Malaco Records is a soul survivor. The 50-year-old gospel, R&B and blues label in Mississippi has faced the same changes and challenges in the music industry that every other record company has, plus one: a tornado that nearly decimated its headquarters....
Let’s start with my favorite, “Bring The Blues Back.” This song is nothing but good old party blues. This song was put together in the ‘jump blues’ fashion, but is still good old party blues. When you listen to this tune, there is a lady that’s talking about partying. I don’t know if there is a connection, but Freddie King had a tune out in the 70’s called “Shake Your Booty.” ...
I've been hearing "'Bout it 'Bout it" in clubs all over the West and South Sides of Chicago for quite some time, and I admit I'm far from sick of it: quite the opposite! To see folks of diverse ages dancing jubilantly to an actual "southern soul" track in venues ranging from elegant show lounges to "hole-in-the-wall" urban jukes gives me a thrilling confidence that this music does, against all odds, have a future among mainstream Black audiences...
Finally after a year or so of trying, we are able to present Carl Marshall, currently one of the most prominent personalities in Southern Soul. He appeared in the editor's mind in connection with the song Good Lovin 'Makes You Cry, as he did for many others...
David Brinston - "Two-Way Love Affair"
I want to see David Brinston in concert one of these days because I just love this man's voice. I fell in love with him with "You're So Freak" (I was kind of addicted to this song for awhile - see my post dated 3/6/11), always liked "Party Till The Lights Go Out"...
Bounding onto the stage at Gene's Lane & Lounge in a loose cream-colored three-piece suit, singing as he walked through the room full of couples, there wasn't the slightest hesitation between the DJ announcing him and Clayton bursting forth with "Still Called the Blues."
It could be argued that Millie Jackson is the ultimate proto-feminist. As the queen of gutbucket R&B/trash talk and with a career that has spanned four decades, 28 albums, 40 hit singles and successful forays into stage, television and radio, she has never presented herself as a passive participant in any of her scenarios.
Fame Records, was where Carter produced his first record, “Tell Daddy All About It,” followed by the records “Slip Away” in 1968, “Too Weak to Fight” in 1969 and “Patches” in 1970, all three of which were in the top 10 positions on the charts, according to clarencecarter.net. Some of Carter’s hits include “Slip Away,” “Patches,” “Sixty Minute Man” and, of course, “Strokin’.”
And the stories are plentiful, amusing and inspiring at Out of the Past Records, 4407-09 W. Madison, owned and operated by Charlie Joe and Marie Henderson.
While other popular forms of music -- rock and roll, country, jazz and even traditional Hawaiian music -- have their own halls of fame, one of America's original art forms, the blues, lacks a single focal point where fans can gather and remember the past.
R&B/Soul singer and Louisiana native, TK Soul,lands record deal with SSMG/Bungalo/Universal Music Group Dist. with new single, The Zydeco Bounce, launching across America tomorrow, Valentine’s Day 2012.
The Zydeco Bounce is the first worldwide single release from TK Soul with SSMG/Bungalo/Universal Music Group Dist.
