Cies, The late Dave Godin originally coined the term "deep soul" to describe records which were vocally intense and moving; the word "minimalistic" never...
To me, it doesn't get much deeper than Bettye's 'Choices'... I just got back from a Texas road trip where the car radio played George's daughter Georgette's...
Seems like people are dissecting elements on what makes a great deepie. Does The Falcons' I Found A Love make the muster? It doesn't get much deeper than that....
Eli, Yes Ruby Johnson has more bluesy elements than most of the other selections. But some of the other selections have too many 'country' elements (Solomon...
Got it. Thanx, KK ... http://www.myspace.com/kevinkileytheoutpatients http://www.myspace.com/kevinkileyfromjersey [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Just found it without the "Little" in front of his name. ... http://www.myspace.com/kevinkileytheoutpatients http://www.myspace.com/kevinkileyfromjersey ...
Kevin, Also on the P-Vine Excello Soul Story 2CD set (along with 7 other Truitt tracks). And available from Sir Shambling, I believe. Ryan ... [Non-text...
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KK, It's on the Heart of Southern Soul Vol 1. Cies...
I do love that song but to me the bluesy elements of it preclude it from being the archetypal "deep soul" song ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Some nice songs are selected so far. I will listen to all of them in the coming hours/days. But when it comes down to THE song that defines deep soul, to me...
If I was to introduce someone who has never heard of deep soul to the genre with a single tune, I'd probably go to the obvious : James Carr's Kard end of the...
I'd third the Johnny Truitt. But coming in a close second is Kip Anderson's "I Went Off and Cried." (Just realized that's 2 from Excello.) Ryan ...
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Thanks for your answer... I'll try to get in touch with him (although I am not very comfortable with the fact that some of his CDs features material very...
I'm going to nominate Kim Tolliver's "Where Were You" on Rojac. Paul 2009/11/12 soulbrotherbarry <Barry.soulbrother.fowden@...> ... -- Paul Williams ...
i'm amazed by your choice, peter...simply because i'm in agreement...of all the possibilities, for me, it comes down to this: Â it's my favorite track by my...
Some great choices so far, but if I had to go for just one it would be James Carr's "Forgetting You". That adlibbed, on the verge of manic ending gets me...
Lisa Richards - Let's Take A Chance never fails to hit the spot for me. Phil. ... From: Peter Nickols To: southernsoul@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November...
Peter...before I change my mind on my choice (about every 60 seconds)...right up there would be Kim Tolliver - Standing Room Alone...so much pain....it leaves...
While ripping deep-soul faves from my CDs I stopped to listen again to one of them, viz. O.V. Wright's Backbeat 604 side "This Hurt Is Real". Of course it's...
Frederick-- No link—it’s another of Opal’s side ventures into sharing. I can tell you there are seventy or eighty cdr’s and these are not gospel—they...
Is there a link to that Cd somewhere ? I couldn' find a page for the "label"... I wish some one (Ace/ Kent ? Shout ? Soulscape ?) would do a real career...