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
In November
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 December 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
This other website by Blues Critic Dylann DeAnna still exists also
https://soulbluesmusic.com/southernsoulbluescharts.htm
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 December 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
I need to figure my fave 2022 southern soul albums plus see what above website folks think
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 January 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
I heard Hardway Connection cover King George “Keep on Rollin “ live this past Saturday and the dance floor at Lamont’s got packed
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 13:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2022.cfm
King George wins best album, and more . Lots of categories here
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 February 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
Lots of recommendations worth checking out in those many categories
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 04:40 (one year ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1151367743/lee-fields-tiny-desk-concert
Lee Fields Tiny Desk
He has retro soul cred plus southern soul fans like him too
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 14:30 (one year ago) link
The way Southern Soul has grown down south let's me know folks want it bad.I never heard Tucka and King George on SC radio this much in my LIFE.— Donate to local food banks (@TiphSeven) July 27, 2022
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2023 20:55 (one year ago) link
Sooooo.. There's this Southern Soul Blues singer by the name of King George that's has very problematic song that's sweeping the SOUTH! You can't run away from it!! 🗣️🎶 This train gon' keep on rollin!!!🎶 🤣🚂💃🏾🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/iUKTmr8gWg pic.twitter.com/EyDYiR8EmE— 🌌⋆💜𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊💜⋆🌌 (@miss_lady_diva) June 12, 2022
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
Friday Feb 24 @ DAR Const Hall in DC - Capital City Blues Fest with Southern soul and Blues w/ Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear, King George, Tucka, Lenny Williams, Theodis Ealey @ DAR Const. Hall
Be there or be square
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 05:38 (one year ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/591350/enjambre-at-union-stage-and-more-best-bets-for-feb-23-march-1/
My preview ( alas edited down for space) of tonight’s DC gig is in link.
Am told that this same bill which is doing gigs throughout the south, will also be in Atlantic City , the farthest north in US this show has been in the US for years.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
September Americana fest dates have been announced and I bet per usual they will ignore Southern soul or at best just have Bobby Rush doing a solo blues gig rather than one with his band and dancers that gets more soulful
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
The show was kinda fun but also a bit disappointing. Vocals were sometimes too low in mix. Theodis E thread title song mentioned here sounded great, but most of his set was fairly formulaic bluesy southern soul. Lenny Williams sounded pretty good. Did 2 old Tower of Power songs he had written. King George was fun but his voice was not as soulfully strong live as on recordings. Audience loved Keep on Rollin. Pokey Bear sang over tracks not a band as did Tucka. Pokey was energetic and doing crazy dancing. At times reminded me of Flavor Flave! “My Sidepiece” got a big response and sounded great. Tucka sounded strong at times but kept stopping and starting songs in an annoying way. He weirdly did part of a King George song and then stopped; plus a Pokey Bear one too. Calvin Richardson did part of a Bobby Womack song, handed out roses to ladies,and tried to be a suave soulman , but his band was mixed too loud in the mix and his voice wasn’t strong enough . Pretty big crowd. Emcee was a bit raunchy and Redd Foxx like . There were only a handful of white people like my wife and I there, but emcee saw some white folks up closer and joked “Obama got elected and white people want to go everywhere.” But that was just one little aside. There was also an over age 60 dance contest done to Juvenile song Back That azzz up.
The tour will go as far north as Atlantic City in March
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 February 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Some of the same show participants will be at a fest in Manassas in April, and then Ms Jody and others will be at Lamont's in June. So suddenly more southern soul live in DC MD VA area then in awhile. Although Hardway plays monthly.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 March 2023 21:24 (one year ago) link
Dr Nick on WPFW Southern Soul Rompin right now playing some great songs - Diedra Huff- “Size of the Ship” & Wendell B “Cadillac Willy”
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
RIP Peggy Scott-Adams a powerful voiced singer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
Not sure if it got rained out today, but some of the same southern soul artists I saw a little while back at DAR in DC , we’re scheduled to be at Prince William Fairgrounds in Manassas
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:54 (eleven months ago) link
P2K ( w/ King George) “U-Turn” is a great southern soul song that Dr Nick played on WPFW
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 May 2023 19:51 (eleven months ago) link
I hope it happened before you drove!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 21:22 (ten months ago) link
Oops . So that southern soul tour keeps going. It’s going to be in Baltimore in October
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 21:23 (ten months ago) link
In a public post on Facebook, DJ Dr Nick Johnson has announced that he is moving his “Southern Soul Rompin “ program currently heard from 12 to 2 pm ET Saturday afternoons on WPFW 89.3 public radio in Washington DC, to http://ATXSoulradio.com on Saturday night July 1 at 9 pm where it will aire every Saturday night. Dr Nick currently does a Saturday morning old school soul show on online only station ATX .
This kinda makes me sad.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 03:39 (ten months ago) link
wow this is a real cool time capsule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_NcyitKV_g
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 June 2023 15:24 (ten months ago) link
Yes. Barbara Carr has a number of songs I like including that one
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 June 2023 18:09 (ten months ago) link
i think i'm a Tucka fan now
― Heez, Sunday, 6 August 2023 00:22 (eight months ago) link
Yes!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 14:16 (eight months ago) link
So wazzavout these Eli “Paperboy” Reed covers of “Ace of Spades” and “Do It Again”?
― Kizza Me on the Bus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 September 2023 19:22 (seven months ago) link
Haven't heard em. But will check em out
I am listening to Cupid "(it's going down at) "The Cook Out"
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 September 2023 00:50 (seven months ago) link
Also like this Terry Wright and Vick Allen "It's Over" song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mRpSI0KQgU
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 September 2023 02:06 (seven months ago) link
Nobody on Bluesky is into southern soul it appears
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 October 2023 19:14 (six months ago) link
And I am falling behind myself since Dr Nick moved his radio show from a Saturday noon slot on public radio to a website only Saturday night one
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 October 2023 19:34 (six months ago) link
Lady C who took Dr Nick’s place on WPFW just played a good 2015 song by Big Cynthia called “She Working that Nookie Thing”. Lady C is on WPFW Saturday 12 to 2 et, plus each show is archived for 2 weeks
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 October 2023 17:05 (six months ago) link
The bill of The Southern Soul Bowl Tour that played Houston last night:
Tiffany RachalTasha MacJeter JonesRoyal DLaceeLatimoreJ Paul Jr & The NubeedsFatdaddySir CharlesTk Soul
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 21 October 2023 17:37 (six months ago) link
Nice . I like Latimore and TK Soul. Don’t know some of the others. I think J Paul is zydeco mixed with southern soul
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 October 2023 18:44 (six months ago) link
Yeah she was rocking that Big Cynthia
Hard to believe it’s been so long since the Gator had that spot
― Heez, Saturday, 21 October 2023 19:21 (six months ago) link
Yep. RIP Gator. And still I meet folks who don't know what I mean by southern soul-- Friday was talking to a DC guitarist who plays rockabilly and honkytonk country and a vocalist musician guy who is into artsy punk and post punk and they were stumped re the current day names I mentioned
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:33 (six months ago) link
Liking the 2023 Robert Finley album Black Bayou. it's more bluesy soul than southern soul. He had gotten some attention by working with a Fat Possum label engineer, and also with an album produced by a Black Keys guy, and on America's Got Talent. He's a rural Louisiana guy who spent years in Europe in the 70s in the US army where he also played music.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 November 2023 01:34 (five months ago) link
Listening to Jeter Jones too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 November 2023 14:33 (five months ago) link
https://southernsoulrnbnew.com/southern-soul-corner-2023/
Lots of song info and concert info here
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 17:01 (five months ago) link
Ms Jody has a great recent song called “Burger King”. On her 2023 album A Night to Remember
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 December 2023 06:05 (four months ago) link
Big Daddy Nice Posts a best of 2023 in January I think. Not seeing any southern soul best of 2023 lists posted now
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:47 (four months ago) link
Daddy B Nice I mean.
Here’s his top 7 songs for December
1. "Grown Man (I Need Somebody)"---King George feat. CharMeka Joquelle2. "Real Real Woman"---J'Cenae3. "Trail Ride"---Lady Redtopp feat. Bri Rocket4. "Do You Wanna Go?"---Tucka5. "Fallin' For You"---Adrian Bagher6. "Walk Out On My Love"---Dee Dee Simon7. "Party"---Mike Clark Jr. feat. E. Realist & Charity
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 03:22 (four months ago) link
Chazz The Boi Wonder also does monthly top southern soul lists
He has King George "Grown Man" on his list too
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 December 2023 05:13 (four months ago) link