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dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
edited July 2011 in Other Music
Anybody care to recommend to me some good soul music? Or at least give me a good place to start on exploring the genre?

Listening to my current collection of Al Green, James Brown, Sharon Jones, and the new release from Charles Bradley makes me want some more...
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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  • TjteaTjtea Posts: 18
    Marvin Gaye is the man, also Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett are classic.
    "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.."
  • TjteaTjtea Posts: 18
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxnUMdQ ... re=related
    Percy Sledge also
    "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.."
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Thank you!! Keep 'em coming people. 8-)

    PS. Tune into my show on Sundays 9 am - Noon (Mountain Standard Time) @ www.utahfm.org
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Maybe a little more on the funk/psychedelic side, but Shuggie Otis is incredible.

    There's a nice compilation on Luka Bop (David Byrne's label).

    http://luakabop.com/shuggie_otis/
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Otis Redding is the master in my book.
    Also quite partial to Ray Charles.
    Groups like the Temptations, Impressions etc. as well
    Sam and Dave
    Dobie Gray...never did a lot but good stuff

    I feel like I'm skipping someone that hasn't been mentioned yet.....
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    SAM COOKE
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    I'll echo the above sentiments of both Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. I also LOVE Curtis Mayfield.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    SAM COOKE
    That's the one who slipped my mind.

    Bill Withers also.

    Might technically labeled blues, but it's hard to find anybody with more soul than Bobby Blue Bland
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    What is Stevie Wonder considered?? He's got some serious soul.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    SAM COOKE
    That's the one who slipped my mind.

    Bill Withers also.

    Might technically labeled blues, but it's hard to find anybody with more soul than Bobby Blue Bland
    Use Me is the funkiest song ever written.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    DewieCox wrote:
    What is Stevie Wonder considered?? He's got some serious soul.
    Definitely!
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • PopmartijnPopmartijn Posts: 382
    As for the ladies, Aretha Franklin is certainly the Queen Of Soul.

    Plus some more Motown for you: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Supremes, Martha and The Vandellas.
  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    Early Hall & Oates.

    Sorry. Go easy on me, it's a guilty pleasure... :geek:


    Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr, and Jerry Butler should be checked out too.
    "In certain trying circumstances...profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain
  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    I like this guy a lot too. Put on a great live show. Little more bluesy, but has got some serious soul for a white guy. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6suYOqS ... re=related
    "In certain trying circumstances...profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain
  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    Some of you may disagree but the new Cee Lo Green album is dripping with soul. Especially if you can find some of the non-album tracks like ChamPain and Please.
    Chicago 8-23-09

  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    The essential: Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, and of course Marvin Gaye
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Etta James needs to be on the list, and also Bettye Lavette.

    Also, I check this blog out on an irregular basis. There's always something good, be it funk or soul.

    http://funky16corners.lunarpages.net/
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    and The Isley Brothers
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Evolution6579 wrote:
    Some of you may disagree but the new Cee Lo Green album is dripping with soul. Especially if you can find some of the non-album tracks like ChamPain and Please.

    This song "Please" is a damn good listen. :thumbup:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    Eddie Hinton
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfBSJqTiTkg

    Second the recommendations for Marvin, Aretha, Smokey, Otis, Sam & Dave, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield. I also recommend The Staple Singers.
    You see me empty, Sir, do not pause and inquire, simply assume and refill.
    - Al Swearengen

    http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
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