Old music: Darondo – Didn't I

You don't have to be a crate-digger to appreciate the soul brilliance of DarondoEven those suspicious of soul fans' thirst for obscure tracks should hear this one. Didn't I is transcendent, up there with the best of Curtis Mayfield or Al Green.It's a washed-out guitar ballad, Darondo's harmonies recalling Sly Stone circa There's a Riot Goin' On, laced with a dash of the Temptations' Just My Imagination. Darondo's yearning falsetto and his late-night strumming sound queasy and unreachable, like A...

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