Category: Soul
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Remembering Allee Willis
Do you know this song? Or this one? Both were written by Allee Willis, who passed away on December 24th of heart failure. A prolific writer, she was nominated for a Tony for A Color Purple soundtrack and won a Grammy for the same as well as several other nominations and wins at…
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The 7:40 Songbook – March 7, 2014
So sue me. Been cheating on the dates as it took me a day between thinking up the 740 and actually implementing it. That means that the 7th is actually the 6th’s tune. Clear as mud? Going forward the weekend will be a time of #1’s, remembrance, new Canadian releases and top 500’s, maybe the…
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Song Of The Day – Fits and the Tantrums – “Breakin’ The CHains Of Love”
Just a drive by post today. Blog favourite (and Guapo fave) Fitz and the Tantrums doing a live performance of “Breakin’ The CHains Of Love”. Great band, great song. Have a great Monday evening. Love the sax solo.
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Song Of The Day – Delbert and The Commotions
Song Of The Day today is actually Group of the Day. I received an email from Brian Asselin, a member of an R&B/Funk group known as Delbert & The Commotions. The best part, the group includes Delbert Nelson, once with the legendary Funk Brothers. Brian met Delbert while touring with the Funk Brothers and…
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Song Of The Day – Mavis Staples – “Can You Get To That”
Song of the day returns with a gem. CBC2 is playing the crap out of this new song (yes new) from 74-year-old Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers fame. A great R&B/Gospel/Countryish tune that really gets you going. Enjoy. I’ll be doing some travel updating over the next few days, so much in the brain,…
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