Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings I Learned The Hard Way (Digital Download Card) 1/22/08 Touter (piano

Touter (piano

Kristofferson was with a full band out of the road that featured Stephen Bruton

12 top-blowin' performances from the Alligator vaults

stunted breaks and harmonious strings

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings I Learned The Hard Way (Digital Download Card) 1/22/08 Touter (pianoSince so few acts in the new millennium attempt the old school soul that's the specialty of Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, it may be easy to assume that they're heralded simply because of their rarity: although they certainly sound like plenty of acts from back then, they're praised because nobody else sounds like them now, something that's all well and good but doesn't quite suggest how good the group really is. I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth