Details of a recent album release from Kent
You Gave Me Reason To Live - Southern And Deep Soul From Louisiana - Various Artists CDKEND 501
A preview snippet of the release notes by Dean Rudland follows below..
A celebration of the exceptional music that can occur in the most out of the way places.
South-West Louisiana is rightly famous for its homegrown music: the Cajun sound and its black cousin Zydeco. However, situated between New Orleans and Houston, the region’s music industry was ideally placed to also record local versions of soul, country, funk, blues and pop. This compilation comprises high-quality southern soul which, due to where it was recorded, tends to have been previously overlooked.
The music here spans the early 60s, with artists such as Sticks Herman performing the local version of proto-soul, and the early 1970s, when the influence of Memphis soul could be heard in the voices of Johnny Truitt and Moody Scott. The existence of these recordings is down to record men such as Eddie Shuler, Carol Rachou and J.D. Miller capturing the local talent and touring musicians as they passed through their studios.
These recordings have an edge that suggests they were made outside of Southern Soul’s major recording centres, yet are....
Full release notes along with images and more can be viewed via the Ace Records website, link follows below.
https://acerecords.co.uk/you-gave-me-reason-to-live-southern-and-deep-soul-from-louisiana
Leaflet Previews
Track List
01 Baby Oh Baby (How Far You Are From Me) - Charles Greene
02 If There's A Will There's A Way - Ike Porter & The Fabulations
03 Without Love What Would Life Be - Terrie & Joy La Roy with The Bill Parker Show Band
04 Groove Maker - Dynamic Adam & His Excitements
05 Soul Woman - Camille "Lil" Bob
06 For The Good Times - Johnny Truitt
07 One Man's Happiness - Moody
08 Sea Of Love - Freddie Love
09 Our Love Will Always Be - Lee Bernard
10 Trust - Count Rockin' Sidney with the Dukes
11 Why Did I Let You Go - Chester Randle's Soul Senders
12 You Gave Me Reason To Live - Big Daddy Green
13 Love For Love, Heart For Heart - Ike Porter & The Fabulations
14 To Be Loved By You - Soul Shouting Tommy
15 Lonely Feeling - Sticks Herman
16 Big Boys Cry - Bobby Charles
17 If You Love Me - Clifton White & His Royal Knights
18 On Bended Knees Begging - Big Daddy Green
19 Why I Shed So Many Tears - Terrie & Joy La Roy with the Bill Parker Show Band
20 She's Gone - Dynamic Adam
21 Don't Drive Me Deeper (Into The Ground) - Lee Bernard
22 Blues For Men - King Carl
Availability
Album is out now via all the usual stockists (see above for the Ace Records website link)
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