Friends, your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Soul is back from New Orleans, having had the marvelous opportunity to meet Sir Lattimore Brown ...

The time has come, friends - on Monday, at Banks Street Bar in New Orleans, Sir Lattimore Brown will make his return to the stage after a 35...

Bobby Taylor - Blackmail Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers, an interracial act signed to Motown in the late '60s, is probably best know...

Vernon Guy - Anything - To Make It With You Vernon Guy's most successful work was as a member of the Chicago soul group The Sharpees, w...

Bo Diddley - Stop the Pusher The late Bo Diddley's '70s recordings for Chess did not escalate the rock-n-roll pioneer to the levels...

Mel Brown - Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins Right around the time that I was about to put together Episode #33 of the podcast, the news...

Johnny Otis - She's All Right R&B singer/songwriter/bandleader/disc jockey/TV host/health food impresario/minister/etc., etc. Johnn...

There's nothing better than a Friday full of good news! For those of you who have followed the accounts by Red Kelly and myself with res...

What was going to be simply a show dedicated to the Adair County High School Academic Team, of which your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Sou...

Gene Allison - I Understand (alternate take) The parade to "soul heaven" continues, unfortunately, with the passing of Nashville ...

The Explosions - Hip Drop (Pts. 1 & 2) The bad part about having a vintage soul blog is that multiple times throughout the year I have ...

Z.Z. Hill: It Ain't No Use Ha Ha (Laughing Song) Today's selections make up one of the 45s that I heard growing up that helped sha...