Darondo - Didn't I - 1973

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A friend suggested I watch this series called Breaking Bad. I asked him what it was about, and he told me a drug dealer. My first thought, no not my thing. However, I tried it and was hooked from the first episode.

Not only was it a fantastic series, but it also had some great music. When I first heard this track, I thought it was some kind of modern-soul cut. I know a lot of 70’s soul, but had never heard of Darondo. It’s such a great sweet song that I was sure that it would have been well known if it were a 70’s track. However, I was surprised to find it was released in 1973, and completely unknown, one that had truly slipped through the chart grid.

In his album, he sounds like a cross between Al Green, and James Brown. It’s such a sweet song and his voice is like silk floating in the wind. 

It played in Breaking Bad when Walter White (hero or anti-hero?) sets alight a car in a gas station.

A true soul classic.

Dave Moore