Lou Rawls - Dead End Street Live At Monterey Pop Festival 1967

Please subscribe for more content! Fantastic R&B performances from Lou Rawls and his band bring plenty of applause and laughter. Rawls storytelling with instrumental backing and his singing just wins over the audience and me when I first heard how likable he sounds musically and comically. I say “yes and double dee-dee” joking around (a double yes, indeed!)-one of his ad-libs during this set. He seems to use a lot more 60’s slang then most addressing the audience and the set is better for it. “Tobacco Road” brings humor, drama, and a mix of rock, soul, jazz & blues. It’s multi-suite arrangement and long drawn out vocal at the end is stellar. “Love Is a Hurting Thing” is a knock-your-socks-off inspired ballad. [It fades into upbeat horns until fading awkwardly on CD.] “Dead End Street” is similar to “Tobacco Road” in the poor-man-life-in-Chicago-theme, and his delivery makes you root for him. In hindsight, his set stands out as one of the more memorable ones of the first night though the final two songs and anything else he played is unavailable. Introduced by Peter Tork 1º Love Is A Hurtin' Thing 2º Dead End Street 3º Tobacco Road 4º On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 5º Autumn Leaves Note: Lou Rawls set list is incomplete.