This live album also has a phenomal version of my favorite soul song and my number one favorite song of all time "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb.
Wikipedia states "Hebb wrote the song in the 48 hours following a double tragedy on November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb's older brother Harold was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events and critically the loss of his older brother inspired the lyrics and tune. According to Hebb, he merely wrote the song as an expression of a preference for a "sunny" disposition over a "lousy" disposition following the murder of his brother.[2]
This song was released in June of 1966 as American troops and Vietcongs are slaughtering each other at the Cambodian border, a timely coincidence? I don't think so, it couldn't have been more appropriate. I feel it's not just a song about losing JFK or his brother, I feel Bobby wrote this song about hope for something good in the world, and as James Brown says "he decided to write a tune that he thought would make things be a little more beautiful around the world...he thought it would inspire people....to give them an uplift.... to do their thing". Yes, it does that for me every time, and I can't be the only one, I'm sure it has the same effect on many others out there.
Listen to the Original by Bobby Hebb here: https://youtu.be/ubvYQxTXO3U