My Time

Muscle Shoals musicians anchor these sessions, lending a grounded quality to the performances. The material highlights a creative shift from basic blues-rock toward the refined, groovy arrangements that would become a staple of his later career.

Roy Halee produced the project, successfully balancing regional soul influences with the cleaner sensibilities favored in the early seventies. The interaction between the horn sections and the rhythm players builds a warm, tight continuity across the tracks.