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

Xchuckx E voted for the "My Sidepiece" soundtrack. That's a good one too.

Here's Daddy B. Nice's all southern soul list

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2016/daddy-b-nice-6596750

William Bell won a Grammy for best Americana album, and got to perform with Gary Clark doing his old co-written song "Born Under a Bad Sign." Alas, the Grammys wanted to appeal to old fart blues-rock fans, rather than letting Bell do an awesome soul ballad from his winning album.

Bobby Rush won the blues category for his Porcupine album. Yay!

Heard an interview with Ms. Mini and a could tracks from her. Impressive. She has collaborated with J. Red the Nephew.

I am always playing catch-up with this genre, but I like it when I do.

Plenty of Daddy B Nice and other djs faves to listen to:

1. ”She Don’t Want Me No More”----------Mr. Sam

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm

Listening to the Mr. Sam album now. Not bad. Need to listen more

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm

More goodies here to check out

Heard some great cuts Saturday. Reminded me how great this genre is, and how over-rated "Americana" music is...

Saw a photo of Denise Lasalle in Memphis for an awards event. She was in a wheelchair. Folks who spoke to her said she sounded great, and is still scheduled to perform at the Chicago Blues Fest later this summer.

Wish I had been down south for this weekend's OB Buchana gig in Mississippi

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm

A lot to catch up on

Alas, couldn't find any live southern soul during my recent quick trip through Muscle Shoals, AL; Clarksdale MS; and Memphis, TN.

OB Buchana was playing the weekend before...

https://highway61music.blogspot.com/

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/calendar_mailbag2008.cfm

southern soul and blues concert calendars

Countess Williams song "Kitty Purr" is impressive

http://highway61music.blogspot.com/

Mississippi, Memphis area and more concert calendar

I just scored a guest list spot to see the Take Me to the River tour: Bobby Rush, William Bell and Charlie Musselwhite. Excited! I haven't seen Bobby since sometime in the early oughts, he doesn't tour here often.

I splurged for the DC show of that tour. We had Bobby Rush, and William Bell but no Musselwhite. We also had a Stax panel with old-school Stax folks, plus an excerpt from the movie and the Stax school kid musicians. Alas, the latter got more time than I wanted. Rush and Bell were great, but just didn't have enough tiume to do a full set.

Totally agree about Stax school kids, was it the the young white guy with the pony tail? He did 5 or 6 Al Green and Otis Redding covers, passably but he really overstayed his welcome. Bobby Rush seems to have energy to spare at 84, no need to pad the set to give him a rest.

Yes, that's the one. Bobby Rush is still so impressive. Thinking about what he's been through in life and how he is still at it, giving 110 %.

Latest Ms. Jody album has its moments

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/07/robert-finley-the-vietnam-and-rb-veteran-coming-to-fame-half-a-century-late

Louisiana singer/guitarist Robert Finley is getting crossover attention thanks to Black Key's Dan Auerbach

bittersoutherner.com website top 30 for the year includes indie, rap and "Americana" but no southern soul that would fit on this thread. Ugh. Sorry OB Buchana, Miss Jody et. al.

Ms. Jody of course not Miss

I am not as crazy about Pokey Bear’s Bear Season album as Daddy B. Nice is. It has its moments but the opening retro-funk song, and the one using a Tom-Tom Club rhythm are just ok. He’s not up there with my fave, the late Mel Waiters.

The latest issue of Living Blues magazine is their soul-Blues issue with articles on Big G from Richmond, Don Bryant, and Lee Fields.

The Trailride Music, vol. 1 comp on Ross Group is a fun collection of mostly Louisiana based southern soul. Pokey Bear sounds better on this, than on his own album. This could be an album of the year.

So Nellie Tiger Travis finally put out “Mr. Sexy Man” the album. More straight up soul than current southern soul. It’s
Good

Really liking that Trailride music, Vol. 1 comp sampler. Its on Spotify. As is Ms. Jody's fine 2017 album

The latest Ms. Jody took some time to grow on me. Loving the track with the now late Big Cynthia on that Trailride sampler. She was the daughter of the late Motown saxman Junior Walker and Gloria Adams.

http://southernsoulparadise.blogspot.com/?m=1

Pamela Boone from Alabama has a southern soul blog

Liking most of Jeter Jones-Trailride Certified. Raspy soul voice with a Louisiana flavor on some cuts. He calls himself “Da GQ Country Boy”.

RIP Denise LaSalle, per Boogie Reports newsletter

She was a great singer

Awwww, shit. RIP, Denise. One of my alltime favorite songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qvvJWkUXk

Yep, Trapped by a Thing Called Love is a great one and her big US r’n’b hit. Here albums from this century on Malaco and Ecko are great too. Most on Spotify. I like Lasalle ‘s Smoking in Bed, Mississippi Woman and many more.

Apparently in the U.K. she had an 80s hit with a version of “My Toot Toot.”

Christgau used to write about her but none of the other big name critics or current hip websites care about her. Ann Powers and NPR have not weighed in, nor The NY Times . Since she lived in Chicago for awhile and recorded for Chess for a bit, she got an obit there.

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.

Jon Pareles of NY Times just did a Denise Lasalle obit.

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

I mentioned Ms. Jody in the Village Voice Oazz & Jop comments.

Soulbluesmusic.com poll is ending today I think

Pazz & Jop

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm

Big Daddy Nice’s fave 2017 albums. Pokey Bear is his fave

I like Jeter Jones, Nelly Tiger Travis and Ms. Jody more than Pokey Bear.

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm

Pokey Bear -Bear Season
O.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

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.

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

Willie Clayton album is nice

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.

Still liking this genre niche more than other genre niches on this forum.

Vickie Baker “Honey Hole” is soulful & catchy with kinda obvious lyrics rhyming with fishing pole

Karen Wolfe ain’t bad either

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.

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

OB Buchana's "Teach Me How to Swing" remix on Ecko is contemporary but not contrived, soulful but not too overtly retro