Get On Down With The Stepfather Of Soul!: Smooth NOLA Soul

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Smooth NOLA Soul

Robert Parker - I Caught You In A Lie

Last month I featured Robert Parker on this blog, and I'll refer you to that post for a link to a profile of Parker's career from Funky 16 Corners. Today's selection was a departure from Parker's usual NOLA sides, which were dance-oriented. "I Caught You In A Lie" is a nice floater in which Parker croons about his lover's infidelity. To me, the tune has a Gene Chandler feel, and I can imagine the Chicago soul master doing it for Constellation or Checker, but Parker certainly holds his own, making sure to keep things sufficiently New Orleans - "I caught you in a lie, baby, sho' 'nuff I did," he proclaims in the coda. It's an uptown sound that has been getting a lot of play on the iPod lately.

2 comments:

Rich said...: Is this the same song Louisa Marks recorded for Lloydie Coxson (that's the UK Coxson) as a lovers reggae tune? If so I wonder which came first?

Great blog Jason, thanks for all the music and knowledge!; 9:39 AM
Dirk said...: Jason,

I got to know so much great music thru your blog, can't thank you enough for that.

Dirk (Belgium); 2:29 PM

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About "Get on Down" and "Soul on the Air"

Although "Get on Down with the Stepfather of Soul!" was conceived as a rare soul blog, it has evolved into being the Web's best source for '60s and '70s soul radio broadcasts, known as airchecks, thanks to the "Soul on the Air" series. With that in mind, the original blog concept has been retired (see this blog post for more information). This blog is now dedicated to the "Soul on the Air" features, which are listed below. Enjoy!

#1 - Herb Kent, WVON, 1970

#2 - Bill Kenner, WBEE, 1966

#3 - George Vinette, WYLD, 1968

#4 - Johnny Lloyd, WOOK, 1966

#5 - J. Evans/T. Quinn, WGRT, 1967

#6 - J. Gates/L. Thimes, KATZ, 1968

#7 - Big Bill Hill, WOPA, 1967

#8 - Joe Cobb, WVON, 1972

#9 - Fat Daddy, WWIN, 1966

#10 - L. Cordell/E. Cook,WVON,1966

#11 - Gladys "Gee Gee" Hill, KCOH, 1970

#12 - Richard Pegue, WVON, 1975

#13 - Bill "Butterball" Crane, WVON, 1967

#14 - "Ugly" Al Dixon, WAPX, 1975

#15 - Dr. Bop, WAWA, 1973

#16 - Mr. Vee, WGRT, 1972

#17 - Herb Kent, WVON, 1971

#18 - Pervis Spann, WVON, 1965

#19 - Bill "Butterball" Crane, WVON, 1968

#20 - Rudy Runnels, WOL, 1966

#21 - Hal Brown, WAMO, 1969

#22 - Buddy Lowe, WILD, 1965

#23 - Herb Kent, WVON, 1965

#24 - Bill "Doc" Lee, WVON, 1965

#25 - B. Allen/J. Thomas, WAUG, 1967

SPECIAL - The WAOK Tape (1971) (courtesy of The Campaign for Independent Broadcasting website)

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