Al Green, 'Lay It Down' (Blue Note)
What's next? Gerard Way producing a Misfits reunion?
By Mikael Wood 05.27.08 7:45 PM
This R&B equivalent of Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose pairs Al Green, the dapper philosopher king of Memphis soul, with producers James Poyser and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots. The result doesn't prove that Green's still got it; I Can't Stop, his 2003 reunion with Hi Records impresario Willie Mitchell, already did that.
