Dahday’s Five Favorite Bobby Womack Live Clips

June 30, 2014

R&B legend Bobby Womack passed away Friday, June 27. He was 70 years old. The guitarist with the memorable voice influenced and collaborated with a wide range of artists. In the 1990s and 2000s the Cleveland, Ohio native saw a resurgence in popularity when his music was found on movie soundtracks.

Here are our five favorite live clips of Womack. Enjoy:

This is Womack at a Soul Train appearance. He talks here with the late Don Cornelius then performs “Across 110th Street.”

Bobby is playing his guitar here performing the song “When The Weekend Comes.”

http://youtu.be/Wczh5ViV-ls

K-Ci & Jojo remade this classic but Bobby Womack shows his chops here, singing “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” for a program in tribute of the late Richard Pryor:

This is Womack’s tribute to Sam Cooke, singing “A Chance is Gonna Come.”

Finally, this is Womack’s memorably Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance from 2009:

 

 

 

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