Very good Seventies Southern Soul

With Southern Soul and Soul Blues to sit in this country always something on the fence - there are on the one hand often insanely knowledgeable Northern Soul fans, but apparently interested only for the danceable beats and jazzy numbers of Soul genre, on the other hand the Blue friends in Germany either Blue Rock / Bluespop or 'traditional' (read '40s /' 50s, if not prewar) Blues listen, but Soul rate than blue alien and therefore uninteresting. That could an enthusiastic Southern Soul disciples indeed be a damn, would this general attitude does not adversely affect the re-release of out pressures and the availability of current products.
Among the Southern Soul artists Otis Redding is probably almost every music lover a term, Solomon Burke and Al Green are also known, possibly James Carr, Otis Clay and OV Wright, and then it quickly becomes very, very closely. Of course, the men just mentioned have (with the exception of Clay) set standards that are virtually impossible to achieve, that does not mean that there are not a lot of exciting "second division" are who have taken great music and deserves a much higher profile. There would, for example LATIMORE He's a real good singer -. not outstanding, but his voice is completely black, gritty, and thus more credible In addition, he is a great songwriter, with a real knack for right word choice and great melodies. still. Today it big in the black "Chitlin Circuit" he reached 1974 national notoriety through the biggest hit of his career, the beautiful Soul anthem "Let's Straighten It Out". In this country, largely unknown is this song in the blues clubs of the Deep South and Chicago a All-Time Classic, where you at every step like to meet again. "Let's Straighten It Out" and a further cut of his work for TK / Glades form the material for the present Greatest Hits compilation. Although Latimore took already in the 60s a number of singles Blade / Dade, and was the early 80s to the new millennium with Malaco under contract, but the 70s phase forms undisputed its artistic peak. And great songs, the compilation abound, besides the title song, I would like especially the heartwarming ballad "Dig A Little Deeper", "Somethin 'Bout Cha" and told delicious "There's A Red Neck In The Soul Band" highlight. "Keep The Home Fires Brurning "is nice funky and was later covered by Millie Jackson. On the jazzy title "Snap Your Fingers" and "Stormy Monday", however, I personally would do without quite good, but they were now times in turn halfway successful and willy-nilly belong. Overall, the music is a positive example of Southern Soul of the "Seventies" - partially great song material unaffected sung and produced tasteful, all conveyed with some down home vibe, the extra depth.
This is not a comprehensive retrospective, but a successful overview of the most creative period of a far too unknown "true" Soul Mans recommended. Very!