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Johnny Adams : My Heart Is Hangin' Heavy (Rounder, 1990)

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The whole Johnny Adams' "Walking on a Tightrope" album is dedicated to songs written by Percy Mayfield. The rendition of the soul-blues "My Heart Is Hangin Heavy" is great and features Duke Robillard on lead guitar.

About Johnny Adams

Laten John Adams Jr., was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as "The Tan Canary" for the multi-octave range of his singing voice, his swooping vocal mannerisms and falsetto. His biggest hits were his versions of "Release Me" and "Reconsider Me" in the late 1960s.

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