Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre -filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year

Good Mother's Day shows down south

Sunday, May 11, 2014. Albany Civic Center, 100 West Oglethorpe Blvd., Albany, Georgia. 1st Annual Southern Soul Mother's Day Concert. Theodis Ealey, Ms. Jody, Lacey, Lebrado, Klass Band Brotherhood. 850-238-5329. 229-430-5200.

3 pm, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Laurel Fairground, 1457 Ellisville Blvd., Laurel, Mississippi. Mother's Day Blues Festival. Sweet Angel, Sir Charles Jones, O.B. Buchana, Andre Lee, Chris Ivy, Lacee, Kenne Wayne, Bobby Rush, Nellie "Tiger" Travis. 734-994-0138. Gates open at 12 Noon.

Get better soon blogger Daddy B. Nice

The large lung mass/tumor that necessitated Daddy B. Nice's partial lobectomy surgery proved to be benign. That is the good news: NO CANCER. But a day after his discharge Daddy B. Nice's lung collapsed, necessitating another round of painful surgery. He returned home from another round of surgery only a day or two ago. Daddy B. Nice is very weak and has been unable to get to his e-mails or listen to any new music. He feels extremely apologetic about letting down his readers and recording artists who have written in with concert dates and so on. Please understand that Daddy B. Nice does not have a smart phone or even a laptop computer to use while sitting in bed--only an old desktop computer that requires sitting up at a desk.

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2014.cfm

I gotta find this Daddy B. Nice fave

1. "Here In The South" -------Big John Cummings

"Everybody's talking about the Dirty South."

How I wish I could play this for you on YouTube! And if the song dies it will only be from lack of exposure, because it's the best, low-key, country-sounding single since "Mississippi Boy" and the first great surprise single of 2014. I could even see Bigg Robb doing a super-charged cover version.

Technically, it came out last year on the Ecko compilation, Blues Mix 11: Sweet Soul Blues.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45804/biker-festival-at-american-legion-post-170-sunday-may-25/

Sunday--Mel Waiters and Ms. Jody live, kinda near me. Should be great

If I had used southern soul in the title of this thread instead of "chitlin circuit" I guess a few more people would have posted here. But they'd probably just talk about collector vinyl reissues of obscure 60s soul

Nothing wrong with that stuff, I just like my Mel Waiters with his synthesizer and guitar rhythms and 2014 lyrics also

Not southern soul but coming out soon on Shout UK that might be of interest:

Willie Jones, ‘soul’ singer, from Detroit with album recorded in Nashville with guest input from Steve Cropper, produced by Jon Tiven, recorded about 18 months ago

Had fun at the Black Biker fest Sunday. Mel Waiters rushed through his set, but his voice still sounded great. MS. Jody was soulful and sometimes over-the-top raunchy with her tongue. D.C. area band the Hardway Connection were wonderful. Their male and female lead singers have strong effective voices. I missed Louisiana's Ghetto cowboy but met him and bought his cd.

Both Waiters and Ms. Jody had great old-school proficient soul bands but with keyboards of course to add some modern flavor. Waiters had a young sax player, and 2 keyboardists in addition to bass, guitar, drums and a femal vocalist. All the guys in matching vests; while Waiterswas in his trademark shiny blue long suit jacket

I need to recruit elsewhere for more folks who will comment here

Mel Waiters is more interesting to me than ilx fave Owen Padgett

And more impressive than Future Islands too

Curtis Harding (young Atlanta guitar-playing soul singer on Burger records) is getting more pixels and ink attention these days then Mel Waiters. I have not heard him yet.

I listened to a song from Harding that I kinda liked.

I need to hear more, plus more Southern soul. A pal of mine saw Millie Jackson down in South Carolina. She came on so late (lots of acts on the bill & problems changing between them) he said that there weren't may folks still there by the time she came onstage. Mel Waiters was also on the bill

Couldn't get my nephews and nieces to line-dance to Ms. Jody at my wedding reception. She sounded great though...

Part of a Spotify offline playlist. She was not actually there, alas.

Gonna be elsewhere Saturday and have to miss Nellie Tiger Travis at Lamonts. Too bad, southern soul shows don't happen too often in the DC area

Carolina beach music

fyi

xchuckx come back, I need someone else here who cares about music made by older African-Americans that is not jazz. Its obscurity and the signifiers with it, seem to discourage others from listening.

Y'all are going to these events, right? courtesy Daddy B. Nice's calendar at southernsoulrnb.com

8 pm, Friday, August 29, 2014. Bastrop Municipal Center, 1901 Moeller Dr., Bastrop, Louisiana. Carl Sims, T.K. Soul, Ms. Jody. Doors open at 7 pm. 318-512-3614, 318-283-3320.

Friday, August 29, 2014. M & J Lounge, 132 Georgetown St., Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Monica Short Birthday Party. LaMorris Williams, Dave Mack, T-Baby. 601-214-2095. BYOB. Doors open at 8 pm.

Friday, August 29 and Saturday, August 30, 2014. Bottleneck Blues Bar, Ameristar Casino Hotel, 4146 Washington Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Back-to-back CD Release Parties. Grady Champion. 800-700-7770.

7 pm, Saturday, August 30, 2014. Union County Fairgrounds, 334 W. Hillsboro St., El Dorado, Arkansas. 9th Annual Southern Soul Showdown. Vick Allen, Avail Hollywood, Jeff Floyd, Willie P., Columbus Toy, Nicky Parrish. Gates open at 6 pm. 870-866-7441 or 870-864-0350.

Ooh just noticed this Sat. the 30th event near me: Bolling Club, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, 50 Theisen St., Washington, DC. Millie Jackson. 202-563-8400.

David Whiteis, author of a book on southern soul, is not on twitter. Not surprising

I did see Hardway Connection once this summer so i don't feel that bad about missing them now for free at Carter barron in DC. But maybe I do

Certainly as fun as FKA Twigs or some Sonic Youth member's latest band,

WPFW 89.3 dj (online too) just played Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up in It". Still sounds good. Now he's playing Shirley Brown's smouldering "I've gotta sleep with one eye open"

Mel Waiters "Got My Whiskey" is a great one too

6 pm, Sunday, September 7, 2014. Club Me & U, 820 Cooper Road, Suite H (Candlestick Shopping Center), Jackson, Mississippi. Charles Evers Birthday Bash. Willie Clayton, Bobby Rush, Reverend Joe A. Washington, LaMorris Williams, Ms. Jody, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Little Miss Soul, T-Baby. Doors open at 4 pm. Admission at the door only. BYOB. 601-398-0784.

So many fun acts

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2014.cfm

Lots of fascinating observations and references and links to music that is happening now. Southern soul lives!

Maybe I should start posting youtubes here

WDIA AM in Memphis plays southern soul every Saturday from 6 am to midnight. You just have to put up with a bunch of psas and commercials on the half-hour. Its online

No one else but xChuckxx cares here, but I got Memphis, Tennessee AM radio (and online) listeners who got my back. Was great hearing Ms. Jody and others ...There are also a number of online only southern soul stations plus other radio simulcast ones, like one from Jackson, Mississippi. Now if I could only get their listeners to post here. There's a new OB Buchanan album out again, to talk about

SO much cool stuff to listen to...It's relevant now music (just made by over 40 and 50 and 60 people who are not connected to the twitter/instagram/pitchfork/fader/bbc/npr world)

Wow, Denise Lasalle is still performing. She and Bobby Rush are gonna be in New Orleans at a free event:

2014 CRESCENT CITY BLUES & BBQ FESTIVAL

Los Lobos, Bobby Rush, Ana Popovic, Denise LaSalle, Valerie June, Joe Louis Walker, Mel Waiters, Selwyn Birchwood, Papa Mali, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Little Freddie King, Vasti Jackson, Mia Borders, Luke Winslow King, Marc Stone, Brother Tyrone & the Mind Benders, Leo “Bud” Welch and King James & the Special Men will be the performers at the ninth annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival.

This free event takes place Oct. 17-19, 2014, in New Orleans’ Lafayette Square Park.

And Mel Waiters on the bill too!

Its probably easier to convince stereotypcal old-school blues fans of the merits of Southern soul, than it is to convince stereotypical Americana fans

Hey there, folks -- this is David Whiteis, author of "Southern Soul-Blues." Glad to be here . . . saw a mention of my book; many thanks! I'll be in Memphis on the weekend of December 19; on that day, I'll be on Marybeth Conley's "Live @ 9" show on WREG (CBS, Channel 3), along with Mr. Sam, who'll do two or three songs. We'll talk about my book and about the music. The next day, by the way, Bobby Rush will be at Minglewood Hall, 1555 Madison, in Memphis. I plan to be there as well! Anyone who wants to chat and/or learn more about the book (it's won a couple of awards already -- I'm very gratified), please talk back to me . . .

p.s. Saw Denise and Bobby in Gary, Indiana a few weeks ago. Bobby was his usual high-energy/explosive self; Denise is in a lot of physical pain these days (legs and back -- arthritis, if I'm not mistaken), and it showed somewhat in her performance -- but bless her heart (and I mean that!) she pulled it off like the Queen she is. Let's all send her our deepest blessings and best wishes. . .

I gotta get you to come to DC and do a bookstore appearance here, and go on Dr. Nick's southern soul show on WPFW.

I'd certainly love to do it . . . actually, my schedule is not terribly flexible; I teach at two different colleges, and classes are almost always in session. During the summer months, though, I have little more free time, so if it's possible, maybe something could be planned for next year.

Give me the names of the best bookstores in the area, and I'll pass them on to my publisher.

DGW

Politics and Prose Bookstore in DC

Awww man, gonna miss Nellie Tiger Travis gig in northern virginia in November

x-post--I think Kramerbooks in DC does readings (and various Barnes & Noble locations too; plus the Smithsonian at various museums and the Library of Congress)

Okay, I'll pass the word on about those bookstores . . . B&N hasn't been too receptive about readings/signings here in Chicago; maybe they're more so in DC. I'd love to do something as prestigious as the Smithsonian or the Library of Congress, but I confess that I'd have no idea how to go about trying to set something like that up.

If you want to correspond further about this, why not try to e-mail me personally rather than having both of us clutter up this board . . .

Will do. Politics & Prose Bookstore is the best bookstore option.

J-WONN: I Got This Record (Savior Music) Five Stars ***** Can't Miss. Pure Southern Soul Heaven.

I gotta check out this Daddy B Nice fave. Listening to another one now--Sir Charles Jones new one--Portrait of a Balladeer...It's real polished but soulful

I am not as wowed as Daddy B by that Charles Jones comeback effort

I do like this fave of his: Big John Cummings' song "Here in the South" from the Ecko label comp Blues Mix #11:Sweet Soul Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoQiMfQcDbQ

I gotta listen to that Millie Jackson song mentioned in the Spin top 40 country songs of the year list

http://worldmusiccentral.org/2014/11/29/southern-soul-blues-by-david-whiteis-receives-blues-book-of-the-year-award/

I wonder if that was actually from last year