NO Soul
01.03.24
A stroll through New Orleans in the 50s, 60s and 70s illuminates the genesis and proliferation of the Crescent City’s own Soul music identity. In contrast to more well known songs that caricature New Orleans around Mardi Gras tourism, this slice aims to paint a more universal picture of artists recounting love, pain, and spiritual communion. Countless dancey oddities and mystical bops of the era mostly failed to reach a national audience despite the scene’s thriving insular world. A closer look, however, reveals global threads of influence that weave a very soulful epoch.
Tracklist:
Allen Toussaint and Fats Domino – Whirlaway
Lee Allen – Cat Walk
Ernie K. Doe – Tain’t It The Truth
Clarence “Frogman” Henry – You Always Hurt The One You Love
Eskew Reeder – I Waited Too Long
Irma Thomas – It’s Raining
Floyd Cramer – Java
Eldridge Holmes – Gone Gone Gone
Chris Kenner – They Took My Money
Willie West – Did You Have Fun
Curly Moore – Get Low Down
Willie West – Greatest Love
Raymond Lewis – Smooth Operator
Aaron Neville – Over You
Zilla Mayes – I Love You Still
The Rubaiyats – Tomorrow
Art Neville – Heartaches
Eldridge Holmes – The Book
Allen Toussaint – Sweet Touch Of Love
The Meters – Wichita Lineman
Allen Toussaint – Fingers and Toes
Browning Bryant – Liverpool Fool
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