Sheffield, Woodstocke the world: Joe Cocker, the hero soul and blues – iOnline

Lost in himself and in the songs, seemingly uncontrollable, and to the history of popular music and the year 1969. It was 45 years ago that Joe Cocker was released on albums, with two rock’n’roll estaladões disk-shaped and a performance at the Woodstock festival in memory even those who were not there to tell. And 45 years after this truly hot summer, everything is the same, despite the news. Joe Cocker died yesterday at age 70, cancer victim in the lungs.

The last album published it in 2012, “Fire It Up”, the same gravel in his voice – if we say that was born that way, no one will take it amiss. Dust was good, giving him a unique identity, which transformed the songs of others in almost new things all over again. Also in “Fire It Up” production abraded to detail, perhaps away from abrasive attitude with which proved to the world, but still remind recordings that we should all have in house collection, he has nights when Joe Cocker deserves to prominent place.

Let us recall labels: “With a Little Help From My Friends” and “Joe Cocker!” Exclamation included, only gets you well. At first there is no escaping the -title Theme-, the Beatles version infected with demonic soul, with all the nails out. In

the second, is to start at the beginning, “Dear Landlord” and let run until “Darling Be Home Soon”: the man was born to the sound of blues and never forgot. It did not start out there, but it got there, only he could. Born in Sheffield, England, in 1944, after working with less glamor first tried his luck with another name Vance Arnold aboard choruses of Chuck Berry, Ray Charles or Elvis Presley. Later embraced the tar of route 66 and the way that there did more obscure names. Made the trip of American black music and where he could, when he could, sang with the Grease Band with a difficult nerve to match. Came to this version of the four from Liverpool (even in 1968), came Wood-stock, and Cocker – John Robert as first names – was never anonymous nickname.