I grew up in South Central LA in a predominantly (my family was the only mixed one around) black neighborhood. I had a bunch of friends with older brothers who taught me everything about RB and Soul. Grew up listening to the Delfonics The Chi Lites The Stylistics Tower of Power Brenton Wood Al Green Lady T etc
little soul trivia- Syl Johnson popularized the saying “Is it because I’m black?” with this heater. He’s also Chad Ochocinco’s dad
Saw him open for My Morning Jacket a couple weeks ago and he was great. I'd only heard a couple of his songs to that point but he certainly cemented me as a fan.
another dude with a bilingual catalog soul/funk was the first genre I dove into during my cratedigging days I encourage all to explore other countries' contributions
If you like St. PaulI highly recommend checking out Father John Misty and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats if you are not already familiar.
I absolutely love FJM, one of my faves. Less familiar with Nathaniel Rateliff but have heard some of their stuff, just never dug in real deep.
some more tunes I like PP Arnolds version of Medicated Goo, just as good as Steve Winwood's imo. Just a fantastic voice, like a Martha Reeves. also have been on this one from Ann Peebles
some australian ray charles cultural appropriation, saw him do this at the atlanta tabernacle and he really can nail it.
I went to school with the guy in the light blue dress shirt. He played guitar for Jason Isbell before Jason got sober but after he left DBT. He was a phenomenal guitarist in high school and only got better. He also painted/designed some of Isbells album covers and some of the cans for Straight to Ale. I wish I had a fraction of his talent, he’s a cool dude.
The blue eyed variety finally makes it's debut the video of people finding out Bobby Caldwell is a white guy is pretty good stuff
I may like Stevie's version a bit more, The Last Waltz one good too, but Marvin being the ideal alpha is what makes his the quintessential
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More than you'll ever know... I may or may not have a son named Redding. Cooke Otis James Brown Al Green
Lots of good stuff already posted. Throwing on some classic soul on the back porch on a pretty day is one my faves. I may have scrolled past it, but didn’t see any Etta James posted. One of the best
Also highly recommend Lee Fields and the expressions and Charles Bradley. anything dap tone records puts out is fantastic
He’s more affiliated with Yacht Rock, but Michael McDonald had some bangers. With James Ingram With Patti LaBelle By himself