Valentine's Day Blues Show - Montgomery, Alabama

Are you going to be in Montgomery, Alabama, on Valentine's Day weekend?  Are you looking for somewhere special to take that special someone in your life?  Then, I have the perfect show for you. Killer Diller Productions and Budweiser are sponsoring a very cool Valentine's Day Blues Show on Saturday, February 14.  Take a look at the lineup:

Bigg Robb

O. B. Buchana

Lomax

Tucka

Toia Jones

What a fantastic show!!! All of these performers are great artists. The concert will be held at Garrett Coliseum - the doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Let me know if you go!!

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Dee Bradley - "How Did I Wake Up To A Stranger"

What a sad but beautiful song.  You know, you can go through life and wake up one day and realize that you don't even know your wife/husband.  Dee Bradley wondered how she stopped loving him after all those years.  When did she change her mind?

We were friends who fell in love

Back when we were full of dreams

Always together you and I

Yes we were

In your eyes I would lose myself

And in your heart you said there was no one else

I don’t know why

Why I feel so alone even though we’re both here at home

Chorus

How did I wake up to a stranger

After all these years

How did I wake up to a stranger

I don’t know you, you don’t know me

We’re just strangers

Where did we go wrong baby

Now day by day we have less to say

Talking now is a strain

I don’t remember when we changed

Only love makes you feel alive

Without a warning it will make you curl up and cry

After all, all that we have shared

It’s so hard to believe you don’t care

Chorus

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O. B. Buchana - "Hold on to What You Got"

I love this song.  O.B. says that you need to hold on to what you got because the grass isn't always greener on the other side - it just looks that way.  He makes a statement that what is old to you is brand new to someone else. Think about it. You've gotten bored with your spouse/significant other and stop doing the things you used to do.  Be careful when you start thinking like that because someone else may be looking at her or him and see all the great things you used to see.

"Hold On To What You Got" is taken from O.B.'s “Starting Over” CD.  Here is his bio (taken from Soul Blues Music: http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/):

Born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Buchana spent his childhood in Clarksdale. O.B. began singing when he was only eight in the gospel choir at his Baptist church. By the time he was a teenager, the gospel group – “Mighty Suns Of God” - selected him to be their lead singer. In the early 1990's, O.B. signed with the record label -Blue River - and recorded his first hit single, "Back Up Lover." His first disc, "It's Over," followed to critical acclaim. Next, he signed with Suzie Q Records for "I Got Caught." His career has truly taken off after signing with Ecko Records.

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Nellie "Tiger" Travis - "Good Lovin Daddy"

You know that I'm a Nellie "Tiger" Travis fan and "Good Lovin' Daddy" is a song that I LOVED from the first note; it can be found on her "Wanna Be With You" CD.  This is awesome southern soul music!

Enjoy!
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Charles Wilson - "Mississippi Boy," Sir Charles Jones - "Country Boy," and Denise Lasalle - "Mississippi Woman"

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and with that said, here are three versions of the same song.  I just heard this one by Charles Wilson, had posted the one by Sir Charles Jones a little while ago, and then there's Denise LaSalle's "Mississippi Woman." All three are pretty good.


Sir Charles Jones - "Country Boy"  See my post: http://southernsoulparadise.blogspot.com/2012/08/sir-charles-jones-country-boy.html


Denise LaSalle - "Mississippi Woman"

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Theodis Ealey - "Slow Grindin'"

This is one extremely talented brother!

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Rosalyn Candy - "Stroke It"

This is a live version of this song (and the quality's not all that great) but I absolutely love this record. It's one of those songs that didn't do anything for me at first.  But then, the stations kept playing it and the more I heard it, the more I liked it. I've never heard of Rosalyn Candy but I'm looking forward to more of her music.

(P.S. 1/26/2017 - I updated the youtube attachment.)

I don't want me a one-minute man!
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Buddy Ace - "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" and "It Don't Hurt No More"

I love Buddy Ace's music.  Here's a copy of his bio from Wikipedia and two of my favorite songs from him - "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" and "It Don't Hurt No More."

Buddy Ace (November 11, 1936 – December 26, 1994) was an American blues singer, known as the "Silver Fox of the Blues." His best known tracks were "Root Doctor" and "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man". Born James Lee Land in Jasper, Texas, United States, he was raised in Baytown, Texas, and began his singing career by singing gospel in a group that included Joe Tex. He joined up with other blues singers, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Junior Parker, before signing to Duke/Peacock Records in 1955. His hits included "Nothing In the World Can Hurt Me (Except You)", which reached Number 25 in 1966. His second and last hit in the R&B charts was in the following year, "Hold On (To This Old Fool)", which made Number 33. In the late 1960s, he moved to California and continued to perform on live shows.  Buddy Ace died of a heart attack aged 58, while performing in Waco, Texas in December 1994.

"Pouring Water On A Drowning Man"


"It Don't Hurt No More" (see my post: http://southernsoulparadise.blogspot.com/2013/01/buddy-ace-it-dont-hurt-no-more.html)  Thanks to Big K9 who is a great source of music!

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Lady Soul - "The Lady Soul Slide"

This was just released this week (I believe) by Lady Soul.  I'm not familiar with her but this was produced by the Bad Boy of Southern Soul, T. K. Soul.  You'll have to let me know what you think.

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Wendell B. - "Mississippi Girl"

She greets me in the morning with breakfast and a smile - that's how we southern girls roll!!  Wendell B. loves his Mississippi Girl - what an awesome voice.  The man can sing!

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Tyrone Davis - "Rock Me"

How did I miss this????  I love Tyrone and this is one that didn't get a whole lot of airplay - rock me baby like I want to rock you!!  I love it!!!!!

Enjoy!!
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