“Go get your Grammy!”įor all his career accolades, it was Bell’s first Grammy. “This Is Where I Live” was a hit and garnered two Grammy nominations for Bell: Best Americana Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance for the single “The Three Of Me.” He didn’t expect to win and when his name was called as the recipient for Best Americana Album, Bell was so stunned that his manager, Charles Driebe, had to prompt him to get out of his chair. And Bell recorded a new version of “Born Under A Bad Sign.” John and I became really good friends.”Ĭash even contributed a song to the album, “Walking The Tightrope,” which she wrote specifically for Bell. If we did something one day and we didn’t like it, we’d just cut it again. It was not unlike what we did at Stax, there was no time limit.
“His studio is in the basement of his home. “It was wonderful to work with him,” says Bell. He flew to Atlanta to meet Bell, then Bell flew to New York for writing and recording sessions.
Leventhal, who performed songs by Bell and other Stax artists in his teenage bands, was eager to work with the soul legend. In 2015, Bell’s manager introduced him to John Leventhal, the New York City producer and musician whose credits include Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell, Susan Tedeschi and the Blind Boys of Alabama. That film was dedicated to the music of Memphis, followed by a second one focused on New Orleans that also featured Bell. In 2014, he was featured in the documentary film “Take Me To The River,” which included a recording session with Bell and Snoop Dogg. He remained a popular stage performer, particularly in Europe, and founded his own label, Wilbe Records. 1 R&B single “Tryin’ To Love Two” in 1976. And his music has been sampled in recent years by Ludacris, Jaheim and Kanye West.īell moved to Atlanta in 1969 and continued to record, including the No. I had people around me who cared enough to make sure I didn’t fall into those traps.”īell’s songs have also been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes, Bruce Springsteen and The Byrds. I saw a lot of great jazz players in old man Phineas’ band who fell by the wayside because of substances and stuff. “They were hard on me, but they taught me a lot. “All those guys were in their twenties and I was a kid,” says Bell. (piano), and saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Hank Crawford. that included future jazz and R&B legends Phineas Newborn Jr. By the time he was 14, he was performing in clubs and soon joined the blues band helmed by Phineas Newborn Sr. Consider this from No Depression magazine: “The review of this album could be very short: William Bell is a master of soul music who can tear out your heart with one vocal phrase and soothe and comfort with the next, and ‘One Day Closer To Home’ reveals a master at work.”īell was born in Memphis in 1939, and began singing as a child in church. The new album is already inspiring critical acclaim. One More Soul to the Call - Witchcraft - Mr.The one-two punch of those albums may represent the strongest work of Bell’s storied career. The refrain of this song is similar to a small portion (time 2:02) of the main theme of Silent Hill 2.
Three more souls to the call, they fall, unknowing thatįour more souls to the call won't be all, and you know it Two more souls to the call, for all, and in time One more soul to the call, for all, in silence comes Pray for the children you lost along the way In the order of life, they know you thereĪs you saw it, your plan, a real shot in the dark,ĭamage done to the flesh, what they say in the name of theĭamage done to the heart is the start of the endĭamage done to my soul, I know, it goes with myĭamage done to my life, cursing loud at the chaos
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