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Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 21-04-2014
Special Edition I've known Edgardo Cintron for 30 years and he always brings it. Latin jazz, Latin-flavored Soul, Latin whatever. Here's some cuts with Rocco DePersia of that late Philly Soul group the Soul Survivors--you'll thank me for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyQr5joyLQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4KF0P1Bt9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNJSEiMFU4
Blue-eyed soul singers - SteveO - 21-04-2014
Nice to see Jeff and Joss together..she is holding back a little,,,isn't she! If I ever go to London I will have to go to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club!!!
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 24-04-2014
Kenny Loggins May not make everybody's list but is surely on mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8SSdyflGN4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNEZSTnyHmU << 2-hour concert in 1980--were we ever that young? Lordy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFxJHHVM27Q << a favorite from minute 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUHgfzEsnw << just for fun.
A magic duet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4eew6iqa90
Daryl Hall Jeez O'Murphy where his voice and imagination takes a song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc7SoiGrBpk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3xt_bKJ3DY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dauTfSvXb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0B58TwULNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yGsuHhxWw << his duet partner pretty much got it goin' on too...muddy vid but the sound's there
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 07-05-2014
2 folks not ordinarily thought of as BES--but if you hold the picture a certain way and look at it in a certain light...
Timi Yuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVO40-Pj5hM << signature song...which can sometimes be a millstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1pk_b_ZKg << but not in her case. From a comeback concert in '81--still had that big voice. Please take the time to read her attached bio--amazing story of an amazing woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsrCqZljmqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q-yp2hmop4
SPECIAL BONUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfUhip9jvH8
Frankie Valli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPwcAXycAy4 << he got more soulful as he aged. That North NJ braying isn't for every taste..13 cuts from various concerts. That guitarist has the most amazing hair this side of Donald Trump. Just sayin'...
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 09-05-2014
Now were gettin' to it: a Detroiter and a crazy dancer.
Mitch Ryder: No one more vocally and musicallly frenzied than he, with near-zero stage presence--all voice. Responsible for just a whole bunch of roots, R&Bsy classics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOvQ9JAf3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dd9qjHUyHQ << later perf, amping it up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinha_ydSMk << a modern song, written by Prince (!!). Great vid--buxom redheads make me silly too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGS-pAEvCA << made some money for Bill Medley with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQvhlW77lXQ << from a uniformly excellent German TV series, Rockpalast. Look for your fave artist on this or Ohne Filter and gear up for joy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MisLnQjKP00 << definition of "killer tune". An effective rebuttal to critics of the BES concept. You'll come back to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mzFS8aUJfs << shoulda put this one first, to quell the critics
Lest you think, "Oh he's that old guy from back in my parent"s day", read this about a 2012 disc that KILLS.: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-promise-mw0002284320
Wayne Cochran Philly-style foot dancing--those were the days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_GstlPL64 << It's not out of line to call him the White James Brown--for starters, they had equally tight, disciplined bands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xULvj8kgYGg << back then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwRD1Bc_LpA << still testifyin' and age-defyin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKDMRZv4SYc << U need this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTTJNdGHUQ8 << the Miami Manic, before he became Pastor Cochran
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 09-05-2014
disco-haters and homophobes can skip my first choice; everybody will be on board for the second.
Jimmy Somerville One of the purest falsettos you'll ever hear, he was in the vanguard of British gay/disco music with a variety of groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qWENNMzsHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-xf22r5j4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsLoxbxeug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJd9PvNQVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHK3acm_3n8
BONUS--from "Smalltown Boy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_DWWE3cjgg
>> special treat << http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSocO8zF1ho << talent is where you find it
Tom Jones need I say more? Something about the crushing oppression by the bloody Brits brings out the soul in authors and singers 'mongst the Welsh, Scots, and Irish. Survival mechanism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgLd6A0DWM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxU8s7Au0A << the Roy Head classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0r8GVPAvd4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kVUIcBOpA << with a little help from my friends...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7zxyYg930 << ...and an English wack-job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwO8b9iq34
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 10-05-2014
Tad Robinson and John Nemeth Blues singers? Soul singers? Who gives a rabid rat's rectum when you are this immersed?
Tad Robinson A regional fave not so well known nationally but he cooks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMd24H7-f08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IVB3RvKK-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekCrxAqgocY << great cover of a classic--his guitarist Alex Schultz sure picks a sweet line, doesn't he?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ965pS1O7s << They let it out a bit here and Mr. Schultz picks a stinging line...and then that B-3 sound--oh my!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPXSPPjuc8
SPECIAL TREAT Interview and off-stage fun w/ harpists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CZAHvN8eM
John Nemeth Long story short: Idaho boy w/chops goes to Memphis and hooks up with a superior studio owner/bandleader. The rest will be history in the making.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ELh9h_jx8k << pre-Memphis--more bluesy than R&B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jY8Z16Q2UA << ditto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJ6mu0DmVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OccUNl4EHSM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09X2TtizZLo << From Memphis Grease with the Bo-Keys (q.v. for sure)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMiHfyrUciA << bringing it back to the homeys
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 18-05-2014
Time to freshen this Thread...with 4 women singers* (thanks to Blues Music Magazine for these):
Jo Harman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKD-i0MFFWY << sure rises to the challenge. Notice the musical quote she dropped in there? and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bji9G7FGA-0 << one tough song, done tenderly and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPlicJOOzRo << one tough song, done toughly. The Dutch are deservedly bonkers for her.
Meena Cryle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ktbOgtjBo << gets invested with the lyric, doesn't she? and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM8U6XEr4f4 << that guitar intro sets you up for the tears to come. And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr2iKSuqsCc << This totally pro band and Meena play so well together. Reason: mutual belief in worthiness.
BONUS: record company promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMbsomNL6G0 << It ain't all boo-hoo with her--she and the enhanced band rock their cheeks off too.
Long Tall Deb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXaoiJ0jIs << what a terrif way to open a vid! Yes, I'm a sexist pig but can we get back to the way she underplays/under-sings the lyric? and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUrTXlyfLg << One of only 2 covers on the album, both chosen carefully. And the band? Southern Comfort who are knocked-out nifties on their own. And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKbCWgEHh7Y << with Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, as solid a bluesman as there is. And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxixRzn-uag << with Roomful of Blues. Hand-held camera but the sound's OK.
Deanna Bogart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kKqD0ArmI0 << Boogie-woogie ain't going away as long has she has fingers. And "multi-talented" is the phrase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEnQMuOoxRs << Talk about an unscripted moment...Love that statue, the painting not so much. And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv6cstZU41c << Not hip to Daryl Davis but Mitch Wood's band the Rocket 88's have been around entertainingly for decades. q.v. Ain't lost his passion.
* I get it--she's not a singer. Big whoops--she makes her fingers and realized imagination "sing".
NOTE: Nothing new added-I just super-sized the names.
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 22-05-2014
Felix Cavaliere You probably know him as the voice of the Rascals and that's prolly been covered elsewhere here...but they ended 40 years ago. Mr. Cavalliere has had a strong, vibrant career since, not least as a songwriter/producer and all-around make-it-happen guy. 2 discs 34 years apart that sound like back-to-back--match that track record! Not talking tech, instrument or production variances--just songs and singing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zJAcYuqic << 1st of 3 from that first disc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ44ME-ubxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3U29ErFDGM << he's always written his own material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juU0QKoiH5g << 1st of 3 from Nudge It Up a Notch w/ Steve Cropper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlOpeTHn9c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XprQ0u1twUg << their 2nd disc in '10 (Midnight Flyer) suffered weak writing. Unfortunate.
OK 1 clip from the Rascals but a later recreation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfqnGg2K1M
Blue-eyed soul singers - jazzboCR - 25-05-2014
Odds 'n' Sods segment--2 women not thought of as soul singers and one who definitely is
Bernadette Peters covering a Carla Thomas classic--tears and chills with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXlHMF894Q
Pat Benatar In a desperate, failed attempt to regain stardom put out a '91 disc True Love Here's some from that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yip-1g6jSfE << with Roomful of Blues on Arsenio Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64bcA8Xs_Bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fta0nM06HVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci8VVvh4-48 << the lady ain't playing at it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnv-gk23hLg
I only picked the highlights--the whole album is worth it. My initial remarks were a bit unkind.
Elkie Brooks To the bone, brothers and sisters Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkie_Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxwBjfrwpPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBmbBJobfUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnUGoC4ivc << may be why this song was written She was 59 then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6Vt-ioeNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLYykeEz38 << kills with this song to this day