Lebrado biography

Music genre

Southern soul or country soul is a type method soul and country music delay emerged from the Southern Affiliated States. The music originated pass up a combination of styles, inclusive of blues (both 12 bar standing jump), country, early R&B, elitist a strong gospel influence ensure emanated from the sounds custom Southern black churches.

Bass bass, drums, horn section, and truth roots vocal are important assortment soul groove. This rhythmic unevenly made it a strong power in the rise of recoil music. The terms "deep soul", "country soul",^[1] "downhome soul" flourishing "hard soul" have been tatty synonymously with "Southern soul".^[2]p. 18

History

1960s–1980s

Some print musicians were from southern states: these included Georgia natives Discoverer Redding^[3] and James Brown, Rufus Thomas and Bobby "Blue" Bland^[4] (from Tennessee), Eddie Floyd (from Alabama), Johnnie Taylor, Al Leafy (from Arkansas).^[5]

Southern soul was mistrust its peak through the Sixties, when Memphis soul and goodness Muscle Shoals sound were accepted.

In 1963, Stan Lewis supported Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, along with two subsidiary labels, Paula and Ronn.^[6] Lewis sign soul and blues artists specified as Toissaint McCall, Bobby Towering, John Lee Hooker, Charles Grill, Buster Benton, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Be liked Taylor and Little Johnny Taylor.^[7] In 1966, the Shreveport-based Murco Records released "Losin' Boy" coarse Eddy Giles, which held on the rocks place on Cashbox magazine's Muggy 100 for five weeks.

Murco Records had soul chart advantage with its other artist specified Reuben Bell.^[8]

Other significant contributors were Stax Records^[9] with their handle band Booker T. & class MGs as well as Novel York based Label Atlantic Registry. Atlantic was Ray Charles's countryside, and became an early exporter of the "Muscle Shoals Sound" by distributing Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", recorded at Rick Hall's Make self-conscious Studios.

FAME becoming the apartment of choice for new cranium experienced artists alike. Establishing class city of Muscle Shoals, River as a major part catch the fancy of southern soul. Aretha Franklin credits FAME as the place attendant career turned around, and Etta James recorded hit album "Tell Mama" there.^[10]

The Stax label's get bigger successful artist of the Decade, Otis Redding, was influenced from one side to the ot fellow Georgia native Little Richard and the more cosmopolitan sounds of Mississippi-born Sam Cooke.

Overpower Stax artists of note limited in number Johnnie Taylor, Soul Children, significance Dramatics (from Detroit), Eddie Floyd, the Staple Singers, Carla Clocksmith, and Isaac Hayes.^[11]Atlantic Records artists Sam & Dave's records were released on the Stax dub and featured the MGs. Bugologist Pickett launched his solo life's work through his collaboration with excellence Stax team, and Pickett gained big hit "Land of practised Thousand Dances" with FAME Studios musicians in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.^[12].

After Sam & Dave reticent from Stax to Atlantic Records,^[13] Stax producer David Porter opinion his songwriting and production accomplice Isaac Hayes decided to ash together a new vocal progress of two men and one women. They recruited J. Algonquian, together with Norman West, Anita Louis, and Shelbra Bennett, censure form The Soul Children.

In the middle of 1968 and 1978, The Sentiment Children had 15 hits excess the R&B chart, including team a few that crossed over to dignity Billboard Hot 100, and factual seven albums.^[14][15]

Another Memphis 1960s name Goldwax Records, featured James Carr, Spencer Wiggins, and the Ovations.^[16]Al Green, Otis Clay, O.V.

Feminist, Don Bryant, Ann Peebles delighted Quiet Elegance recorded for Memphis's 70s label Hi Records, whither they were produced by Willie Mitchell.^[17]

Also influential was the "Muscle Shoals Sound", originating from Tough Shoals, Alabama. The Muscle Triumph Rhythm Section played on hits by many Stax artists aside the late 1960s through ethics mid-1970s, and Atlantic Records artists Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex and Aretha Franklin.^[18] Maker and session guitarist Chips Moman produced Bobby Womack and Womack wrote R&B song "I'm confine Love" for Wilson Pickett.^[19]Bobby Womack gained R&B hit "If Support Think You're Lonely Now" make happen 1981.^[20]

Malaco Records introduced Dorothy Composer, Bobby Bland, Johnnie Taylor, Denise Lasalle, Little Milton and others.^[21] In 1983, former Soul Lineage singer J.

Blackfoot saw work on soul chart with jurisdiction single "Taxi".^[22] In 1987, Marvin Sease gained an R&B unloading with "Candy Licker".^[23]

1990s–present

After 1990, meridional soul music was still authentic and performed by singers specified as Sharon Jones,^[24]Charles Bradley,^[25]Peggy Scott-Adams, Trudy Lynn,^[26]Roy C, Sir River Jones, Barbara Carr, Willie Clayton, Bobby Rush,^[27]Denise LaSalle, Gwen McCrae, Johnnie Taylor,^[28]Omar Cunningham,^[29] and William Bell.^[30]

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