The gifted Alabama vocalist Clarence Mann made some really excellent southern soul in the 70s and 80s both as a solo artist and as lead singer in the True Image group, but never seemed to get that big break. And although the settings he recorded in were much “softer” and had bigger orchestration than vocalists who made music in the 60s, his gruff tones, super sense of timing and gospel phrasing were absolutely in the same grand tradition.
Over the years he worked a lot with producer James Terry
