“I will always love you”…not everyone dares to say it”

“I try so hard to be honest. All of my music is a representation of something I’m living through or have lived through at a certain moment. I don’t even want to think that one record is going to embarrass me in two years. I want to feel proud.” Lee Fields (Wilson, North Carolina, 1950) He arrives in Spain this weekend with his old manners and his new album, Passionate foolin his repertoire. “It’s the most dangerous record of his career,” explains the singer, and it’s a monument in the history of African-American soul and music. Fields will debut in session tomorrow Summer Villa Conde Duque Cultural Center in Madrid. After that, he will act Saint SebastianAnd Barcelona fValencia.

The man that Spanish viewers will find has an impressive story: his career began in 1969 when he released his first single “Bwildered” and before achieving fame he managed to perform with groups such as Cole and the gangAnd In the froth of the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s. songs like We will make love also Let’s talk more, both released in 1973, assured him of a place in the golden age of American soul. “It’s honest songs,” Fields says now.

Para mí, la música soul tiene que decir algo, tiene que motivar a la gente a hacer cosas. La vida es un regalo que hay que aprovechar, hay que vivirla a tope. life. You have to have funsays the singer.

Within the classic soul scene, Fields was next to the funniest people, far from the protest soul song of contemporaries like MarvinGaye. For this reason, the great theme in his repertoire is love. “Love is the answer to everythingHe says, “The love I talk about in my songs is the love I talk about Rally to fight for a better future. The planet is a wonderful thing, but we must act to ensure that future generations enjoy the bounty of life. And if possible under the best conditions.

His positive view of humanity is not blinded by an interpretation of reality: “The world is wonderful, but we’re not perfect either. There are people who are inherently unhappy; the problem comes when those bad feelings prevent others from enjoying the little pleasures that make us happy.” One of The things that keep me going the most about music are the little winks. For example, seeing someone smiling from the stage. I love communicating with the audience.”

fields He belongs to a select group of artists with a documentary about his life and music career. the film (Lee Fields: A loyal man2022, directed by Jessamin Ansari and Joyce Michan), and focuses on showing the defining moment in the career of the star: His great crisis of faith. The advent of disco disappointed him so much that he decided to do what Fields now calls it “A break that I then thought was finalAnd although the break lasted less than expected, his followers did not give up hope, and a call led to Fields’ return to the stage.

in Passionate foolthe musician reaffirms himself as one of the few capable of this Understanding a new generation to pass on all that has been learned Throughout a career full of ups and downs. The secret is in the ancient morals he referred to at the beginning: “The key is to have fun. That’s what music is really about, not missing out on anything and knowing how to have fun.”

fields concept of lifeAs if it were a trip. I always try to go to the place that gives me peace of mind. It’s also there where I find the words people most associate with. I am always looking for those phrases that no one dares to say, but that everyone believes. Phrases like: “I will always love you.” Not everyone dares to say it“.