Ivory Joe turned increasingly to his beloved Country genre in the 1960s, making regular appearances at the Grand Old Opry. But he never lost touch with the Gumbo-drenched R&B of his Gulf Coast roots. A few years before he died (in Memphis, of lung cancer, in 1974), he surrounded himself with an all-star cast of musicians, Isaac Hayes among them. The result is this 10-track collection of some of his finest, funkiest, and most soulful performances ever. And that, indeed, is Good News!

Ivory Joe turned increasingly to his beloved Country genre in the 1960s, making regular appearances at the Grand Old Opry. But he never lost touch with the Gumbo-drenched R&B of his Gulf Coast roots. A few years before he died (in Memphis, of lung cancer, in 1974), he surrounded himself with an all-star cast of musicians, Isaac Hayes among them. The result is this 10-track collection of some of his finest, funkiest, and most soulful performances ever. And that, indeed, is Good News!