SCROOGES MONEY BIN…
by C-Town on November 24th, 2008
MR. JACKYL & DR. HYDE…
by C-Town on November 18th, 2008
GOT PURP?
by C-Town on November 10th, 2008
That artists’ hits chopped and screwed.
CITY CLASSICS: THE DAWG REVAMPED…
by C-Town on October 29th, 2008
CHOCOLATE FACTORY..
by C-Town on October 15th, 2008
Courtesy of Fluff Daddy.
GROWN FOLKS MUSIC…
by C-Town on October 13th, 2008
LIVE:
THE OLDIES STATION…
by C-Town on October 13th, 2008
MEDICINAL PURPOSES…
by C-Town on October 12th, 2008
Come On Let’s Ride:
FREQUENT FLYER…
by C-Town on October 4th, 2008
OLD DAWG, NEW TRICKS..
by C-Town on September 18th, 2008
WOODEN AXE…
by C-Town on September 15th, 2008
Playing live in the Parisian subway:
THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER…
by C-Town on August 24th, 2008
CITY CLASSICS: THE FINAL COMEDOWN SOUNDTRACK…GRANT GREEN
by C-Town on August 15th, 2008
TURBO CITY SALUTE: ISAAC HAYES
by C-Town on August 12th, 2008
Raised in and around Memphis, Hayes signed on as a sessionman at Stax Records in 1964. His first session was for The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (released on Volt Records, a Stax subsidiary). He and lyricist David Porter became a formidable songwriting team at Stax. Hayes and Porter bonded with the soul duo Sam and Dave, writing and producing a run of hits that included “Hold On, I’m Coming,” “Soul Man” and “I Thank You.” They also wrote “B-A-B-Y” for Carla Thomas and hits for the Emotions, the Soul Children, Mable John and Lou Rawls. As a keyboardist and producer, Hayes was an important element in the Stax/Volt sound. All the while, he was itching to sing and hearing a different sound in his head. “I wanted to sing pop music, easy listening, but Memphis was stone R&B,” he told Rolling Stone in 1970. (more…)
MAKE ME WANT MORE…
by C-Town on July 30th, 2008
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