majestic baritone carries the guilt and longing of an affair conducted in secret, and the slow, churchy arrangement gives him room to ache. Many later singers have covered it,…

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