Soles of My Shoes - J. Blackfoot

'J. Blackfoot' is a nickname John Colbert picked up during his boyhood years in Memphis, Tennessee. He broke into the music business at age nineteen as lead singer of a new line-up of The Barkays, whose original members had died in the plane crash that also killed Otis Redding.

Isaac Hayes and David Porter (famed for their Sam & Dave productions) then recruited Blackfoot to sing lead in a new vocal group, The Soul Children (who scored 15 R&B hits between 1968 and 1978).

After the group split up, Blackfoot began his career as a solo artist, produced by Stax colleagues Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks. Success came with the R&B smash 'Taxi´ followed by 'Just One Lifetime.’

SOLES OF MY SHOES is an exemplary Banks and Brooks production that shows off Blackfoot at his best. Go to tracks include: HALF WAY IN, HALF WAY OUT; LONG TIME COMIN’ (with The Barkays); and LIGHT ON MY FEET.

LONGTIME COMIN’ (with the THE BARKAYS)

COOL THIS FIRE

I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN

I CHOOSE YOU

SOLES OF MY SHOES

HALF WAY IN, HALF WAY OUT

LOVIN’ ON BORROWED TIME (with SHELBRA DEAN)

I’M A WINNER

KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS

LIGHT ON MY FEET