Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way I Learned The Hard Way the record drips with a

the record drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way I Learned The Hard Way the record drips with aI Learned the Hard Way was produced and recorded on an Ampex eight track tape machine by Gabriel Roth in Daptone Records House of Soul studios, the record drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. Sharons raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples, and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music. From