Clarence Milton Bekker, vocalist, a native of Suriname who developed his craft in his adopted homeland of Holland and eventually took it around the world with little more than a guitar strapped to his back. Propelled by the strength of "Stand By Me" and "Don't Worry," the two tracks he recorded for Playing For Change - and later performed as part of the internationally touring Playing For Change Band - Bekker stepped into the spotlight for a solo album, Old Soul, released in 2012.
Recorded in Santa Monica, California, Old Soul (Playing For Change/Concord Music Group) captures the vintage American soul music that awakened Bekker's musical consciousness when he was still a young boy in Holland in the 1970s and early `80s. Producers Reggie McBride and Mark Johnson, assisted by a crew of veteran soul musicians directly connected to that seminal period, take Bekker on a trip back in time to revisit the powerful sounds originally crafted by iconic figures like Otis Redding, Al Green, Sam and Dave, and many others.

01. Any Other Way

02. Yes We Can Can

03. One More Heartache

04. I Wish Someone Would Care

05. Who Is He And What Is He to You

06. Try A Little Tenderness

07. Everybody Loves A Winner

08. Tomorrows Dream

09. Cant Help But Love You

10. Shine On Me

11. Hold On Im Coming

Old Soul | Clarence Bekker