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

Sweet Angel “Jukin at the hole in the wall ( remix)” is a good one

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0HeYGpRyOY
Bobby Rush does talk overs during this Ms Lowe song

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

Then there's Ice Buck with Nellie Tiger Travis "Back that Country Thang on Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZuo4FWHn7U

.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. Soul
2. “Knee Deep (Soul Lion Bass Mashup”—Jay Morris Group
3. “I’ll Leave The Light On”—Karen Wolfe
4. “OMG”—Cadillac Man
5. “Tennessee Whiskey”—Sir Jonathan Burton
6. “For You”—Sean Ardoin
7. “Kush Kush”—Lacee
8. “Do You Wanna Ride”—Silky G McCoy
9. “Imma Let Him Get It”—Summer Wolfe
10. “Rough Ride”—Stephanie McDee

SIR CHARLES JONES: The Chosen One (Music Access)

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

Sir Charles Jones is the man

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

Still need to listen to that Saturday show before it’s gone

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

I think Dr Nick of WFPFW is gonna post his best of 2021 soon. Plus I think Daddy B Nice is also

Jeter Jones - "Plain Ol Country Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEF9YopHuR8

That's #12 on Big Daddy Nice's top tracks of 2021

https://southernsoulrnb.com/corner2021.cfm

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.

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

Dr Nick has delayed his 2021 best of list posting and radio show. :(

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

Dr Nick

Daddy B Nice's top 2021-

Best Album
Fantastic ----- 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 Blues
Queens’ Christmas ----- Various (Dee Dee Simon)

Mood Swings ----- Rosalyn Candy

Hear Me Roar ----- T-Lyons

Decency ----- J'Cenae

Best Album

Long Story Short ----- Jay Morris Group

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 Tonight
Omar Cunningham - Call Me Daddy
West Love - Stop Looking
Joe Tex II & Signature Live and EFFECTz - I Gotcha (Remix)
SIR Charles Jones & TK SOUL - We Ready To Party
Laquitta Stephens Willis aka Lady Q - Lumberjack
Agape Soul feat. Maysa - Nobody But You
LJ Echols & Missy B - Choose Between 2
Cupid & Big Pokey Bear-JSP Group - Take That
Karen Wolfe - I'll Leave The Light On
O.b. Buchana - Bet You Got A Good Un
Al Davis & Mark Luckett - It's A Party At The Juke Joint
Tygressa Music - Hey You (A Minute With You
Candace Woodson Experience - Midas Touch
Bigg Robb - He Can't Do
Ty Causey - U Vincent Turner

top requested in 2021 songs I mean

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/blues-buffalo-nichols-1296676/

So Much Damage Has Already Been Done’: The Fight to Reclaim the Blues
After 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)

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

The only youtube link for that song is it being used partway into a linedance lesson.

Vickie Baker "Talk in your sleep" is awesome

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)

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

Tucka - "Jukebox Lover"

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

Dr Nick just played Ice Buck "I Just Wanna Step with My Baby"

another great one

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.

Only heard part of Dr Nick’s show Saturday. Need to go back and listen to the rest on the WPFW archive link

https://southernsoulrnbnew.com/top-10-southern-soul-rnb-songs/

Daddy B. Nice’s current top southern soul songs : 1. “Here Come Pokey”—Pokey Bear
2. “I Don’t Ever Want To Break Up”—Wendell B, J’Cenae
3. “Come To The Trailride”—Jeter Jones
4. “Country Boy (Remix)”—Chu’zu, Vince Tucker, Jeter Jones
5. “Corner Sto”—Ciddy Boi P., Mz. Connie
6. “Ms. Parker”—Kinnie Ken
7. “Das My Kitty”—Kandy Janai
8. “Lucky”—David Brinston, Mr. Frayser
9. “Truck Driving Baddie”—Lokey Kountry
10. “Get On Out Of Here”—Tasha Mac

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

Just need to accept that this music will never have the cool kid and old guy critic vibe that jazz now has.

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

zydeco artist Sean Ardoin put out a nice hybrid zydeco southern soul song in 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiI8PtX8-Bc

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

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.

Busy with family obligations, I missed Hardway Connection , Jim Bennett, the Brothers 7 band and others @ Lamont's this weekend

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

Maybe I should post more southern soul videos

Dr Nick is playing southern soul Christmas songs now on WPFW.

Nellie Tiger Travis and more

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

In November

This other website by Blues Critic Dylann DeAnna still exists also

https://soulbluesmusic.com/southernsoulbluescharts.htm

soulbluesmusic (sometimes known as The Blues Critic) and Boogie Report are 2 online entities that cover southern soul in addition to Daddy B Nice and his southern soul rnb site

I need to figure my fave 2022 southern soul albums plus see what above website folks think

Wish the above folks spelled out their 2022 faves so that the rest of us with less time to listen, could check ‘em out. But they do list monthly charts

Willie Clayton seems to be good year in and out , every year

Clayton is kind of retro but has never had anyone Market his music to the Daptone Sharon Jones audience that would love it

Meanwhile for southern soul fans King George’s Keep on Rollin’ was likely the song of 2022. I forgot to put it on a nomination list for this here site’s ILM best tracks of 2022.