# Soul Legend Bobby Womack - RIP

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839 "2014-06-28T02:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839/1 "2014-06-28T02:22:58Z")

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Another legend is no more. ☹

Bobby was probably the soundtrack of my adolescence. Aside from Sam Cooke, I don’t think any singer could put music to what I and so many of my friends were feeling.

_Across 110th Street_ one last time.

raise your glass…  
☹

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839/2 "2014-06-28T11:18:26Z")

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He was just on a high, too - new album, working with Damon Albarn…such a wonderful voice.

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**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839/3 "2014-06-28T13:17:22Z")

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Sad to hear this. I don’t particularly know his work but I know his significance in the R&B world… RIP

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839/4 "2014-06-28T13:23:40Z")

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Listening to “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” right now.

One of the best songs ever. I could listen to that twangy guitar forever.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-legend-bobby-womack-rip/691839/5 "2014-06-28T16:38:19Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> Listening to “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” right now.
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> One of the best songs ever. I could listen to that twangy guitar forever.

Indeed. My favorite is probably, _I Wish He Didn’t Trust Me So Much_ my wife on the other hand is partial to _Woman’s Gotta Have It_. Listen to \*Lookin for a Love \*to hear some real guitar skill, he was much more than just a singer/writer.

He was one of a few legends left.