Eamon,
I was going to mention the track sans vocal thing. The 45 of Double-O-Soul
by Edwin Starr is like that to.
peace,
R. Scott
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From: Eamon Caddigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: SOUL???
> At 08:44 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Davy Love wrote:
> >Paul Secular wrote:
> >
> >> I've never quite understood how you can have a 'soul instrumental'...
> >> I'm sure I've heard the term though..... doesn't the 'soul' refer to
the
> >> singing first and foremost?!
> >>
> >> Wouldn't an instrumental just be 'jazz' or 'blues' or something?
> >
> >You snivelling streak of paralysed piss... OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE
INSTRUMENTAL
> >SOUL!What do you call Green Onions... or Mo' Onions for that matter
> >Paul...???? Reggae?? Prog Rock...??
>
> I...must...agree...with... Oh, hell, I just can't say it. However, it
seems
> intuitively obvious that a song without vocals can still be soulful.
Booker
> T.'s catalogue has been mentioned by several people on the list
> already--Paul, haven't you gotten that tape with "Green Onions" on it yet?
>
> R. Scott also mentioned Cliff Nobles's "The Horse," which brings me to
> another important point. Many soul instrumentals are just soul songs with
> the vocals removed (flip over Nobles's easy to find 45 to hear what I'm
> talking about). The Northern scene is full of rare instrumental tracks
that
> are simply the backing track to a soul song. My favorite at the moment is
> the well-comp'ed "Double Cookin'," by the Checkerboard Squares--although
> I'm afraid I forgot what song it's the backing to. Dee Dee Sharpe's "Let's
> Twine," on the other hand, sounds like her singing along to a slower
> version of "Twine Time" by Alvin Cash and the Crawlers.
>
> There is a long list of easy to find soul instrumentals, but since you
> can't be bothered to buy vinyl, I'll condescendingly suggest a very easy
to
> find Rhino CD compilation--Rock Instrumental Classics: Volume 4, Soul. I
> don't own this one myself, so I can't vouch for the recording quality, but
> I have almost all of the songs, and some are definitely must-haves.
>
> >Instrumental Soul is nothing like "JAZZ" man... "JAZZ" is the sound of
two or
> >three cats in a bag fighting over a lone tender vittle...
>
> Ironically, there's actually a lot of songs that blur the line between
> "instrumental soul" and "jazz." Cal Tjader's "Soul Sauce" found it's way
> into northern venues (supposedly--I wasn't there, after all), and at least
> one northern soul compilation--and Billy Preston seems happy straddling
the
> line. Plenty of jazz, especially of the "Hammond" and/or "dance floor"
> varieties (though I'm no expert), is damn' soulful, and I would be more
> than happy to hear jazz and soul played together while on a dance floor.
>
> Davy, I'm sure you've heard "The Cat" by Jimmy Smith--do you really think
> it sounds like one was used during the song's recording?
>
> -Eamon C.
>
>
