Bobby Womack, a prolific gospel-soul singer and guitarist who also wrote songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, George Benson and others, and was a longtime (Tarzana) Los Angeles resident, died Friday June 27, 2014. He was 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Womack who was born in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood, near East 85th Street and Quincy Avenue, was revered by many singers across various genres because of his legacy as a guitarist, songwriter and perhaps more so as a gospel and soul singer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I Wish He Didn’t trust Me So Much” is thought by many to be an autobiographical nod about Womack’s relationship with his friend Sam Cooke, and Cooke’s wife. Womack faced a ferocious backlash after his marriage to Cooke’s widow, Barbara Cooke. He went through a period where he would go to radio stations and\u00a0disc Jockeys and program directors would throw away his records because of the related scandal and perceived Sam Cooke betrayal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
20 year old Womack and Barbara Cooke, who was 10 years his senior first attempted to only 77 days after Sam Cooks Murder, and were finally married 1 week later when Womack became of legally of age to marry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those of you who loved Bobby Womacks’ music, this is for you, and for those who may be just discovering Bobby Womack, “I Wish He Didn’t trust Me So Much” is your introduction with a couple of extras thrown in below of a Womack duet with Patti LaBelle and a video from 2011 in which Womack received his first Grammy nomination for Best Short-Form Music Video for his work on “Stylo” (shared with Mos Def & Gorillaz<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n