Next week will find this blog entering its eighth month of existence. I've had so much fun presenting some of the best vintage, rare so...

Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker - Think Twice ("Version X") (EDITOR'S NOTE - I have the internet now in my new place, but a s...

Ironing Board Sam - I've Been Used Today's selection is the b-side of "Non Support," which was profiled in an earlier post...

Bobby Newsome - Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes Some time ago Yoni Neeman at The Soul of the Net did a trivia section on his website abo...

The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio - Moving Up The Bethlehem Gospel Singers - Let's Talk About Jesus Gospel music often is a genre made up ...

Bobby "Blue" Bland: Farther On Up the Road and God Bless the Child That's Got His Own Al "TNT" Braggs - Drip Drip...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - These Hands (Small But Mighty) This mid-tempo mover is one of two Bland tunes that have made their mark in th...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Sad Feeling This is one of the Chicago-recorded sides Bobby did in the mid-'60s, and it's a serious s...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes A major component of the magic that graced Bobby Bland's numerous hits of th...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Do What You Set Out To Do Bobby Bland, "the sepia Sinatra," as he was sometimes called, was as comf...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Keep On Loving Me (You'll See The Change) Today's selection had a history before and after Bobby Blan...

Rev. Julius Cheeks - Somebody Left on That Morning Train Gospel singer Rev. Julius Cheeks was one of the hardest-singing of the hard gospel ...