was found stabbed to death two years later. Womack explains, "Harry was the bass player and tenor for the brothers when we were the Valentinos. He lived a very carefree life. As a child he always said he wanted to live on an Indian reservation. We used to joke about it, but when we got older he was the same way. He always thought I wanted the materialistic things and I said, 'I just want to do my music. My music put me into that comfortable territory.' He didn’t want the pressure. We used to laugh and joke about the song when I’d sing it. When he was brutally killed in my home, it was by a jealous girlfriend who he’d lived with for four years. She fought a lot, violence. And in our home it was considered to be worth less than a man to fight a woman, so he didn’t fight back and she stabbed him to death. At the time I was in Seattle doing a gig and he was going to join me when we got back. Previously I had hired a new bass player because I felt it would help [Harry’s] relationship with his partner if he weren’t on the road. And that turned out to be very sour. He ended up losing his life behind it. At that time ['Harry Hippie'] wasn’t a joke anymore; I had lost a brother. I still do that song in his honor today." Track listing Personnel Bobby Womack - vocals, guitar Jimmy Johnson, Reggie Young, Tippy Armstrong - guitar David Hood, Mike Leech - bass Barry Beckett, Bobby Wood, Bobby Emmons - keyboards Hayward Bishop, Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson - saxophone Harrison Calloway, Jr. - trumpet Dale Quillen - trombone Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack, Janice Singleton, Pam Grier, Patrice Holloway - background vocals Mike Leech, René Hall - arrangements Charts Singles References 1972 albums Bobby Womack albums United Artists Records albums Albums arranged by René Hall Albums produced by Bobby Womack