Odell Brown: Free Delivery

Odell Elliott Brown Jr. from Louisville, KY (1940 - 2011), was an organist and leader of Odell Brown & The Organ-izers. He was also a "staff musician" for Chess Records and worked and recorded with the majority of the label's artists.

In 1969, following the death of a band member Tommy Purvis, The Organ-izers was put on hold and Odell recorded the solo album Free Delivery (with a cover of The Band's "Look Out Cleveland") and a further album of instrumental covers of Otis Redding tracks on Cadet Records. He then decided not to re-sign to Chess and went on to become an independent song-writer, arranger and conductor, and was musical director/writer for Minnie Riperton, Johnny Nash, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, with whom he co-wrote "Sexual Healing" in 1980.

Odell Brown also released a cover of "The Weight" as a single with his band The Organ-izers in 1970.

Tracks

1. Free Delivery
2. Free And Easy
3. Come Together
4. Look Out Cleveland
5. Nitty Gritty
6. That's The Way God Planned It
7. Sign Of The Ram
8. Country Preacher

Odell Brown - Free Delivery - 1970 - Cadet LPS 838