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Ike Turner - R.I.P. - by Phil Arnold - artist administrator, manager, agent for Ike Turner 1999 - 2007
(Southern Soul/Blues)
 Most of yall don't know the name of Phil Arnold.
He is a good friend of Soul-Patrol.
The fact that you don't know his name isn't really important. What is important is that he is also a good friend to all of you, even if you never realized it till just this moment.
Take a look at what Phil has to say about Ike Turner and his relationship with him and please consider Phil's words, the next time that you read something in the "mainstream press" about Ike Turner....
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California - April 4, 2008
Ike Turner - R.I.P.
by Phil Arnold - artist administrator, manager, agent for Ike Turner 1999 - 2007
I have procrastinated commenting about his passing. In vain disbelief I refused to acknowledge the loss. It is as if I was trying to convince myself that the longer I waited, the less Ike Turner was dead. I was not alone in denial; nor was I alone in concealing my fears and suspicions about what caused his death. I often told him "it was a privilege to work with you, and even more of an honor to know you; and if you had been a blue-collar worker I would still be just as proud to know you." I knew Ike Turner, the man, as well as the myth.
After kicking his drug habit in jail, Ike stayed clean for about 16 years, which is a fact. He was proud of that. When he spoke at LA-area high schools in 2004-05 for "Blues Schools" his quote was "Stay in school, stay off drugs, don't make the same mistakes I did, respect yourself, and others will follow." He was not a hypocrite. After prison, Ike was noted for helping others turn away from drugs. The successes should remain anonymous - and so should the failures; you know who you are. Honor his sacrifice by helping yourself. Get help. He actually fell backward reaching out to help someone else.
But, questions remain: Why - and - How? Ike responded to a cry for help, and went to the wrong place at the wrong time to rescue a crack addict he knew. Ike said, "Smoke blew up in my face, and that is all it took - that first big whiff." He was the fireman who went into the burning building one too many times. Ike was totally ashamed of his very recent
drug relapse. He secretly entered rehab several times. But the
paparazzi would hear of it, and he would quickly check out. He hoped he could secretly recover......Continued at the following link....http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/iketurner.htm
Album Review: Denise LaSalle - Pay Before You Pump
(Classic Soul/Southern Soul)
 In listening to this album, I am reminded that sometimes I think we take all of this far too seriously. Most of the time we really just want to listen to some music that is intended to do little else besides make us smile when we hear it. That is exactly what Denise LaSalle's "Pay Before You Pump" is intended to do. There isn't anything complicated going on with this album. All it is are some hellified funky azz southern fried grooves (this is what an R&B band is supposed to sound like and I want them to play at my funeral!!!), with songs full of wisdom/common sense all sung by one of the greatest voices in all of Black music. Take the song "Mississippi Woman" (which will certainly be added to the playlist of Nu Soul @ RadioIO.com) for example, when I first got this album and started to play it, each time I would get stuck on "Mississippi Woman". It's SOOO DAMN FUNKY that it needs to be hidden away from the white kids in the U.K. or else it might just win 5 Grammy Awards.
However as good as it is, "Mississippi Woman" hardly tells the tale of this album. Don't sleep on "Hold On Tight" (a monster slow jam), the first cut "Pay Before You Pump" is one of those really well written "double entndre" songs that nobody seems to write anymore, "I Need a Working Man" is yet another phi slama jammin FUNK joint that's filled with the kind of advice that ONLY an "experienced Black woman" can provide. There's more here, that's for sure. Do you like Black music and you are looking for the REAL THANG? Then do yourself a fava and DON'T SLEEP ON DENISE LASALLE, because I have a feeling that if you were to "sleep on Denise LaSalle" (that you might just get yo' be-hind whupped!!!)
http://www.eckorecords.com/denisebottom.html
Look for these songs playing as as "buzz cuts" on Nu Soul @ RadioIO.com
Album Review: Teeny Tucker - Two Big M's
(Blues/Soul/Rock n' Roll)
 This is a fun album by Teeny Tucker, daughter of Tommy Tucker ("Hi HeelSneakers".) It's tribute album to Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thorton. You have heard all of these songs before and if you are a fan of either artist you will love the "Two Big M's". Big Mama Thornton is the originator of the classic song "Hound Dog", that most people think was an original tune by Elvis Presley. Big Mama Thorton was paid a flat $500.00 for "Hound Dog" and three years later Elvis Presley made it a hit and got paid millions. On the other hand, Big Maybelle was the original singer of "Whole Lotta Shaken Going On" and later made a hit by Jerry Lee Lewis. She also got paid pennies and died broke while Jerry Lee Lewis made millions. Big Mama Thornton was a songwriter in her own right. She wrote the classic song "Ball & Chain" which Janis Joplin made into hit. However if you are "culture bandit", you will want to skip the one original song on the album, the title track entitled "Two Big M's". I don't think that Teeny would mind me mentioning a portion of the lyrics:
"You were pioneers with a crossover style
Your presence and power would make folks bow
"Hound Dog", "Rockhouse" and all the great tunes were cool
They only became hits when someone stole them from you"
Overall this album is a powerful presentation of classic songs, originated by two Black women that today few Blacks know anything about whatsoever. However students of the history of Rock n' Roll know all about Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thorton, they know their history. http://www.teenytucker.com
--Bob Davis
Look for these songs playing as as "buzz cuts" on Nu Soul @ RadioIO.com
Album Review: Various Artists - HoneyDripper Soundtrack
(Jazz/Funk)
 This is a great album, I like it a whole lot, it's the soundtrack for a period movie called "Honeydripper", that was released in 2008. On one hand it's hard to classify if you try to think about it in conventional terms like Pop, Blues, Gospel or Country. It's the type of an album that modern day terms like "Roots Music" or "Americana" were invented for. Unfortunately the purveyors of such terminology usually will use those terms as a disguise for identifying "country music that people who don't like country music like" and therefore the terms get misused. The soundtrack for that movie features artists like; Mable John, New Beginnings Ministry, Hank Williams, Lil Green, Keb' Mo', Danny Glover, Memphis Slim, Gary Clark Jr, Barrence Whitfield, and Ruth Brown.
I'm tempted to call it a "Rock n' Roll" album, but that wouldn't quite be true either, however all of the songs on "HoneyDripper" represent what is certainly the "DNA of Rock n' Roll." When taken collectively, this is without a doubt the music that inspired Little Richard, Harvey Fuqua, Louis Jordan and other geniuses involved in the creation of Rock n' Roll. It's music from the 30's, 40's and early 50's. Some of it is taken from the vaults and some of it freshly recorded for the movie soundtrack (some recorded live). Some of this music is highly spiritual, and some of it is highly erotic, a perfect reflection of the conflict involved in the creation of Rock n' Roll itself. An album that contains songs by both Hank Williams and Memphis Slim, it illustrates just how little difference there was at one time between "Blues" and "Country". This is an album that is well worth investing a few pennies in, it will help you to think about just how all of this music we listen to today, got started and every song will give you something to smile about.
http://honeydripper-movie.com
--Bob Davis
Album Liner Notes: Billy Jones - "My Hometown"
(Blues/Soul/Funk/Southern Soul/Urban)
 Billy Jones is one of the "good guys". He is a young man from Arkansas who is truly interested in advancing/extending "Great Black Music from the Ancient to the Future" and making sure that it is available for future generations. As such he is one of my personal musical heroes. We don't have enough artists like him and hopefully he is going to inspire others
Upon closer inspection we can see that there is truly a method to the madness of the man who calls his music "BLUEZ". Imagine for a moment that you could take the music of the following artists and somehow blend them all together Ike Turner, Chuck D, Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Jimmy Reed. Throw in just a little bit of Richard Pryor/Dolomite and then you begin to understand why the music of Billy Jones is so important.
On his new album "My Hometown" (Ghetto Bluez) he brings the Blues up to date and talks about the real problems and opportunities of "Bluez People", without falling into the stereotypes created 50 years ago. It's a modern album about modern life for people who live in the present. Slow jams, upbeat songs, love songs, message songs, acoustic and electric guitar with strong lyrics, that provide not only a description of modern life (complex relationships, violence, social issues, etc.), but also some of the solutions for what ails you.
Billy Jones is the kind of artist that's worth getting excited about. He wants to change the world, one listener at a time and here in the year 2007 it's an awfully exciting thing to be able to be a fan of an artist who believes that music can still be a vehicle for change. Understanding the status quo is one thing, but understanding it and deciding to do something about it is quite another, even if that means creating a new genre of music that rises from the ashes of what has come before it.
In the end, "Blues" is about life and "Bluez" is all about making life better and who could possibly be opposed to that?
Click here to get more info about Billy Jones - My Hometown
--Bob Davis
Commentary - A Real Blues Artist and Innovator (by Chick Willis)
("Blacks & Blues")
 Intro: I find this letter to be both disheartening and yet inspirational to me on a personal level at the same time.
You see I always try to learn something from those who have come before me, since they have seen more and done more, they usually have something of value to offer to me. Although it is usually not possible to right the wrongs of the past, it doesn't mean that we can't change our current behavior in order to effect change in the future. That is something that we have absolute control over and our failure to change our own behavior may in some cases be just as bad as was the original injustice.
My hope is that people read this piece, absorb what Chick Willis is saying and figure out for themselves if there is any modification of behavior that they can do on an individual basis in order to influence the future.
And even if upon some reflection, you find that there is nothing that you can personally do within your own behavior that can effect any changes, one of the things that I know that you can do is to circulate this email to other people who might be willing/able to challenge themselves to change their behavior in an attempt to make the future just a little bit better?
--Bob Davis
....(click here to read the rest of the Chick Willis's commentary)
--Bob Davis
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Concert Review: The Blues Is Alright Tour 2007 - Marvin Candy Licker Sease, Mel Waiters, Shirley Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, Floyd Taylor, Johnnie Taylor Revue (March 2, 2007 ~ Columbus, Ohio)
The Blues Is Alright Tour 2007 arrived in Columbus stop number 10 on a scheduled 19 city tour ended in Columbus, Ga, March 25Th loaded with the veterans of soul to set Columbus and the Palace Theatre on fire. Mission accomplished and we've not seen the end of the noise yet. Young entrepreneur Julius C. Lewis (my maiden name-no relation) hooked this lineup up so it is alive and jumping right out the shoot. Chatting with him briefly afterwards he is a young black man on a mission. I certainly intend to keep close tabs on this brother to encourage him to draw close to Professor Bob Davis and the international Soul-Patrol community. Those of you who know anything about me know I'm about being about it and doing it on a win win premise.
Anyway: It do be about the show. Believe it or not everything was on time, tight, polished, professional and off the enjoyment scale. Opener was the ever young and athletic Bobby Rush. Bobby treated the men to eye candy with singer/dancers who gave got it so hot up in there the management had to put on the air condition. Next came Theodis Ealey who did his thing. Handsome, sexy Latimore told the young men to do it right "so you don't have to be all up in there all night!"
Then came young Floyd Taylor and his Johnnie Taylor Revue), Floyd paid homage to his dad and his dad's best friend Tyrone Davis. Floyd did a medley of both men's famous hits and entertained us with some of his own. I personally had the pleasure of meeting Johnny in Harlem years ago so it was a double pleasure for me to see and hear his lookalike son. And yes-- Floyd got his daddy's pipes if y'all wondering. The man can "sang."
The entire lineup was a phenomenal treat. Marvin "Candy Licker" Sease, Mel Waiters, Shirley Brown and the incomparable Bobby "Blue" Bland. All the favorites, all the juke jumpin, stompin in the middle of the building show stoppers. Folks got to feeling good after a few libations and were hand dancing in the aisles, men and women cried, laughed, shouted, got up out they seats and moved--some of 'em got to running! Hands stayed up in the air applause broke out unexpectedly, men shouted and women swooned. It was truly a sight to be seen. Sometimes it was hard to tell if I was at a blues convention or Sunday night at church....(click here to read the rest of the review)
LISTEN TO: Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band - "Master of the Game"
Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band - Master of the Game: 1.Mean Evil Woman 2.Masters Of The Game 3.The Real Deal 4.A Fool Named Me 5.Woman In Kansas City 6.Sweet Landlady 7.Black Cat Roun My Do 8.Wake Me Up In San Francisco 9.A Nickel And A Nail 10.Just The One 11.Warm Rain Fallin 12.Cabranito 13.I'll Take Care Of You (HOSTED BY ENORMAN)
LISTEN TO: Chairmen of the Board: "All In The Family"
Chairmen of the Board: "All In The Family" - Give Me Just A Little More Time, It Will Stand, All In The Family, You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk, The Blacker The Berry, You’re The One, The Bottom Line, Three Women, Handsome Man, Somebody’s Sleepin’, I’ll Be There For You, Bless Your Heart, It Ain’t What You Do (it’s the way you do it), Shoulda’ Woulda’ Coulda’, Gone Fishin’, It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Me, Bonus Track The Blacker The Berry (Extended Mix), Pay To The Piper, Chairman of the Board
LISTEN TO: Booboo Davis - "Drew, Mississippi"
Soul-Patrol.Net Radio Introduces Booboo Davis (& his genre busting album) - "Drew, Mississippi": Booboo Davis/Drew, Mississippi: Funkadelic - Intro, 1.Tell Me What To Do 2.Let Me Love You 3.Who Stole The Booty 4.Drew Mississippi 5.Got To Make It Right Now 6.Tryin To Survive 7.Got The Blues In My Heart 8.Made Me Cry 9.Walking Down A One Way Street 10.Standing In The Cottonfields, Andreus - Outro
LISTEN TO: SOUL COMES HOME
(Stax Records & Memphis Soul LIVE)
LISTEN TO SOUL-PATROL'S 90 MIN. BROADCAST OF 'SOUL COMES HOME (Celebration of Stax Records and Memphis Soul Music ): Eddie Floyd, Jean Knight, William Bell, BookerT. & the MG's, Little Milton, Isaac Hayes, The Bar-Kays w/Chuck D, Michael McDonald, Carla Thomas/Michael McDonald, Al Green Solomon Burke, Sir Mack Rice, Rance Allen, Mavis Staples
LISTEN TO: Candi Staton - "His Hands"
LISTEN TO Candi Staton - His Hands on Soul-Patrol.Net Radio(Hosted by Kevin Amos - The Funkoverlord)
Album Review: Trudy Lynn (w/Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra) - "I'm Still Here"
(Jazz/Blues/Soul)
 Ya know how when you read about the history of late 20th century popular music in one of those books authored by a former employee of Rolling Stone Magazine, they always refer to this somewhat mysterious musical genre known as "jump blues" as being one of the precursors of Rock n' Roll? I suppose them mean for "jump blues" to be some sort of a "missing link" or "rossetta stone" holding the key to the true primordial forces that created "Rock n' Roll". For a more accurate depiction of what "jump blues" might be, go back and look at the movie "Lackawana Blues" and study the house party scenes.
Well the songs on Trudy Lynn's new album entitled feels like "jump blues" 2006. And it's an excellent fusion of Trudy Lynn's fiery/sultry Texas Gulf Coast soul singing fused with the uptown blues of the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra that's guaranteed to get any party moving. Fast jams and slow jams, movin & grooving this album sounds very much to me what "jump blues" might sound like in 2006, had the term not been relegated to the scrapheap of music terminology. Along the Texas Gulf Coast in places like Houston, Galveston, Port Arthur and Beaumont, they still have "house parties" just like the ones we saw in the movie "Lackawanna Blues". Lucky for us that is the case because, take it from me, those kinds of parties can sure be a heck of a lot of fun and there are few unemployed Rolling Stone Magazine writers in attendance at these parties. And lucky for us an album like Trudy Lynn (w/Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra) - "I'm Still Here" exists, so that people who throw these type of "house parties" on Friday nights on the Texas Gulf Coast (or anyplace else) can continue the tradition so that it can continue into the future.
--Bob Davis
CD Review: Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band - "Master Of The Game"
(Southern Soul/Blues)
 In the liner notes for "Master of the Game" it says: "For their Delta Groove debut the tight as a drum road tested band entered the studio at the height of their powers. "Master of the Game" showcases a set of powerful Payne/Edmonson originals augmented by fresh arrangements of great songs by the likes of Johnny Taylor and Bobby Bland. "
If we take a serious look at the history of Black music, one of the things that we will find is that it has rarely ever been just one thing. It's always been about fusing together many different styles Today when people see terms like "Nu/Neo Soul" it brings to mind a "revival of a kinda jazz/funk/vocal groove" that brings to mind artists like Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Donny Hathaway, etc. However this particular style is not the only one that is undergoing a "revival" in Soul music today. Back in the 1970's the sound of Memphis as represented by Stax and Al Green was one of the dominant forces in music. Listening to the title track of the new album "Master of the Game" by the Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band has my mind floating back to those days. The song has got this absolutely wicked organ/horn section combination going on and it's combined with a story with a headline that reads "When it comes to playing a fool baby, I'm a master of the game". This is the overall musical feel of the entire album and I like it. So with that type of historical backdrop in mind, I think that this is the type of an album that's going to be opening more than a few doors as well as a few minds. Today the term that is used is "Southern Soul". When I think of the term "Southern Soul" it brings to mind music from artists like Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Betty Wright, Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Al Green and others from the past. Today "Southern Soul" takes it's inspiration from that period/sound and brings it up to date in a way that will make you smile. In some ways it's a shame that we let the names of the categories divide us as music fans, when what we should be doing is listening to the music. For example, does anyone here remember and artist named Joe Tex? Well if you do, then when you listen to the song "Sweet Landlady" from the album "Master of the Game', your mind will immediately go back and start thinking about the music of Joe Tex. See in my mind anybody who is reviving the musical style of someone like Joe Tex deserves all of the props in the world.
There are some people who try to treat Soul music as if it's a "museum piece". Then there are those who know that it has a future and seek to carve out a path for it that uses the past for guidance. I think that the Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band is doing a pretty good job of clarifying the some more of details of that path.
--Bob Davis
Flipping the Script - Introducing The New Single from Matte'
 Remember how back in the day DJ's used to sometimes take a 45 and flip it over and play the "B Side"? Well this is exactly what we are doing on Soul-Patrol to introduce you to the brand new single from Matte' on the High Pyramid Record label out of Pensecola, Fl....Click here for for more on Matte's off tha hook remake of the classic slow jam "Hypmotized", originally done by the late great Linda Jones...
CD Review Booboo Davis - "Drew, Missisippi"
(Traditional Blues/Revolutionary Hip Hop/Blues in Technicolor)
 "This isn't the type of an album the you are going to buy as a result of going into a record store. Somebody has to turn you on to it!!! This is the type of an album that you are going to make a special trip to the record store to go and get. When you get to the record store they will of course tell you that they don't have it in stock and they have never heard of it. And then they will tell you "let me check and see if I can order it for you". And when they go into the "back" (that mysterious place inside of the record store that we all think is where they keep the "gold"....lol) we are standing there waiting and hoping that when they come back that "they can order it". When they come back, they say "we can order it, and it will be here on Friday"... You breathe a sigh of relief and in your head quickly re-arrange your entire Friday schedule so that you can get to the record store as soon as possible!!!
So what does this album sound like??? Well I think that it's what Muddy Waters or John Lee Hooker would sound like if they were young "bluesmen" in 2006. Back in the early 1990's when I first came on the internet, I belonged to a Blues discussion forum and I wrote a piece that compared the lyrics of Muddy Waters and Ice Cube. Of course my point was that the lyrical subject matter of BOTH Muddy Waters and Ice Cube songs are EXACTLY THE SAME. And of course the other people in the discussion forum thought I was crazy to mention Muddy Waters and Ice Cube in the same sentence. I always thought that piece was one of the best pieces of musical analysis that I have ever written, unfortunately I no longer have it otherwise I would post it for you. The reason I mention it today is because ever since the day I wrote that piece I have been waiting for this album to appear, and now it has.
The only album that I can think of to compare it to is Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced" or perhaps to Miles Davis - "In A Silent Way". This is a revolutionary piece of art that fuses together musical styles that when you say it, most people would flinch, however after you hear it, the art makes absolutely perfect sense and you realize that whomever the people are that created this are to be thanked for creating such great and innovative art, that is so far outside of the mainstream, that if the mainstream ever got a hold of it, that the mainstream itself would be "compelled" to change!!!
The idea of doing this is hardly new. Many "blues artists" have tried to do this over the past 10 years, however not one that I have ever heard has perfected it, till now. As soon as you listen to this album, you will know that you have discovered something special, in fact it sounds like it could change the lives of many people, if enough people would bother to listen."
Click here to get more infor about Boo Boo Davis - Drew, Missisippi
The Legendary Candi Staton's New Southern Soul CD - "HIS HANDS" & Concert Review
 Now after over twenty years as a gospel vocalist, with over a dozen best selling gospel albums, two of which captured Grammy nominations, Candi Staton makes her triumphant return to her southern soul roots with 'His Hands', a stunning album that captures the soulful sounds of her celebrated early '70s Muscle Shoals recordings. Plus now she's touring and Soul-Patrol was at one of her first concerts with a detailed review...Click here for more info
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SOUTHERN SOUL/BLUES SUMMER 2007 TOP 10 SINGLES
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1. The only habit I got - Sterling Williams
2. You still got it - Floyd Taylor
3. Somebody else - Lenny Williams
4. It Ain't Cheating Till You Get Caught - TK Soul
5. Get Low - Simeo
6. Friday Night Fish Fry -Mel Waiters
7. Player Haters - T.J. Hooker Taylor
8. Older woman, Younger Man - Pat Cooley
9. Love Bomb - Wilson Meadows
10. Soul Blues - Kenne Wayne
Compiled by Enorman for Soul-Patrol.Net Radio
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SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO PRESENTS MAY/06 SOUTHERN SOUL TOP 10 SINGLES (HOSTED BY ENORMAN) 10.K Band - K Band Groove, 9. Renne Mitchell - Dirty Woman, 8. Carl Marshall - Wind It Up, 7. William Bell - New lease on Life, 6. Carl Sims - It Ain't a Juke Joint Without the Blues, 5. Willie Clayton - Going Crazy 4. Lenny Williams - Can't Nobody, 3. Marvin Sease - I Wanna Do You, 2. Toni Green - Free, 1. Wendell B. - Heaven Sent Me an Angel This list is compiled by enorman harris. We can't rate it, if we don't have it. Send all comments or questions to baddj.enorman@yahoo.com
SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO PRESENTS APRIL/06 SOUTHERN SOUL TOP 10 SINGLES (HOSTED BY ENORMAN) 1. All In The Family/Blacker The Berry - The Chairmen Of The Board, 2. Can't Nobody Do Me Like You - Lenny Williams 3. You Gon Make Me - Lacee 4. So What - Tenry Johns 5. 17 Days Of Loving - Renae Mitchell 6. Blues Groove - Lou Wilson And Todays People 7. Scared Of Getting Caught - Luther Lackey 8. Anna Mae - Frank-O Johnson 9. More Love - Toni Green 10. Why Me - Reggie P This list is compiled by enorman harris. We can't rate it, if we don't have it. Send all comments or questions to baddj.enorman@yahoo.com
Chairman of the Board - All in the Family
 Brand new Southern Soul CD from the LEGENDARY Chairman of the Board! The fifteen track CD features the R&B rendition of the title track “All in the Family”. Also featured is the Chairman’s new southern soul single “The Blacker the Berry” and “You Gotta’ Crawl Before You Walk,” featuring a soulful performance by Danny Woods as lead vocalist. The new Chairman of the Board CD called “All in the Family” arranged, remixed, written and produced by General Johnson.
BENNY LATIMORE: EARLY YEARS
 Born in Charleston, TN in 1939, Benny Latimore was influenced by country music, his Baptist church choir, and the Blues. WLAC, via the strong evening signal from Nashville, was a favorite in Latimore’s youth.
In a career spanning over 35 years and beginning with recordings in the 1960s for Miami music legend Henry Stone, the gems on this CD were cut on the Dade label long before Benny’s success on the Glades/T.K. label. These early recordings for Dade are solid deep soul, graced by Latimore’s deep, sultry voice.
Included on this disc are the much sought after 1965 hits, "I Can’t Go On Anymore" and "Rain From the Sky", originally recorded on Stone’s Blade label. These are treasures that until now only a few collectors were lucky enough to have. Today we bring them to you for the world to hear.
"Sensational" really is the best word to describe Latimore. He proved to be extremely adept as both a superlative vocalist and keyboard player par excellence. Benny Latimore is Florida’s master soul stylist.
Soul Project Reconnection
 SOUL PROJECT/Reconnection is something special. The eight (count em!) talented and experienced vocalists all demonstrate great pipes AND a keen sense of interpretation. The songs reflect a rich R&B heritage-yet they stand on their own as viable, contemporary "pure songs". The playing is tasty and unobtrusive. In this case it takes no effort to experience the vocal performances and the melodies and lyrics. Songs range from the witty to the haunting. I think SOUL PROJECT/Reconnection may be the start of something big. Great "vision". Great work done by all....Nat Speir
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