I love the "My Groove" medley where she stretches out "Make Me Yours," "Precious Precious" and "Trapped..." I first heard her do that at a pretty sketchy nightclub (first one I ever attended with a metal detector) and thought I died and went to soul heaven.
― Brave Combover (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
Jon Pareles of NY Times just did a Denise Lasalle obit.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Washington Post (with encouragement from me) did a Lasalle obit too
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/randb-singer-songwriter-denise-lasalle-dies-in-tennessee/2018/01/09/6283083c-f592-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html?utm_term=.09699b872a45
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 January 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
I mentioned Ms. Jody in the Village Voice Oazz & Jop comments.
Soulbluesmusic.com poll is ending today I think
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 January 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Pazz & Jop
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 January 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm
Big Daddy Nice’s fave 2017 albums. Pokey Bear is his fave
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 January 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
I like Jeter Jones, Nelly Tiger Travis and Ms. Jody more than Pokey Bear.
Pokey Bear -Bear SeasonO.B. Buchana --- Swing On With O.B. Miss Portia --- All In My Feelings Uncle Wayne --- The Birth Of Hithm And Bluez Ms. Jody --- Thunder Under Yonder Jeter Jones --- Trailride Certified Sharnette Hyter --- Grown Folks Talkin' Lady Di --- Three Way Love Affair Angel Faye Russell --- A Taste Of Angel Mo B --- Toast It Up Joe "Blues" Butler --- Full Figured Woman David Brinston --- Sidepiece Motel Mr. Sam --- Make Time (For Her) Stevie J. Blues --- Back 2 Blues Big G --- Darkest Hour Sweet Angel --- Can't Walk Away El' Willie --- The Game Changer Rashad --- Country Soul Stan Butler --- The Blues In Me Nellie "Tiger" Travis --- Mr. Sexy Man: The Album Jaye Hammer --- Last Man Standing Bigg Robb --- Born 2 Do This Latimore --- A Taste Of Me: Great American Songs Tre' Williams --- Chocolate Soul Lacee --- Mind Gone Lomax --- Is This What You Want Tyree Neal --- Still Called The Blues Simone De --- Unbelievable J. Red --- J. Red The Nephew And Friends Beat Flippa producer, Various Artists --- Trailride Music Vol. 1
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
With the right marketing, the Nellie Tiger Travis album should have gotten more crossover attention. She's got well crafted ballads, retro soul and blues, in addition to southern soul. Alas too many critics just like pretty folk music from onetime popsters like Aimee Mann, or various others but don't give the likes of Nellie (or even contemporary r'n'b) a chance. Maybe if her album had come out on the late Sharon Jones' label Daptone, she'd get more attention.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
Nellie Tiger Travis won the Soulbluesmusic.com "Best southern soul/r'n'b album" category
Willie Clayton won their best soul blues album for "Crossroads of the Blues"
A bunch of other awards on their site too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
Willie Clayton album is nice
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 05:45 (six years ago) link
The Clayton album is blues but soulful and largely without the annoying bar band clichés that most identify now with the genre.
As I once said years back, if I had used a different name for this thread, more people might post here (Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley fans and old soul record collector types on ilx)...But whatever...Arab Music thread and many others don't have many people posting either.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
Still liking this genre niche more than other genre niches on this forum.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 February 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
Vickie Baker “Honey Hole” is soulful & catchy with kinda obvious lyrics rhyming with fishing pole
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
Karen Wolfe ain’t bad either
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Oh, I have so much catching up to do with this genre. Sadly these creative age 40 and up African-American acts based mainly in the US south get ignored by nearly everyone.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
1. "Black Horse"---Jeter Jones 2. "Ain't No Fun"---Dolla Bill Dodson 3. "Put It On Me"---Krishunda Echols 4. "Pokey At The Trailride"---Pokey Bear & The Deaconaires 5. "Give It All You Got"---L.J. Echols
Some of Big Daddy Nice's current faves
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
OB Buchana's "Teach Me How to Swing" remix on Ecko is contemporary but not contrived, soulful but not too overtly retro
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
L.J. Echols may not have the most soulful voice, but he cleverly slurs and stretches words, and uses some fun downhome lyrics
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
Omar Cunningham "Boots On" is an awesome jam and should crossover.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
OB Buchana's new album Parking Lot Love Affair is a Big Daddy Nice fave. I haven't heard it yet
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 May 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link
Willie Clayton's "Sidepiece on the Side" is about his uh "sidepiece" leaving him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8C9dR3H44
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 May 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
Another fun night seeing Hardway Connection do their mix of southern soul originals and old-school soul covers at Lamont's, down in Pomonkey, MD. They have a new album coming out in mid-June
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 May 2018 05:18 (six years ago) link
I wonder if Reddit or music forum Dissensus have any southern soul fan sites? There’s Daddy B Nice and other blogs plus Facebook I guess
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Was just in Houston, Texas. Texas was home to amazing late soulman Mel Waiters. I heard Willie Clayton and other soul on Texas Southern University radio KTSU. Heard an interview with Houston Blues Society folks on the Pacifica public station there too.
Saw some zydeco
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/13/soul-music-racial-tensions-leon-bridges?CMP=share_btn_fb
Not southern soul, but Leon Bridge and the Suffers and others identified with retro soul want to break out of the parameters they were in
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 June 2018 05:07 (six years ago) link
Had a fun time at Lamont’s seeing LJ Echols, J Red, Karen Wolf, Shaye Denise, Hardway Connection and more. This grown folks music continues to be ignored by almost everyone except for some over 40 fanatics ( mainly African-Americans).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 June 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
LJ Echols has a raspy soul voice with range. He also lost my attention doing that Marvin Sease candylicker bit with a woman from the crowd.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
But I liked most of Echols set
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
Some southern soul songs I like:
Wendell Brown, Vick Allen, LJ Echols-"High heels & Jeans (remix)
Mose Stovall-"Dancin
(the late) Mel Waiters-"Let's Dance"
Vickie Baker -"Honey Hole"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 July 2018 03:40 (six years ago) link
The new Hardway Connection album is out. Just on cd at this point. No digital.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 August 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
Jeff Floyd ‘s 2001 “I found love on a lonely highway “ is a classic. If a Daptone label act covered it, NPR would be all over it.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
Big G from Richmond, VA has such a great smooth voice
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 August 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
When I was in Houston a little while back, I ran into writer Joe Nick Patoski at a zydeco and Cajun show at a park. He told me he was going to southern soul bar the Silver Slipper. He didn't mention they had live music, just the jukebox. I didn't go. I should have.
http://www.texashighways.com/culture-lifestyle/item/9051-experience-one-of-the-best-live-music-scenes-in-texas-at-houston-s-silver-slipper
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 September 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
That "Honey Hole" song (mentioned above) is so nicely delivered. More songs I like -- J Red's (If your man won't love you) I will",
I forget who sings the following great ones--- "Draggin that Wagon," "Your Man is Cheatin' on Us," and "Roll it , Roll it"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
The lyrical themes may be formulaic but there's some great tunes still being created in this genre.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
I missed the Lamont's club anniversary event that included Big G from Richmond, VA. He's a skilled instrumentalist and singer with southern and old-school style r'n'b songs
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
does anyone know the story of these 'Jody' songs Johnny Taylor and Bobbie Newsome did on Stax and assorted in the early 70s?
― campreverb, Friday, 5 October 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
Some Jody talk over here: Johnnie Taylor
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
hey thanks for that!
― campreverb, Saturday, 6 October 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
You Jody song folks should listen to the latest album from Ms. Jody--I'm Doing My Thang
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/southernsoulbluescharts.htm
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Album
Artist
Label
1 2 The Masterpiece Sir Charles Jones Southern King Ent.2 1 I'm Doin' My Thang Ms. Jody Ecko3 6 Welcome To Da Boom Boom Room P2K Dadiddy SMG4 NEW Drank Of My Love Crystal Thomas Gooba Sac Music5 4 Southern Soul Party Time Mix, Vol. 1 Various Artists Aviara Music6 3 Blues Mix 26: Super Soul Duets Various Artists Ecko7 5 Nasty N' Dirty Southern Soul Blues, Vol. 2 Various Artists Aviara Music8 NEW The Magic Show Magic One Magic One9 29 Said I'm Looking Corey Rudolph Aviara Music10 NEW I Miss You Krishunda Echols Neckbone11 7 Dhis Him Jeter Jones RMG12 NEW Cause & Effect NayCole Soul Mop13 8 Lonely Tears Big G Stone River14 9 Blues Mix 25: Slammin' Southern Soul Various Artists Ecko15 NEW Out Of The Blue Willie Hightower SoulTrax16 NEW I'm Still Around Johnny Rawls Third Street Cigar17 10 Too Far Gone Peggy Scott-Adams Hooked Record18 15 Parking Lot Love Affair O.B. Buchana Ecko19 18 Mr. Sexy Man: The Album Nellie Tiger Travis Wegonsee20 19 Nasty N' Dirty Southern Soul Blues Various Artists Aviara Music21 12 Bootleggers Gimmie My Money Carl Marshall Aviara Music22 13 Good Whiskey Avail Hollywood Nlightn23 14 Kitty Whipped David Brinston Ecko24 20 Ricky White Presents Combination 4 Various Artists CDS25 26 Bear Season Pokey Bear RMG26 21 Making Love To Your Mind J-Wonn I Got This Record27 22 I Came To Party Big Woo Big Woo28 30 Long Live The King^ Tucka Groove City29 24 J. Red The Nephew & Friends J. Red The Nephew Soul Mop30 25 Born 2 Do This Bigg Robb Over 25
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 20 October 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
Much of the new Sir Charles Jones Masterpiece album sounds more quiet storm and 90s retro ballads than southern soul. But the song "Step it Out" is a great line dance, uptempo southern soul number
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 October 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
I'm liking the bluesy-soul of Crystal Thomas "Drank of My Love" album
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
Donnie Ray’s latest album My Southern Soul is pretty good. My fave cut is “Doghouse.”
Also listened to the latest Jeter Jones but was not wowed.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 November 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
Alas, that “Doghouse “ is just an extended mix of Ray’s 2016 song
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 November 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
enjoying some david brinston right now.
― Heez, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
Oh, haven't listened to Brinston in awhile. I like him.
Listening to NeyCole. She's alright but I like Ms. Jody and Karen Wolfe more.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
I wonder if Brinston's "Sidepiece Motel" from 2017 is his most recent?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
Oh, Brinston put out "Kitty Whipped" this year -2018
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
Another year where none of these albums are gonna make the Wire, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, etc. best of the year lists...Since the southern US labels putting out the releases of these over age 50 performers don't do crossover marketing, only a handful of media folks reach out and cover them. These artists in this thread are as much Americana or RnB as those who do get listed in those categories, but alas they're ignored. Yea, I know metal and experimental and some other niche genres also may not get much attention, but it doesn't seem as bad as for the Southern soul folks
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 December 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link