"I remember one thing he taught me, he said, 'SOLOMON, you don't put mayonnaise on a corned beef sandwich.'" Soul legend SOLOMON BURKE pays tribute to late mentor JERRY WEXLER, who died last month (Aug08).

Solomon Burke is the real thing - a survivor from the days when soul singers really sang from the soul, when their secular hymns to carnal love sounded as if church bells were still ringing in their ears. And the Barbican has a holy "chapel of rest" vibe, with sepulchral organ and buckets of red roses either side of a huge ...