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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OT:Blue Eyed Soul
Dec 10, 2013, 3:25 PM
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Rascals, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Mitch Ryder, Boz Scaggs, Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group), The Righteous Brothers, Joss Stoneb and Hall & Oates are my "A" team in blue eyed soul. One of my favorite TV shows these days is Darryl's house where he plays with stars of yesterday and today.
Joss Stone, Winehouse, and Adele got it.
Can't forget AWB!
Love me some blue eyed soul. Some new guys...Mayer Hawthorne, Paul Thorn, Glenn Hansard.
Simply Red Eric Burdon
When I first heard this song on the soundtrack of "The Walking Dead" I was absolutely blown away.
When I found out it was a white guy from the UK I was stunned.
Jamie Commons
Actually, that was a remix of the original
Here is a version I prefer
There are some of their songs on my iPod.
Jimmy Buffet! My hero: He made a career out out of bad life decisions!
The rumbling you feel under your feet is from every deceased Black person rolling over in their grave.
Really, ilbbaicnl, why would that be?
Well, probably because Buffet isn't purely a soul artist; part country, part rocker, part reggae, part soul, part baladeer. None the less, I love all of his music. And, frankly I was pulling chains and expected some abuse.
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.
That's career, not carrier. Autocorrect got me again!
Elvis. Really, Elvis Presley,
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!
And Elvis was a martial artist. Ed Parker Karate. Ki-ah!
The single most classic Blue eyed soul song ever was performed by a local bar band called the soul survivors. Check out Expressway to you Heart and imagine that not one band member was black. Just a bunch of white boys from central Massachusetts. John Oates is awesome - a telemark skier living in Colorado and just jamming with local musicians when he's not tree skiing.
Great choice Skibum. I can't forget Bobby Caldwell, either. What You Won't Do For Love.
And serious, folks, don't forget Aretha Franklin!
Michael Mcdonald / Doobie Brothers, Phil Collins & George Michael
The Righteous Brothers invented the art form. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"