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Solomon Burke

Gavin Martin, Independent on Sunday, 27 February 2005

ON A RAINY FRIDAY afternoon Solomon Burke is holding court in the living room of his San Fernando Valley home. The man who has claimed such titles as The King Of Rock n Soul, Doctor of Mortuary Science and First Minister of The House Of God For All People in his 64 years puts a premium on presentation.

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