I’ve decided I need to limit myself to one song per week or I’m going to run out of songs.

This week’s song: “Looking for a Love,” by Ryan Shaw.

Shaw’s a young guy who sings songs that could’ve been (and in some cases, were) written in the 1960s. He’s throwback soul, complete with sing-songy, sometimes throwaway lyrics (though Shaw does do a mean “A Change Is Gonna’ Come”), and lots of homage to guys like Cooke, Redding, Picket, and Wilson.

The guy’s voice is smooth as chess pie, and he’s said many times he wants to reclaim the good named of R&B from the beating it took in the 1990s. Damn skippy.

This week’s song is my favorite tune off his debut album. It’s just a roll-down-the-windows, big smile, sing-along kinda’ thing. I can’t find it anywhere online, so just cough up the 99 cents to iTunes.

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