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Lee Fields — Faithful Man

Name: Faithful Man
Description: Lee Fields has been recording since 1969. Most of his career was spent playing club circuits in North Carolina and New Jersey, releasing records on tiny labels that never crossed over. He was 62 years old when he made Faithful Man, widely considered his masterpiece. It sounds like a lost Memphis record from 1971 — except it was made in Brooklyn in 2012.

Faithful Man · 2012

Label: Truth & Soul · Genre: Soul / Retro Soul · Country: USA · From: Plainfield, NJ, North America

Lee Fields has been recording since 1969. Most of his career was spent playing club circuits in North Carolina and New Jersey, releasing records on tiny labels that never crossed over. He was 62 years old when he made Faithful Man, widely considered his masterpiece. It sounds like a lost Memphis record from 1971 — except it was made in Brooklyn in 2012.

Did you know: Fields was so unknown for most of his career that he had to keep day jobs while recording. He worked as a house painter between recording sessions well into his fifties. Faithful Man was his first album to receive significant international distribution.

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