Saturday, November 30, 2024

Ring Telephone Ring

Great voice and highly skilled left handed guitarist. Lovely warm stage persona . Very under rated. This is from a cd I have. Still active today in her 80s. Lives in Beaumont Texas , she just gets on a Greyhound with her Strato and goes off to meet like minded musicians!

THE RITCHIE FAMILY - "LIFE IS MUSIC" (1977)

The Ritchie Family again with their beautiful harmonies.

Steamroller

Merry Clayton again with a Blues/ Soul classic.

Southern Man

Merry Clayton was born in 1948 in New Orleans and is a Baptist, the daughter of a minister in that church. She is a Gospel and Soul singer and has worked with many big name artists She is most well known for her collaboration with the Rolling Stones and the song Gimme Shelter which they invited her to do. She was married to Jazz artist Curtis Amy from 1970 until his death in 2002 and they had one son who is a musician. She is still active today despite having a bad car accide… See more

Love Makes A Woman

Here's another great track from Esther's 1979 album. As a bonus to her vocals is a backing which is a veritable wall of sound!

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Monday, November 25, 2024

Julieta Venegas - Mírame Bien @ MTV Unplugged

This is Julieta Venegas ( Percevault ) born in 1970, a Mexican singer songwriter, producer and instrumentalist with mastery over 17 instruments includingacoustic guitar,accordion and keyboard. She stated with the SKA band Tijuana No! when she lived in that city. Her awards include 8 Latin Grammys, 7MTV, 7 Broadcast Music and more than 100 others. She is one incredibly creative person! She has a twin sister, which is why I thought I was seeing double here!

Monday, November 4, 2024

GLORIA JONES - IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN

This was a big hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips but here it is sung by the Co writer who brought this out first, Gloria Jones, who was also first out with Tainted Love. Very classy production I think.

Keep The Customers Satisfied ~ Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt was born in Philadelphia in 1946 and raised by three strong women, hr mother Inez a librarian, her aunt Thelma , a glamorous Cat...