Don Covay

At a time when soul veterans with less-than-high profiles, like Solomon Burke, are getting some respectful dues, Don Covay may be the most neglected old master out there. Born in 1938, the son of a Southern Baptist minister, Covay grew up in Washington, D.C., where he became a protege of Little Richard. By the early 1960s, he was writing the songs and recording the singles for Atlantic that establ...