RE: WHAT "SHOULD" BE PLAYED ON SOUTHERN SOUL RADIO?

Daddy B. Nice:

Wow -- complicated topic!

To a certain extent, I agree with Daddy B. and others with a more "purist" attitude about the music. On the other hand, I think we all agree that none of us likes the way Southern Soul (as well as blues and a lot of other good music) gets "ghetto"-ized or marginalized away from what's considered "mainstream" popular music.

I think that we could argue that Southern Soul will never really have its rightful place in the music world until it has its place in the rotation on "mainstream" radio, right there alongside the latest neosoul, hip-hop, and contemporary R&B hits.

If we see it in that light, maybe it's a good thing if R. Kelly's latest gets played on a "Southern Soul" station between the most recent sides by T.K. Soul and the Love Doctor. If some of R. Kelly's fans happen to hear him there, and if they stay around for the other stuff, maybe their ears will get a bit bigger in the process!

Here in Chicago, one of our leading blues divas is a woman named Sharon Lewis. She's on kind of a one-woman campaign to widen the perspective of "purists" who think that "authentic" blues has to sound a certain way, be played on certain instruments, etc. Her motto is: "It's all blues, if it comes from the heart."

Maybe we could adapt that idea to the words "soul music," as well?

Jazzmanchgo

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RE: PLEASE SEND BLUES CD'S TO THE TROOPS IN IRAQ

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

My name is SFC Desi Cleveland, I am a US Army Soldier currently deployed to Iraq. I am writing to see if you would be so kind to donate some of your Blues CDs to the Soldiers who are currently deployed here in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. We attempted to create a Blues Festival for Black History Month but we were unsuccessful due to limited resources. The health, welfare, and morale of Soldiers are very important. Please assist me in trying to keep these Soldiers happy during ours stay here.

Respectfully,
Desi

SFC Desi Cleveland
HHT, 3rd BDE 3ID
FOB Kalsu, Iraq
APO, AE 09312

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear Desi,

I'll see what I can find and try to send you a package. My daughter served two tours in Iraq as a transport helicopter pilot. My wife and I used to send "care" packages full of goodies all the time she was deployed. So I know firsthand how much it means to the troops to get boxes from home.

She never asked me for music, however. I brought her up on a steady diet of R&B but she defected to "alternative."

I'll also print your full address on the website so my readers--many of whom have far more CD's at their disposal than I do--can send you and your friends music.

Take care of yourself and get home in one piece.

Your Daddy B. Nice

Daddy B. Nice notes to readers: Please send CD's to:

SFC Desi Cleveland
HHT, 3rd BDE 3ID
FOB Kalsu, Iraq
APO, AE 09312

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A Reader Responds:

Good morning daddy

This is Herman Wilson from Gulfport read a letter on your site this morning army troops needing blues and southern soul cd's . please post my address for them I will gladly send southern soul music to them any artist wanting to donate cd's please have them call me at 228-547-1151 I will be glad to send them at my own expense.

I am retire navy chief know what it like to be on deployment and not have the music you want to hear .

please let them post my e-mail address

jacwilson42@gmail.com.

Daddy I think this is something I a can handle for you with a assistance just getting the word out I think southern soul artist will response.

Thanks
Herman

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SFC Desi Cleveland Responds:

Daddy,

Thanks a million, I'm trying to do everything possible keep my soldiers alive, in good spirit, and bring them home safely. This my fourth tour but stress is greater on younger soldiers than me. So I salute you and thank you for your support.

(And in response to your question of whether I take mp3's). . . Sir, we will take anything that we can get. I thank you so much.

CLEVELAND DESI [cdesi1@hotmail.com]

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RE: LGB and Much Thanks.....

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I just had to send you this note after hearing about your communication (SCROLL DOWN THIS COLUMN) with my friend Linda Barnwell, aka LGB, and her making the "Daddy B. Nice's Corner - Top 10 Southern Soul Singles for May. You see, I am one of LGB's biggest fans...AND I am the "individual" who sent her an email after listening to several cuts on her recently released CD...and all I could say was "My, my, my!" I wanted to say "Thank you" to you for recognizing my friend and her unique talent. She is so deserving of the honor. And just as all of this was sinking in....BAM!...I see that she is on the same ticket with Chaka Khan, Jodi Watley, Joe and Tony, Tone, Toni at the Jacksonville Jazz Fest in Jacksonville, Florida. So you know what I have to say again...My, my, my! Thank you again...and God bless you!

Jackie

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MAIL "GRAB BAG" (MISC. UNANSWERED LETTERS)

Daddy B. Nice notes:

The letters you see in Daddy B. Nice's Mailbag are the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The majority of the letters are of the 'behind-the-scenes" type. Many other good letters fall by the wayside because I can't readily answer them, and once put on hold, they're soon overlooked in the onrush of incoming mail.

What one of the letter writers below blithely refers to as my "staff" actually consists of me, myself and I. I treat "me" like a dog, I work "I" to death, and I won't give "myself" a vacation. Still, the staff can't keep up.

Below is a grab-bag of unanswered letters from the last two or three months. Most of the writers seek answers or contacts, and readers are welcome to respond.

E-mail: daddybnice@southernsoulrnb.com

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Hi Daddy,

Did Charles Wilson attend St. Raphael Catholic School in Chicago in the 60s?

Jenise

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Hi,

I was looking for the track list to the LP The best thing that ever happened to me when I found your superb site. Do you have the track listing for this LP?

I have another ZZ Hill LP on United Artists that is just called ZZ that doesn't appear on any discography I've found so I think they may be one and the same.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
George

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i'm looking for the love doctor that made slow rolling,,

what is the name of the real love doctor. i want to contact him about doing some shows.

pls reply to ken

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Dear Daddy,

I would love Roy-C to perform at one of my festival. If you can help me reach any of the performing artists that i have seen here on your company website i would luv to be able to discuss business of doing a show.

Hooper

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I am seeking the name of an artist and title of a song. Some of the lyric mention riding a horse and the hook or chorus is gitty up gitty up. Can you help me with this?

Mitchell

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soultripusa 2011

Hi,
I came across your site while searching for Jeff Floyd. I'm not sure if you can help, but I am promoting an event in Orlando next year and looking to invite Southern Soul acts that may appeal to a British crowd of around 300.

Is this something you would be interested in connecting with?

Kind regards,
Kevin

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Hi,

I wrote you back in November about a song I thought was by Katie Webster, "Red Negligee" but I finally heard it again and caught the artist and the right title this time. It's "Neked J Blues" by Karen Carroll. It is awesome. Except I notice that the iTunes version of it, that I immediately bought as soon as I knew what to get, didn't have the rocking last six minutes of blues that finishes the whole thing. I don't know what they could have been thinking in leaving it out.

Anyway if you haven't heard it, you might like to sometime. So I thought I should just pass on the information. Get the full 13-15 minute version if you can.

Best

Kia

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Reggie P/Sir Charles P's & Q's
Been tryna get track 4 almost a month haven't been able to get it. Can you direct me to where i can get it or to someone that has it. Or or if you can send it to this email. I have tried itunes and emusic..... Saw your page during a search...

DJDaBomb

Daddy B. Nice notes: This was one of many requests on how to find and buy this song.

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HI Daddybnice,

I.m a new club promoter and club owner interested in promoting artist in my area. Currently i have not been able to hook up with an agent and would be linterested in promoting new artist in the SOUTHWEST GEORGIA area. If you can assist in any manner I will appreciate,

Thank you,
Greg

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DADDY B NICE

HOW CAN I GET AN MP3 OF YOUR TOP 100 SOUTHERN SOUL SONGS?

THOMAS

( Daddy B. Nice notes: Painstakingly. One song at a time, on often obscure CD's. Good luck. Scroll down to read another reader's adventure trying to collect them all: RE: DADDY B. NICE'S TOP 100 SOUTHERN SOUL SONGS) near the very bottom of this page.

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RE: NELLIE "TIGER" TRAVIS AT THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL


Daddy B. Nice,

I won't be able to make it to Chicago to see T.K. Soul at the Chicago Blues Fest, but I did want to write and tell you that my girlfriend and I were both really impressed with yesterday's Blues Fest performance of Nellie "Tiger" Travis. We stayed in spite of rain throughout the hour that she sang with her solid backing band that includes members from Japan and Argentina.

Of course I wanted to hear "If I Back It Up", and she didn't disappoint me, singing it about mid-way through the show. Another notable song in her set list was "I'm A Woman".

She closed with a 10-15 minute tribute to Koko Taylor, doing a few of Koko's songs as well as a song written in tribute to her, "Queen of the Blues". I heard someone behind me remark how much she sounded like Koko when she was singing "Wang Dang Doodle", and I was thinking the same thing.

She's quite a singer, whether she's singing Southern soul or more traditional blues.

Gary

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Greetings from LGB and Much Thanks.....

Hi Daddy B. Nice:

First, I must say, "Thank You So Very Much." Secondly, "my, my, my," I just want you to know that I was blown away when I visited "Southern Soul RnB.Com" website and saw that I, LGB, had made "Daddy B. Nice's Corner-Top 10 Southern Soul Singles."

I am borrowing the "my, my, my" phrase from an individual's email that I received a few days ago. Of course, the "my, my, my" phrase was described as... and I quote from the email, "that is what we say, old school, when the right words just don't come."

It is such an extreme honor to have such an individual as yourself, take time out of your busy schedule to listen to my CD, and rank LGB in the midst of "May 2010's Top Ten Singles." Please know that I send my humble appreciation to you and your staff....and once again, thank you so very much.

Sincerely,

"LGB"

Daddy B. Nice notes: #5-ranked song--
("Reality Slowly Walks Us Down")

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear LGB,

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for the kind, overly-flattering words.

Am I correct in assuming you may be Tricia Barnwell's mother?

(Daddy B. Nice notes: Tricia Barnwell put out the black country music album, "Country All Over Me," in 2008 and placed a #4-ranked song ("Sweet Home Alabama" with Roy C.) on Daddy B. Nice's Top Ten "Breaking" Southern Soul Singles in March of that year.)

Oh, and can I post your letter in my Mailbag? Or do you consider it too personal? Don't be afraid to say no.

Thanks again, and best wishes,

Daddy B. Nice

LGB replies:

Hi Daddy B. Nice: No apologies is necessary. I thank you so very much for acknowledging my email with a reply...that is just..."Awesome."

Yes, you are correct, I am Tricia Barnwell's mother and yes, you can post my letter in your Mailbag.

Once again, thank you for all that you do.

Respectfully,

LGB

Bargain-Priced Reality Slowly Walks Us Down CD, MP3's

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RE: "NO MORE DADDY B. MEAN"

Mr. D,

I read your latest--No More Daddy B. Mean: (Confessions Of A CD Critic). I always told you and thanked you for your views, good or bad. but I always said as long as it was your honest opinion. and I still say that you are one of my favorite persons in this business. and what you did by checking yourself on this article. displays what i always thought was your true character . and i was glad for you because now others can also see the true character of who I consider a stand up person.

Keep up the good work and I'll always be in your corner rooting for you like you have rooted for so many of us who people knew nothing about thank you from myself and for those who haven't thanked you. It took a lot to check yourself like that publicly like that. but i didn't expect less from a person with your character.

Respectfully yours,

El' Willie

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RE: THE SITE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR / WHAT'S DOING IN TEXAS?

Daddy B,

Man you done gone and done it. This is it! The site I have been looking for. I live in San Antonio and we don't get this kind of flavor here. The venue here is shallow and it has no feeling like the Blues and Soul Music you reference on this site.

There are so many new artists that I have never heard of. It all started with me googling Rue Davis and there you were. Thanks for the info it is much needed. By the way, do you know of any concerts in the area this summer? Like in Dallas, Austin, or Houston. Let me know. Thanks again and keep it up!

Mickey

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear Mickey,

Your sentiments describe exactly the way I felt when I discovered Southern Soul music. It seems like only yesterday. How do we get the word out to so many people who don't know what they're missing?

Regarding live concerts in Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio), the situation is getting better every year. Mel Waiters, the current king, hails from the Lone Star State. Veteran Carl Marshall calls Houston home. The Dallas area is also home to new artists such as L. J. Echols and Chandra Calloway. Larry Shannon Hargrove from your capital city made some waves with his album last year. See Daddy B. Nice's CD Reviews page. Lee Roy is another talented new artist from Texas.

As for concerts, you're in luck. This very weekend (May 23rd) Larry Shannon Hargrove joins veteran Chick Willis and others at a KNON benefit at R. L. Griffin's Blues Palace in Dallas. (See Concert Calendar in right column of this page.)

If you can make it, look up benefit organizer Gregg A. Smith and ask him to perform "Stacked In The Back," one of Southern Soul's genuine classics.

Best wishes,
Daddy B. Nice

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RE: LOOKING FOR HARDWAY CONNECTION'S MUSIC LETTERS

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I'm trying to find a song I heard a few years back titled or at least in the song 'Your thang is too short.'

Any help would be appreciated.

Tony

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear Tony,

Sorry for the delay, but I get so many requests about this song that it's like "groundhog day" every time someone asks again.

The song you're looking for is either, "Morning Train/Peeping Through The Window" or "One In The Morning" by Hardway Connection.

Go to the Hardway Connection Artist Guide, where you can both read about and buy Hardway Connection's music, or go straight to Daddy B. Nice's CD Store.

Daddy B. Nice

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Daddy B Nice

Where can I purchase hardway connection cds?

Annette

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Annette,

Go to the Hardway Connection Artist Guide or go straight to Daddy B. Nice's CD Store.

Daddy B. Nice

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Daddy B,

Hell-o, this is DJ bobby smoothe on the coast, I had at one time two of hardway connection cd's and now I'm trying to replace them

It is the one that say hot ticket is there anyway I can purchase the mp3 instead of waiting on the mailman for about three or four days to get

Hit me back and let me know

DJ bobby smoothe thank you

Daddy B. Nice replies:

DJ Bobby Smoothe,

Daddy B. Nice's CD Store has two vendors for the HOT TICKET album, Barnes & Noble and CD Universe. CD Universe is the supplier that currently offers MP3's. However, they're out of stock. Barnes & Noble still has the album available, but it does not offer MP3's. If CD Universe is out of stock, Barnes & Noble probably soon will be, so you may want to get the album at Barnes & Noble while you still can.

You might try I-Tunes or some of the other MP3 sites, but I'm unable to offer I-Tune's MP3's on my site. I have a 10,000-plus MP3 library accumulated on Music Match (an older music player). I-Tunes requires replacing that music player (too much work!) with I-Tunes, or I would gladly set up I-Tunes also.

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: LEGENDARY LOUISIANA BLUES CLUB HANEY'S BIG HOUSE

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I am searching for a photograph of Haney's Big House in Ferriday, Louisiana (part of chitlin' circuit and to be honored with blues trail marker in May)....can you help or provide me with some sources....

Thank you very much.

J.A.K., Ph.D.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear J.A.,

As you probably know, Ferriday, Louisiana will be honored with a 'Mississippi to Louisiana' trail marker, an extension of the Mississippi Blues Trail commemorating the chitlin' circuit "holes in the wall" of a half-century ago, on May 22nd at Ferriday's Delta Music Museum.

This dedication memorializes the historical importance of the legendary Haney's Big House in Ferriday, where musicians such as B. B. King, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis played and absorbed the blues.

Regarding your search for a photograph of the original club, I'd advise you to attend the celebration in Ferriday and look up festival co-organizer Tommy Polk. The festival will undoubtedly be your best and perhaps final chance to find a coveted picture, or at least a copy of one.

And I can't resist adding something I wish I'd included in a recent letter to a Canadian blues-lover who also revels in the fifties-to-early-sixties music of the Delta.

Give an ear to the excellent new Southern Soul and blues of today's young musicians from your area, Louisiana-born stars such as T. K. Soul, Kenne' Wayne and Lil' Fallay.

Hope this helps,

Best wishes,
Daddy B. Nice

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RE: TYRONE DAVIS CATALOG

Hello Daddy B. Nice,

I am doing a little research on one of my favorite artists, Tyrone Davis, and i had a few questions reguarding the information i got off your web site.

1.you listed " our shining hour" (1983) as a full album? I am unable to find any information about that record, or song, and would love to know more about that? is it a full album or a song and where can i get it?

2. you also listed" I can't go all the way" as a full album as well? I'm thinking that maybe somehow you made a mistake on that one, because i have found many simular titles but none of that name?

And lastly 1990 by future records " man" i was wondering if that was a album as well because i can't find that one eighter.

Please respond to me, I am really working hard on this little hobby of mine and i hope to someday have all his music, i have to find the few things that my collection is missing,Thank you very much for your time.

Amanda

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear Amanda,

1. One Shinning Hour (Polygram, 1983) was a collaboration between Tyrone Davis and big band/jazz star Count Basie. It remains out of print, as are all three of the albums you mention.

2. I Can't Go All The Way (Columbia, 1978) includes the R&B charting (#65) "Can't Help But Say." The out-of-print album also contains disco track "Get On Up," the title tune "I Can't Go All The Way," "All I Ever Need," "It's You, It's You," "I'm Still In Love With You" and "Do You Feel It."

3. Man (Future), released in October of 1998, is also out-of-print. It's one of a handful of albums Davis recorded in the late eighties at Future Records (Sexy Thing, Man Of Stone, Flashin' Back, Come On Over). A compilation set of Davis's best Future recordings was issued on Ichiban/Ryko in 1992.

I hope this helps.

Best,

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: THANKS FOR KEEPING SOUTHERN SOUL ALIVE; QUESTION ON WILLARD BURTON

Daddy B,

First let me say I love the website, and thanks for doing your part to keep Southern Soul alive. Growing up in Canada through the 50s, 60s, and 70s was tough to find, or even hear the great music being made in the southern US. I can remember the first time I heard Little Willie John doing Fever, Talk to Me, and Spasms. The late 50s recordings of The Staple Singers with a very young Mavis belting it out. Al Green's Back Up Train, and Let's Stay Together, or Howard Tate singing Stop and Get It While You Can. James Carr's Dark End Of The Street, or Ann Peebles' Can't Stop The Rain, Johnnie Taylor's Bluebird, Johnny Adams, Latimore, O.V. Wright, Z.Z. Hill and Denise LaSalle is still deep in my memories of time spent learning to walk in men's shoes., too many to keep going on (and I could go on), but will get to the point.

I always dug Willard Burton's Funky Four doing Funky In Here. I know very little about him, and wondered if he was the same cat who played on Tighten Up by Archie Bell and the Drells? Please enlighten me oh most wise and all knowing one.

thanks,

JV

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear JV,

Glad you enjoy the site, but you give me way too much credit. I am certainly not "most wise" or "all knowing." I don't even like doing research most of the time, but your question on Willard Burton prompted me to open a couple of the reference books in my library.

I couldn't find anything. This is pretty esoteric stuff, but I'll put it in the Mailbag for some of the wiser and more knowing readers to have at.

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: NEW SONG "P's & Q's"

Hi Daddy,

I am with Miros Music Shoppe

Does Sir Charles Jones Have a new Cd out other than the tribute cd?

What songs has P's and Q's in it? People are driving me crazy with this ?.

Nancy

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Nancy,

There is indeed a new single. Continuing a history of collaborations, Sir Charles partners with Reggie P. on his new single, "P's & Q's," just out from Rude Boy Records. No album as yet.

Daddy B. Nice

A READER RESPONDS:

Daddy,

The song the person is asking is on Reggie P's new CD and you are right no CD yet. I have a copy because Reggie gave it to me . this is a strong CD from top to bottom. I would love to see your review when you get this CD. I think it might be the strongest CD I have heard so far this year.

Herman (Turning Point Blues Lounge) Wilson.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Herman,

That's good to hear. Reggie P. is not just good--he's a great artist. I hope he sends me the CD.

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: BLACK ZACK'S WEBSITE, NEW SONG

hello daddy,

im a dj. i was wandering do mr. zack has a personal website. i have access to alot of southern soul sites but i cannot find anything on mr.zack.he has a cut call the row row-its a bus stop single. many people are requesting the row row. can yall help me out with this issue?

king jr.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear King Jr.,

Yes, Black Zack has a website, which features a full version of "Row Row," the song you are receiving requests for.

See Black Zack on Southern Soul Radio, where you can also find full versions of "Sho' Wasn't Me" (much-acclaimed by Daddy B. Nice) and another new song, "Southern Soul Lover."

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: LOOKING FOR NEW LAMORRIS WILLIAMS & MEL WAITERS CD'S

Hello Daddy B,

I'm tryin to find out if LaMorris Williams' Cd, with "Back of My Impala" has been released yet?

Also, Mel Waiters has a popular song out now, will his new cd be released soon? And if not, can I pre order them online and what CD store would be best to order from?

Also, there's one more song & artist I'm curious about? The hook in the song goes or maybe its the title, "Gett Da Hell On". I like the song, but dont know the artist.

I'm a big fan of Willie Clayton, Omar C., Kenne Wayne, Vick Allen and several others, and the artist who sings that song puts me in the mind of them somewhat.

Thanks If U Can Help Me Out,

LEON

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Hi Leon,

On last year's "Corner" I said to expect the new LaMorris CD in November. That was on the basis of an interview WMPR's DJ Ragman did with LaMorris. I was thinking of adding, "But don't hold your breath. These things are notoriously dicey."

Unfortunately, "We Can Do It" is still pending. I see you're from Mississippi, so there's an immediate ray of hope if you're so inclined. LaMorris is playing a lot of venues, and he may be selling copies out of the trunk of that gal's Impala.

By the way, LaMorris's first album (which was also very good, but not AS good) held a niche at CD Baby until recently, when it evidently sold out its printing.

Hopefully, the new disc will appear there soon. CD Baby is accessible through Daddy B. Nice's CD Store. Just keep checking "Williams, LaMorris."

Mel Waiters' new "I Ain't Gone Do It" single and CD is out, and you can get it from Daddy B. Nice's CD Store or by going to the Mel Waiters Artist Guide. In either case you can choose from the two lowest-priced CD's I could find--around eleven dollars.

"Get The Hell On" is from Zay's Way by Mr. Zay. A lot of fans have remarked how much they like that song.

Zay's a very good young Southern Soul artist. On this album he dropped the "Mr.," but he still headlines his concerts (mostly in Mississippi) as "Mr. Zay."

Speaking of that album. . . Be sure to read the four-star "distinguished effort" review of Zay's Way, which ran in Daddy B. Nice's CD Reviews in 2009 and is now posted in the "Tidbits" section of the Mr. Zay Artist Guide.

Best wishes and good listening,

Daddy B. Nice

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RE: NO MORE DADDY B. MEAN, CONFESSIONS OF A CD CRITIC

Hi Daddy B.!

I just came home for a minute and then leave to Moscow again tomorrow. I'll be hoping to calm down on March 28 to have a few days off to concentrate on music, too. I'm now going through the net and reading my mail and noticed your response to your earlier review.

I'm with you totally on this one. During these past four months I've been receiving some really bad low-quality southern soul CDs for a review in my next column. I don't want to cover all of them.

We, who have been following soul music closely for some 45 years by now, know good music, know the history and know how to give reasons for failure.

A good review is not just a statement of 'this is good or this is bad', but an analysis of the very music - song, singing, instrumentation - and in most of the cases reflected on the earlier work of the artist.

Best regards,

Heikki

(Heikki Suosalo, Soul Express)

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"THANK YOU" LETTERS:

Daddy B. Nice

Hi, I haven't heard from you in a while.

I don't know if I had shared these 2 videos with you. T.K. has been doing a lot of main room casino shows. This one is clips from The Isle Of Capri Casino. Also T.K. Soul will be headlining at the 27th Annual City of Chicago Blues festival.

We've had a lot of amazing things happen since the release of "The Evolution Of Soul!! His popularity has grown to (sort of underground) level internationally. Call me sometimes I'de like to tell you what's going on with him, although, for Colorado, you seem to know more than those in the nucleus of the geographical radius of this music.

I also want to thank you. Your review of "Rehab" was very nice. I have called you T.K.'s toughest critic, so coming from you that means a lot!!

Kim Cole
Soulful Records

2009 "Daddy" for Best Ballad: T. K. Soul---"Rehab"

Daddy B. Nice's #1 Song of 2009: T. K. Soul---"Rehab"

IN PRAISE OF "REHAB" (Daddy B. Nice Artist Guide to T. K. Soul)

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hey daddy b nice

this is black zack, man i want two say thanks for all the love you sho me 'sho wasnt me' was made by me ft. the late fred bolton & produced by bruce billups/ i want two say thanks one more time.

black zack

2009 "Daddy" for Best Cover Song: Black Zack (w/ the late Fred Bolton)---"Sho' Wasn't Me"

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Daddy B. Nice,

You are much appreciated for the Frank Lucas category award. Thanks.

Jerry King

Louis "Sugarbear" Johnson (Second Resurrection Band) is also trying to locate you. He should be contacting you soon.

2009 "Daddy" for Best Out-Of-Left-Field Song: Frank Lucas---The Man With The Singing Ding-A-Ling"

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Daddy B. Nice,

Thank you so much for your review of "Get Out". I can't tell you how much it means to me. I'll be sending you the full CD shortly.

Again,
Thanks

Pat Cooley
L & L Records

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 'Breaking' Singles for March 2010: #6. "Get Out"----Pat Cooley

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"LOOKING TO HOOK UP" LETTERS:

daddybnice,

I'm Jay Rocker of WAPZ AM Radio,I have done a couple of shows with Lee Fields and Robert Henderson in 2000 to 2002 I've heard Mr. Fields is over seas and we need to get a phone no. or find him for an Artist named C C Miles. Mr.Miles was told by Mr. Fields to hook up and do some shows in the near future. Mr. Miles has just released his new cd called "Simply The Best", a 12 cut cd with an astonishing capturefor this Southern Soul Artist. Please pass this info on.

Jay Rocker with Rocker's Promotions in Alabama. Thank You very much.

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Dear Daddy B. Nice,

Do you or your readers know anything about a female Southern Soul/Blues singer from Atlanta Ga. named "Lady D"? I met her and saw her perform a couple of years ago in Milwaukee Wi. where she really put on a good show. I got a demo of an unfinished cd from her with 6 tracks on it. Does anyone know if the cd was ever completed?

Thanks,

Pete

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Daddy B. Nice

Greetings,

I've been DJing since 1979 and am a part of several record pools (Sure Record Pool, and Cicana).

I'm trying to break a lot of the Southern Soul in my area which is about 70 miles west of DC and Baltimore. These record pools do not get service of the Southern Soul music so I've been buying a lot of your chartlist and others from Amazon.com as MP3. It is also impossible to get any advanced copy from a retail establishment. I've been paying for Southern Soul music just to have it in my collection.

There are a few tunes I can't find anyplace and am hoping you can point me in the direction of someone to provide MP3 service. I'm pretty accustomed to providing feedback to the labels who request it and I'm not someone who makes mixtapes or posts music online.

In the summer, I do some small festivals (one is called Western Maryland Bluesfest). I'm trying to get a Southern Soul artist or two to come to my town during that time. Most of that festival is geared toward traditional blues and not Southern Soul.

Any help or guidance you can provide will be a big help.

Peace,
Tracy Garner
DJ Tracy G.

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Daddy B Nice

I live in Atlanta and I can not buy this type of music (Southern Soul) in Atlanta.

Charles

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And by the way, Tracy, you can submit a Southern Soul playlist, along with your radio call numbers, to Soul And Blues Report with a contact number for service.

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RE: SIR CHARLES JONES INCIDENT & RESPONSES (Scroll down)

Hello Daddy B Nice,

I just read the incident about Sir Charles Jones at the holiday concert. I'm a little late with the comment but please let him know Chicago loves him. Let him know we all have a bad day he is human and to stay strong and keep performing. He is one of the best out there. I love the young man and really don't care to hear all that negativity. Let's hear about the positive things he is doing and have done. Can't wait to see him in Chicago soon.

Thanks for listening and hope you passed this message to Sir Charles.

Thanks for the site I really enjoyed reading the comments and replies.

Devonna

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RE: DADDY B. NICE'S TOP 100 SOUTHERN SOUL SONGS

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I first discovered your web site about two years ago. What really got my attention was your "Top 100 (really 200) Southern Soul Songs".

What really caught my interest was that you had my all time favorite song, "Sho Wasn't Me" by Ronnie Lovejoy on top, at that time.

I had heard of most of the artists and had many of their songs but I was really interested in ones I hadn't heard. After reading your excellent bios (nice sketches), I decided to dig deeper.

At that time I had about half of the 200 songs in my collection (on 70 cd's ). Two years and the purchase of 38 cd's later, I'm still 50 songs (about 26 cd's) short.

I had never heard of, but really liked An-Jay, Big Ike, Fredrick Brinson, Tina Diamond, Maurice Wynn and especially Frank Mendenhall.

I don't plan on buying the cd's by R. Kelly, Luther Vandross, Angie Stone, Glenn Jones or Jaheim in the near future. Not my kind of Southern Soul.

Thanks for your great website.

Sincerely Yours

Peter


P.S. This letter was written before your list changed. I think "Sho Wasn't Me" should still be #1. It is the epitome of Southern Soul.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Dear Peter,

I'm sorry for the delay, which was caused by my wish to give your letter a thoughtful reply.

First, I'm especially grateful for your "testimony" to the entertainment and education you've derived from my "Top 100 Southern Soul Songs" list. Although I get bits and pieces of positive feedback on the website from time to time, your Daddy B. Nice seldom receives the kind of engaging and overall appreciation that you were kind enough to send.

My roots and my current life are humble, and I've had to take out a second mortgage and work without pay to build and keep the website going. Although the site has some commercial touches, it's mostly "smoke and mirrors" or as we used to say at home, "chicken feed." Heartfelt gratitude such as yours is the only real remuneration I receive, so I again thank you.

Second, your patient purchasing and collecting over the years of the CD's that contain these Top 200 Southern Soul songs should give many a dejected and jaded Southern Soul producer proof that people do indeed still buy (not steal) the music.

Third, your listing of the artists that are not your "kind of Southern Soul" is right-on, and I couldn't agree with you more. (And you're not the first to say so.) Why then, you might ask, do these questionable or marginally Southern Soul artists still hold down spots on the "Top 100 Southern Soul" songs?

I can tell you that I myself do not like to turn to Southern Soul radio stations and hear a preponderance of music by artists such as Jaheim or Angie Stone. (See my most current column--"DJ Breezy Love"--on Daddy B. Nice's Corner.)

When I constructed the Top 100 chart in the early years of the century, no one had ever attempted a grouping of the artists on the chart, and no one had called it "Southern Soul." I was lucky enough to be in a special place at a special time, and I literally spent years of analysis devising a chart I thought might constitute a legitimate platform to showcase the artists and the songs of this genre or sub-genre no one else (at the time) really believed existed.

Jaheim's "Put That Woman First" (based on A William Bell classic), R. Kelly's "When A Woman's Fed Up," Erykah Badu's "Tyrone" and Glenn Jones "Baby Come Home," to cite some examples, were legitimate, early contemporary Southern Soul hits played by the deejays who were in turn schooling me, and now those artists remain on the chart, even though it's a little like defects in a gold nugget.

Because I'm an ornery and cantankerous sort, with a respect for the history of the genre, I have been too stubborn to remove certain artists who were crucial to the formation of contemporary Southern Soul, EVEN THOUGH their career trajectories have proven them to be urban or hiphop artists in the years since.

One other reason factored in. Have you ever gone to a list of music or musicians on a brand new website and searched in vain for someone you know and found yourself scratching your head and not knowing any? You probably threw up your hands and gave up.

I wanted to avoid that sort of impasse at SouthernSoulRnB. By including a few mainstream artists, I was also trying to throw a "lifeline" or a "handle" to readers and listeners who had absolutely no inkling of who Johnnie Taylor or Marvin Sease or Willie Clayton were.

Finally, you state that Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" is your favorite Southern Soul song. You can count your Daddy B. Nice as a soul-mate. Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" is also MY favorite Southern Soul song, and I have written on many occasions (in bio's, sketches, and columns) that it is the best Southern Soul song.

"Sho' Wasn't Me" is currently ranked number three, after Johnnie Taylor's "Soul Heaven" and Tyrone Davis's "Leavin'". But whenever I think of a potentially new fan coming to the website and sampling "Soul Heaven" but not "Sho' Wasn't Me," and possibly passing up Southern Soul fandom because he or she didn't sample "Sho' Wasn't Me," I am deeply contrite.

And again I have to go back into the decade-long history of the website (although it hasn't been online that long) to explain why this is. The website started with just one chart: the Top 100 Southern Soul (90's-00's).

I knew I had to come up with a formula to simplify the incredible number of artists and songs eligible, and the formula I finally struck upon was to 1/ only list each artist once; and 2/ to compensate for only one listing by awarding artists with the greatest catalogs the highest spots on the chart.

Over the years, even in the most hostile and enraged criticisms from artists who thought they had been slighted via my rankings, no one has ever denied that Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis were the two giants of the genre. (Actually, in the original ranking, Peggy Scott-Adams was number two.)

But the beautiful part was that it was also a Top 100 Songs Chart. To this day, the song (which has always been more important to me) is listed in a headline directly underneath the drawing on the Artist Guide. Thus, in the early days of the website, the page was called simply "Top 100 Southern Soul."

When I constructed the Top 100 Southern Soul Songs many years later, it was just a matter of designing a page and changing the headlines. It linked to the Top 100 Southern Soul Artists chart (the old original chart), so that whatever entry was at the top of the Top 100 Artists was also at the top of the Top 100 Songs.

When you first visited the site a couple of years ago, Peter, I had decided that "Sho' Wasn't Me" was so magnificent that Ronnie Lovejoy deserved the top spot not only on the Songs list but the Artists list. Since then I've flip-flopped back to Johnnie and Tyrone, because it doesn't seem right to rank Lovejoy's relatively short career above theirs on the Top 100 Artists Chart.

I was more or less content until your letter stirred it all up for me again. And you never know: Ronnie Lovejoy may again ascend to the number one spot.

You have put your finger on a flaw of the website that I've never been able to quite resolve.

Thanks,

Daddy B. Nice

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