Soul (current Southern on labels like Ecko plus old-school and retro)

All good old stuff, but Xchuck and I like some of the bluesy soulful Southern stuff that yes uses synths. Here's a site that covers lables like Ecko:

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/newcds2009.cfm

labels.

No youtubes for Miss Jody's latest. Her Miss Jody's in the House cd is on Spotify. Plenty of Miss Jody line dance videos on Youtube plus some older songs. Will have to post one

Will post some youtubes from others later, I promise

blogger Daddy B. Nice's 2011 finalists in multiple categories

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2011.cfm

another site's finalists

http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/2011BCAwardsVoting.htm

Mel Waiters "When You Get Drunk" has a nice chorus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PpmIa1fNU

Carl Sims "Hell on My Hands" is kinda melodramatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV59UFJaeDM&feature=related

Marlena Shaw from 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_BeN75XgfQ

Xchuckx come back. Tim F. come back. Check out those Southern soul lists above. Tim, I will post the dance one

From Daddy B. Nice's list:

Best Club (Uptempo Dance) Song:

1. Young Folk Love The Blues --- Bigg Robb

2. Get Down --- Charles Wilson

3. Too Much Booty Shakin' Up In Here --- Sir Jonothan Burton

4. Rent Man --- Diedra

5. Make That Monkey Jump --- Grady Champion

6. G-Slide --- Gina Brown

7. Do It With Your Boots On --- Cupid

8. Show You A Good Time --- Bobby Rush

9. Ride It Like A Cowboy (Remix) --- Kenne Wayne

10. Only Time I Get Lonely --- Stephanie Pickett

OMG at every single song on this list!

This is amazing also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9DLM-YLPY&feature=related

Nice...

So many line dances. Here's Gina Brown's G-Slide. It starts with a lesson and then she and dancers do the song and dance routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3jZJwzXnM

Cupid's "Do It With Your Boots On" adds zydeco and Trey Songz style contemporary r'n'b vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cWm6WfD3kE

http://www.sirshambling.com/

comprehensive UK based old-school deep soul site

interview with the guy who does that blog along with some streaming songs

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/interviews/2011/dec/19/soul-man/