Sandra Wright - Wounded Woman (1989)Demon-Soul

One of THE greatest soul Voices of all time, thats how i rare this incredible lady and album!!! Kept in the vaults for 15 years due to Stax Records going bankrupt at the time of its intended release, Sandra Wright’s 1974 album ‘Wounded Woman’ is one of those perfect hybrids the much troubled label was putting out in its last years,Pure Southern Soul with a dash of gloss and a hint of smoothness.I Did post This Album On on the Soulscape UK CD "The Broadway Sound Sessions"(SSCD 7007) she shared with James Govan On the old Blog. Sandra was Born in 1948 and raised in Memphis, she  began singing at age four and continued through school and church, eventually training to be an Opera singer at Tennessee State University. While attending TSU, Sandra was encouraged to enter a talent contest by fellow student 'Sweet' Charles Sherrelle (James Brown's Bandleader) and won singing Rhythm and Blues. Sandra remembers the blues and barbeque of Beale Street. Her first cousin was Blues legend Memphis Slim whom she adored. After college Sandra hit the road with the Canned Souls and in 1974, She recorded an album for Stax / Truth records, 'Wounded Woman'. After Stax was lost to the IRS ,Sandra sang at the New Modern Era club in Nashville for 17 years. It is there that B-3 master Moe Denham found her and she joined him and future SWB drummer Lloyd Herrman in a local band called Bordello. Sandra next joined Moe and Lloyd in Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown's band touring the U.S. and Canada. In late 1989,she returned to Nashville and with Moe,John,Lloyd and guitarist Pete Marriott,started the Sandra Wright Band. Sandra and the band moved to Vermont in 1992. Sandra Wright suffered a blood clot and died in 2010. Only recording 2 studio albums and 11 x 45,s her following in the soul fraternity has been obsessive and relentless not to mention muh loved. Her legacy was to leave us with one of the greatest Soul Albums Ever Recorded!!!...Highly Recommended if you dont know her work!!!

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