08/10/2014 Soulful Sunday

  Sam Moore and Dave Prater represent the true meaning of Soulful Sunday ..

So please please please, “Hold On I’m Comin“, Stax had so many great artist here is just a touch of SAM & DAVE.. not only did they help drive the Memphis sound and STAX they brought that Southern Soul all over America till the popularity made them international stars )O( ENJOY this several song upload of STAX sounds and listen understand what was going on in the political arena and how SOUL MUSIC helped advance the movement.. Voice of Memphis Music… Tall Cotton Productions ..I am posting almost an hour of some mighty fine R&B Soul for you to listen to as for the next few weeks till the start of September we will be posting,“TALL COTTON PRODUCTIONS in NEW YORK”,… Skip advertisement in beginning of each cut SORRY Sam Moore and Dave Prater both experienced gospel music singers, having performed individually with groups the Sensational Hummingbirds and The Melionaires. They met in The King of Hearts Club in Miami in 1961, where they were discovered by regional producer Henry Stone, who signed them to Roulette Records. After modest success at Roulette,they were signed by Jerry Wexler to Atlantic Records in 1964, then being ‘loaned‘ out to Stax Records to produce, record and release their records.

The duo’s November 1965 single, “You Don’t Know Like I Know,” started a series of ten straight top twenty Billboard R&B hits that included “Hold On! I’m Comin’” (1966), “You Got Me Hummin’” (1966), “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967), “Soul Man” (1967), and “I Thank You” (1968). Most of their hits were penned by Isaac Hayes and Dave Porter. In most recordings, they were also backed by Hayes on piano with Booker T and the MGs and The Memphis Horns. The ending of their association with the Stax record label and their frequently volatile relationship contributed to their first break-up in 1970.

Sam & Dave performed throughout most of the 1970s through 1981, and enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity due to The Blues Brother’s 1979 recording of “Soul Man“. Their last performance together was on December 31, 1981, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. On 9 April 1988, Prater died in a car crash in Sycamore, Georgia.

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08/08/2014 Blues Friday

 “Blues You Can’t Lose” Mr. Willie Dixon

 Blues Friday just a thank you to everyone who enjoys our Blues Friday and Soulful Sunday. This week will be the last week of Blues Friday and Soulful Sunday till the Beginning of September. Due to Production Projects travel and video shoots we just are not going to have the time I am going to miss these great Music Blogs as much if not more than you.. I will be blogging about the Studio and the progress that TALL COTTON PRODUCTIONS is making as we move forward Blues Friday today we are going to talk about the professional sound of the Blues Mr. Willie Dixon.. Voice of Memphis Music.. Cotton Row Music Records.. & Tall Cotton Productions “Blues you can’t Lose” Willie was one of the professional Blues musicians who helped make the transitions from Delta Chicago Blues to the money making songwriting Blues musician. Enjoy this as it is one of the first as he started that movement )O( .Rock & Roll hall of Fame,Tall Cotton Productions, Voice of Memphis Music, Cotton Row Music & Records, Blsfilm LLC, br toad & Barry Shankman

Tall Cotton Productions 08/03/2014 Soulful Sunday

 Bringing you that Memphis, Austin, Muscle shoals Soul sound.. Voice of Memphis Music “MAR-KEYS” Wayne Jackson’s first day in the studio all Cotton Productions

Released on London but definitely the Memphis Sound cut at Stax..in 1961.. this was Wayne Jackson’s first day in the studio and from this came a huge Southern Soul hit “Last Night“.. Soul Sunday bringing the sound of the south to all of us who grew up enjoying the boiling B3 the hard hitting snare great horns Steve ‘s Guitar work and more.. Stay tuned as Tall Cotton Productions start to delve into the origins of Memphis Soul as we start off with the beginning of the sound and move into undiscovered NEW artist Not only will we be offering American Roots Blues Jazz and historical based music we will be moving towards the new Memphis Austin Soul.. close your eyes and remember sitting behind the wheel with your date on a Saturday Night.. Thanks to Wikipedia, Google, Tracy’s website, & )o( br toad Voice of Memphis Music & Tall Cotton Productions, Br toad, blsfilm llc.. Barry Shankman*)O(*