Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker's delightful second album is ample proof that the imagination that transformed a
song so fixed in our minds as "With a Little Help From My Friends" has not run out of things
to do, nor fallen into the trap of "stylization." Joe, his Grease Band, and their friends – who
together form one of the toughest rhythm and blues bands outside of the Motown studios –
start from the bottom up in re-arranging material as familiar as "Dear Landlord" or "... More >

Anyone who isn't hip to the world's greatest spastic should get hip--the best rock interpreter, a performer who defies credibility. With Leon Russell aiding Denny Cordell on production, this is even better than the first lp, not as contrived. (Grade: A)