OT:Blue Eyed Soul
Just sipping some Jameson and listening to music and I had a revelation of sorts. I feel that Hall & Oats are the best Blue Eyed Soul Group ever. Sara Smile, Rich Girl, Kiss Is On My List, I Can't Go For That-These dudes got soul.
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Eric Burdon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZiJNdCK…
When I found out it was a white guy from the UK I was stunned.
Jamie Commons
Here is a version I prefer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zchMsSsXk…
Did anyone see the B.B. King sketches in Amazon Women on the Moon where he is soliciting for the "Blacks Without Soul" charity? It was an absolute stitch. And it got even funnier when the singer who was portrayed in the "ads", a Sammie Davis knockoff, was marketing his muszak with the tagline, "He turned an affliction into a carrier". Priceless stuff. Actually, the whole movie is one of my all time favorites.
When he wasn't inventing hip wiggling Rock and Roll or chasing skirts, guns and another high, Elvis was a really good natural voice. His long time back up group, the Jordanairs, cut many Gospel albums on their own. What most people don't know is that Elvis sang with (not as lead) the group on many of those songs. The Memphis dude also knew how to sing the Blues (Memphis style, of course).
I knew one of the Jordanairs when I lived in Nashville in the '70s and he let me listen to some private recordings (reel to reel) of the gang (Including Elvis) singing Blues, Gospel and Delta Soul. One of the soul numbers included Elvis (clearly his voice, but without the twang) adding his own verses - and WOW - that dude could do soul!
I didn't really like Elvis music back then (still don't care much for his Rock&Roll or Pop stuff) but I do know he could sing and sometimes he sang with his soul!