If his beginnings are timid, the Arkansas boy, son of a sharecropper, soon makes a name for himself on the American scene. On the excellent record Al Green gets next to you, the first hits appear, before giving way, the following year, to the album Let's Stay Together. It's a worldwide success: Al Green enters the big league, and through the big door!

On October 18, Al Green's life, then at the height of its glory, was turned upside down. His wife assaulted him by pouring boiling water over his body and then killed herself. This was a turning point in the artist's career: he became a pastor and immersed himself in gospel music in order to recover from this painful episode. Suddenly, he puts his career on hold. It's a shock for all soul lovers!

After fifteen years inspiring the pure air of gospel music, Al Green is finally back to the soul of his early days. He even dares to innovate, to the point of including tender nuances of RnB here and there. This return enabled him to win a Grammy Award in 2002 for his entire career. His fans of yesteryear are ecstatic: the master is back, and doesn't seem to be about to leave.

Al Green presents Lay It Down, a newcomer in a discography as long as the five fingers of six hands, whose featurings with John Legend and Anthony Hamilton are highlights. For the occasion, the American songwriter received unanimous critical acclaim and even climbed to ninth place in the charts. His inspiration is still intact: the album appeals to lovers of soul and beyond. Yes, Al Green still has thousands of beautiful things to make us listen to.