Memphis soul veteran Don Bryant checks in from quarantine with wife Ann Peebles, shares yearning new song 'Is It Over'
Soul veteran Don Bryant has released “Is It Over,” the second offering from his forthcoming albumDon’t Give Up on LoveBryant, 78, co-wrote every song on the new album, and “Is It Over” is a classic broken-down-romance tune from the singer who co-wrote the soul classic“Sometimes people don’t want to admit that a relationship is over, so they go round and round in a circle,” Bryant tells.
The song, as Bryant’s producer Scott Bomar puts it, “has a classic sound that feels like it could have been cut inBryant has been quarantining with Peebles, his wife of 46 years, at their home outside Memphis. “I’m trying to be as calm as I can,” says Bryant. “The more I take my mind off it by playing music, the better I feel.”
Bryant and Peebles worked together at Memphis’ Hi Records during the label’s Seventies heyday. He originally had ambitions to be a solo artist, but eventually settled into a background role. “I wanted to be a part of it,” heBryant says that the increased time at home has led to an unexpected period of creativity. “I’ve been writing new songs,” he says. “It seems like every minute, I’m hearing new songs come into my mind. I get down at the piano, come up with a verse.
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