Southern Soul Countdown on WDLT

It's time for the new Southern Soul Countdown, Beverly McDowell's top 10 favorite songs of this week from WDLT 104.1 FM, the greatest station in the Mobile, Alabama, area. They have an awesome "All Blues Saturday" show and the on-air personalities - Nikki deMarks, Stormy, and now Beverly McDowell - are amazing! The new and revised Countdown, which is now done by Beverly McDowell, comes on at 7:00 p.m. CST (8:00 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 and, if you have an Echo, do like I do and simply tell Alexa to play 104.1 WDLT!

(WDLT kind of skipped over #7 and #8 - this new countdown is still a work in progress. SSP)

This week's top 10: 

  1.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  2.  Make Me Wanna Do Wrong - Tucka

  3.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Karen Wolfe

  4.  She Got The Juice - Geno Wesley

  5.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  6.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

  7.  ---

  8.  ---

  9.  Can't Nobody - Audi-Yo featuring Tucka
10.  Mississippi Lit - Chris Ivy

Last week's top 10: 

  1.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  2.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Karen Wolfe

  3.  Make Me Wanna Do Wrong - Tucka

  4.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  5.  Ain't No Way - Willie Clayton

  6.  If You Don't No - Wendell B

  7.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  8.  Dance - Lebrado

  9.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka
10.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

Beverly's Classic Pick of the Week was "Running Out of Lies" by one of my favorite artists, Johnnie Taylor! 

Beverly's number 1 song again this week is "The Boots On Song" by Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham1

Thank you Beverly for a wonderful countdown and WDLT for a great All Blues Saturday!! I love southern soul music!!

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Nelson Curry -" Same Hotel"

Infidelity!  You've probably heard this situation sung a lot of different ways but I love how Nelson Curry tells it. You know the story, both the husband and wife, who each have a sidepiece, are cheating and they all just so happen to be at the same hotel at the same time. And Nelson says that he thought he heard her in the next room! Who can really say anything?  What a mess.

We were at the same hotel at the same old time
You were with your sidepiece and I was with mine
No one ever sees us and nobody don't know
Girl, we were leaving out of separate doors.

You're a liar and I'm a liar, too!
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Karen Wolfe - "What You Gone Do If I Give It to You"

Karen is one of our great soul singers and she always puts on a great show!  In this song, she asks, "what you gone do if I give it to you? What you gone say if I make your day???" Hmm, I don't think he's going to be able to handle all that!

Enjoy Karen's recently released single!

Enjoy!!
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Lomax - "Caught Up"

Have I told you that I LOVE everything Lomax?

I tell you, infidelity can cause a whole lot of pain.  Lomax said that his other woman doesn't want to lose her husband and he doesn't want to lose his wife, but they got caught up and things have gotten out of hand.  I'll say.  Neither one of them thought that things would get that deep nor did they think that their feelings would go so far.  They thought they'd have a one-night stand.  But you know how it happens.  An innocent look may turn into a meaningful look, which turns into a touch, and before you know it, feelings are involved and you're wondering how it all started.

He says that if they don't pump the brakes, slow down a little, cover up some of that dirt, it's going to get to the point that they can't turn back and someone's going to get hurt.

What are we going to do, things have gotten out of hand???
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Katrenia Jefferson - We Will Miss You!!

My condolences go to the family of Katrenia Jefferson who is now one of heaven's angels.

I never got a chance to see her perform but I listened to and loved her music.  We touched base with each other online and I thought she had a good heart and a kind spirit.  She touched so many lives and her passing is sad and hurts.  She left us with her music that will last forever.

Here's a great interview with Katrenia in the Jefferson Blues Magazine:
http://www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/artiklar/379-the-katrenia-jefferson-story

May she rest in peace.

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Lifting Up Prayers for Katrenia Jefferson

Dear Lord, please wrap your loving arms around Katrenia Jefferson and her family.

Southern Soul Paradise

Otis Clay - Three Amazing Songs by an Amazing Man

Was listening to Dr. Nick today (on his Southern Soul Rumpin' Show which comes on at 12 noon EST/11am CST on http://www.wpfwfm.org/radio/) and he played "If I Could Reach Out" by Otis Clay - what a beautiful song.  When I heard the opening bars, I just knew it was going to be an Al Green song.  lol Ok, I was wrong. It was Otis Clay singing a great song with a wonderful message -  if he could reach out and help somebody, help somebody find their way, if he could reach out and help somebody, then he's had a good day. Amen!

I'm always amazed at the new things I learn every day.😊

Here's "If I Could Reach Out."


The main Otis Clay song I remembered was - "Trying To Live My Life Without You."  I loved this song!!


But this is what surprised me the most - I had no idea that one of my favorite gospel songs, "When The Gates Swing Open," was performed by the same Otis Clay.  I LOVE this song and it's been in the playlist on my phone for awhile now!!  You can feel the deep emotion when he sings this.  He says I want to thank you Father for all the things you've done for me!  You've been so good to me! This touches my heart.  I read that before Otis died on January 8, 2016, he would often sing this song from the pulpit in church. Here's a great article on the late Otis Clay: https://southsideweekly.com/when-the-gates-swing-open/.

You can read Otis Clay's bio on his website: http://otisclay.net/biography/.

Someone said that he would sometimes sing at multiple funerals in one Saturday, not just for dear friends but also for complete strangers.  He was the guy who would ease the sorrow of others.

What an amazing man!

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Blues Critic Radio Southern Soul Top 25

One of the things I love about the internet is reading cool websites that specialize in southern soul music.  Have you checked out "Soul Blues Music" with Blues Critic?  They have a wonderful website with a ton of southern soul info such as album reviews, info/bios on all of your favorite artists, videos, a CD store, they stream their own radio program, and there is so much more. They recently held their annual Blues Critic Awards and you need to see who's who and who won in the various categories.  It's awesome!

Go to the Blues Critic website: http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/index.htm!!

As published on their site, here's the Blues Critic Radio Southern Soul Top 25 list for 2/1/2019:

#	Song Title	Artist	Label
1	Blues Heaven	Jaye Hammer	Ecko
2	On That Gin & Juice	Donnie Ray	CDS
3	Duck Tales	Jeter Jones	Jones Boyz
4	I Need A Fix It Man	Pat Cooley	L&L
5	Sneak Creep Freak	Sebastian Southern Soul	self
6	There She Go	Corey Rudolph	CDS
7	Dancing In Da Streets(BDay)	Lady Q & Jeter Jones	Jones Boyz
8	Mistress	Mz. Zeno The Mojo Queen	Blue Lotus
9	Sugaa Daddy	Kami Cole	self
10	Don't Take Your Love Away	Big G	Stone River
11	Every Hour	Crystal Thomas	M.D.
12	Big Train	Tucka	Hit Nation
13	Kitty Kandy	Nelson Curry	self
14	Get It Right Now Featuring Chris Ardoin	Leon Chavis And The Zydeco Flames	Chavis
15	Turn Up	Valerie McKnight	Ecko
16	I Wanna Do You	Vick Allen	Soul 1st
17	Call On Me	Big Daddy E	self
18	You Did It Mama	Big Woo	Big Woo
19	I'm Going Back To The Hole In The Wall	Jim Bennett	Jaben
20	Do Do Do	Johnny Rawls	Third Street Cigar
21	Trucker Hustle	P2K Dadiddy & DJ Trucker	P2K
22	She Can Get Down On It	Lebrado	Lebrado
23	Work It Girl	Ricky White	CDS
24	Good Enough For Me	Stacii Adams	self
25	My Sunshine	Mo' B	Mo' B

Congratulations to Jaye Hammer and "Blues Heaven" for this week's #1 spot:

Many thanks to Soul Music Blues and Blues Critic!!

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Southern Soul Countdown on WDLT

It's time for the new Southern Soul Countdown, Beverly McDowell's top 10 favorite songs of this week from WDLT 104.1 FM, the greatest station in the Mobile, Alabama, area. They have an awesome "All Blues Saturday" show and the on-air personalities - Nikki deMarks, Stormy, and now Beverly McDowell - are amazing! The new and revised Countdown, which is now done by Beverly McDowell, comes on at 7:00 p.m. CST (8:00 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 and, if you have an Echo, do like I do and simply tell Alexa to play 104.1 WDLT!

This week's top 10: 

  1.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  2.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Karen Wolfe

  3.  Make Me Wanna Do Wrong - Tucka

  4.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  5.  Ain't No Way - Willie Clayton

  6.  If You Don't No - Wendell B

  7.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  8.  Dance - Lebrado

  9.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka
10.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

Last week's top 10: 

  1.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

  2.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka

  3.  Dance - Lebrado

  4.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  5.  If You Don't No - Wendell B

  6.  Ain't No Way - Willie Clayton

  7.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Shirley Brown

  8.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  9.  -----
10.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

Beverly's Classic Pick of the Week was "Let Me See You Rock" by the late, great Big Cynthia!!

Beverly's number 1 song this week is "The Boots On Song" by Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham:

Thank you Beverly for a wonderful countdown and WDLT for a great All Blues Saturday!! I love southern soul music!!

XXOOXX
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Southern Soul Countdown on WDLT

It's time for the new Southern Soul Countdown, Beverly McDowell's top 10 favorite songs of this week from WDLT 104.1 FM, the greatest station in the Mobile, Alabama, area. They have an awesome "All Blues Saturday" show and the on-air personalities - Nikki deMarks, Stormy, and now Beverly McDowell - are amazing! The Countdown, which is now done by Beverly McDowell, comes on at 7:00 p.m. CST (8:00 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 and, if you have an Echo, do like I do and simply tell Alexa to play 104.1 WDLT!

This week's top 10: 

  1.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

  2.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka

  3.  Dance - Lebrado

  4.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  5.  If You Don't No - Wendell B

  6.  Ain't No Way - Willie Clayton

  7.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Shirley Brown

  8.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  9.  -----
10.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

Last week's top 10: 

  1.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Karen Wolfe

  2.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  3.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  4.  My First Love - Fat Daddy

  5.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka

  6.  Mississippi Lit - Chris Ivy

  7.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  8.  Where Were You Last Night - Wendell B

  9.  Can't Nobody - Audi-Yo (featuring Tucka)
10.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

This week's #7 song is Shirley Brown's 1995 hit, "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man" which, by the way, is not to be confused with Karen Wolfe's awesome song with the same name.   

The #9 song was skipped.

Beverly's number 1 song this week is "Something 'Bout This Lady" by Xman Parker:

Thank you Beverly for a wonderful countdown and WDLT for a great All Blues Saturday!! I love southern soul music!!

XXOOXX
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Big G - "I Want to Get It On"

Oh, do I love me some Big G!!!!

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All Blues Saturday Countdown on WDLT

It's time for the All Blues Saturday Countdown!  The Countdown is a highlight of the top 10 most requested southern soul music hits of this week from WDLT 104.1 FM, the greatest station in the Mobile, Alabama, area. They have an awesome "All Blues Saturday" show and the on-air personalities - Nikki deMarks, Stormy, and now Beverly McDowell - are amazing! The Countdown, which is now done by Beverly McDowell, comes on at 7:00 p.m. CST (8:00 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 and, if you have an Echo, do like I do and simply tell Alexa to play 104.1 WDLT!

This week's top 10: 

  1.  You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man - Karen Wolfe

  2.  She Got The Juice - Geno

  3.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  4.  My First Love - Fat Daddy

  5.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka

  6.  Mississippi Lit - Chris Ivy

  7.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  8.  Where Were You Last Night - Wendell B

  9.  Can't Nobody - Audi-Yo (featuring Tucka)
10.  Something 'Bout This Lady - Xman Parker (feat Shawt Biggie)

Last week's top 10: 

  1.  Make Me Want To Do Wrong - Tucka

  2.  You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man - Karen Wolfe 

  3.  She's Got The Juice - Geno

  4.  Boots On Song - Big Yayo featuring Omar Cunningham

  5.  Boom Shaka Laka - Rosalyn Candy featuring Tucka

  6.  Mississippi Lit - Chris Ivy

  7.  Fine - Lenny Williams

  8.  Where Were You Last Night - Wendell B

  9.  Can't Nobody - Audi-Yo (featuring Tucka)
10.  -----

The Classic Pick of the Week was "If You Can't Do Me Right" by the late, great Denise Lasalle!!

Congratulations to Karen Wolfe for this week's number 1 hit, "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man!"

Thank you Beverly for a wonderful countdown and WDLT for a great All Blues Saturday!! I love southern soul music!!

XXOOXX
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