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The Capitol Soul Club-The end of an era

Chuck Jackson once sang good things come to those who wait, well sometimes the good things come to an end. Yes it’s true the last Capitol Soul Club will take place on the 5th Anniversary on Friday 26th of November 2004. I am not saying that that it will, not re-appear phoenix like in the future, but for now the club will be no more.

We have had five almost six years if you count the Bar Shoreditch and feel it’s time to go out in style at the Anniversary. From our humble beginnings at the Bar Shoreditch march 19th 1999 with Irish Greg and Carl Fortnum and Debbie and Lucy doing the door, through to our move to The Dome with Matt Jahans MJ Promotions and David Flynn as new resident DJ in November 1999 we have supplied the dancers and collectors with what they wanted quality rare soul and RnB and a little bit of tumbleweed along the way.

It has been you the faithful who have made the club what it was, without you we are nothing.
The Anniversary DJ line up of myself, Carl and Mick H will be joined by Ady Croasdale and Kenny Burrell who kindly compiled the fantastic CD we are giving out to the first 150 through the door.

Big thanks go out to Ady Lupton who has been running the club in my absence and our hard workers past and present Caroline and Martin Gavin, Hippy Marie, Sharnya(interceptor )Hale, Haldun stamping your hands and giving out flyers, Lucy on the door, Natasha, Jo Wallace doing coat duties, and Janine for flyering, Kavel for the artwork and Mike Hughes and Winston for the shouts on soul talk cheers guys..

All our guest DJ’s Keb Darge, Ion, Tony Smith, Nogsy, Mick Smith, Pete Hullatt, Andy Dyson, Russ Vickers, Jo Wallace, Simon Humphries, Robbo and Paul, Roger Banks, Arthur Fenn, Shifty, Niamh Lynch, Ian Jackson, Vic Ranger, Dave Edwards, Stewart Tyler, Yann Vatisste, Martin Harland, Andy Faulkner, Martin Gavin, Dave Rimmer, Simon Bridger and Ady and Kenny of course, if I forgot anyone sorry 5 years as been a long time.

Biggest thanks go out to you the faithful who have supported the club through its 5 year journey, you have travelled from all over the world to stomp, slide or browse through the record room and as Marion Black once sang who knows what the future may bring?
Yours in soul
Alan H

By Guest in Event News · October 29, 200420 yr

Half of 60s Phoenix soul duo plucked from obscurity
“I’ll need to get a ride with you," said Ernie out of the middle of nowhere. We were waiting for his turn to sing Karaoke at the AmVet Post #15 at 7th St. and Broadway in South Phoenix Wednesday night. "I live at 13th and Pima on the west side,” he followed. "I wish I would have known you were going to need a ride, Ernie," I said. "I have to leave early, before you sing the last time, sorry."
He walked from there and would walk "home" - more like a backyard to put his stuff and sometimes a night on the couch in the house - a round trip of nearly 7 miles. I left without taking him since I needed to quickly get back to Phoenix to watch another band play before the bars shut down. The next day I asked him if he was able to find a ride and he said, "I started walking and a friend of mine saw me and picked me up. He said, 'Man you walk fast. Aren’t you tired?' I said 'no, I walk this 2 or 3 times a day.'"
Ernie was dressed casually, sporting a canvas derby, a white floral print shirt and sandals with white socks, in contrast to the stylin’ white suit he wore the previous week. Both times he looked good but tonight what set off his outfit was a pair of expensive looking sunglasses with three diamond inlays on the arms. I asked him about the shades and he said, "You know what, I found these glasses on the ground. I find all kinds of things when I’m walking. People say to me 'Ernie those look like real diamonds.' I say it doesn’t matter as long as they shine."
And shine he did Wednesday night at this open mic Karaoke night, up against such formidable talent as OG Charles, Brenda, and a crowd-pleasing, dance-floor-filling dude known only as “The Artist.” DJ Charles Ray Hayes welcomed folks to the post, encouraging them to “share their talent from 10 o’clock all the way to the top, 1 a.m.”
Ernie started out with a killer version of “If Something is wrong with my baby,” written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, though it was a rough start. When DJ Hayes called the name Ernie Sweetwater Johnson - “Ernie Johnson is my real name, Sweetwater is my new name,” he told me last week - Sweetwater was nowhere to be found. It turns out he was in the bathroom when the song started, though the DJ re-cued the song and introduced him when he appeared.
He had moves, his voice was note perfect and electric and his open-throated falsetto “whhooo hooos!” at the end got folks going, so naturally Ernie kept going after the song was over. For a moment he looked transported to another time - cue a wiggling TV screen indicating a memory - all the way back to 1965 when Eddie and Ernie, a duo born in Phoenix, had a hit in New York and were being flown out to the Apollo for an extended gig playing a package show.
“In 1965 ‘Time waits for no one’ (a song written and performed by Eddie & Ernie) was released and it hit the charts,” said Ernie when I reached him by phone. “It was #1 on WWRL in NYC and it was about number 100 or so in Billboard. The next thing we knew, we have two tickets to New York to play the Apollo Theater,” he said. “We did five shows a day, and we worked with people like Wilson Pickett, The Marveletts and Patty Labelle and the Blue Bells, Gene Chandler, The Impressions, The Four Tops, we worked with a lot of artists.”
Eddie and Ernie had all the right elements to be a top R&B; duo, they were young (when they first started playing clubs Ernie was 16 and Eddie 19), they were good looking, and they had great voices that sounded even better together. Ernie’s voice was high-register and Eddie was in the middle, and their voices harmonized extremely well. Their songs (mostly originals) got play in other markets and at their peak they had singles on Chess and Columbia. But they never had a proper hit. They cut many sides and toured but not extensively, and because of the lack of hits and bad management, the duo petered out on its own in 1972.
The last show they played was with Al Green at the California Club after reconciling for a last go around. Eddie Campbell moved to California and had a respectable songwriting career which provided him an income as well as royalties from past records being anthologized and covered, though he had a problem with drink and eventually passed away from cirrhosis of the liver.
Ernie drifted, tried to make a go on his own, but couldn’t keep up a steady address for the royalties he was due. He spiraled into homelessness, working day labor and doing some time in jail, always hoping to make more music or receive some money from his past efforts.
Without management and a musical partner and with plenty of bad luck, Ernie was in creative and spiritual limbo. When speaking with Ernie, it’s almost as if he remembers the time between 1972 and 2002 as one very long, bad year. In 2002, English soul music guru Dave Godin started actively tracking down rare Eddie and Ernie music for a compilation. Godin is a huge force in the popular north London trend known as “Northern Soul,” a term which Godin coined and has championed since 1971.
The trend, which has enjoyed resurgence in the last 15 years or so, is focused on forgotten or overlooked American soul and R&B; music from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
John Dixon, aka Johnny D., Phoenix musicologist and endless source of all things musical Arizona, explains what Northern Soul is about:
“Playing a track all the way through. No talking over it, no fading, it’s very straight. It’s a dance tempo thing, it’s all tempo and you have to be able to dance to it. It’s got to be obscure black American music. The more obscure, the better. Those are about the only two generalizations I can see because it’s a pretty wide spectrum. Eddie and Ernie were obscure enough and a lot of the songs are very poppy and danceable Dave Godin, who’s the god of Northern soul writing and coined the term and all, was telling people that E&E; were the greatest thing since Sam and Dave if not better than, so his credibility helped a lot.”
If you are interested in more info about Northern Soul there are many Web sites a google away, but I found this site to be fairly understandable for the uninitiated, myself included.
Eddie and Ernie have been popular as Northern Soul artists in England almost since they stopped making music in the early ‘70s, and Godin has touted them as the one of the best exemplars of Northern Soul, so he was eager to put together a comprehensive CD. He had featured songs by E&E; on all of his “Artistry in Soul” compilations for the English soul label Kent. Godin wanted to get all the E&E; music in one place and put out a compilation, but this turned out to be a huge undertaking.

Songs had been sitting on shelves for 30 years untouched. Old vinyl was almost non-existent. The duo recorded under at least 4 names on many labels, many of which no longer existed or had been bought out long ago. A huge amount of detective work went into the effort, but in late 2002 Eddie & Ernie, Lost Friends came out on Ace records subsidiary Kent.
Ernie was thought by the English fans of the duo to be lost to the street, but in 2002 John Dixon found him. “I had heard as I went around town ‘Oh yeah, He’s still around, we saw him a couple of months ago’ that sort of thing,” said Dixon. “I went around to a couple of the Salvation Armies in South Phoenix and there’s a big St. Vincent De Paul on 7th St. I went in there they said ‘Last time we saw him was a couple of months ago.’ So I knew he was around,” explained Johnny D.
“I went over to see Gene Blue (CEO and founder) of OIC.” OIC stands for Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center, a charity that has worked since 1967 to help people get back on their feet in many ways, from GEDs to computer training to helping people with social security issues. “Gene Blue said ‘Oh yeah, Ernie comes around every so often,’ so that was it, and I didn’t think about it for a couple of months,” said Johnny D.
“One morning Gene called and said ‘You’ll never guess who’s sitting across from me in the office’ and it was Ernie and so I arranged to pick him up the next day and took him down for breakfast at Denny’s and introduced myself and I took all the records and showed him and he was very impressed.” Dixon told him about Northern Soul and Dave Godin and about the effort to put together a compilation CD. Ernie was excited and consented to his first interview in many years, which Dixon recorded and transcribed for use in the anthology.
Later that year with many of the songwriting rights reverting back to Ernie “Lost Friends” came out and through Johnny D’s help, Ernie also received some back royalties from Johnny's research and new money from the issuing of the CD.
Part of what intrigued Dixon in the interview and brought this story to me via former New Times music editor Chris O’Connor was that Ernie Johnson, a man who played the Apollo at a very young age and tasted modest musical success, who might have been rich and famous if given proper guidance, was now singing Karaoke at a downtown club called Big Al’s and living on the street.
The gig at Big Al’s has been over for a while, and Ernie does his thing most Wednesdays at the AmVet in South Phoenix. The release of the CD and some past royalties helped get Ernie in a good place for a while, but the money is all gone now. “After I paid some people some bills it was gone,” says Ernie. “We get royalties twice a year so maybe something will come up. I have got a few debts which doesn’t feel too good, but I hope they are people that trust and believe that when I get some money I will try to pay them,” he says.
So Ernie, at 60, is singing Karaoke in hopes of his big comeback. “Something’s got to give and it’s got to give real quick,” says Sweetwater of his situation. “Time’s winding up, and I know that. This is my last time around and I want to go to the top. All the way. So I’m freelancing, I’ve got no contracts with nobody and I want to work with somebody that wants to work and I know that we’ll be successful if the music is heard.”
Unfortunately there are a few strikes against Ernie getting something together musically at this juncture in his life. I asked Johnny D. if he thought Ernie could have success at his age in his current situation “That’s a hard call,” he said. “I would like to think he could, but he’s just kind of on that level, no wheels, everybody around town kind of knows him and has an opinion already, and he’s burned quite a few bridges. I’d like to think he could talent-wise because he’s been writing songs, mostly gospel. He sings them to me, a capella in the car, and there’s some potential there.”
He can sing, there is no question. And he is a social butterfly, a smooth operator. Drinks would appear in his hand when he returned from his frequent socializing that I know he didn’t pay for. He told stories of people shaking his hand and giving him money folded in their hands because “I think people do that because they know I deserve much more then I’m given, which is nothing but a clap of the hands and pat on the back.”
When he asked if I was going to pay him for interviewing him I explained that the interview wasn’t going to be broadcast so there would be no gratuity, but hopefully the story might generate a few sales of the CD, which would trickle down to him eventually. To this he said rather cryptically “Yeah, somebody should hear and feel and know.”
Pan out on the Wednesday night Karaoke at the AmVet Post #15 where Ernie Sweetwater Johnson can be found, working the room in more ways than one and enjoying the momentary spotlight. Picture he and I, seated at a long table waiting for his turn, when an impressive female singer starts tearing it up on the mic. Sweetwater turned to me and said, “She can sing good too. Sweetwater and you ain't the only superstars in the house!”

Thanks to Chris O’Connor for additional info.
http://www.aznightbuzz.com/mt/000119.html
...... ending with the footnote
When he asked if I was going to pay him for interviewing him I explained that the interview wasn’t going to be broadcast so there would be no gratuity, but hopefully the story might generate a few sales of the CD, which would trickle down to him eventually. To this he said rather cryptically “Yeah, somebody should hear and feel and know.”
Pan out on the Wednesday night Karaoke at the AmVet Post #15 where Ernie Sweetwater Johnson can be found, working the room in more ways than one and enjoying the momentary spotlight. Picture he and I, seated at a long table waiting for his turn, when an impressive female singer starts tearing it up on the mic. Sweetwater turned to me and said, “She can sing good too. Sweetwater and you aint the only superstars in the house

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the article above was orig up on azbuzz which is no longer online - updated in 2018

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By Mike in Articles · October 29, 200420 yr

First up on the web as a downloadable pdf, it was part of a feature on Phoenix music - a fascinating couple of interviews concerned with Ernie Johnson ( one half of Eddie and Ernie )
Ernie Johnson interview 7-22-04
JB - Did you sing any more last night?
EJ - I did a thing by James Ingram that went over really good. The people just went wild. They've been loving this song ever since I changed the style of it. I ad lib around what he's doing and it fit in perfect. JB - What's the song? EJ - If Loving you is wrong I don't want to be right.
JB - I'm going to go way back to the start. How did you get involved in music in the first place?
EJ - Well, my dad he's a singer, also a guitar player and at the age of 7 I was singing very well and could take just about any person and show them the tune in order to harmonize like it's three people, I could show them how to harmonize. I could also do the bass but my voice was too light. I could show a guy how to tune it up real well and voice control because I learned from very great men, Sam Cooke and Nat King Cole. JB - Listening to records? EJ - Yes. Listening and going to see Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers as a youngster. My dad said, "Brother you listen to that voice and listen well because you have a voice to sing that song just as good or better than the artist, and that's very odd, that means that God has given you something very special."
JB - You also were involved in Gospel from early on correct?
EJ - Yes I did Gospel until Eddie and I decided to try a duet because we weren't making any money. We decided to try and do a duet so we did cut it and sent it to Sue records (a subsidiary of Eastern) and there was the manger Juggy Murray I think owned the company and released the song 'Time waits for no one" and it hit the charts. (It was #1 on New York's WWRL) and next thing we knew we have two tickets to New York to play the Apollo Theater.
JB- that was the first single that you released? And it charted?
EJ - Yes. 1965. Time waits for no one. It was #1 on WWRL in NYC and it was about number 100 or so in Billboard. JB -And then you got flown to the Apollo? EJ - Yes. We did five shows a day, and we worked with people like Wilson Pickett, The Marveletts and Patty Labelle and the Blue Bells, Gene Chandler, The Impressions, The Four Tops, we worked with a lot of artists. JB - That was 1965 primarily? EJ - Just about everything on Motown was #1 but Sue records was kickin' some artist pretty good too.
JB - Weren't you also going to tour with Ike and Tina Turner before Eddie and Ernie but it didn't work out?
EJ - We worked the Holiday in DC with Ike and Tina Turner which was real nice but I seen I do things I couldn't believe. I told Eddie, "man, I don't think I want to work with this guy because he's not doing these ladies right." He was kickin' them and beating them.
JB - How did you meet Eddie?
EJ - I met Eddie through my dad. Eddie had another brother that was older named Leroy Campbell and Eddie was singing around with him a little bit so we decided that we liked singing together, him and I and like I said I knew a lot about voice control which helped turn him into a pretty powerful man, which he could sing anyway. Eddie was one of a kind, he reminded me a lot of Johnny Taylor, he liked Johnny Taylor a lot, not just as a singer but as a player, Eddie was also in that category, also Sam Cooke, we loved some of the artists. Our harmonizing, we worked that out ourselves. We put it together and it came out every song. If we would have had a manager, a good manager at the time they say we would have sold millions and millions. London England rates Eddie and Ernie the best duet in the world, already. (Dave Godin is the main champion of their work, the man that coined the term "Northern Soul" and helped to popularize the movement) We've been popular there for years and I didn't have no knowledge of that because I wasn't looking like I should have and I didn't have anyone to give me direction on keeping up on the keep up.
JB - 65 was a really good year for you guys and you kept cutting sides.
EJ - We cut quite a few sides and a lot of them were played (covered) Like Outcast, I'm going for Myself, was on Columbia, we was on a lot of record companies at the time, they was cutting us and putting us on the desk and not playing them, playing them but not giving them the exposure they could have given them so we could have been successful, so we got beat out of a lot of money, I presume.
JB- Did you do most of your recording in Phoenix?
EJ - We did most of our recording in the south, like Macon, Georgia, where Otis Redding did his stuff for Stax records. We cut in New York City; most of it was in New York, because we had the New York City sound, everybody said.
JB - You guys didn't really do a lot of touring, did you?
EJ - We did not a whole lot but we did tour for maybe a year and we just came back home and sort of gave up to a certain extent and Eddie went his way and I went mine. Then we came back did a few more singles. The last show we did was with Al Green at the California Club in 1972. And I was trying to figure out how to get in touch with Al because he's coming to town, so we should go to that show. Possibly if I could meet him quicker he might let me open the show for him.
JB - When was Eddie and Ernie finished with all together?
EJ- Eddie went to LA and I stayed in Phoenix and went through a lot of changes, trying to get a breakthrough song to come back, to keep trying. I had almost given up. They tell me Eddie went to LA and wrote some songs, some of them were real good sellers and he made some money, but he was sort of out there, drinkin that hard liquor and they said that's what messed him around, he ended up doing things that didn't ordinarily do, but at any rate he uh had cirrhosis of the liver when he died. After that I almost gave up again, but the lord said, "No, you go ahead. I want you to spread my name in Gospel songs." And said "you arise as one of the great spiritual singers in the world," and I believe that the Lord did tell me that, and that's what I did, I wrote the songs and I'm ready to record them and they are some of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear in your life. I call it Spiritual Rock, because when you're rockin and shouting and glorifying god, and as I'm talking tears come to my eyes (crying) because I know this is what the Lord wants me to do. I want to do that and I want to do it with someone that will work. And do a good job. That's all I want to do, it's not so much about the money, it's about being a true human being for someone to love and love other people and to spread gods name all over other world. I know it ain't nothing but the power of god because when I start droppin' tears they're always glorified tears of joy.
JB - Do you want to take a break for a second, are you ok?
EJ - I'm OK. I don't worry about the tears because the tears are tears of joy, it wouldn't make any difference. People look at me and say, "Oh, you're droppin tears, are you crying?" I say "I'm crying to the lord to make me stronger." . . . I want to do what the lord wants me to sing, but I'm also ready for R & B. I'm not a rapper; I wouldn't want to be a rapper. I like the rap I just haven't learned it yet and I don't like what it's done to the children. That's why our children are dying, they don't even get to 15, 16. I think it's nice when someone can grab music from what someone else is doing and rap over it and make it blend in; I think it's great.
JB- Before the CD anthology came out, what were you doing?
EJ - I was doing the Karaoke and working at big Al's. and people started coming, packing the place out on Wednesdays, every time I hit the stage they would scream like I was at the Apollo Theater.
JB- How come you don't try to enter Karaoke competitions where you could make some money?
EJ - Because it's not a challenge to me. Karaoke is for someone that is trying to learn how to sing and control their voice, it's not for a professional singer, but I have entered a thing down on Buckeye Rd and they put my at number 4 in the competition. I know that I won it; they didn't want me to have it. One of the guys said, "man, you're a professional singer and these guys aren't." I said " well it didn't say who could go on, I won it so don't I deserve it? But I tell you what man, go on a keep it, I just won't come over here and sing here again," and that was it.
JB - I don't want to get into a dark area, but you've had some rough times the last few years.
EJ - Oh yes I have. I've had some real bad times. Still having bad times. I am disabled my feet swell up, I have low blood circulation, I have asthma, I have a concussion where I was hit a years ago singing at the Elks club in about 74. That didn't stop me either. They was trying to mess my head up so I couldn't sing anymore but the lord took me through that. About 2 years ago I was hit half way across my back with a 2 by 4, busted my spleen, and I'm still going through changes because of that, and I'm on medication for the rest of my life.
JB - I'm sure it was very nice for you to recoup some of the money you made when the CD came out.
EJ- It was a little bit, it wasn't very much. It was like 2700, but after I paid some people some bills it was gone. We get royalties twice a year so maybe something will come up, I have got a few debts which doesn't feel to good, but I hope they are people that trust and believe that when I get some money I will try to pay them.
"I walked from the club to almost to Pima I was coming down the other side of the bridge and a friend of mine stopped and drove me home. He said, "Man you walk fast, aren't you tired?" I said 'No, I walk that 2 or 3 times a day."
JB - Tell me about how people will come up to you shake your hand and slip you a little something when you perform?
EJ - I think people do that because they know I deserve a much more then I'm given, which is nothing. But a clap of the hands and pat on the back, but it's one thing about it I figure something got to give and it's got to give real quick, because time's winding up, and I know that. This is my last time around and I want to go to the top. All the way. So I'm freelancing, I've got no contracts with nobody and I want to work with somebody that wants to work and I know that we'll be successful if the music is heard.
JB - I would say first things first you've got to get a band.
EJ - Like I said it won't be no problem to get together a band, but you got to have a little money, people don't want to do just . . . I can't do anything too much because I don't have any transportation. One day it was so hot I felt a fainting spell and I went right back into OIC and sat down. So this thing is taking a toll.
JB - Hopefully this story might help sell a couple of CD's, which will eventually help.
EJ - Yeah, somebody should hear and feel and know.

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John Dixon interview

JB - How did you get involved with the production of the Eddie and Ernie CD?
JD - I've known the people at Ace for a number of years and somehow Eddie and Ernie came up. They were looking for masters. They mentioned they were getting ready to do a full CD, because Dave Godin (English Soul music guru and man responsible for the term Northern Soul) had been doing his Artistry in Soul series for about 3 volumes and he always put Eddie and Ernie on them. They knew that I had a real good appreciation of the group so Ace and I started talking back and forth and I found out that there were some Columbia sides that I didn't even know about the were unreleased and it seems to me we were trying to find the Artco material (Eddie and Ernie each recorded a solo album in Phoenix that is now extremely rare) at this time this was before the masters were found in Los Angeles, so we started working that way because I had a relationship with them and they decided to do this Eddie and Ernie and things.
And two and a half years ago when I tracked Ernie down I had this interview I was sitting on, and I thought it would be great for them to use some quotes from the interview. In one of the liner notes they mentioned that Eddie was gone but that Ernie was last seen on the streets of Phoenix and might not even be around, so he was kind of lost in action, so once I has that interview it was a great thing to have for someone who is doing a whole CD.
JB - For the readers, when was the resurgence of Northern Soul?
JD - Probably 15 years ago.
JB - And it's been going strong for a while now. Do they use these old songs in mixes?
JD - It still is going strong. It's not mixes, in Northern Soul you play the track all the way through. No talking over it, no fading, it's very straight. It's a dance tempo thing, it's all tempo and you have to be able to dance to it. It's got to be obscure black American music. Those are about the only two generalizations I can see because it's a pretty wide spectrum. It's very rare they will play a ballad. Eddie and Ernie were obscure enough and a lot of the songs are very poppy and danceable so that's how they kind of worked their way in there and the thing the had going for them was Dave Godin who's the god of Northern soul writing and coined the term and all and was telling people that E&E were the greatest thing since Sam and Dave if not better than, so his credibility gave their music, when the expert of the whole scene is saying hey this is great stuff helped a lot.
It's just amazing how one person can make a difference. It certainly made me appreciate it a little more, I had some of their records but when you have some guru saying that this is the best out of thousands of obscure records it helped me realize how great they really were musically.
90% of the sales of Lost Friends have been in England.
JB- I want to ask you about the detective work you had to do to physically find him.
JD - I had heard as I went around to the clubs "Oh yeah, He's still around, we saw him a couple of months ago" that sort of thing. I went around to a couple of the Salvation Armies in South Phoenix and there's a St. Vincent De Paul on 7th St. and Weldon that's like a big feed em and house em type place and I went in there they said "Last time we saw him was a couple of months ago. . "So I knew he was around and I went over to see Gene Blue (CEO and founder of) at OIC and spoke with him and he said "Oh yeah, Ernie comes around every so often" so that was it, and I didn't think about for a couple of months and one morning Gene Blue called and said "You'll never guess who's sitting across from me in the office" and it was Ernie and so I arranged to pick him up the next day and took him down for breakfast at Denny's and introduced myself and I took all the records and showed him and he was very impressed.
JB -Do you think Ernie can make something happen musically without help that would be lucrative for him?
JD - That's a hard call. I would like to think he could, he's just kind of on that level, no wheels, everybody around town kind of knows him and has an opinion already, and he's burned quite a few bridges I'd like to think he could talent wise because he's been writing songs, mostly gospel. He sings them to me, acapella in the car, and there's some potential there. As I told him he ought to find an Eddie somewhere because sometimes these guys get booked in England on the basis of these Northern soul shows, but here's a guy that hasn't been out of town in years and on a plane and traveling and staying in hotels, and I don't know. I wouldn't want to be responsible for Ernie on that level, I'm more than happy to get him what's due and anything back royalty wise that he can't because of his circumstances get but I'm not into establishing careers again and I just don't know.
I know when your standing in the hot sun pushing a little car around and you feet are swelling and you go 'where's my money" and I'm the only guy that can help him and I say 'Ernie you should have gotten your money 30 years ago when you might have been making some money and made better deals." Eddie kept up his address and was a more prolific songwriter. Eddie wrote some songs that Jackie Wilson covered and He kept at it after Eddie and Ernie broke up and moved to LA, so Eddie was married had a second wife and a daughter whom I've talked to too and tracked down and they've been getting royalties all along, if you don't write these companies and tell them where you are their not going to go out of their way to find you. But if you do they will send you what's due.
Maybe it's within him still, I would like to think so I just don't know. Bob Corritore at Rhythm Room has got the blues nights and he's got the legends of Arizona blues and Small Paul is down there and the Whitehead brothers and Big Pete Pierson, he could do it on that level easy, but the guy doesn't have a car and there are all these things. It would be nice if he would find someone that would manage him on that level.
I was kind of worried when I gave him the royalty money, he came into quite a bit of money all of a sudden and just as quick as he came into it was gone. I don't know what he was doing.
There's quite a bit of support in South Phoenix for people in Ernie's circumstances. He comes up with some great clothes. Beautiful leather shoes and he looks great. One time I picked him up at some park and he had some purple suit on, it was wild. And he had these real cheese thongs on; I was like Ernie you need to get some patent leather. And then in two weeks the suit is gone. He doesn't have a place to keep it. Id like to think there would be some historical society or music appreciation group that might help him out and get him an apartment, when he got some money he got a room with somebody and then they had a falling out, he never had the money to get an apartment which would be nice. He wanted me to get him a guitar I said Ernie, "where are you going to put it?" He said "I need to write some songs" and I said maybe you do but where are you going to put it?
JB - Do you think it would be more beneficial to him to move on and enjoy what he did rather than trying to do something that is difficult if not impossible to do (get a band together)
JD - He's good at it I just wish he would get a job at McDonalds or whatever but he doesn't even seem to want to do that.
When you hear that talent and you know it came out of his relationship with Eddie and they wrote their own songs . . .
JB - As far as historical Arizona music how important are they?
JD - Well that's a tough one. That's an old thing, do you have to sell 3 million to be successful or to have the agreement of hundreds of soul experts that say you're the greatest and you have that kind of cult level, which is better? I don't know, I like the little guy anyway. To me Duane Eddie is the best thing that ever came out of Phoenix, but to my mind Eddie and Ernie are right up there with Duane Eddie as far as quality and depth of songs and powerful stuff, that's just some killer shit, it's amazing. They grew up here and have very solid Phoenix connections, so that's such a subjective thing, but to my mind there are as good as anything that came out of here.
JB - He wanted me to take him to a place at 13th Ave and Pima after the Karaoke show, what's there?
JD - "It's a house, for a while there was a camper shell in the back and he was staying there in the camper shell, and then something happened, the guy sold the camper shell or something, and then Ernie moved away, now he back there, I don't know if he stays on the couch, sometimes he'll stay with his sister but they're always at it, his parents are very very elderly and they are still living, his father was a minister and he must be in his 90's and they've been through it with Ernie, that's why I know Ernie was so happy when the CD finally came out he was able to show his dad. I went over there and sat in the living room and it he was just so happy because here's proof that I've done something.
JB - Is there a Sweetwater in every town?
JD A lot of people don't know about his musical past. A lot of people are amazed when you show them the CD they go "Oh, geez, is that you?" because they've been seeing this character scuffling around all these years. And when you check out the CD people realize it's really something, it's almost like it's a different guy.
JB- do you think if they had the proper direction and management that they could have done something more than they did?
JD - Oh hell yeah. It's all management. If these guys had better management, and Ernie says in the interview that they never had a manager. Their manager was whoever owned the label . . .They didn't have good management that kept them in line, got them good deals and got them to the gig and got them some money.
"These guys, most historic Phoenix music people that made records make some records and go back to doing whatever they were doing before music and here's guys (E&E) that got pulled out of Phoenix to play the Apollo, that's got to fry your little head."
the original feature is no longer online
Since this was published we had the sad news that Ernie Johnson had passed away after a hit and run incident in Phoenix in 2005.
You can read his obituary written by Ady Croasdell via the related links below

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By Mike in Articles · October 29, 200420 yr

The Boys are back in Town

Frobisher Soul Night 30th October ( This Saturday )

Guest DJs TIM BROWN & GINGER TAYLOR
Residents DAVE BOX & FRED WARD

Admission £5.00 Late Bar 8.00PM - 2.00AM

Information & Venue Reports. www.soulgalore.co.uk 01924 894555/891332

Both TIM & GINGER have done guest spots for us in the past. But this time weve gone one better ---
Weve got them both together !!!
Two top class Northern DJs.
Ginger is probably the most well known and respected soul DJ in the UK and in Europe.
Tim is equally well respected, but is also the owner of on of, if not THE, most comprehensive
collections of soul records in the world.
We have asked both to give us a treat and spin some of the rarities that they dont alway
get chance to at some of the other venues.
Therss always been a bit of friendly rivalry between the two, so let the vinyl fly
and produce a CRACKING NIGHT.
A night not to be missed

27th November Guest DJs BUTCH & ANDY DYSON

By Boxy in Event News · October 29, 200420 yr

Well its been a while since I have banged the drum on behalf of New Century Soul

so I thought I would let you know whats coming up.
There is no All-nighter in October in Manchester as the venue was double booked but we are back in November

Saturday 13th November
Wolverhampton Soul Night
Wulfurn Hall
North Street/Mitre Fold
Wolverhampton
8pm Till 2am
Wigan Casino Road Show
DJs Russ Winstanley, John Vincent, Dave Evison and Brian Rae and local talent Blue Max, Neil Rushton and Little Scotty

Plus The Official Launch Party for the Soulvation DVD with two large screens previewing the video footage, the first 500 hundred through the door get a free Soulvation 23 page colour booklet. tickets are £8 or you can pay on the door.

Saturday 27th November
1st ANNIVERSARY ALL-NIGHTER
New Century House
Corporation Street
Manchester
9pm till 8am
Members £10 Non Members £12
Main Hall DJs Dean Anderson, Mick H, John Pugh, Cookie, Neil Rushton, Blue Max, Carl Willingham, Steve Thomas, Karl Rhodes and Kiddo.

Room 2 (Downstairs)
NCS Cinema 10pm till 12am the North West preview of Soulvation.
Then NCS presents The Return of The Northern Cowboys
DJs Butch, Kitch, Des Parker and Andy Whitmore
from 1am till 5am 5 hrs of rare soul.

The Anniversary will be our last event in 2004 but I think with that line up we will be going out with a major bang!

2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

New Century will re launch in 2005 on our usual last Saturday of each month at our home at the CIS in Manchester and we are pleased to announce that Mick H, Pat Brady and Neil Rushton along with Mark Bicknell (who will return in March) have agreed to join Carl Willingham, Karl Rhodes and Steve Thomas as New Century Manchester residents for 2005.

February will see two special nights for New Century Soul

Friday February 11th 2005
New Century Soul London Soul Night
Carisbrooke Hall
Seymour Street
London W2
8pm till 1am
NCS are pleased that Ady Croasdell has agreed to join the team for this venue and he will bring with him the best and up and coming DJ talent in the London area. We will keep you informed of the line up when Ady has sorted it.

Saturday February 26th 2005
NCS Manchester All-Nighter
MELVIN DAVIS will be live on stage and along with the very best of the countries DJs we hope to give Carl Willingham a farewell he will remember!

Wednesday March 9th 2005
New Century Soul
Presents
An Audience with Melvin Davis
The Film Theatre
College Road
Stoke On Trent
8pm till 10pm
This will give soul fans the chance to come along and spend the evening with Melvin, listen to him sing a few tunes, get a answer to a question or just sit back and listen to the great man talk about his interesting soulful past. This is venue only holds 200 seated so we expect a very good response so if you would like to reserve seats priced at £15 please email your info via our website.

Thanks for your time and will post up more information in the near future.

Regards
Chris Waterman
New Century Soul
www.newcenturysoul.co.uk

By Guest in Event News · October 29, 200420 yr

Its payback time for the Trading Cards! Forgive this intrusion into the usual calm and non argumentative world of Soul-Source but I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to the 250 family and friends who turned up at the Plinston for my surprise 40th birthday bash last night! To say I was surprised and didnt have a clue would be the understatement of the year, just ask anyone who was there! Rabbit in headlights time, for at least 3 hours. I didnt get a chance to say much (a first!) to most and so I thought Id post a reply here and ask it to be passed on to those who were there. My thanks firstly to everyone who came along, for the kind words, presents and cards. I couldnt belivie there were people from across the UK and America and many having taken the day off work to share in the surprise. Secondly, to all the DJs (Molly, Reg, Taffy, Lenny D, Hammie, Yogi and apologises for those Ive forgotten!) for a great selection of sounds. It wont be forgotten guys. Lastly, to my wife and Kay Seabrooke for organising it over the past year and for keeping it the best secret EVER!!!! You both did a great job and everyone had a great time. Many many thanks and all my love to you both. I am sure that the photos will be being posted shortly, including the very very young ones of TheBigO, and the words Payback loom large I think :-)) So, in conclusion, my heartfelt thanks to everyone for a wonderful surprise and night, the tears were genuine, as was my shock(!) and I shall never forget last night. All the best TheBigO * One special mention to Smoothie for the wonderful harmonica Blues solo and birthday lyrics he played for me, outstanding! Am working on getting you that T-shirt that you liked I was wearing at the last Plinston mate :-)

By Mike in News Archives · October 29, 200420 yr

Published by posted by site on 2004/9/17 (2340 reads)
Last few days have had various reports coming in of various going ons. In an attempt to clear up the situation have posted the below. Northern djs top sounds stolen At a recent event at the Rocket venue in London, two of the most respected and famous Northern Soul DJs fell victim to one of the most underhand "soul" crimes around. The two djs concerned were Butch and Ady Croasdell, both are considered amongst the top northern soul djs, and prime forces in the northern soul scene since the 1980s right up to the present day. Both djs were dj-ing as part of a northern soul section of a large scale event called Modstock being held at the Rocket venue in London.
While both djs were giving the crowd what they wanted, a non -stop selection of uptempo rare northern soul sides, as it turns out events say that instead of concentrating on the dance floor, they perhaps should have been looking over their shoulder. As while they were playing these rare 45s, that if it wasnt for their efforts would be still lost and undiscovered, behind their backs events of a very distasteful nature were taking place. It transpires that one of the worse crimes that could happen to any dj on any music scene was being carried out... they were having their top sounds stolen! Reports say that someone had wired up the decks and as each rare 45 was played, it was being recorded directly from the sound system. Once recorded these recordings were apparently passed into the hands of two shady characters, both infamous as two of the worse soul bootleggers in the uk. As some of the tracks recorded were unique and have a estimated value of several thousand pounds if they were ever to come on the open market, the bootleggers must have rubbed their hands red raw as their scheme unfolded.
Already reports are coming in of other so called " djs" playing some of these stolen tracks off acetates at events. The situation is made even more controversial as its said an employee of the Rocket itself is responsible for the recordings of these tracks. This adds a even darker side to the whole tale, as its been said that its a certain Gavin Stearn who is responsible for the recordings, who apart from being employed by the university that runs the venue, is also known for his claims to be a former bodyguard of ex-dj Ian Levine, add to this the fact Levine recently fled the northern soul scene followed by allegations of bootlegging and fraud, then this connection may cause embarrassment to some, especially as Stearn is now also now involved with promoter/record label owner Kev Roberts (Levines former partner) and is in fact billed as an attraction at a forthcoming Togetherness Weekender.
Understandably reports of this series of events have caused an outrage amongst soul fans in the uk, with many believing that even by their own low standards, this is one step too far by these bootleggers and it is now the time to stand up to these crooks.The fact that two of the main and most respected djs can have this happen to them, should really send shock waves to all who consider themselves soul fans Many are now looking at how other "well known" names and djs on the northern scene react to this news.
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COMMENTS BELOW WERE POSTED AFTER THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN OLD ARTICLE SECTION
Poster Thread Guest Posted: 2004/9/15 13:00 Updated: 2004/9/15 13:24
answers from Gavin stearn answers from Gavin stearn orig posted Posted: 2004/9/15 13:00 1. Yes I did it
2. Ian Levine and Kev Roberts have nothing to do with this matter.
3. What do you expect when you come and play in my back yard?
4. The new untouchables tried and succeeded in sabotaging the rocket when I fully supported it, then they booked the venue is that not hypocrisy or dancing on my grave?
5. Nothing was missing so nothing was stolen
6. Their was only 4 records played that I did not already have in some sort of format
7. So for a rare soul night I was very disappointed
8. I try to spread the faith instead of keeping it all to my self.
9. I gave all the sound bites away and will continue to do so to anyone who wants them
10. I wanted it to be found out, that way you will know that I don’t forget who has done the dirty on my friends or me.
11. The magicians is crap, better left in the can, its is only liked because it is fresh.
12. So if you don’t play by the rules don’t expect other to play by
Status: Active stomper45
Posted: 2004/9/15 14:48 Updated: 2004/9/15 14:48 Regular regular Joined: 2002/11/21 From: Dublin Posts: 74 Re: answers from Gavin stearn wow in some ways refreshing to get this out in open debate. can you explain to an outsider how the Rocket was sabotaged (was it in the same way as Crossfire)? I doubt if it was the djs whose tunes you copied without asking were responsible, or can you prove otherwise. Surely its good manners to ask if you can copy a tune from them. Sending them on to various people at no profit doesnt make that right, and has taken the "fresh" appeal from 4 i would imagine hard gained tracks on their playlists. sure this will b a hot topic, from those more closely involved
Danny D
Status: Active EditDeleteReply Stuart T Posted: 2004/9/15 17:28 Updated: 2004/9/15 17:28 Regular regular Joined: 2004/2/18 From: Posts: 77
Re: answers from Gavin stearn Oh Gavin youre so big and clever. Does this little bit of "vengeance" make you feel better? I dont think that many people will now forget about someone doing the dirty. It must be rather sad for you now not having anywhere to go of an evening in London as you are so committed to the northern soul scene. Out of interest, why is it that I have only ever seen you in a club in London once (granted I never went to the Rocket)? And to be frank, as you thought the comic collecting commando was such a great DJ who the hell is going to respect your opinion on whether or not a rare soul night is any good? "Their was only 4 records played that I did not already have in some sort of format" Given the company that you keep I wouldnt be surprised if this was true. However, that kind of misses the point, but I just dont think youd understand.
Status: Active Mark Bicknell Posted: 2004/9/16 19:38 Updated: 2004/9/16 19:38 Hardest Joined: 2004/6/30 From: Posts: 115
Re: answers from Gavin stearn Here, Here Stuart.......and say so all of us, fair play to the bloke hes got some balls, rather big ones to admit to this one, or hes fucking stupid one or the other. I dont think this person is high profile enough to really bother or worry about still is a shit stunt to pull and personally in him trying to be smart and admit to this hes really closed the door for himself as he will now be viewed as not to be trusted. Spread the faith...bollocks, sorry to spread the faith you have to have it in the first place and as long as this person has a hole in his arse he will never come close to having the faith, infact such actions prove that he has little understanding what this scene and its music is about, words fail me really to be honest. Now perhaps we can put this one to bed.
Regards - Mark Bicknell.
P.S Tape my or anyone elses records again and you better look over your shoulder pal i dont care how big you are or how clever you think you are.
Status: Active EditDeleteReply Brett Posted: 2004/9/15 21:13 Updated: 2004/9/15 21:15 Hardest Joined: 2004/2/17 From: Sheffield "Northern" England Posts: 366
Thief Quote "Gavin Stearn"......"6. Their was only 4 records played that I did not already have in some sort of format" Hey Mark what a fucking line, Sweet Creeping Jesus mate we will piss our pants at the Ducie about that one silly fucking comment......manalive as Bob Hope said " Good Comedy Writes Itself"..... On the real side of this scene Mark, my mate Neil Felton just showed me an issue of old "Ozz" beautiful label.....that my old mate is what we call a ..FUCKING FORMAT isnt it...keep it real ..
Brett Franklin Status:
Active EditDeleteReply Hippo Posted: 2004/9/16 19:38 Updated: 2004/9/16 19:38 Hardest Joined: 2004/3/3 From: Posts: 213
Re: Thief Can you remind me what the stolen tracks were? Thanks
Status: Active EditDeleteReply rollemcowboy Posted: 2004/9/22 18:29 Updated: 2004/9/22 18:29 user Joined: 2004/9/14 From: Posts: 7
Re: Thief, MORE SOUNDS STOLEN Hot on the heels of the LONDON THEFT comes news of an even worse scam. Sources reveal long running stalwart of the scene(Dave Evison) had his entire spot taped at a recent Cheshire gig. And to double up the whammy, word is, the same happened to Preston Grasshopper Johnny Pearson. Just think thats 4 DJs in the spate of 8 weeks having their top sounds taped. Speaking to a DJ appearing at Ilkeston this Friday, he commented Hopefully SOUL SOURCE will root out the perpetrators and make the scene safe again. If anyone sees any audio of Dave and Johnnys spots, could they contact SCOTLAND YARD immediately.
Status: Active EditDeleteReply KarenC Posted: 2004/9/22 18:35 Updated: 2004/9/22 18:37 Hardest Joined: 2004/4/26 From: Posts: 2737
Re: Thief, MORE SOUNDS STOLEN Well if someone trys to tape Janine and my spot at Soulsville 30th October start 8pm we wont be best pleased I can tell you Status: Active EditDeleteReply Janine Posted: 2004/9/22 18:39 Updated: 2004/9/22 18:39 Hardest Joined: 2004/3/11 From: Kent, U.K. Posts: 2832 Re: Thief, MORE SOUNDS STOLEN if anyone tapes and tries to play out the entertainer I shall be most happy... erm, sorry annoyed ;-) Actually I will be playing two exclusive tunes on the night, so wouldnt be too happy if some low life did this to me
Status: Active EditDeleteReply grant Posted: 2004/9/24 13:25 Updated: 2004/9/24 13:25 Hardest Joined: 2003/3/25 From: Stockport Posts: 339 Re: Thief, MORE SOUNDS STOLEN No offence to Dave Evison - more stupid the person taping his spot - probably most of what Dvae played is already on legit cds and a lot of his (excellent spots he does) vinyl available at reasonable prices. So what is the point? This carry on is spoiling the scene for a lot of us who have ate, drank and slept it for many, many years - lets get back to some normality and shoev your high tec taping devices where the sun dont shine Status: Active EditDeleteReply NCSoul Posted: 2004/9/24 15:44 Updated: 2004/9/24 15:44 Hardest Joined: 2003/10/30 From: Aldridge/Blackburn Posts: 112
Re: Thief, MORE SOUNDS STOLEN Hi Grant, No offence,the Cowboy post is making light of the fact that Butch and Ady had their sounds stolen and the outrage it caused on this forum. with respect Chris W

By Mike in News Archives · October 29, 200420 yr

[originally posted on Forum by Becky] Having read some of the recent rumours posted up on the internet lists, I was prompted to reply since the so called facts (of a scenario which doesn't involve KRL) has captured the over active imagination of the rumour mongers and is quite probably libellous. If the reports are to be believed, a recording was made at an event by a person incorrectly named as a being "involved" with KRL. Let me put the record straight. I am replying to hopefully clear up any confusion regarding the allegations toward Kev Roberts and his KRL business. I have spoken to him at length; he is not in the office today and due to his schedule I am replying on his behalf. Becky Hall On behalf of The KRL Group KRL promoted an event at the Rocket for two all-nighters only, many months prior to the Modstock event. Ian Levine was employed by KRL as a DJ at that event. He was not a partner in that or any other KRL promotion, and nor was Gavin Stearn. Gavin Stearn is not involved with KRL in any business sense and he is not confirmed as a DJ at the forthcoming Fleetwood weekender. Kev Roberts was unaware until recent messages appeared on the soul forums that these tracks had been obtained in such a manner. Sound files of several tracks were sent, unsolicited, to Kev and to many other people on the soul scene via an email. He didn't ask for the sound clips, he didn't want the sound clips. He wasn't even aware of the source of the email containing the tracks (the email anme was numerical) which was subsequently being spread far and wide amongst internet users, and was in the files of an internet chat group for quite a while until the list owner removed it from the audio clips available to download. The KRL group is not interested in these type of recordings however they are obtained; and far more importantly Mark (Butch) Dobson has been a much respected friend of Kevs for more than twenty years. Kev has no knowledge of who is publicly playing these tracks from any format. He certainly doesn't own any acetates of these recordings and they have never been played on his radio show, apart from anything else the sound quality would not be up to a required standard. To our knowledge, no one has bootlegged these particular tracks and KRL absolutely refute any allegation of involvement and can assure any interested party that the wholsale/retail division of the company will be in no way actively pursuing the said tracks. We simply aren't interested in them.

By Guest in News Archives · October 29, 200420 yr

Yet another great nite in London, 100 club niter was the place, regular crew were on (apart from Shifty) and with guests being Dave Rimmer and Russ Vickers, just knew it was going to be a varied nite of soul. Yet again my ears told me that your man Butch is the master, with a cracking second set proving it. Too many highlights to mention though was bowled over with one 45 by Andy Campbell, annouced as deep soul with a beat, missed title but it is quality.
Mick Smith pushed out some great sounds, and enjoyed his quality crossover phase. Adey was up to speed, with stuff like nancy wilcox, diplomats and all.Guest wise, the return of Russ Vicker had him showing how to blend 60/70s, with a classy selection of 60s rarities, and some 70s killers. They didnt always crank up the dancefloor but gotta say my ears had a feast, quality soul.
Dave Rimmer, you always know what your getting with Dave and thats enjoyment, his spots were spot on. Played a lot of requests, and the way his sets just flow from hard r+b to maniac uptempo to smooth midtempo is as it should be. Crowd wise, well not a packer and not a frantic up for it edge, which to tell truth was thankfull for due to the heat, just a quality nite at a quality event. And best of all my ears had a quality rare soul feast. No one does it better
Of course, as always these are just my own rushed thoughts, be great to hear your views on this or other recent events, just hit that submit link and pass them on. Or use the comments link below
Here's a brief selection of some of the plays pushed out
Russ Vickers
kindly passed on his top 3:
Blues Groove - I believe in you - Verve
Lance Ellis - Taking a chance - Landlord
Clarence Carter - Can I make it with you - Future Stars
Also threw at us the likes of George Jackson - anthemic -I dont have the time to love you
Clarence Townsend - Found a true love, Rocky Roberts - I love my baby - cover , Brown
Sugar, Big Daddy Rogers, Little Dooley-If Ever I Needed You, Frankie And Damons-Man From
Soul. Plus a few first hear (to me) 60s which sounded like would be killers after a few more
hears and a whole heap of classy 70s
Dave Rimmer
Cody Black - I'm Slowly Molding
Joanne Courcy - I've Got The Power
Gordon Keith - Look Ahead
Magnetics - I Have A Girl
Della Reese - A Clock That's Got No Hands
Patience Valentine - If You Don't Come
Vondells - Hey Girl You've Changed
Boogaloo with Your Baby - Don Gardender
to name a few
butch/ady/mick s (running outta time so brief)
little love affair- patrinell staten, volcanos, sounds of philadelpia instru, andy campbell, bobby rich, unique blend, constellations, true image, johnnie mae matthews,chuck cockherham, sonnotas, gloria scott, 2 x nancy wilcox uniss, archie bell, and lots more stuff, just a selection, as always - lot brain didnt register
Weekend Bits
Stockport - brief word that this was a winner, even with early shutting seems it was a sell
out with that man again Butch doing the stuff
Had word that the event at Desboro on saturday was "tremendous" with a great atmosphere,

By Mike in Articles · October 29, 200420 yr

News in from Matt J that the MJ Promotions website is refreshed, revamped and relaunched.
site info:
"Welcome to the new Information web site. Keep up to date on London Northern Soul events promoted by MJ Promotions. Soul fans will be able to view venue details, directions, reviews, photographs etc. Watch this space...."
check it out at http://www.mjpromotions.info

By Mike in News Archives · October 24, 200420 yr

SOULGATE N14 — THE GATHERING!
Hard to believe that it’s 1 year since we were all gathered together to say our last goodbyes to our dear friend, Randy Cozens, but here we were, once again gathering to celebrate the life, music and ideals of ‘a good friend of ours’.
‘Ye Olde Rising Sun’ was once again the venue that would play host, as it has done almost exclusively for the past 18+ years, to the alldayer that is simpley known as SOULGATE and by 12pm on Saturday afternoon the decks and sound system were in place, the DJ’s were beginning to gather, the pub staff were bracing themselves for the onslaught to come and the doors were thrown open to the best soul event in North London.
Throughout the day the venue saw a steady stream of Soulies coming to pay their respects and share their memories of Randy and dance to some truly great music from across the eras and across all styles — stompers rubbed shoulders with shufflers, 2-steppers and deep deep soul. The usual eclectic mix that has been the trademark of all SOULGATE’s and that strangely works to help create that unique vibe the event has.
Myself and Trickster (whose lovely and long suffering wife was also in attendance) drew the short straw and were first on. The man with the nifty appreciation of all things 1950’s did a great job mixing classic Northern from recent years with forgotten oldies and got the alldayer off to a great start. I was on next, spinning a mixture of 60’s-Y2K, but was given the usual treatment from those reprobates from Letchworth I begrudgingly call my friends — namely constant heckling and questions being asked about my sexuality! Despite all this I carried on, with my 2 young boys watching on at this their first experience of daddies rare soul world (poor sods!) and then made way for ‘The Ladies Choice’ Taffy.
At this stage I thought now was the best time to drop the kids off at my brothers and save them from Taffy’s selection J and so I missed out on around 2hrs worth but returned with my lovely wife Jane at just after 4.30pm to find the venue buzzing and a good sized crowd in residence.
Jo Wallace, Buey, Johnny Timlin, Tony Smith and the Master that is Terry Jones were doing the honours to an appreciative audience that included, amongst the faithful, such faces as Terry and Paul Cozens, Tim Brown, Keb Darge and Ady C, who was due on later. All did a great job but I must single out Jo for special mention with a great set of those beloved West Hampstead toons that had many of us trying to get a cardiac arrest out on the floor. 6T’s Rhythm ‘N’ Soul never sounded better and I for one was one happy, now very sweaty, punter! Top work and she’s a girl as well — go figure J
With the evening session came the arrival of those 3 stalwarts of SOULGATE, Roger Stewart, Taffy and the quite cuddly these days Ady C and they didn’t fail to deliver. The dance floor saw heavy action, the atmosphere was as great as always and the place was rocking! Before he came on for the last hour with Ady, Taffy could be found putting his new moves learnt at Spearmint Rhino to good use on top of the table outside the pub. Let’s just say that it was an experience to behold!!!
As mentioned Taffy and Ady finished the day off with a last hour of just great great music and SOULGATE classics, each playing 3 records every time, that included the Tyrell Corporation ‘6 0-Clock’; Futures ‘Party Time Man’, Majestics ‘I love her so much it hurts’, Archie Bell ‘Where you gonna go when the partys over’ and of course the track that is fast becoming synonymous with Randy, Bobby Kline ‘Say something nice to me’.
Midnight came around all too soon and the guys ended with 2 blinders. The anthemic Arthur Alexander ‘I need you’, which saw many with a tear in their eyes as memories came flooding back and ended with Jimmy Radcliffe ‘Long after tonight is all over’ which saw Taffy and Ady joined by myself, Terry and Paul, Tony Smith on the decks and a massed choir of Soulgate regulars belting out the lyrics at the top of our lungs. If the great man was looking down, as I am sure he was, he couldn’t fail to have had a huge smile on his face (and more than likely his shirt off and standing aloft a table joining in.)
It was left to Randy’s youngest, Terry, to thank everyone and say the goodbyes and before we knew it another SOULGATE had come to an end and the crowd set off into the cold night air, a little damp, a little tired but full of happiness and pride at what was another great alldayer in N14 and a fitting tribute to one of the areas finest sons. Roll on SOULGATE 2005!
TheBigO
* I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who attended this years event and who helped to make it a success but I would like to pass on a well deserved pat on the back to Taffy and to Terry & Paul, without whom this event would simply not have happened. They are a credit to Randy’s memory and something tells me the legacy of Rare Soul in N14 isn’t over yet. Well done lads, it IS appreciated. Photos will be posted later but be very very AFRAID!!!
Aplogises to those DJs I didnt mention above, I was so busy groovin and chatting that I didnt get everyones names but know that you are loved and appreciated by everyone and I am sure someone will put my omissions right.

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By TheBigO in Articles · September 23, 200420 yr

Keith Money, Brian Ellis, Soul Sam, Phil Blacknel and Rhyl Scooter Niter Broughton - Look back One of North Wales premier Uk regular monthly events was showing up on the event guide and with the news that Keith Money was the guest it was one of those get to no matter what events. As more than likely know Broughton is run by Brian Ellis and Soul Sam and as said many times it has its own unique feel and crowd with their own style of taste. No hassle getting there, a 40 mile trip is small change nowadays to get to a venue. Walked into one of North Wales coast finest Phil Blacknell dishing out a heavy bit of a crossover session, no attempt to drag early dancers on floor using cheese as bait, who wants that? just out and out decent tunes, highlight was "The Spartans" 45 which sounded so good remembered it . More of this all way up to 10 from Phil and then it was time for Keith Money who should be an ambassador for Scotland as all round quality guy, Keith and rest of party had travelled down with Kenny Burell so a fair old Scottish corner, add a touch of Joe Dunlop to mix and can imagine table was lively. Was good to hear Keith in North Wales again, especially as his work schedule meant that havent been able to get him doing monkey for a fair while.
Numbers at this time were a bit down on the usual figures. And as such floor reaction wasnt its usual that see when Keith does his stuff. And when throw in fact that Broughton crowd as said has its own unique tastes, the usual activity that occurs when Keith plays didnt show. Still ears had a treat with likes of Mark Loyd, Imperial Cs, Bob and Fred, Bill Bush, and of course "my proposal" unfortunately last didnt work that well with blame belonging on shoulders guy who requested it - yep me. After Keiths guest spot it was Brian Ellis up next and did a great hour using his regular knowledge to coax the floor, Sam up next and finished the night of with a customary Sam spot, all eras all styles then all done Night finished, and time to move on, shame Goldbourne was cancelled as was rare time when didnt clash with other events and reckon would have been a good night. Convoy to Rhyl to Robin Hood scooter weekender, where there was a semi-allnighter going on, bit of a shock walking in as mucker reckons was 1000 people altogether in the two rooms , what caught place was kicking, a great buzz , two rooms , had to drop mucker off as he had to get home so couldnt stay, but those who did said enjoyed it, people all over uk and Ireland there.

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By Mike in Articles · September 22, 200420 yr

Published Date: 2004/9/16 5:30:00
A look back at the Orwell

The Orwell An Oasis Of Tentastic Musical Offerings

Well I suppose I deserved the punishment of a full and frank review after all the shameless promotion so here it is.

Bank holidays don't you just love them we knew we were going to have problems with traffic on the busiest weekend of the year so being a work shy get I finished work early rushed home got changed and out of the door in record time. The road to Wigan is a familiar one for Ali and myself but I can't ever recall having to circumnavigate the Great Horn to get there before but we finally rolled up at Chez Davies Ornamental Gardens in Standish in time for a quick Chinese before our early doors warm up spot at our favourite soul night at the moment The Orwell at Wigan Pier.

A quick application of war paint and slurp of wine later Terry sped off to DJ at the Ilkeston soul night in Derbyshire, Lynne jumped into the cab with us and off we sped to the Pier. For a change we actually turned up early for the spot and had time for a swift round of drinks and a meet and greet with the other early birds Jill & Graham the "Pantwettingly Gorgeous" Steve Plumb (Not my description) Dean Johnson and Barry Maleady, I have a theory a theory that is mine about Baz, there are in fact three Baz Mals all identical, the Maleady Triplets, there must be, everywhere we go he's DJing they can't all be the same person!! With Milliseconds to spare Barry managed to set up the decks as the first punters walked through the doors a quick fumble in the box produced a record for a LIVE sound check a quick riposte to Dean's earlier razor like whit regarding my long lost brother Ollie and we were off.

During the first record the room started to fill and in walks my long lost pal Shute not seen for many a year, although he has recently joined the Soul Source Championship Darts Team the rest of whom were conspicuous by there absence, but I shall deal with them later. During the early part of the set the room began to fill and while it was by no means a lock out, despite the shameless OTT internet promotion from yours truly, a healthy crowd had gathered from far and wide. It wasn't long before our partners in crime Paul Clarke and Niki Golding strode rakishly up to the decks bearing gifts of unholy cocktails of JD and Red Bull and it's sad to say it was downhill from there on in.

What I really do love about this place is that there really are no politics at all; it really is all about the music. And depending on the guests booked the variety and scope of the music played changes because the residents Steve Connor, Brian Flanders Baz and Plumby have such breadth of taste and such wealth in their individual collections that they can take you quite literally anywhere depending on the vibe on the night and the mood they are in. We played what I call a typical Nightingale spot nowadays with a few requests catered for from the Pollards, Niki's new puppies and the SSCDT and it was a joy to have the luxury of an extended hour and a half to inflict our taste on the public at large.

Following our spot Steve Connor stepped up to the podium and with the deft batton changing skill of a 4 by 100 metre relay champion took up the mic and raised the stakes with some floor fillers. Don't ask me what he played all I can say is that I thought I heard a Mary Mundy and a Persuaders in there we were in full socialising mode by then so many people to catch up with and drinks to procure from the merry bar stewards. Up after Steve was Brian "Flanny" Flanders who has one of the finest collections around and taste that always leaves me drooling for more. By now the cogs were well and truly oiled and the memory starts to dim but I remember the superb Pyramids Soul Bros Inc and Flash McKinley spun amongst the gems on offer keeping the floor filled for the Star Turn Arthur Fenn. Arthur needs no introduction, he is quite simply one of the finest DJ's around on the scene and has been for many a many a year (I stole that line from our first record ?) another that can play the whole spectrum and with perhaps the exception of new material, something we all steered clear of on the night, that is exactly what he did from the superb Earth Child on Marjon "It's our day" to the absolute classic Patrinell Staton on Sepia "Little love affair" all bases covered. By now I had on my dancin' feet and one of the Maleady Triplets finished off the evening in style, I have absolutely no idea what he played but it must have been good as even I was glued to the dancefloor for the final hour.

It 's little wonder that we love this little club so much, there is always such a great atmosphere and as a real bonus everyone who turns up does so with the full intention of enjoying themselves to the max add to that a superb repertoire of tunage before you even have a guest and you are as good as guaranteed a great night out. If you have never been and you like a little variety in your soul then I suggest that you could do a lot worse than to venture down to the pier for a Tent Music spectacular with the Orwell boys.

I'll leave you with our playlist for the night and a reminder that the next performance on the Pier is a Yarmouth Soul Essence retrospective on the 22nd October 2004, featuring Bob Cosby and the Brother's Ripolles and the prospect has my drooling like a loon already. Remember just follow the brown signs for the Pier once your in Wigan and it's on your right, unless you are Mick Howerd and then follow the brown signs round Wigan twice and when you end up in Standish hopelessly lost jump in a cab and get him to take you there.

Ollie Nightingale - I Don't Know Why I Love You - Memphis
Denice Chandler & Lee Sain - Hey Baby - Toddlin Town
Emotions - I Love You, But I'll Leave you - Twin Stacks
Jo Armstead - There's Not Too Many More (Left Like Him) - Giant
TSU Toronados - Please Heart Don't Break - Rampart Street
Little Madeline - Emotion - Blue Soul
Florence Miller - The Groove I'm In - P&P
Ascots - Just A Few Feet From The Gutter - American Playboy (Request)
Madeline & The Monticello's - Binding Ring Of Gold - De-Val
Velvet Hammer - I Can't Believe - Chila
5th Dimension - No Love In The Room - Arista
Four Wonders - Just Looking For My Love - Solid Foundation (Request)
The Jades - L.O.V.E I Love You - Imperial
Spartans - I Don't Need Another Lover - Era (Request)
Summits - I Can't Get Over Losing You - Dontee
Kool Blues - Can We Try Love Again - Capsoul
Timeless Legend - I Was Born To Love You - Dawn Lite
Norwood Long - I'd Like To Have You - Groovey Grooves
Minits - Still A Part Of Me - MGM Memphis
Three Prophets - I Think I Really Love You - Together
Jato Vondell - Having A Good Time - Gregory
Pioneers - My Good Friend James - Ice (Request)
Frankie Zhivago Young - Somebody Stole My Love - Ultra
Wee - Try Me - Owl
Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners - Our Day Is Here - Drive (Request)
Essex IV - My Heart Just Can't Take It - Windmill
Scarbrough - Make Love To You - EJ Scarbrough (Request)
Powerhouse - You Turn Me On - Daystar
Masterpiece - Love Affair - YPSI
Darrow Fletcher - It's No Mistake - Crossover
AJ Brown - Making Love Together - Maestro Music (Request)

28/08/04
One Trout out.

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By Guest in Articles · August 31, 200420 yr

Published Date: 2004/4/7 7:50:00

Fed up with hearing the same old same every week, Andy Dyson and Mick H decided to do something about it. They decided to assemble the cream of the Rare Soul DJs and put them all on together at the same venue!!! Approximately 6 months ago they approached Sheridan's to hold the night there and Chris and Rodz jumped at the opportunity of having Andy and Mick's club at their venue.

So some six months later after some heavy advertising, flyers, magazines, cyberspace and with a heavyweight line up of Butch, Andy, Mick, Tim Brown, Cliff Steele, Nick Stevenson as residents and the first special guest being Marco the night finally arrived. Andy & Mick were hoping for a successful night but don't think they really expected the turn out they got for the first night.

There was a real buzz leading up to the night and any doubts Andy or Mick had soon disappeared as 300 soulies from all over the country, North West, North Wales, Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Coast, Scotland, London, Kent came through the doors. It was Sheridan's first full house!!!!Nick Stevenson was the first behind the decks the night kicked off with Cornelius Dwyer - Stepping Too Fast on 20th Century and what followed was nine and a half hours (officially) of quality rare soul. The likes of which I haven't heard at a nighter for years. Once the floor the floor kicked into action it remained busy for the rest of the night with the punters thankfully accepting that even though rare and not so well known they are just as good if not better (well they are IMO) than the usual diet of the top 200 you tend to hear week in week out. At its height there was little spare room on the floor as DJ after DJ fed the expectant punters with what they wanted and they lapped it up. Just goes to show that there is a market for quality unknown lesser known rare soul and forgotten, thinking mans (or woman's) oldies. The record bar was just as busy as the main room and you didn't miss a record as the music was piped through for all to hear. For me this was the best nighter musically for many a year and many agreed that this was as good as it gets and roll on the next one!!!!

So if you didn't taste what was on offer you better get your ticket as soon as possible for the next date, 17th April at Sheridan's. Promises to be every bit as good as this one with Soul Sam being the special guest along side the residents.

Chalky

BUTCH

Mac Staten & Nomads - There She Is - Prelude

Mello Souls - We Can Make It - Mello

Antellects - Love Slave - Flodavieur

Temptones - That's When You Know You're In Love - Cover up

Hank Hodge - Eye For An Eye - Eye

Gerri Taylor - It's Beautiful - cover up. superb record!!!!

Rita & Tiaras - Gonna Walk Out Of Your Life - cover up

Stormy Wynters - Lifesaver - Mercury

Belita Woods - Foolish Girl - cover up

Jesse James - Love Is Alright - Unissued

Joseph Webster - My Love Is Strong - Crow

Eric Lomax - Girl You're So Good - cover up

Jean Wells - With My love - Studio disc, alt take

Martha Jean Love - Old Time Lover

Jean Carter - I Wanna Know - Decca Acetate

Johnny Howard - The Chase Is On - Bashie

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ANDY DYSON

Percy Stone - Stoned - Ram
Homer Banks - Sweetie Pie - Genie
Tommy Soul - I'll be Right There -Gaslight
Honey & The Bees - Dynamite Exploded - Arctic
Creations - Take These Memories - Virtue
Sensations - Demanding Man - Way Out
Betty Lou & Bobby Adams - Dr Truelove - Trax
Larry J Reynolds - Sweet Tooth - Tri Spin
Robert Tanner - Sweet Memories - Megatone
JJ Jackson - Too Much Love - Cover up
Mixed Emotions - Gold Of My Life - Rockway
Saints - I'll Let You Slide - WigWam
Dennis Edwards - I Didn't Have To - Int. Soulsville
Teddy Pendergrass - We Got Love - Unissued (Impact Sound)
New Sounds - Don't Take Your Love - Turbo
Tommy Knight - Baby My Love - Abtone

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MICK H

Volumes - Ain't Gonna Give You Up - Karen
Trannells - Blessed With A Love - Flo Jo
William Cumming - Make Our Love A Hurting Game - Bang Bang
Jimmy Soul Fingers Arnold - Chain Of Love
Kenni Lewis - What's Her Name - Buddah
Springers - Nothings Too Good For My Baby - Wale
Young Brothers - Baby - Soul Power
Tim Harris - Don't Say - Timco
Chico La-Mar - What Do You Think I Am
Joe Hinton - Got You On My Mind
Benny Sigler - I Can Give You Love - Phil La Soul
Don Gardner - Cheating Kind - Sedgrick
Kenny Gamble - Jokes On You - Arctic
Sharon McMahon - Got To Find Another Guy - Karen
Lovetts - I Need A Guy
Sinceres - Girl I Love You - Pzazz
Pat Lewis - No One To Love - Solid Hit
Appointments -I Saw You There - Delite
Anthony Delsonic - Everytime - Emerge
Topics - Hey Girl - Chadwick
Young Brothers - I Need You - cover up
Pat & Blenders - Just Because - Fast Eddie
Betty Wilson - I'm Yours - Dayco

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TIM BROWN

Contours - Jealousy - unissued
Joe Jama - My Life - Optimum
Doris Delorenzo - When I First Met You - Cover Up
Linda Jones - You Can't Take It - 45 Mix
Ivy Joe Hunter - Don't Stop Lovin' Me - Unissued
Charles Mintz - Running Back - Uplook
Derek Martin - Flashback
C.O.D.'s - She's Fire - Kellmac
Fred & The Turbans - Bernadine - Cenco
Vanguards - Good Times, Bad Times - Lamp
Kell Osbourne - Law Against A Heartbreaker - Highland

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CLIFF STEELE

Jackie Beavers - Love Come Back -Jaber
Chuck Cockerham - Have I Got A right - Mala
Earles - Everybody's Got Somebody -Tee Tie
Volumes - I've Never Been So In Love - Garu
Shirley Wahls - King
King George - I Need You - Audio Arts
Hamilton Movement - She's Gone - Look Out
Vee Gees - Talkin' - Jump off
Norris Vines - Luv Lines
Precisions - I Wanna Tell My Baby - D Town
Adorables - Ooh Boy - Golden World

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MARCO

Billy Hambric - She Said Goodbye - Drum
Chosen Few - Birth Of A Playboy - Maple
Sensations - Demanding Man - Way-out
Four Tops - Are You Man Enough - ABC Dunhill
Magictones - Happy days - Westbound
Hytones - Good News - unreleased
Bobby Womack - Find Me Somebody - Atlantic
Calvin Grayson - Loves Just Begun
Contacts - Your Gonna Pay - Quadran
Little Carl Carlton - I Can Feel I - Backbeat
Romeos - Mon Petite Chow - Loma
Darrow Fletcher - What Have I Got Now - Jacklyn
Casanova Two - We Gotta Keep On - Early Bird
Parisians - Twinkle Little Star - Demon Hot
King Earnest - Your Gonna Miss Me - Sonic
Cookie Scott - I Don't Care - Orr
Rose Brooks - I'm Moaning - Soul City
Louis Curry - I'll Try Again Tomorrow - MS
Ambers - Another Love - Smash
Juan Williams - I Check My Mailbox - Blue Soul
California Rock Choir - Whoever You Are - Cyclone
Tommy turner - Lazy - Elbam
Rufus Wood - Before 2001 - Espanola
The Butlers - Laugh Laugh Laugh - Phila
Johnny McCall - I Need You - Alteen
Regina Sherrard - Helpless Baby - King
Contemplations - Alone With No Love - Dontee
Steve Mancha - He Stole The Love That Should Be Mine - unreleased

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NICK STEVENSON

Cornelius Dwyer - Steppin Too Fast - 20th Century
Rozaa - I'm Gonna Do My Own Thing - Antone
Ed Silvers - You Touched Me
Del-Counts - Don't Let
Googie Rene - Keep The Soul Baby
Ed Simpson - Pinch Hitter - Gold Future
Albert George - Soul Baby
Clyde Allen - Lil Sister - Movin
Soul Ins - Instrumental?
Joe Valentine -I've Lost The Only Love -Val
Sandy Golden - That's Where It Ends
Voices - Crying Has Become An Everyday Thing - Blue Soul
Chris Miller - Let's Get A Little Thing Going
Lee Harvey - My Assurance - Kris
Don And Juan - All That's Missing - Is You - Terrific

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By Mike in Articles · July 9, 200420 yr

NEW CENTURY SOUL CLUB JUNE ALLNIGHTER SATURDAY 26TH JUNE 2004 - UPDATE,NEWS,VIEWS,DJ TIMES AND CURRENT PLAYLISTS...........MMMMMMMMMMMM SEE YOU THERE. Diplomats Kent CD, Winsford Allnighter and More........

Hi All, Seems i did it wrong again at Cleethorpes on Saturday night, too much beer too quickly lost the plot and fell asleep around 5am, up until then it was a superb night, good music, good people, a live act that did a great show, so well done to Ady Croasdell, the DJs and The Diplomats.
First time ive attended Cleethorpes in about seven years or so and it was just like going home, incredible to think that this was the 12th weekender there and to think i can remember going to the venue with Ady with my brother - in - law to look at the venue with him prior to the first event, oh how the years fly past...its crazy.

Reviewed the superb Ace/Kent Diplomats CD on my Solar Show SKY DIGITAL CHANNEL 879 AND www.solarradio.com on Sunday night featuring some ten of the tracks on offer, again Ady and Ace/Kent have done a fantastic job with this one, superb sound quality, excellent sleeve notes and pretty much the complete Diplomats story, all in all this im sure will be another top seller, includes some 25 tracks both uissued and issued material from the vaults of Arock,Wand,Minit and Dynamo records, standout tracks for me are Perfect Love, Cards On The Table, Jerking Time and Honest To Goodness but all the tracks have that little something extra which is what our scene and its music is all about which is simply QUALITY, CDKEND 232 should be available from all good retailers, THE DIPLOMATS - GREATEST RECORDINGS CD is very much the icing on this years very Soulful Cleethorpes event, one to look back on in a few years and you will be proud to say I was there.

New Century Soul Club News - DJ TIMES AND FOUR CURRENT TOP TENS.

Only a couple of weeks to go until the next quality Northern Soul Allnighter at NEW CENTURY HOUSE,Corporation Street, Manchester M60 4ES.
ON SATURDAY JUNE 26TH 2004 - 9PM THROUGH 7AM.
Another solid DJ line up has been secured for this now high profile Allnighter.

DJ TIMES (Subject to possible changes on the night but should go something like this......)

9PM - 10PM - KIDDO
10PM - 11PM - DAVE MALLOY
11PM - 12MIDNIGHT - STEVE THOMAS
12MIDNIGHT - 1AM - DAVE RAISTRICK
1AM - 2AM - EDDIE ENGLES
2AM - 3AM - CARL WILLINGHAM
3AM - 4AM - RITCHIE ANDREW
4AM - 5AM - ROBBO
5AM - 6AM - MARK BICKNELL
6AM - 7AM - KARL RHODES

Thought it would be nice to include some of the above DJs current top tens - which should show that we are a venue of quality music and not simply the same old same as..............which was recently suggested to us.

RITCHIE ANDREW - TOP COLLECTOR FROM NORTH WALES, THIS MAN CETAINLY KNOWS HIS ONIONS....

1 THE ORACLES - AINT GOT TIME - OM RECORDS
2 PAT AND THE BLENDERS - JUST BECAUSE - FAST EDDIE
3 GENTLEMAN FOUR - CANT KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN - WAND
4 TOBI LARK - SWEEP IT OT IN THE SHED - TOPPER
5 MATADORS - SAY YES BABY - CHAVIS
6 TOPICS - HEY GIRL - CHADWICK
7 CHUBBY AND THE TURNPIKES - INSIDE STORY CAPITOL
8 JOHNNY MAESTRO - STEPPIN OUT OF THE PICTURE SCEPTER
9 VIRGINIA BLAKLEY - LET NOBODY LOVE YOU MOJO
10 SPIDELS - DREAM GIRL PROVIDENCE

KARL RHODES - MANCHESTER MAN WITH OH SO MUCH PASSION FOR THE SCENE AND ITS MUSIC.

1 TONY CLARKE - A WRONG MAN M-S
2 JONHNNY McCALL - YOU CANT GET AWAY SATELLITE
3 FRANIE AND THE DAMONS - MAN FROM SOUL JCP
4 E. RODNEY JONES - PEACE OF MIND TUFF
5 LEE ANDREWS AND THE HEARTS - IVE HAD IT CRIMSON
6 BILLY KENNEDY - THIS IS A GROOVY GENERATION THELMA
7 MOUSIE AND THE TRAPS - HOW ABOUT YOU TODDLIN TOWN
8 TYHE MONTCLAIRS - HEY YOU! ARCH
9DYBREAK - I NEED LOVE PAP
10 Z.Z AND Co - GETTIN READY FOR THE GETDOWN COLUMBUS

MARK BICKNELL - STILL AT IT NATIONWIDE ON A REGULAR BASIS......Just......

1 IRENE AND THE SCOTTS - IM STUCK ON YOU BABY SMASH DJ
2 THE JETS - EVERTHING I DO PORT
3 RUFUS WOOD - BEFORE 2001 ESPANOLA
4 VINCE APOLLO - I BEAR WITNESS PENTAGON
5 TWO PEOPLE - STOP, LEAVE MY HEART ALONE REVUE DJ
6 TAMMY WAYNE - HAVE A GOOD TIME BOOM DJ
7 JIMMY ELLIS - PUTTIN IT ON YOUR MIND SALEM
8 THE DYNAMICS - YOU MAKE ME FEEL GOOD RCA DJ
9 AL GARDNER - SWEET BABY SEPIA
10 THE ROSEBUDS 0 SAY YOULL BE MINE B/W MAMA SAID TOWER 2 SUPERB SIDES.

KARL WILLINGHAM - WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE TOP MEN ON THE SCENE TODAY............

1 FAYE SIMMONS AKA UNKONW ARTIST - I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
2 SOUL BROS. INC - TEARDROPS - SALEM
3 BILL BUSH - IM WAITING RONN
4 THE PASSIONS - IF YOU SEE ME BABY EL VIRTUE
5 KARMELLO BROOKS - TELL ME BABY MILESTONE
6 MAR JS - GOTTA FIND A WAY MAGIC TOUCH
7 OXFORD KNIGHTS - IM SUCH A LONELY MAN DELPHI
8 HAMILTON MOVEMENT - SHES GONE LOOK OUT
9 MARILYN BARBARIN - MAKE IT ALONE VIRGIL
10 PAULETTE - LOVE YOU BABY CONTACT

Certainly some interesting tunes in that little lot but by no means the full story as all the DJs seem to shine brightly at the Manchester CIS venue and as ever we look forward to your support and hope we are getting somewhere close in making your night one of good quality music played by some of the best DJs in the UK.

For furher details please check out the website www.newcenturysoul.co.uk or contact Chris on 07989 415991 and Lee on 07973 864256.

Hope to see you all at THE BURY SOUL NIGHT this coming Friday night June 18th with Neil Jones and friends now in three superb rooms - check out the Venue pages here on Soulsource for further details.
Then on Saturday night Ill be at The Winsford Allnighter, first time there for many years as a DJ at least, looking forward to playing a few tunes alongside SAM MOORE, TERRY DAVIES,NEIL JONES, MACE, STEVE SMITH, GARY BEATIE,JOAN LIVESEY AND JACKO, Admission for this one is Â£10.00 starts at 10pm through to 7am - WINSFORD CIVIC HALL, DENE DRIVE,WINSFORD - M6 JUNCTION 18 - FOLLOW SIGNS FOR MIDDLEWICH, THEN WINSFORD.
FURTHER DETAILS CAL SAM ON 07939 835638.
Im shattered already........

Keep It Real - Mark Bicknell.

P.S Have i upset some folks in London, noticed the cold shoulder now twice, have to stick by my wife really on this one... so no hard feelings.....you know who you are......

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By Mark Bicknell in Articles · June 30, 200421 yr

Just thought Id let everyone know who hasnt heard of or didnt go to the 1st event last month (June 12th).
Opening night we had 300+ people. Thats pretty good by any standards, and we are looking to build on it.
The club has a 1000+ plus capacity and is on split levels. There is a proposal to turn the upstairs VIP area into a Modern/Crossover Room, which holds over 100-150 people, if the demand is there. It has an amazing state-of-the-art Sound System, which really is important when playing 40 year old records!! It has a number of massive bar areas, huge dancefloor, great facilities and ideally placed in Halifax town centre.
For anyone who made the first night will agree when we say it was an outstanding success and something we can build on.
Residents are Matty Sherlock (Leeds) and Jamie Hartford (Soulsville) with regular guests and, subject to confirmation some big names coming up in the next month or so.
The next big night is Saturday July 10th at:
Club Platinum
1a, Wards End
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 1DD
£4.00 With Flyer or £5.00 on the door.
9:00pm - 3:00am Six Superb Soulful Hours!
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
If anyone would like any further information, please contact Jamie Hartford 07739 917972 or email: jamien1@btopenworld.com

By Mike in Event News · June 18, 200421 yr

Below clipped from an South Manchester Reporter Online Article
Check link out for full story and photo!
DISCO diva Gaye Chorlton is just nuts about Northern Soul, and to prove it she has created her own shrine to the popular dance movement in a battered old Volvo.
The sculptor, 46, whose extraordinary creation is also her office, travels all over the country in her Ã"¹Ã…“soul machine" on her various commissions for museums, schools and art galleries.
So outrageously decorated is GayeÃÆ’¢âÅ¡¬âÅ¾¢s A-registered green Volvo it has stopped traffic in the middle of Manchester and taken on near-cult status in its native Chorlt.............
http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/index/articles/article_id=14879.html

By Mike in News Archives · June 9, 200421 yr

Not sure if my last posting made it or not so here it is again. Need the 2 people who came along to the Plinston last Friday to get in touch so that i can get you sorted out for the next one on July 2nd to make amends for the Queen tribute band that were on at the hall :-)))))) Email me at nh6tsmafia@aol.com and just tell me where you saw the information (cause I know and Ill know its you!)and we can get you along to our humble little abode. TheBigO

By TheBigO in Event News · June 8, 200421 yr

Rod / Chris @ Sheridans We have tried every number we had for you and all are disconnected ...HELP ! Can you please contact us ASAP ! as we have just seen the recent Scene magazine. It still has the wrong info for the MYK promotions Blackburn Soul and House Music thing. On their advert they have every first Saturday and as you know we have FLIPside All_nighters booked from last December. Our flyers are out and the new magazine is being printed right now ....! Saturday 3rd July booked with Carl Willingam&Neil Gibson Saturday 4th September with Pete Coulson&Steve Hiscock Saturday 6th November International Popcorn event with DJ from all over Europe again. Saturday 4th December with Roger Banks and a very special outfit from London which have taken a lot of work to book. Also can the promoters of the MYK Blackburn Soul and House Music night please get in touch to get this sorted out. Thanks Mark&Joe info@flipsideclub.co.uk or Joe on 07939-252969

By Mike in Event News · June 5, 200421 yr

JUST A QUICK REMINDER ONLY 24 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE SOUTHGATE FREE ALL-DAYER WITH OVER 20 TOP DJS PLAYING THEIR TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GREAT RANDY COZENS.

MAKE SURE YOU DONT MISS THIS AWESOME EVENT AT THE RISING SUN,SOUTHGATE 26TH JUNE 12 TILL 12.

By Guest in Event News · June 2, 200421 yr

Mick H presents union club this friday june 4th trentbridge nottingham 8 till 1am a night of quality northern & rare soul. with special guest djs mark bicknell & alex jones.more info 07968030464 or trentsoul@aol.com

By Mike in Event News · June 2, 200421 yr

STATION SOUL presents 2 of the biggest names on the northern soul scene. Kenny Burrell and Keith Money will travel down from Scotland to play some of the UKs top tunes. Would be great if we can reward them at the end of this long journey by making the night a packer. So hope you will be joining us at ; The Station Hotel Trindle Road, Dudley, West Midlands ON A461,FOLLOW ZOO/CASTLE SIGNS from A4123, ONLY 5mins FROM J2 M5, follow Dudley signs trest edit

By Mike in Event News · June 1, 200421 yr

Big thanks to every one who made it to the Dome last night.
Fantastic sets from the guests Roger Banks and Jo Wallace and all the residents who kept the dance floor rammed till closing time at ten past three.

Favourite tracks of the night tons but special mention for rogers bill horton tune on virtue and for Jo spinnin stewart ames king for a day yummmm.
Hope to see you all in july.
Yours soulfully
Al H.

By Mike in Event News · May 29, 200421 yr

Despite a fire , caused by an electrical fault, S.O.S will go ahead on Saturday night. Landlord Andy Livesey has pulled out all the stops in an emergency clean up operation, and we are assured that the place will be open as normal by tomorrow. Unfortunately, the p.a. system was destroyed so it will be back to "old faithfull", my 800 watt Yamaha rig!! We look forward to seeing old and new soulies alike. Best wishes to all, Al D.

By Mike in Event News · May 28, 200421 yr

Mr O asked me to pass on the below as having probs posting news stuff. Not often release of flyers really news worthy but the long running Plinston Trading Cards series is always a laugh ... Released in the usual limited edition of 100 on the soulful masses this weekend is No 8 in the latest Trading Cards celebrating the guest DJs at our Northern Soul @ The Plinston event. Roger Banks gets the treatment this time (sorry Rog) and Cliff Steele escapes by virtue of the fact we couldnt find any pictures of him to use. But theres always tomorrow :-) Have fun hunting for them and a full gallery of all the Trading Cards released to date will be posted this week so those collecting them (and GOD theyre are many of you!!!!) know what your looking for...a sort of Manship Guide To Rare Trading Cards if you like.
Get to the "flyers gallery" -upcoming section to view what theyve done to Mr Banks!

By Mike in Event News · May 27, 200421 yr

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