If you take a look at the right-hand corner of my blog, you probably already know that I love J. Red and his music!!!! So, I was excited to see him Saturday night. He was joined on stage by his wife, Sham, and Shay Denise and the Rise Band & Show played the music. Wonderful!!! You can tell professional performers when you're around them because they have that star quality. That's what I see in J. Red. He engages the audience and the crowd loves him. He and his wife even helped us with learning the steps to his line dance song, Step Out. It was a lot of fun and a great show!
J. Red also has an album coming out soon - I can't wait!
Some of the songs he performed were:
Hole In The Wall
Give It To Me
I Will
Loving On You
Drop That Thang
Step Out
Good Thang
This is part 3 of my series from Saturday night at the Lamont's Entertainment Complex in Pomonkey. The Rise Band & Show performed and this was my first time watching them in concert. I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed them. They are definitely entertainers and I love the band!!
I'm pretty old school and, in my opinion, a band isn't a real band unless it has horns. The Rise Band & Show had everything I needed - saxophone, trumpet, guitars, drums, and an energetic lead singer. They were great and I hope to see them again!
Some of the songs they performed are as follows:
Soul Finger
Tighten Up
Be Thankful for What You Got (very pretty)
Slip Away
Bedroom Workout
Cha Cha Slide (a cool version)
Shay Denise’s “Man’s World” has been in the Top 10 Countdown
that’s conducted each weekend by Mobile, Alabama’s WDLT.I met Shay last summer and she is a beautiful
person who happens to also have a great voice.
Shay Denise performed on Saturday night at Lamont's Entertainment Complex in beautiful downtown Pomonkey and, as always, she put on a wonderful show. She sounds just like her records!!
Some of the songs that she sang are as follows:
Clean Up Woman
Chick on the Side
You Can Get It (may be her next single)
The Weekend
A Man’s World
Her album is coming out on April 1 – check your favorite cd sites
for it!
While at the Lamont's Entertainment Complex in Pomonkey, I had the pleasure of interviewing Miss Mini (not Minnie) and I LOVE
her!She is friendly and has a beautiful
girl-next-door type of personality which makes it easy to talk to her.She’s
the type of person you could call a friend. It was a joy to talk with her and to listen to her sing. She started
the show with her cover of “Rocking Chair.”She sang an absolutely beautiful duet with J. Red, the Nephew, and also
performed her southern soul hit, “That ActRight!”
Miss Mini, whose real name is Catrese West (isn’t that
pretty), is from Sharpsburg, North Carolina, which is located near Rocky
Mount.Both of her parents were singers
and she started to sing with her father’s band when she was about 15 years
old.She said that she’s really been
singing all of her life and her mother used to take her around to different
places to have her perform.I used to
play a clarinet and her story reminded me of the time when my mom would have me
perform everywhere – whether I wanted to or not! Lol I guess the saying is true - if it won’t kill
you, it’ll make you grow stronger. Lol
I asked her who were the people who influenced her musical career.Miss Mini said that her grandfather ran a juke
joint called The Crossroads and she would go there and listen a wide variety of
the blues.It was there where she would hear
Johnnie Taylor, Tyrone Davis, Peggy Scott Adams, and so many more artists. She fell in love with the music and was inspired
to use her voice.
Future plans?Miss Mini loves to sing and plans to continue to sing and work as much as she
can.Her goal is to focus on her music
and allow it to develop into all she knows it can be. She's not just a singer, Miss Mini is an artist who writes most of her music. She has been traveling throughout South Carolina,
North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, and plans to broaden her scope of
experiences and performances throughout the rest of the world.
I'm looking forward to many more years of watching Miss Mini perform and listening to her music. She has a new album coming out in June – be on the
lookout for it!
I missed WDLT's Top 10 Countdown this past Saturday because I was partying with J. Red, Shay Denise, Miss Mini, and the Rise Band & Show at Lamont's in Pomonkey, Maryland! What an awesome time!!! It was great. The show was in celebration of the birthday of Phillis, aka Pixie, who is a concert promoter in the area. She has been responsible for bringing several southern soul acts to the DMV and I'll feature each one in a four-part series.
Whenever there's any kind of show, whether it's comedy, music, awards, whatever, it ALWAYS takes a special person to pull it all together and set the tone of the show. For this event, it was none other than the amazing Dr. Nick who served as the MC and made this fabulous show a success. If you've attended an event with Dr. Nick or have listened to him (or watch him on Facebook Live) from 2-4pm each Saturday afternoon on WPFW, you already know the type of man he is. He's a dynamic entertainer (yes, he is an entertainer) and he made sure we had a great time Saturday night. He knows his crowd, knew what we wanted to hear, and played fantastic music in between acts. He got everyone on the dance floor. It was a fun night!
I really like "Til The Sunrise" and love the southern soul sound of Chris Ardoin. He says that he's going to party til the sunrise and tonight he's not going to close his eyes. He's going to party til the sunrise, baby girl that ain't no lie! Love these lyrics. To learn a little about Chris Ardoin, here's his bio according to Wikipedia and ReverbNation: Wikipedia: Chris Ardoin (born April 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is a zydecoaccordionist and singer. He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new style of music that fused traditional zydeco with various styles including hip-hop, reggae and R.&B. ReverbNation: Internationally known for his soulful vocals and music composition, Chris Ardoin is one of the most sought after artists / producers in the industry today! He has traveled and performed in all 50 states as well as overseas in London, Japan, Sweden, Amsterdam, Brazil, Australia, Germany, Jamaica, Mexico, Paris, and Cayman Islands. Chris has also appeared in stage plays and movies, most notably "Tempted" with Burt Reynolds and Saffron Burrows which frequently airs on Cinemax and Lifetime Movie Network. Breaking attendance records from Louisiana nightclubs to Carnegie Hall in New York City to Carnivale in South America...Chris is bringing zydeco music, creole culture, & southern soul music to new heights beyond expectations, Chris Ardoin is destined to be one the greatest of all time!!!!!
I've loved Toia Jones since way before she was a contestant on The Voice - I still don't think they treated her right. lol Here's her latest hit with Bigg Robb; it's played a lot in south central Alabama!!
Let's go baby to the Shothouse!
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When I first heard this song - and wasn't listening to the words - I thought oh wow, what a sad song to sing. It even starts out with dearly beloved, we are gathered here... But then I heard it again and listened to the words and well, I just don't know what to say so I'll leave it alone. lol Bigg Robb sings about a problem that evidently faces most men sooner or later.
I love this medley of songs: God Blessed Our Love, When A Man Loves A Woman, and That's How Strong My Love Is. I've written a post about this before (see http://southernsoulparadise.blogspot.com/2011/01/ov-wright-live-in-japan.html) and it is still one of my favorite go-to songs when I'm traveling - especially flying. It's great because the song lasts almost 13 minutes and it makes my flight time that much better!! That's the truth! 😊
I know it's long but I hope you enjoy this beautiful song!
It's Saturday night and time for Cathe's Countdown! Here are 6 of the top 10* most requested southern soul music hits of this week from WDLT FM, the greatest station in the Mobile, Alabama, area. They have an awesome "All Blues Saturday" show with amazing on-air personalities: Nikki deMarks, Stormy, and Cathe B. The countdown comes on at 7:00 p.m. CST (8:00 p.m. EST) each Saturday night. To listen to the station if you're in the Mobile area, turn your radio to 104.1 FM and if you're online, go to www.1041wdlt.com. You can also listen via iHeart Radio on your phone/tablet. *I was at a family dinner party at the time of the countdown and by the time I could break away, I had missed #7 - #10. I was, however, able to catch the top 6 - here they are!!
The top 6 of this week's top 10:
1. Going Down Slow - Sir Charles Jones (with Wendell B) 2. Let Her Go - Tyree Neal
3. A Man's World - Shay Denise
4. Wanna Dance - Mr. Campbell
5. You're My Craving - Summer Wolfe
6. Blow Me A Kis - Till 1
Last week's top 10:
1. Let Her Go - Tyree Neal 2. A Man's World - Shay Denise
3. Going Down Slow - Sir Charles Jones (with Wendell B)
4. Wanna Dance - Mr. Campbell
5. You're My Craving - Summer Wolfe
6. Ready - Lebrado
7. Where Were You Last Night - Wendell B
8. Blow Me A Kiss - Till 1
9. We Do We - Ves ft Kenne Wayne 10. Heartbreaker - Tucka
Cathe's Classic Pick of the Week was "Let's Get Married" by the Marvelous Marvin Sease!!
Congratulations to Sir Charles Jones/Wendell B for reaching the #1 spot!!!!! Tyree Neal, you've done well.
I love southern soul music! Thank you Cathe B for a wonderful countdown and WDLT for a great All Blues Saturday!!
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I'm a southern girl who loves southern soul music. I also love r&b, music from the 60s and 70s, Al Green, Prince, and the list goes on and on. Don't forget my favorites like Johnnie Taylor, Tyrone Davis, T.K. Soul, Willie Clayton, O. B. Buchana, Betty Wright, Denise LaSalle, O. V. Wright, and wow, the list is endless!
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