Hear Al Green's First New Recording In Nearly A Decade

The Reverend Al Green has long showed music lovers what it means to be blessed by the presence of a great voice. That is, Green's sporadic relationship with the music world beyond the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis, where he's preached most Sundays since 1976, shows us in no uncertain terms that the person doing the blessing is the owner of the golden pipes fans cherish. Al Green, one of America's Top 10 voices, mostly shares his astounding gifts with the believers (and tourists) who make it on a Sunday to 787 Hale Road. He hasn't released a recording in almost ten years. Until today. Al Green is back, singing secular music – his version of the great Freddie Fender weeper "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." Green recorded the track at Sam Phillips Studios with Matt Ross-Spang, the brilliant producer and engineer who is the proprietor of that historic mid-century modern Memphis sound shrine. The recording is part of Amazon Music's new "Produced By" series highlighting the gifts