Danny White - Natural Soul Brother: The Frisco Recordings and More 1963-1968

Despite Danny White’s obvious talent he never achieved a national hit, even though he possessed a voice as strong as Otis Redding’s and recorded some truly sublime deep soul. The poignant, Wardell Quezergueproduced Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, a No 1 radio hit in Crescent City, is a masterpiece of emotive bluesy soul balladry that tragically failed to break nationally in 1963. Follow up Never Tell Your Friend repeated the formula but failed to replicate this modest success. Uptempo dance number The Twitch shows another side to White, but he excels on raw, passionate material like the belting Why Must I Be Blue or Earl King’s affecting Loan Me A Handkerchief. Moving with the times in 1965, White cut six sides with Isaac Hayes and David Porter in Memphis, including the superb testimony Can’t Do Nothing Without You featuring The Memphis Horns, and the Staxstyled Keep My Woman Home that added the MGs. With no chart action, White ceased recording after a final Allen Toussaintproduced single in 1968. This collection provides an often hauntingly intense memorial.