This song always makes me think of love in the autumn. Yes I'm a sentimental fool. Roland & I were married in October, during harvest time so I feel a special attachment to it.
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Little reminder of why we should be thankful everyday - not just on Thanksgiving Day. Watching this video should help you understand.
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Q. Who wrote "Take Me To The River"? A. Al Green "Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by both Syl Johnson andTalking Heads. In 2004, Al Green's original version was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. The original version was recorded by Al Green as a track on his 1974 album, Al Green Explores Your Mind. According to producer Willie Mitchell, Green wrote the words and Green and Hodges wrote the tune together. Green dedicated his performance on the record to "...Little Junior Parker, a cousin of mine, he's gone on but we'd like to carry on in his name.." According to one writer, "Green's song squares the singer's early religious convictions with more earthly interests", but when the singer became a pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in 1976, he dropped the song from his repertoire. The record ...
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