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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnsvInYOWGE
Klay Redd's "Chicken Wang" almost feels like a parody of southern soul. But some good line dancing
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
Then there's Ice Buck with Nellie Tiger Travis "Back that Country Thang on Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZuo4FWHn7U
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
.Ann Powers just retweeted this: @AmericanaFest Artist Of The Year @brandicarlile uses her speech to shout out @outsidechild13 (Alison Russell) @amythystkiah @iamyola @TheValerieJune @joyoladokun
and I have heard her plug these artists before, but contrarian me (who also likes southern soul more than singer/songwriter folk and thinks its more Americana ) is thinking "what about southern soul"
1. “I’m Gonna Win”—T.K. Soul2. “Knee Deep (Soul Lion Bass Mashup”—Jay Morris Group3. “I’ll Leave The Light On”—Karen Wolfe4. “OMG”—Cadillac Man5. “Tennessee Whiskey”—Sir Jonathan Burton6. “For You”—Sean Ardoin7. “Kush Kush”—Lacee8. “Do You Wanna Ride”—Silky G McCoy9. “Imma Let Him Get It”—Summer Wolfe10. “Rough Ride”—Stephanie McDee
SIR CHARLES JONES: The Chosen One (Music Access)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
Reading about international conference on the blues taking place in Mississippi today reminds me that my desire for the Americana awards people to recognize blues and southern soul is to expand the Americana pie and not a dis of all stuff they consider Americana. Also posting this in response to criticism Geoff Himes got for his Afro-Americana piece in paste
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 October 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
Sir Charles Jones is the man
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 October 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
Dr Nick was playing some awesome southern soul on his WPFW Saturday 12 to 2 pm et Southern Soul Rompin show. I need to listen to it again on their 2 weeks only available archives
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 November 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
Still need to listen to that Saturday show before it’s gone
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/07/booty-is-part-of-blackness-bobby-rush-on-blues-dirty-dancing-and-being-the-funkiest-man-alive
Good Bobby Rush interview
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 9 January 2022 18:46 (two years ago) link
I think Dr Nick of WFPFW is gonna post his best of 2021 soon. Plus I think Daddy B Nice is also
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 05:31 (two years ago) link
Jeter Jones - "Plain Ol Country Boy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEF9YopHuR8
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 05:34 (two years ago) link
That's #12 on Big Daddy Nice's top tracks of 2021
https://southernsoulrnb.com/corner2021.cfm
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 05:36 (two years ago) link
Just listened to Dr Nick’s Southern Soul Rompin show and he played a nice mix of new and old southern soul. Nellie Travis, Sir Charles Jones and so much more. WPFW has it archived for 2 weeks.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 January 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
https://greyareanews.com/events/rocky-mount-nc-kings-of-southern-soul-concert-set-for-apr-30/
If you are in North Carolina April 30 this is a great show to see
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 January 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Dr Nick has delayed his 2021 best of list posting and radio show. :(
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 January 2022 15:15 (two years ago) link
Dr Mick might air his 2021 faves on WPFW next week on his Saturday afternoon Southern Soul Rompin show 12 noon to 2 pm et usa
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
Dr Nick
Daddy B Nice's top 2021-
Best AlbumFantastic ----- Bigg Robb
Stawberry Jamz ----- T.K. Soul
Electric Cowboy ----- Big Yayo
Long Story Short ----- Jay Morris Group
Who Is Hisyde? ----- Hisyde
Fish Grease Friday ----- Various (Jeter Jones)
It's Jaye Hammer Time ----- Jaye Hammer
The Summit ----- Urban Ladder Society (Stevie J. Blues)
You're Not My Competition ----- Tasha Mac
Southern Soul Brother ----- O.B. Buchana
Love On You Tha Album ----- Volton Wright
Now Dig This ----- Crystal Thomas
The Southern Side of Soul ----- Ra'Shad The Blues Kid
Bluz Me ----- Ra'Shad The Blues Kid
Trail Ride Certified Part II ----- Jeter Jones
I Love My Blues ----- Gerod Rayborn
Moe Better Blues -----Miss Lady Blues
Cowboy Style ----- Ms. Jody
The Chosen One ----- Sir Charles Jones
Winter Is Coming: A Southern Soul And BluesQueens’ Christmas ----- Various (Dee Dee Simon)
Mood Swings ----- Rosalyn Candy
Hear Me Roar ----- T-Lyons
Decency ----- J'Cenae
Best Album
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
Dr. Nick's top requested songs on his WFPFW Southern Soul rompin' radio show
Jesse Redmond aka J Red The Nephew & Sham Redmond - A Party In Here TonightOmar Cunningham - Call Me DaddyWest Love - Stop LookingJoe Tex II & Signature Live and EFFECTz - I Gotcha (Remix)SIR Charles Jones & TK SOUL - We Ready To PartyLaquitta Stephens Willis aka Lady Q - LumberjackAgape Soul feat. Maysa - Nobody But You LJ Echols & Missy B - Choose Between 2Cupid & Big Pokey Bear-JSP Group - Take ThatKaren Wolfe - I'll Leave The Light OnO.b. Buchana - Bet You Got A Good UnAl Davis & Mark Luckett - It's A Party At The Juke JointTygressa Music - Hey You (A Minute With You Candace Woodson Experience - Midas TouchBigg Robb - He Can't DoTy Causey - U Vincent Turner
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 03:15 (two years ago) link
top requested in 2021 songs I mean
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/blues-buffalo-nichols-1296676/
So Much Damage Has Already Been Done’: The Fight to Reclaim the BluesAfter years of watching white artists and fans dominate a genre pioneered by Black people, artists like Buffalo Nichols are trying to bring the music they love back to its roots
Paywalled article by David Browne that makes some good points, but fails to acknowledge the existence of southern soul blues. I decided to be a know-it-all and tweeted nicely that he should listen to Dr Nick's "southern Soul Rompin" show and check out Big Daddy Nice's southern soul website (linked above a number of times)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
DieDra Hurdle-Ruff - Size Of The Ship ( sample lyric --"it's not the size of the ship, it's the way you move your hip")
Norfolk, VA born, North Carolina raised, Alabama resident singer who is married to a guitarist from Bobby Rush's band
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 27 March 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link
The only youtube link for that song is it being used partway into a linedance lesson.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
Vickie Baker "Talk in your sleep" is awesome
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 April 2022 03:24 (one year ago) link
Dr Nick on WPFW's Southern Soul Rompin played that and a bunch of other great songs last Saturday (his shows are archived on their website for 2 weeks)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
Dr. Nick is on now @ WPFW 89.3 and online till 2 pm eastern time. Dierdra "Red Shoes" sounded great. Plus a song called "Blues Cowboy" was ok. Now he's reaching back to a passionate one from Tucka
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
Tucka - "Jukebox Lover"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_OuCCNFMs
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
Dr Nick just played Ice Buck "I Just Wanna Step with My Baby"
another great one
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 April 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
Dr. Nick's Southern Soul Rompin' show is sounding great today, and I can't convince anyone on this music fan website to listen-- not the Daptone retro soul listeners, not the folks listening to current stream and radio r'n'b hits , nobody. Oh well.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 April 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
Only heard part of Dr Nick’s show Saturday. Need to go back and listen to the rest on the WPFW archive link
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 May 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
https://southernsoulrnbnew.com/top-10-southern-soul-rnb-songs/
Daddy B. Nice’s current top southern soul songs : 1. “Here Come Pokey”—Pokey Bear2. “I Don’t Ever Want To Break Up”—Wendell B, J’Cenae3. “Come To The Trailride”—Jeter Jones4. “Country Boy (Remix)”—Chu’zu, Vince Tucker, Jeter Jones5. “Corner Sto”—Ciddy Boi P., Mz. Connie6. “Ms. Parker”—Kinnie Ken7. “Das My Kitty”—Kandy Janai8. “Lucky”—David Brinston, Mr. Frayser9. “Truck Driving Baddie”—Lokey Kountry10. “Get On Out Of Here”—Tasha Mac
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
Southern soul artists don't regularly come up even as far north as the Washington DC area, so I was kinda bummed that I was out of town when the below gig happened (saw some pics and such on FB)
Sunday July 24
Dr. Nick’s Southern Soul Explosion w/ TJ Hooker-Taylor, Nellie Tiger Travis (“Hey Mr Sexy Man”), & Hardway Connection @ Graces Event Center in Waldorf, MD
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
Just need to accept that this music will never have the cool kid and old guy critic vibe that jazz now has.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 July 2022 12:36 (one year ago) link
Heard some great songs on Dr Nick's WPFW radio show while in the car. Need to go to the station's archives for last 2 weeks and look 'em up. A friend suggested I use something called Audio Hijack to tape his show. Plus I need to check out Daddy B Nice's suggestions from his blog and email. Although I like Dr Nick's choices better
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 August 2022 23:42 (one year ago) link
zydeco artist Sean Ardoin put out a nice hybrid zydeco southern soul song in 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiI8PtX8-Bc
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 September 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
Busy with other stuff, I missed that the Americana Fest happened September 13 to 17. But in looking at lineup I see they once again ignored southern soul . I called them out on it on twitter
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 September 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
Ever since Ch*ck Eddy left this thread ( and noted on Facebook he was now mostly bored with southern soul, no one else has joined me here. Oh well. Perhaps a more generic thread title years ago might have brought in a few more participants.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 September 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
Busy with family obligations, I missed Hardway Connection , Jim Bennett, the Brothers 7 band and others @ Lamont's this weekend
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 October 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
Ms Jody “I’m Gonna Ride that Black Horse “ is so catchy that even if you think the double entendre lyrics are simplistic and cliched , you can’t help but be impressed
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2022 05:11 (one year ago) link
Maybe I should post more southern soul videos
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
Dr Nick is playing southern soul Christmas songs now on WPFW.
Nellie Tiger Travis and more
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 November 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
Uh oh , I’m November blogger website guy Daddy B Nice announced he is losing his vision and is looking for help in keeping his southern soul website going
He has a new December post too thanking folks for responding
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 December 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link