Charlies tender, seemingly fragile spirituality
brands his rock and blues as indelibly as it permeates his country and
jazz. Its in the swoon of his voice and in his touch of the keys. Its
certainly in the words he chose to offer up in song. If the subtle
spirituality is lost in originals like "No Home, " "Peace On You,"
and "Anywhere You Are," there is no way to misinterpret the overt
significance of "Feel Like Going Home," which ironically is the
final cut on his final album.
Nowhere, however, was it more in evidence than on his
great Epic album of 1976, Silver Linings. One suspects that this is an
album Charlie had wanted to record for many a year, for, as its name
suggests, its a beautifully delivered collection of religious
standards, the kind his mother probably taught him to play all those
years ago. |