https://www.soultracks.com/story-larome-powers-dies
Larome Powers Was 67.
He became a Southern Soul star late in life, but music was part of his existence forever. Today we say a sad goodbye to singer, songwriter and musician Larome Powers. He was 67.
Powers first made his mark as part of the Detroit soul music scene in the 70s, often working with legendary producer Don Davis. He continued his ascent working with artists such as Joe Tex and Millie Jackson, and became known as both a top notch soul music writer and musician.
Powers moved to the front as a performer in the new millennium, issuing three albums between 2003 and 2014
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 20 June 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
Bill Avery “Black Lives Matter “ song
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Oops that’s Chuck Strong. Shazam was wrong
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Lenny Williams “Southern girl” is a good one too. Dr. Nick is playing good southern soul on WPFW till 2 pm eastern time. Sounds good online or on my car radio
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
He plays a bit of blues as well as old school soul too
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Big online southern soul show Saturday August 15. There’s a $ charge to view . Will post link soon
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 August 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
Happening now tonight at 8pm CST: the Blues is Alright - Virtual Concert, featuring Theodis Ealey, Pokey Bear, Tucka, Nelly "Tiger" Travis, & Chick Rodgers.
Tickets to watch on Vimeo on Demand are $16.49: vimeo.com/ondemand/blues…
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 16 August 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
Theodis Ealey played mostly standard blues , but done well, and finished with “Stand up in It” his great southern soul classic. Nellie Tiger Travis nicely did her top songs . Pokey Bear was the only artist not to use a band. He sang over tracks. Chick Rodgers did a bit of an Aretha tribute—pretty good though not great. Headliner Tucka was worthy of that slot— soulful and charismatic. There was a brief soul twerking dance interlude that was something ( earlier before Tucka).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 August 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
Lady C playlist via DR Nick from Wpfw:
To everyone who went Southern Soul Rumpin' this past Saturday, September 12th, THANK YOU! I turned controls of the Air Chair over to my weekly co-host, Lady C, and I must say, she did a magnificent job!!! Here's the playlist:
Ghetto Cowboy - Let's PartyKaren Wolfe Bass & Denise LaSalle - Shake A Little Lebrado - Fire Sweet Angel - I Wanna Ride ItJohnnie Taylor - Good Love LJ Echols - I Had To Tell SomebodyKaren Wolfe Bass- Just Goodbye Barbara Carr - Juke Joint Jumpin' Big Yayo, Krishunda Echols, LJ Echols, Miss Candy, Arena - Southern Soul AnthemBig G - Work That ThangKlass Band Brotherhoo - Sugar ShackSolomon Thompson - Happy Birthday SongBigg Robb - Salt & PepperHardway Connection - Strong Woman Mr. David - Make Your Toes Curl Jay Morris Group - 4 Fa 4Jesi Terrell - Knock It The BoxTes Lanay - Red Beans & RiceLamar Brace - Krunchin'MsJody Vertie - I Did ItJackie Neal - Nookie Thang Willie Clayton - Boom Boom Boom Mel Waiters - Got My WhiskeyJesse Redmond aka J Red The Nephew - Lov-N-On-You LaVell - Bring Back The Love
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
I should post these 2 below on the r'n'b 2020 thread so someone here other than me would see them:
Klass Band Brotherhoo - Sugar Shack
Bigg Robb - Salt & Pepper
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 September 2020 02:24 (three years ago) link
https://artsfuse.org/211996/arts-remembrance-soul-iconoclast-roy-c/?fbclid=IwAR28vNcDWiA7dUnddDXlLXd9u-gfzz4-nE-V4aMbeMmbt-ng9fKKEDMf7S4
RIP Roy C (Hammond)
https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/soul-singer-roy-charles-hammond-aka-roy-c-has-died/?fbclid=IwAR0ppYaA8crmJH-8aYrUnC4D4UqyFAoO7ivYzcw-YuYYRbW2YKl2UgsO_MU
1965 hit, “Shotgun Wedding”. Another song, “Impeach the President”, which he recorded and produced with a high school group, the Honey Drippers, has had one of the most sampled drum tracks in hip hop
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 September 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
Roy C special on now on WPFW
Jon Caramanica wrote a nice obit in NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/arts/music/roy-hammond-dead.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 September 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Real nice Roy C special... covered his soulful stuff (sometimes which included creepy lyrics that at their best were funny or self-deprecating...("your thing is too short" from "Peepin in the Window")
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 27 September 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/yd9mscCtDJ4
Narvel Echols “Pour Me a Drank” melds Southern soul, blues, rap & “Jody “ reference.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 October 2020 04:53 (three years ago) link
RIP Rev John Wilkins gospel- blues guitarist and bandleader
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2020/10/06/rev-john-wilkins-obit-dies-memphis-music-blues-gospel/5902177002/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 October 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Listening to Jackie Neal
https://youtu.be/jRFRSVJYX1Y
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 October 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
"Big Head Hundreds" by the late Johnnie Taylor is a great tune
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 November 2020 07:04 (three years ago) link
I bet blogger Daddy B Nice and WPFW DJ Dr Nick Johnson will have impressive album and song of the year lists. Both usually wait till January of the next year though, to post
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
Not seeing other southern soul year end lists. Need to do one myself.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 December 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Forgot to post here about the Queens of Southern Soul concert that was on Facebook Saturday night. A nice evening of x-mas tunes and soul and blues classics
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 December 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
Y’all should be listening to Theo Huff, LJ Echols, and Theodis Ealey among others here plus Nellie Tiger Travis and others who shined on that event over the weekend
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 December 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
Theo Huff does southern soul and funky songs; latest Theodis Ealey has southern soul and 12 bar blues
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
Beat Flippa- POTY ( producer of the year) has a who’s who of great southern soul singers guesting—Cupid, Omar Cunningham, Pokey Bear, Ghetto Cowboy, Tucka , Donnie Rays
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 December 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
Pokey Bear 2020 album was pretty nice too
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2021.cfm
Big Daddy Nice did an end of 2020 essay earlier; here’s his top singles
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
RIP Winfield Parker, 1960s Baltimore soul singer whose song "Mr. Clean" on Ru-jac Records became a Northern soul favorite. A retrospective Ru-jac compilation was issued a few years ago. He later acquired a new audience singing gospel, and also gained new fans for his soul music via gigs at Ponderosa Stomp, Dig Deeper, & MOJO WORKIN' Donostia R&B Weekend in Spain. He got Covid a few weeks ago, and didn't recover.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:54 (three years ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/506198/city-lights-royal-height-says-trump-aint-gotta-go-home-just-gotta-git-the-hell-up-outta-here/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
Royal Height is more old school soul than southern soul, but this song fits here
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
My votes for Beat Flippa and Pokey Bear albums were probably the only ones in the ilx album poll
I still need to go through all of Big Daddy Nice's 2020 faves
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 05:35 (three years ago) link
Not the right kind of beats or guitar on any of the cuts above to convince the rest of the ilxors in the poll.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 February 2021 05:03 (three years ago) link
I Can't Breathe From Jus' EPIK ft. Krystal D is a heartfelt good new one as is Margo Thunder “Paper or Plastic “
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
Big Daddy Nice did a more comprehensive list of best 2020 albums, best blues songs, best male vocalists songs , best female vocalist songs,
His fave cd is the Wendall B - Real Talk one, his other fave finalists are below:
Dee Dee Simon----Da Fire
Jeter Jones----Mufassa
R&B Pooh----The Prince Of Trail Ride Blues
Wendell B----Real Talk
Beat Flippa (Various Artists)----P.O.T.Y. (Producer Of The Year)
Ju Evans----All About Soul
Uncle Wayne----The Birth Of Hithm & Bluez Vol. 2
King Fred----A Taste Of Soul
Unkle Phunk (Various Artists)----Unkle Phunk's Juke Joint Vol. 1
Big G----Keep On Rockin'
Sir Charles Jones, Jeter Jones----The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings
CoCo Wade----Get Up And Dance
Lenny Williams----Fine
Ricky White----Southern Soul Nation
LaMorris Williams----Another Level
LaMorris Williams----Unfinished Business
Gregg A. Smith----The Real Deal
T.K. Soul----Chocolate Jamz
T.K. Soul----Southern Soul Royalty
Sir Charles Jones----Intimacy
Bobby Rush----Sitting On Top Of The Blues
Sheba Potts-Wright----So Damn Good
Pokey Bear----Crown Me
Tyree Neal----I'm Missing My Baby
Nelson Curry----It's Time For Soul
Jaye Hammer----Best Of Jaye Hammer
Willie Clayton----Born To Sing
Cupid----Capricorn
Big G----Midnight Love
Bigg Robb----Smooth Grown & Sexy
T.J. Hooker Taylor----Who Is T.J. Hooker Taylor? EP
Arthur Young----Funky Forty EP
Ronnie Bell----365
Magic One----The Magic Show II
Johnny James----The Book Of Isaiah
R.T. Taylor----The Mule Man
Itz Karma----Karma Unleashed
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 04:53 (three years ago) link
oh here's the link to it all
https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2020.cfm
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
Wendell B has a deep almost Barry White esque voice. Sometimes goes for a polished nearly mainstream r’n’b style. Not bad but not my album of the year
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link
Kinda quiet storm
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:11 (three years ago) link
I listened to Wpfw DJ Dr Nick play a bunch of great Ms Jody songs Saturday, but I still haven’t caught up on all the 2020 albums and tracks that Daddy B Nice listed in blogposts I linked to above
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 March 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
Great Southern Soul Rompin radio show from Dr Nick today—
Thanks to everyone who went Southern Soul Rumpin' with me today on WPFW, 89.3 FM in Washington, D. C. Maybe you listened online at wpfwfm.org. Hopefully you followed the show on TWITCH!!!
The music featured Southern Soul Duets. Here's the playlist:
Hardway Connection - Southern Soul Rumpin' (Opening Theme)Bigg Robb & O. B. Buchana - Cuttin' UpMr. David & Nelson Curry - By My Damn SelfTheodis Ealey & Lacee - Think It OverOmar Cunningham & Big YaYo - The Boots On SongWillie Clayton & Sir Charles Jones - Do You Feel ItJoe Tex II & Sharnette Hyter - Hold OnJeff Floyd & William Bell - Somebody's Gonna LoseMissy B & LJ Echols - Choose Between 2J Wonn & Mel Waiters - Jigga JiggaJ. Blackfoot & Sir Charles Jones - I'm Just A FoolSergio Davis & Jeff Floyd - Let's Go Rosalyn Candy & Tucka - Boom Shaka LakaJ. Red The Nephew & Karen Wolfe - What's Up For The NightWilliam Bell & Snoop Dogg - I Forgot To Be Your LoverStevie J Blues & LJ Echols - My ExRashad Tha Bluz Kid & J. Wonn - Shake ItWillie Clayton & Pat Brown - Equal OpportunitySir Jonathan Burton & Bishop Bull Winkle - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man Floyd Taylor & Mel Waiters - It's On MeFat Daddy & Sir Charles Jones - Mr. MailmanArthur "Funky Forty" Young & Jeter Jones - Flashlight
See you next Saturday from 12 noon til 2pm EST!
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 March 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
The Boots On song is a classic
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 March 2021 05:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/23/malaco-records-the-last-soul-company-rob-bowman-music-books/4735772001/
Rob Bowman who wrote a book about Stax has a new one about Malaco. Southern soul roots
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 April 2021 04:47 (three years ago) link
Rob Bowman will be talking about his Malaco book tonight with great writer/ professor Scott Barretta at 6:30 et , 5:30 central zoom via Oxford, Ms book store Square
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P7DGZsL9TrOg2QprwqPLrw?fbclid=IwAR3cOaI25CJsGzEZyuaTswmbg_ZaqOp4Zu4WpUtZTXYEgPshBu80900H9Es
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
Fascinating interview that focused on beginning of Malaco w/ regards to southern soul ( Zz Hill and Denise Lasalle) plus how it stumbled into gospel and then became a leader in releasing black gospel quartets and some mass choirs .
Interview is archived for now on Square Books Facebook page, and may get added to their YouTube page.
Bowman talked about how the label put out Black music for Black people ( as compared to Alligator and other labels). Plus there was talk re how federal deregulation of radio allowed Clear Channel to buy up many southern soul and gospel stations, leaving less around now and hurting the musicians and labels
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
Oh Npr did a story on Malaco
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980234533/last-soul-company-details-the-malaco-records-story?fbclid=IwAR3F21r4LsoV0ijdiFFKYofIE6kMpmV2Hf5p3tVe3m1gvyFnXnRDdmkUacM
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Got the Malaco book for my birthday! It’s a big coffee table size one
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
Preston Lauterbach who wrote a great book on the history of the Chitlin Circuit now has a free email Substack
https://thechitlincircuit.substack.com/p/robert-johnson-and-ike-turner?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 April 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
Ann Powers & Amanda Petrusich who both write about roots/Americana music these days never write about southern soul.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 April 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Bobby Rush deserves his own thread. He is doing a pair of virtual solo concerts this month, May 16 & 23, making appearances on behalf of a new documentary he is in called “The Birth of Soul Music,” and will be releasing his memoir “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story,” in June
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 04:32 (two years ago) link
So much old and new southern soul for me to catch up with
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
Sweet Angel “Jukin at the hole in the wall ( remix)” is a good one
― curmudgeon, Monday, 31 May 2021 03:57 (two years ago) link
Lotsa outdoor gigs happening in Mississippi but alas I am not there. I need to catch up on my listening online still.
Did I mention that Daddy B Nice has a subscription email now. It’s free
Preston Lauterbach also has one, plus he just helped with Stax, & Al Green & more drummer Howard Grimes new memoir Timekeeper
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 3 June 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0HeYGpRyOYBobby Rush does talk overs during this Ms Lowe song
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link