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I am Skinny Ricky. I lead The Casual Encounters.
Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - It’s Too Late (Fire, 1959)
Tarheel Slim & Little Ann have this dark, condemned style that either gives you the creeps or makes you weep. Or both. It certainly makes Little Ann cry out in a sea of creepy reverb in the last leg of the tune.
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- May 24th 2012
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- May 22nd 2012
Wendy Rene - Crying All By Myself
Wendy Rene has a signature deflating, descending and chromatically-slipping melismata that evokes a sort of longing desperation. Her lack of precision and control as a singer is exactly what makes your heart break as a listener. This collection shows her youth as a singer, I think, as it stylistically remains on the pop/girl group side of things and the range of ornaments and vocal chops she demonstrates is limited. I’d imagine though, that’s exactly what Stax wanted out of her, a youthful wailer who had that cute, amateur quality to her. She’s probably best known for her Stax single “After Laughter Comes Tears”, an innocent but deeply haunted tune.
- May 16th 2012
RIP Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn of Booker T & The MG’s.
- May 14th 2012
The Falcons - I Can’t Help It
The Falcons were a vocal group who at different times featured such greats as Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd. This track kills.
Photo cred/discussion of compound meter to Derek’s Daily 45.
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- May 10th 2012
OLD SOUL MUSIC MIXTAPE NO.2 (EVERY DAY IT HURTS)
A collection of recent discoveries and some old favorites. Not gonna lie, it’s a bummer of a mix but it kills. Circle the drain til ya slash those wrists and feel no more pain. Hope you enjoy, fine pretty people.
Reblog if you want the dl link.
Darrell Banks - Don’t Know What To Do
Tommy Youngblood - Tobacco Road
Nelson Sanders - I’m Lonely
Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You
Inell Young - What Do You See In Her
Jackie Opel - Tears From My Eyes
Jackie Moore - Loser Again
Eddie Holman - Four Walls
Lou Johnson - Living Without You
Debbie Taylor - How Long Can This Last
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- May 3rd 2012Maybe it’s time for the second mixtape of the week. Yes?
- May 3rd 2012you best answer. When he’s talking about a song and starts to sing it to jog your memory, you listen up.
- May 1st 2012
My first mixtape, just some stuff from the archive I enjoy. Expect more. Reblog if you care to. Thanks, everyone.
Tommy Neal - Going To A Happening
Cliff Gober - Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Nate Evans - Pardon My Innocent Heart
Patti Jo - Ain’t No Love Lost
Reuben Bell - It’s Not That Easy
Kip Anderson - Letter From My Darling
Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me
Candi Staton - Evidence
Eddie Ray - You Are Mine
Irma Thomas - Here I Am, Take Me
The Invinvibles - Heart Full Of Love
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- May 1st 2012
Geater Davis - Why Does It Hurt So Bad?
Geater was to Bobby “Blue” Bland as James Carr was to Otis Redding. Like Carr (The greatest soul singer of all-time), Geater never saw the recognition that he really deserved and was often compared to his more recognized counterpart. Geater had that big-horn, Bluesy Texas sound like Bland but with an added layer of grit to his voice. This track doesn’t really exemplify my point as it’s more upbeat than what you’d usually find in his wheelhouse, but you can still hear what I mean. I’ve got one more by him I’ll post tomorrow.
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- Apr 26th 2012
- Apr 24th 2012Francience Thomas - Too Beautiful To Be Good
Man, this song is downright heartbreaking. The strings, the horns, her performance.
…But last night he took the word woman
away from the word womanhood…
that’s what he did when he said,
“You’re too beautiful to be good”…
Tommy Tate - Never Too Busy
Story goes there was a mixup with a couple reels of tape. A track “Never Too Busy (For My Baby)” by Mighty Sam was meant for a Malaco B-Side to his 45 “Mr. and Mrs. Untrue”. The tapes got mixed up and the same instrumental track wound up being used on Tommy Tate’s radio jingle “Never Too Busy”, which sells insurance. Best part is at the finale of the Tate version Mighty Sam’s vocal track comes in, completely unrelated to the ad before it. Hear Mighty Sam’s version here. You can hear a couple other Tate tracks I’ve posted here.
- Apr 19th 2012
James Carr - Forgetting You
Reblogging myself because it’s one of my all-time favorite tracks from the greatest soul singer of all time, James Carr. It still gives me chills. Country soul at its finest.
- Apr 16th 2012
Mary Love - Born To Live With Heartache (Elco, 1971)
Happy Saturday. Miss Love suffers from the inescapable condition of being born to live with the pain.
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- Apr 14th 2012The perfect time to check out the latest in fine musics posted by holysoul and oldsoulmusic is when you’re back from seeing friends and have whiskey in you. Check them out, especially that Barbara Mason tune!
Thanks, JRS! -Ricky
- Apr 13th 2012