tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397435.post5905986126411560415..comments2024-03-07T00:00:13.142-05:00Comments on Get On Down With The Stepfather Of Soul!: Picking Up The Pieces With JT!The Stepfather of Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012795861121326506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397435.post-76255500888257850312007-09-22T22:18:00.000-04:002007-09-22T22:18:00.000-04:00I would say that Eargasm was a pure R&B record tho...I would say that Eargasm was a pure R&B record tho I havent heard all the cuts in their entirety. I would agree that "Disco-Lady" is not a disco song, and those who dont really understand or listen to the composition of music have made that misinterpretation. I didnt listen to JT until I heard "Good Love" , in fact that was the first I heard of him. I lived in Houston and was very young when that song came out. My friends and I actually thought that a much younger man sang the song. To our suprise it was JT, I think he was 60 when he cut that single. Long story short, after I heard "Good Love" I went back and got some of his older music before he was at Malaco, and I found it was quite impressive. Alot of the songs I like ("Pick Up the Pieces", "Disco Lady", "Shoulder to Cry On", etc.) was composed by Don Davis. What happend to him any way?? It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Stax would not had folded and JT recorded there his whole career. Nothing againist Malaco, but I think they really steered him towards too much blues, and that was not his strength. He was a R&B and soul artist and Malaco really should have focused on that. "What About My Love" is a tight cut on the Beverly Glen Label. But just like anything else it takes the right personell to really make an ablum. You can have the vocals just like JT, but if you dont have the song writers, and composers quality music cant be produced. I guess it is all about chemistry!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034956630448803858noreply@blogger.com