Consumer Guide Album

Joe Simon: Joe Simon's Greatest Hits [Sound Stage 7, 1972]
In his Nashville phase Simon carried on for Sam Cooke with a will. For secular gospel, the rolling "It's Hard to Get Along"; for spiritual blues, his big hit version (among blacks) of Taj Mahal's "Farther On Down the Road"; for transcendent nonsense, the high-flying "Moon Walk"; and for straight soul, his specialty, the contained drama of "Hangin' On," the Grammy-winning "Chokin' Kind," and the current "Misty Blue." B+