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December 11, 2009 at 7:30pm to December 12, 2009 at 12pm – THE REGNUM CLUB
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December 12, 2009 at 9pm to December 13, 2009 at 3am – The Babylon Lounge
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'Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.' Nov 27

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Paddy Shevlin commented on julie moore's blog post 'the funk brothers'

I saw Jack Ashford on Nov 13th with Mable John, Brenda Holloway, Chris Clark and Thelma Houston. He came across as a real scoundrel that night too but in a very witty and amusing way. I was surprised at how relaxed he was and how he mastered the a...

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frikin hilarious :-)

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Curtis Mayfield & Impressions, Isleys, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Bettye Swann, Martha Reeves, Darrell Banks, Linda Jones, Jackie Wilson, Eugene Record, Barbara Lynn, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Jerry Butler, Marvin Gaye.

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Shawshank Redemption, Wonderful Life, Beautiful Life. Coronation St (it's great!!), Hustle and all the news and politics (honest).

Heroes?

Nelson Mandela, John Hume, Bill Clinton, Gandhi, Jock Stein & JP Marna.

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Maggie Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Brian Talbot.

In my spare time I like to....

Mmmm - workout, scuba diving and run triathlons.

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Ignorance, injustice and inhumanity. Rushden and Diamonds FC can be a problem sometimes as well.

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Mick Cooper's ODE TO WIGAN CASINO

This is the nighter, where we danced in our teens
To records by Foster, Parker and Sheen,
tunes from the 60s, the 70s and more,
We’d thumb it to Wigan, hundred miles from our door

Passing through Knutsford, taking our gear:
Our heads soon a-buzzing, singing tunes we shall hear.
Past sleepy towns, pubs closing for the night
Their punters are pissed and ready to fight
We smile at these mortals,

Our eyes wide as portals.

As their night it ends,

Ours slowly begins

Dropped off at Wigan, it’s th… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 1:34am — 1 Comment

SEARCHING FOR SOUL

Reg Stickings is one remarkable guy.

If you've ever met this ebullient character, you can't help being charmed by the little fellow. He exudes a joy in life which is totally inspired by his love and devotion for Soul Music.

It is his very reason for being and like many of us who share his passion, he knows he is 'blessed' for having been able to indulge his passion and share his experiences with his fellow travellers in Soul. For Reg though, that was not enough. For the past seven years he has… Continue

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 1:24pm — 7 Comments

BEST SOUL RADIO

Really good Soul shows on the radio are at a premium but they are out there.

If you know of any that would be worth featuring, please post the link so the rest of the Family can be made aware of them.

I'll start the ball rolling by fearuring Mary Fox's excellent Motown & Northern Soul show on BBC Radio Stoke. It has been running for several years and thanks to the wonders of t'internet, it attracts a worldwide audience now. I'm sure many of them are fascinated by the Potteries accents of s… Continue

Posted on June 20, 2009 at 8:12pm — 3 Comments

DAVE GODIN - Soul Guru

Elsewhere on this site people have talked about their early influences and what turned them onto Soul Music. For me one man deserves special recognition. I, along with many more, avidly used to follow his columns in the pages of Blues and Soul. Northern Soul afficionados in particular held him in especially high esteem. He championed the sounds they celebrated and indeed he first coined the very term 'Northern Soul', but his influence went much further and deeper than that.
In the year… Continue

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Tracks for commercials

There has been a hilarious thread on the Soul Source site in which readers were asked to submit suitable tracks for TV commercials in the wake of Don Thomas's 'Come On Train' for Visa, the KFC campaign etc.

Here are some of the suggestions;

The Spencer Davis Group - Keep on Running”
“Shelton, Roscoe – Running for My Life”

For Exlax for irritable bowel syndrome sufferers

“art freeman - slippin` around with you”
For Vaseline

“She Blew a Good Thing-The Poets”
“Lou Johnson – U… Continue

Posted on March 23, 2009 at 6:16pm — 2 Comments

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At 1:41pm on November 19, 2009, Valentina Holub said…: Dear Paddy,

"ich habe Heute an Sie gedacht und herlich gelacht",
have you capitalized here the censorship ?

MUSIC is the highest ATR,
PHOTOGRAPHY is also a very expressive ART,
and INSPIRATION is the driving force behind,
my PICTURE are very soulfull ,because as they have been created ,i was inspired to some beautiful soul songs.

I would be pleased if the irritated e-mails in this respect contact me personally,and we can discuss ,how MUSIC arises .

i wish you wonderful ispirations

Valentina

At 11:13pm on November 4, 2009, Dave Packham said…: Re "Lick it". When I played it to Karen, the lyrics left her a bit gob smacked, as she's used to Denice's Trapped by a thing called love and the raunchier "Come to bed", but wasn't expecting something as direct with it's references. This one even tops Mille Jackson's version of "All the way lover". Good stuff although some of the production work of some of the tracks played can be a bit off putting.

At 10:39am on November 04, 2009, BintofSoul gave Paddy Shevlin a gift…: Red Patent Heels
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At 7:52pm on November 3, 2009, Dave Packham said…: I can see that Southern Soul Radio and it's down home playlist, is having an effect (Lick it where you stick it!). That Southern Soul Party seems high on the rotation list, I seem to hear it every time I listen in. Look out for the name Vick Allen, at the moment they quite regularly play "I'm Hooked" but I've also heard a track called "When You Pack Your Bag". It's a track I've got to own.

At 11:08pm on October 28, 2009, steve_mcmahon said…: Hi Paddy, the answer to the Jack Montgomery question is here..:
http://groovesvilleusa.com/robmoss.shtml

Best,

Steve.

At 10:04am on October 23, 2009, steve_mcmahon gave Paddy Shevlin a gift…: Witch
See you later tonight, Paddy! What time do you want me there? Maybe a bit difficult to get there before 10-10:30ish.
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