Written as a tribute to his brother, the late Harry Womack, “Harry Hippie” is both whimsical and tragic. The track originally appeared on Understanding , an album that saw Bobby maturing in ...

Bobby Womack. Ten albums recorded over a decade from the understandably erratic soul legend's solo years. 2. By Uncut. ... the haunted beauty of “Harry Hippie”, ...

Bobby Womack is tender. ... In 1972 he was poised to release a song entitled "Harry Hippie", written about his bohemian brother. Then Harry was stabbed to death by his wife, ...

Harry Hippie was a massive hit and is played regularly on Jamaican radio. So too other Womack standards like I Wish he Didn’t Trust me so Much, If You Think You’re Lonely Now and Where Did we ...

Bobby Womack: Top 10 songs. ... Harry Hippie (1972) This song, written by Jim Ford for Womack, was originally a jokey tribute to his happy-go-lucky bass-playing brother.

One week before his performance at the 2004 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, singer Bobby Womack was excited about his first show in Jamaica. The veteran soul singer, who died Friday in the ...