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[Al Green] wrote or co-wrote all of the above songs, but he's plenty comfortable tackling the songs of others. Barry Gibb didn't write "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for Green the way he'd penned "To Love Somebody" for Otis Redding, but Green took command of the song and transformed it into more than six minutes of Grade A drama. Green's covered his share of country songs, putting his lights-down-low stamp on Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away." But my favorite of his covers is his first Hi single, a downright giddy take on "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
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Love, Happiness, Etc.
Al Green performs with Lizz Wright at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall Thursday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. The show is sold out, but-whether or not you have tickets-Green's 40-year career could ke...
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