Darrell Banks Is Here!

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 26:16

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Some superb deep soul from Darrell Banks, one of the better late-’60s stylists, especially on ballads. This was one of two tremendous albums issued featuring Banks’ dramatic, gospel-tinged wailing. He was killed in an altercation in 1967, and these albums attracted more attention after his death than during his lifetime. – Ron Wynn