I just stumbled across the James Jamerson segment in Wikipedia, and it got me thinking about the 'Standing in the shadows of Motown' documentary.
On the Northern Soul scene there are a plethora of favourite labels, Okeh, Loma, Reviliot, Romark...the list goes on and on. Finding out much of the info on some labels much smaller than these is pretty difficult at the best of times. Finding out if Bass player X played on all the Fame tracks, or which drummer did that break on Landslide, is pretty much the domain of people a lot more dedicated and knowledgable than i could ever be.
So my question is, which musician would you like to throw into the spotlight as having an indellible impression on the Northern Soul scene, that maybe hasnt had the recognition he deserves?
The one (whoever he is) that springs to mind to me is the Sax player on Maurice Williams - Being Without You. Would he be sat in the Wigan cafe, and be ashamed to tell Kev Roberts as Kev clears his table, that it is him playing the sax on the song playing on the cafe juke box?
There must be so many guys in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Muscle Shoals, Philly... that can be heard on any number of our faves. Not all masquerading Motown musicians upping their motley wage packet. Maybe we can bilud up a bit of an unsung heroes list.
I just stumbled across the James Jamerson segment in Wikipedia, and it got me thinking about the 'Standing in the shadows of Motown' documentary.
On the Northern Soul scene there are a plethora of favourite labels, Okeh, Loma, Reviliot, Romark...the list goes on and on. Finding out much of the info on some labels much smaller than these is pretty difficult at the best of times. Finding out if Bass player X played on all the Fame tracks, or which drummer did that break on Landslide, is pretty much the domain of people a lot more dedicated and knowledgable than i could ever be.
So my question is, which musician would you like to throw into the spotlight as having an indellible impression on the Northern Soul scene, that maybe hasnt had the recognition he deserves?
The one (whoever he is) that springs to mind to me is the Sax player on Maurice Williams - Being Without You. Would he be sat in the Wigan cafe, and be ashamed to tell Kev Roberts as Kev clears his table, that it is him playing the sax on the song playing on the cafe juke box?
There must be so many guys in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Muscle Shoals, Philly... that can be heard on any number of our faves. Not all masquerading Motown musicians upping their motley wage packet. Maybe we can bilud up a bit of an unsung heroes list.