If SOTW did a rhythm and blues compilation...

[Adam Blake]

Sorry Rob, I didn't mean to give that impression. I thought it was quite funny. The thought of opening THAT particular can of worms. Elsewhere on the forum Dayna is wondering if that particular record could be considered funk which makes me wonder if the labelling of records as this, that or the other is a peculiarly British male thing.

Back to the matter in hand, though. We haven't got many, if any, killer instrumentals in there. How about "Storm Warning" by Mac Rebennack? Or are we getting too New Orleans heavy?

[Dayna]

We already did a thread on when Rock became Pop music anyway, I guess. Doo Wop is easier for me, since there's a show on tonight about it.

[will vine]

We haven't got many, if any, killer instrumentals in there. How about "Storm Warning" by Mac Rebennack?

my vote

Driving Sideways...........Freddie King ....dig the handclaps

[Gordon Neill]

Another one that I'm ashamed I forgot to include in my initial list (but even greater shame on Ace for not including on any of their compilations):

'The Girl That Radiates That Charm' Arthur Alexander. One of his first singles, in fact it might have been the b-side of Sally Sue Brown, it has a naggingly infectious riff going on throughout. I think Norm rates this as well. I'm happy to have it as R&B rather than Soul. Either way, file under Perfect.

And, sentiment aside, another long-standing favourite which surely needs wider exposure:

'Don't Be Angry' Nappy Brown

[Jamie Renton]

'The Girl That Radiates That Charm' Arthur Alexander.

Wotta tune!!

How about "If You Love Me Like You Say" by Clydie King? (on the edges of RnB & 60s soul)

[NormanD]

Deed I do rate that one, Gordon. Though my current preference would be his deep soul "In The Middle Of It All", which is really moody. How about "You Need A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues" (possibly with a ?) as a title for this comp?

[Rob Hall]

Perilously close to Charlie's own compilation title "And I Need A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" I'd have thought. But maybe that's the idea?

[NormanD]

No, you're right, Rob. I'd forgotten about that one.

Back to the drawing board.

[Rob Hall]

We haven't got many, if any, killer instrumentals in there. How about "Storm Warning" by Mac Rebennack?

my vote

Driving Sideways...........Freddie King ....dig the handclaps

One instrumental that we really ought to include in deference to Charlie, is Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk".

(Edit: I learn from Wikipedia that it sold 4 million copies, so maybe it's insufficiently obscure...)

[Jamie Renton]

One instrumental that we really ought to include in deference to Charlie, is Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk".

(Edit: I learn from Wikipedia that it sold 4 million copies, so maybe it's insufficiently obscure...)

How about James Brown's cover version then or would that be too funky for inclusion?

(Damn these rigerous criteria)

[Rob Hall]

One instrumental that we really ought to include in deference to Charlie, is Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk".

(Edit: I learn from Wikipedia that it sold 4 million copies, so maybe it's insufficiently obscure...)

How about James Brown's cover version then or would that be too funky for inclusion?

(Damn these rigerous criteria)

That's actually one of my all-time favourite tracks. Unfortunately, I suspect it will have to wait for SoTW all-time funkiest of the funky compilation, as there's no way it sounds like it was recorded in the 50s and JB is/was most definitely a big hitter. But then again, Gordon might look kindly on Bill Doggett's indiscretion in selling so many copies of "Honky Tonk" - he can consider this an appeal for clemency.

[Jamie Renton]

I suppose there's little point in my mentioning JB's funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks version of "Kansas City" then (beyond the fact that it offers me the opportunity to use the phrase "funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks")

No? ... thought not.

[Gordon Neill]

Right, I'm just getting my second wind after sprinting through a few top-of-the-head favourites. Now that I've slowed down, I've remembered these other gems:

Sugar Coated Love Lazy Lester
Wild Cherry Leroy Washington
You Don’t Want Me No More Big Mike Gordon
Sugar Bee Cleveland Crochet (OK, starting to wander into Cajun/Swamp Pop territory but it does have a rough R&B feel to it and, hey, I can make the rules up as I go along).
Watch Your Step Bobby Parker (the source for the Beatles' I Feel Fine riff).

And this thread is beginning to pay dividends for me. I've managed to hear a few of the suggestions made by other Forumistas (or Gillettantes, to use Ian's phrase). I've no idea how I managed to go all these years without hearing Archibald's brilliantly boisterous 'Great Blue Eyes'. And not far behind there's Wynonie Harris's 'Destination Love'. Oh, and Bunker Hill's 'Hide and Go Seek' (which I now realise that I had on a compilation, but had never noticed before - how?).

[Adam Blake]

I suppose there's little point in my mentioning JB's funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks version of "Kansas City" then (beyond the fact that it offers me the opportunity to use the phrase "funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks")

Which one, Jamie, which one? The JB re-make from '75 is one of my all-time favourites. I still teach that F to Bb vamp to my hapless students at every opportunity. It's got such a perfect push.

Another one for the comp: "I Can't Stand It" by The Soul Sisters

[Jamie Renton]

I suppose there's little point in my mentioning JB's funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks version of "Kansas City" then (beyond the fact that it offers me the opportunity to use the phrase "funkier-than-a-sack-full-of-skunks")

Which one, Jamie, which one? The JB re-make from '75 is one of my all-time favourites. I still teach that F to Bb vamp to my hapless students at every opportunity. It's got such a perfect push.

That's the one! The one where he says something like "We've got a lot of the old guys back with us" then introduces the band, shouts "CAN I GET THE BLUES!" & launchs into the song.

Glad to hear you're providing today's young people with the education they need Adam.