Il 27 maggio 2017 moriva a 69 anni Gregg Allman della The Allman Brothers Band. In suo ricordo, vi posto il brano “Soulshine”, con testo e video.
Un anno fa moriva Gregg Allman.
Gregory Lenoir Allman era nato a Nashville l’ 8 dicembre 1947, è stato cantante, tastierista e chitarrista di grande levatura.
Nel 1969, assieme al fratelllo Duane fondò i The Allman Brothers Band, capostipiti del southern rock.
Gregg Allman morì nella sua casa a Savannah, in Georgia, dopo avere annullato il tour nel mese di marzo.
La canzone “Soulshine” è contenuta nell’album “Where It All Begins” del 1994.
Testo: The Allman Brothers Band – Soulshine
When you can’t find the light,
That got you through a cloudy day,
When the stars ain’t shinin’ bright,
You feel like you’ve lost you’re way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Now you got to let your soul shine,
He used to say soulshine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometime,
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.
I grew up thinkin’ that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now sometimes I feel a cold wind,
Blowin’ through my achin’ bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said “Boy, in the darkness before the dawn:”
Let your soul shine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take control.
Let your soul shine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.
Oh, it’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.
Video Youtube: The Allman Brothers Band – Soulshine – 8/14/1994 – Woodstock 94 (Official)
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