Soulful Music

  Greetings readers of Soulful Music! I have greatly enjoyed maintaining this blog over the last 10+ years but all good things must come t...

Interesting story about Stagger Lee -- as noted herein, great playing by the American gang on this one. https://blog.oup.co...

http://www.goldminemag.com/article/marty-lacker From the site:...

[NOTE: This interview with Chips was conducted by phone in 2001. He was living in West Point, Georgia at the time. I had hosted this inter...

http://en.zicos.com/proaudio/i30579478-SEARCHING-FOR-SOUL.html From the site: “This is Elvis Presley’s original band called the Mem...

  http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2016/09/16/bass-players-to-know-tommy-cogbill/ From the site: Who is Tommy Cogbill? A native o...

http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/wayne-jackson-dies-aged-74-77571#uWCRb6bhKgJI7jgj.99 From the site: In 1969, Jackson and fellow...

From the site: Chips Moman's time in Muscle Shoals was brief, but his influence was felt immediately, and inspired some of the musi...

I was greatly saddened to hear that Chips Moman had passed away Monday at a hospice facility in LaGrange, Georgia. Over the years that I...

  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-highwaymen-the-fights-and-friendship-of-countrys-great-supergroup-20160520 From the site: ...

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24090-forgotten-heroes-reggie-young Check out this interview with Reggie from the June 2016 on...

Very saddened to hear of the passing of Merle Haggard. This story from The Tennessean is a tribute to Merle's music...

  From the site: Frequently referred to as "the Mount Rushmore of country music," The Highwaymen Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennin...

http://www.samsmileymusic.com/reggie-young-chicken-pickin/ From the site: I have only written a little bit about Reggie Young, but he is...

http://www.memphisflyer.com/MusicBlog/archives/2016/03/11/terry-manning-on-photographing-mlk-recording-with-chris-bell-and-being-stabbed-by...

http://historic-memphis.com/biographies/american-studios/american-studios.html From the site: American Studios was started in 1965 by L...

The Band of Legends, consisting of Gene Chrisman, James Burton, Bobby Wood, and Norbert Putnam, played a concert recently at Delta State ...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/07/20/wayne-carson-always--my-mind--letter-dies/30415693/ Very sorry to hear about Wayne ...

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_waynejackson.html From the site: EIN – You had worked with so many of the great soul singers...

http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=89122 From the site: Below is a peek at [Roben] Jones' wonderful...

http://www.musicrow.com/2015/07/nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-announces-2015-inductees/ From the site: Mark James grew up in ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/70245689/the-hit-maker-soul-legend-dan-penn From the site: Work on the greatest soul re...

Attached is an excerpt from Dancing with Demons, a biography of Dusty Springfield. Pardon the poor punctuation, misspellings, typos, etc: ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11621994/Bobby-Womack-The-Preacher-boxed-set-review-superb.html From the site: Bu...

Jon Stewart interviewed Willie Nelson on the Daily Show recently. It was great to see Willie call out Chips as a great producer and give him...

Very saddened to report that Bobby Emmons passed away yesterday (2/23/15) in Nashville, TN. My deepest sympathies go out to his family and...

https://www.facebook.com/abandoflegends From the site: Old pal James Burton & I will be joined by Bobby Wood and Gene Chrisman ...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/music/news/the-year-in-memphis-music-best-performances-and-moments-of-2014_13438283 From the site...

From the 12/12/14 appearance of Dan and Bobby on the David Letterman Show: Enjoyed this from commenter ' spearmusic': saw this ...

Great 2005 interview with Dan Penn from Performing Songwriter magazine. It's available from their site (for a small fee) here: http://p...