This was the song that Dan Penn came into the studio for, one of our trilogy of Dan Penn songs. I wanted him to sing with me because he’s a great singer in his own right. So I had the honour of doing a duet with Dan Penn on one of his songs and it was so great. He was the coolest cat in the world, no pretensions, and he sat back and said, “You’re doing well – I love the way you’re singing my songs.” It was such a pleasure to sing with him. Pre-order 'Soul Searchin' now from any of the following

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of “Is a Bluebird Blue,” an early Top Forty pop hit for Country Music Hall of Fame member Conway Twitty. Dan Penn wrote the song in his teens, launching a legendary songwriting career that includes “Dark End of the Street,” “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” “I’m Your Puppet,” “Cry Like a Baby,” “Sweet Inspiration,” and other classics. In the late 1950s and early sixties, Penn was a central figure in the Muscle Shoals music scene in his native Alabama. He mo

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