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Solomon Burke: Make Do With What You Got

Steve LaBate, Paste, 1 April 2005

WHEN LEGENDARY ARTISTS like B.B. King or James Brown grow old and start resting on their laurels, it's easy to forgive them. After all, they've long since earned the right to sit back, enjoy life and let the new kids pick up the slack. But, even at 64 years old, Solomon Burke refuses to go through the motions.

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