Joe Anderson -- You And I (long version)

Okay ... here comes another obscure artist with a great song. You And I  was released on Buddah Records in 1975. There is a long and a short version available. I only have the long version -- which is actually real nice to have since that song is simply great. And the longer I can listen the better ...

The Youtube version is the shorter one (3:13)

Enjoy!
LimeLinx

Charles Bradley -- Lovin' You Baby

It was difficult to pick only one track from this fantastic album. Some of the songs are strongly reminiscent of the great James Brown, and I think neither the Menahan Street Band nor Charles Bradley is trying to hide this fact. The album is a monument to true music: horns, drums, guitars, hammond organ ...  And of course it showcases one of the few soulful voices that are left for us hardcore soul fans to admire. 

Yours old Raggedy strongly suggests to get this album; there is not one filler track among the 12 tracks on the album. Daptone has done it again. 

I am posting one of my instant favorites from the CD.

Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band, Lovin' You, Baby (Dunham Records, 2011)

Enjoy!  (Link fixed)

LimeLinx

Bio (Also: In Why Is It So Hard, track 10, Charles Bradley sings about his life experience.) 

Tomorrow's Promise -- You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything

For all those in love

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You'll find the song on this compilation. 

Life Is A Good Thing!

"... Life is a good thing ..." How true that line rings with the news of mass shootings, mass murder, and gang rape for a backdrop.
If we all could stop a moment and reflect on how quick the life we live can be changed -- forever -- through a traumatic event that scars our minds and souls seriously enough to wipe out the happiness from our lives.
None of the victims and their loved ones -- I'm quite sure of it -- did ever imagine to be touched by these tragedies. And yet, it happened to them. It scares me to think that we all are so vulnerable and completely exposed to the whims of the evil in human disguise.

So, let's life be a good thing -- at least as long as we are in the driver's seat ourselves.

A good advice: Alexander Patton -- Make The Best Of What You Got

Don't forget that you would not know how good the sweet tastes, if you didn't know how bad the bitter tastes. The Bitterness of Life -- Bruce Ruffin.

Teddy Pendergrass wraps it up with Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Soft, Creamy, Velvety ...

Okay ladies and gentlemen. Here's a new challenge for you (just in case you lack everyday challenges). I was getting a much wanted, much yearned for, much appreciated album today from G-Man. An event that made my day. I'm talking about Joe Simon's 1981 album Glad You Came My Way, and while I was literally soaking in the sound of Joe's adorable voice, I thought I could start a new event. Kind of the Love Fest we just had a while ago.
This time I would like to ask you to send in songs, video clips or links to material by your favorite soft, creamy, velvety-voiced singer. If you can find a female singer with such a voice -- please, please let me know. There's really none I could think of at the moment.

Here's the title track of the album, Glad You Came My Way. Close your eyes, lean back and enjoy Joe Simon dishing up the cream.

Magnolia is a song by Joe Simon I haven't heard before. I loved it at first sight/listen.