Arthur Preuss: Journalist and Voice of German and Conservative Catholics in America, 1871-1934 (New German-American Studies/Neue Deutsch-Amerikanische Studien)
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
In case you couldn’t show up live last Sunday … OK, so it took about 30 minutes of starts and stops and more silence than anything, but such is apparently the way of the world when making the switch to live online radio. However, Eric, Floyd and eventually Rich (aka Mr. Front Page) anchored this week’s show, [...]
Mod 64 (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let Rhe Sunshine In Doris Troy - Just One Look Paul Maauriat - Love is Blue The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O Van Morrinson - Moondance Singing Nun - Dominique Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - Chain of Fools Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made me So Very...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
"Just this one time! Too long to do it again!" And with that, the first — and probably only — full album performance of Bruce Springsteen's 1980 double-album The River began at New York City's Madison Square Garden. In an arena most often populated by athletes half his age, this minister of rock and roll — [...]
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
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,...
Arnie Skelton (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Sweet soul music - Arthur Conley, 1967
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
The record producer and keyboard player Barry Beckett was involved in many classic singles and albums from the 1960s to the 1990s in a variety of genres but especially rhythm'n'blues, Southern soul, rock and country music. Starting out as a session musician at Rick Hall's FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1967, he teamed up with drummer David Hawkins, bassist David Hood and rhythm guitarist...
the "A" side (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
People Sure Act Funny This one comes via a special request in the comments of the post I did about this 45's anthemic B Side a couple of years ago. Produced by the one and only Tom Dowd at American Sound, it broke into the R&B top twenty in the summer of 1968... are the Memphis Boys are just kicking it on here or what? Sounding kind of like Joe Tex (who was recording his own hits at American around...
Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Jesse Stone’s “Shake, Rattle & Roll” had been around the block several times before young soul singer Arthur Conley, hot off his 1967 blockbuster “Sweet Soul Music,” jumped onboard later that year and made it a hit all over again. The Georgia-born Otis Redding protégé may have been familiar with blues shouter Big Joe Turner’s [...]
Line Out (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
I know I'm putting this up a bit late. However: Soul Nite! 2nd Anniversary Celebration July 16 at 9 pm (doors at 8:30) Join us in celebrating two years of funky good times! Soul Nite curator and host Peter Lucas presents a selection of favorite 1960s performance footage on the big screen, cranked up loud. This electrifying, all-star summer Soul Nite will feature James Brown, Joe Tex, Lee Dorsey, Arthur...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
Titus Turner “Listen - Titus Turner - People Sure Act Funny - MP3″ Greetings all. Welcome to another week here at the Corners du Funk, where I sit securely inside the air-conditioned bunker while the streets look like they’re going to start melting. As predicted, the brisk spring weather has taken a sudden bizarre turn, and it’s closing [...]
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
The Soul Clan... Soul Meeting (1968, Atlantic 2530 .mp3 audio 03:34). The Soul Clan were Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Don Covay, Ben E. King, and Joe Tex.
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
1. King Curtis & the Kingpins, "Memphis Soul Stew." From Wikipedia's account of Curtis' funeral: "As the mourners filed in, Curtis' Kingpins played an hour long version of 'Soul Serenade' and a number of musicians got up to play. Jesse...
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
For complicated reasons, I'm currently living without cable. But apparently, my timing couldn't be better: This week, PBS is showing two documentaries targeted at fans of soul music and design—in other words, me (and, I suspect, many of you). Up...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Dalton Reed's Louisiana Soul Man establishes the singer as an heir to the deep Southern soul of such artists as Otis Redding, Arthur Conley, and Percy Sledge. Despite the title, there's no hint of cajun music or zydeco on the record -- it's pure testifiying from start to finish. The new material is usually quite good, and it should be with songwriters like Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Dan Penn, and Delbert...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
The Stax/Volt Revue, the legendary package tour through Europe of the label's artists, has been well documented since its occurrence in 1967 through five live albums, notably Otis Reddings' own Live in Europe LP. But these albums captured the tour at its outset, before many of the artists had proverbially warmed up. Furthermore, they only captured the sonic dimension. Scattered video clips, bootleg...
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