S ome guy was crashing the gates. He was meddling in a couple’s love life. The guy was boastful. It was obvious he had not studied the situation. The advice to the intruder was calm and direct. No chest-thumping. No lecturing. Four words rang true in the protagonist’s measured response to the intruder: You better move on. Released in 1962, “You Better Move On” was Arthur Alexander’s...
Sacramento police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of another man in November 2008. Detectives allege Arthur Alexander McCall killed 20-year-old Jonah Simms after the two argued on Bowles Street, near Traction Avenue, the night of Nov. 21, 2008, according to Sacramento police Sgt. Norm Leong. McCall confronted Simms prior to the argument, and then shot Simms, Leong...
Sacramento police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of another man in November 2008. Detectives allege Arthur Alexander McCall killed 20-year-old Jonah Simms after the two argued on Bowles Street, near Traction Avenue, the night of Nov. 21, 2008, according to Sacramento police Sgt. Norm Leong. McCall confronted Simms prior to the argument, and then shot Simms, Leong...
I like this concept, y’all. I like it a lot. If you know other songs that belong on this list, let me know in the comments section. 1. “Anna (Go to Him)” – The Beatles Early in their nightclub and recording careers, the Beatles performed many songs by black songwriters. Not only hall-of-famers like Chuck Berry and Smokey Robinson, but forgotten artists such as Larry Williams,...
A constant theme of the political left since the election of Barack Obama has been that militias are forming, and gosh-dern it, they're going to lynch somebody or blow something up, just you wait and see. These stories are almost...
In this, my 400th post would you believe, I'm tackling the sixties and listing the 75 great soul men of the decade. There are many to choose from but these, in my humble opinion, are the creme de la creme. So here goes, starting with my top ten, and then moving on to others of note: 1. Sam Cooke (who else at number one?), 2. Otis Redding, 3. James Carr, 4. Wilson Pickett, 5. O V Wright, 6. Al Green,...
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The considerable strengths of Movin' Melvin Brown's "Just a Little Country" CD, are due as much to the legacies of soul legends like Clarence Carter and Solomon Burke, as to the country artists and songs that ostensibly inspired this album. Indeed, Brown's Country has little to do with contemporary Nashville sounds, but instead is informed with the deep soul stylings of Soul music forebears...
This week's playlist doesn't have a theme as such, but is just some music I like. After an introductory snippet, we start with Anyone But You by The Mumps. The Mumps were a late 70s art-rock/punk band led by reality TV star Lance Loud (who takes lead on this) and musician ...
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Lists. Our industry is full of them; Equipment lists Set lists Song lists Client lists Plug-in lists Feature Patch lists and of course wish lists... Did you see what I did there? A list of lists. Some of our lists are sanity, the keep us on track, they make sure we're staying on track, on budget, on idea. Other lists are more about vanity, look who I've worked with or what I've got. The trouble is...
By Russ Corey, Staff Writer Ray Barger was a fixture in the Shoals music scene before there really was a Shoals music scene, and now he's back performing live at today's First Friday. Barger and two friends, Junior Lowe and the late Terry Thompson, had a band in 1954 when they were still students at Weeden Junior High school in east Florence.
With the myriad of doo-wop and soul tinged low fi summer tunes this summer it seems appropriate to mention Gino Washington, who is one of my favorite soul artists that although lesser known is still incredible nonetheless. Straight out of Detroit, Gino Washington was known for being a bit more raw, soulful and Rock n’ [...]
Photo: Dyson/WireImage Last night in London Pearl Jam broke out rarities, brand new songs and even the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood. Playing in the legendary Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Eddie Vedder and Co. kicked off the evening with “Sometimes” from No Code before briefly visiting Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive,” which served as a segue into [...]
Charles Hughes writes: The death of Barry Beckett – who passed away last week at the age of 66 – marks a truly unhappy milestone in American musical history. With his passing, the second Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which is among the most significant studio ensembles of the twentieth century, loses one of its core members. [...]
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