Wow, this show has a little bit of everything. There are "new" songs (some of which will make the playlist), some terrific birthday artists and in the last 14 minutes of the show a little R&B 101.
There's some jazz, a blues tune and, as always, bunches of great soul music. I have two singers to introduce to you. Lee Charles and Johnny Williams . I have to admit I didn't know a lot about either of them. I still don't but the links for what I did find are at the bottom of the page.
There's a double spin of early Temptations featuring Eddie and Paul on leads. I've never made a secret that my two favorite albums by the Tempts are "Meet The Temptations" and "The Temptations Sing Smokey". I much prefer them to the cuts after Berry Gordy found the "formula".
Ginger is back with the mic problems solved for the most part. It's nice to hear her and it gives y'all a break from Froggy the Gremlin.
There are a few requested artists but the part of the show I really want to talk about is the last 14 minutes. In order for singers and musicians to know where they're going, they have to know where they're coming from. I'm going to take you back to before do-wop, before rock-n-roll and especially, long before pitch correcting software and synthesized instruments. It's a post graduate course on group singing and vocal harmonies. I hope you enjoy what my dad called "real talent".
Have a great day and come back next week because Ginger and I are gonna do it all again.
Lee Charles:
http://www.toodarnsoulful.com/images/pdfs/Lee%20Charles%20Nealy.pdf
Johnny Williams:
http://www.phillysoulclassics.com/artists/johnny-williams
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Fantastic show, as always. Great to hear Ginger back!
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