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RE: Jimmy Fallon Trashes Billy "Soul" Bonds on The Tonight Show


Daddy B Nice,

I don't know if you have seen this video on YouTube but I wanted to bring your attention to it.

Jimmy Fallon has a regular segment on "The Tonight Show" called "Do Not Play" in which he plays songs that are way out there in left field (totally awful songs) as part of the comedy bit.

There is a clip on YouTube from the "Do Not Play' from April 30th, 2018 in which he features several songs which I agree are just plain bad. The first song he plays, though, is "Here, Kitty Kitty" by Billy "Soul" Bonds. I can't believe that he would have lumped that song with the other songs he played. I have heard "Kitty Kitty' many times before and I think to put that song on the "Do Not Play' segment was just plain wrong.

I have posted a reply to that video with a shout out to Mr. Bonds.

If you want to see the video, this is the link:

Listen to Jimmy Fallon discussing "Scat Cat Here Kitty Kitty" on The Tonight Show.

Or, you can just search for
Do Not Play: "Here Kitty, Kitty!", "Wawa Hoagies" on You Tube. Yep, one of the other songs featured is a song about going to WaWa (gas station) to get a hoagie.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Christina

Daddy B. Nice replies:

No, Christina, I had not seen or heard about this, and I thank you for calling it to my attention. Is this the same Jimmy Fallon who just last year, or the year before, excited southern soul fans when he featured Nellie "Tiger" Travis singing "Slap Yo Weave Off"? The clip on "Scat Cat Here Kitty Kitty" is truly embarrassing. Not to Billy "Soul" Bonds. To Fallon and his two black "yes-men" sidekicks. Why, you can see Fallon stirring to the beat and the tune with subtle, white-man-style head-weaving even as he snickers at the lyrics!

I hope that no one in the South takes this clueless national sarcasm as "gospel," because southern soul music--and Billy "Soul" Bonds "Scat Cat Kitty Kitty" in particular--inhabits a sphere of musical artistry and lyrical delicacy way beyond the comprehension of these snide, back-biting, pretentious and arrogant know-nothings. And I'll tell you something else from a long life lived. Impeccable, revolutionary records like Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" and The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" faced scathing criticism in their day from smart asses like Fallon and his show-writers. And one of the first TV talk-show hosts, Steve Allen, thought it was funny to embarrass Elvis Presley by making him sing "Hound Dog" onstage with a live dog--truly the fifties' equivalent of Jimmy Fallon undermining "Scat Cat". That puts Billy in superb company.

This travesty reminded me of another incident from the southern soul past. When The Love Doctor put out his amazing breakthrough hit, "Slow Roll It," a reworking of The Staples Singers "Do It Again" written and co-sung by an unknown Charles Jones, All Music Guide trashed it and The Love Doctor in words that couldn't have been more hurtful.

Typically, even The Doctor Of Love was misunderstood by the mainstream. Here's an excerpt from All Music Guide's contemptuous 2001 review:

"There's bad bad, and then there's just sad bad, and Doctor of Love unfortunately falls into the latter category. . . Nearly every single thing about this album borders on laughable, from the cliche-ridden grooves and outdated production style to the sound itself."

(See Daddy B. Nice's Original Artist Guide to The Love Doctor.)

The reviewer/biographer couldn't have been more mistaken, missing the whole point of the Love Doctor's sound--its immediacy--which wafted through the chitlin' circuit like a fresh breeze. I notice that review has been taken down in favor of a much less hostile, if meager, biography, which only goes to show that, given time, even "the haters" can come around.

--Daddy B. Nice

P.S. I did not see your comment in the "comments" list, but I saw at least two other notices defending "Scat Cat Here Kitty Kitty". I think southern soul fans should inundate the page with pro-Billy Bonds feedback.

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RE: El Willie's "I Just Dodged A Bullet" & Daddy B. Nice's News & Notes April 16, 2018

I Got It Late, But I Think I Got It ..

Mr. B,

I Got It Late But, I Think I Got It .. I also read your article about people wanting you to change your front page format, and I just laughed at your response .. because it reminded me of the exact same thing i told you when you said my style was too laid back, and in my stubbornness I refuse to change ,,but I told you the same thing for the same reason that you,, Stubbly Refuse to change.. that was hilarious to me ...i guess we have more in common that you thought. you figga dill me ? LMAO !!!!!!!!!!! Sometime you just have to hold on and stay true to yourself and that way people can really know who you are and than eventually they may just come around and be able to appreciate just what you bring to the table.....your flavor ,, your style ,, and most of all,, your differences,..because we are all different, and at the same time we are all one of the same.and remember , Variety,, is the spice of life... Peace

El' Willie

Listen to El' Willie singing "I Just Dodged A Bullet" on YouTube.

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Another Ill-Advised Publicist's Letter:

RE: SOUTHERN SOUL PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER HIGHWAY HEAVY

I hope this correspondence finds you doing well! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as well as my clients. I have periodically looked at the list of southern soul "BEST" per your site and wanted to share some of my clients work with you. I am a sports and entertainment publicist representing Louisiana native Highway Heavy and his record label Pinky Ring Music. Heavy is the producer and songwriter behind some of the hottest southern soul songs out however most don't know him or his work. That's why I stepped in to assist him in building his brand. He wrote and produced "My Side Piece" performed by Pokey Bear,..."Three" performed by Coldrank, "Don't Blame It On Jody" and "Pregnant Again" performed by Adrian Bagher, "Bring It On Home" performed by Tyree Neal, "Take Care of You" performed by Adrian Bagher and Coldrank, "Ghetto Man" performed by Tyree Neal and Adrian Bagher and so much more. Looking for "out-of-left field" check out his work with Johnny James! I invite you to visit the links provided below and enjoy the iconic sound of Highway Heavy and Pinky Ring Music.

Listen to Highway Heavy Pinky Ring Music on YouTube.

Listen to Tyree Neal and Adrian Bagher singing "Ghetto Man" on YouTube.

Listen to Cold Drank and Adrian Bagher singing "I'll Take Care Of You" on YouTube.

Listen to Johnny James singing "Sweet JJ" on YouTube.

You find more information about Highway Heavy and Pinky Ring Music on Instagram @highwayheavy and @pinkyringmusic.

Thanks for taking the time to learn more about this unsung legend in the southern soul music sector. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance!

Best regards,

LaToya M. Williams, M.Ed & M.P.A.
Celebrity Lifestyle Manager * Public Relations & Branding Consultant * Writer & Editor
"The DIFFERENCE In Your Brand"

Daddy B. Nice replies:

If you really knew how to do your job as a publicist, Latoya, you’d know that your Daddy B. Nice broke Highway Heavy to the southern soul audience way back in 2015, and has constantly given him “props”. So you’re “introducing” me to him? You’re telling me he wrote Pokey’s “Sidepiece”? I’ve been reporting that for years. Heavy’s one of the few people I’ve talked to on the phone. Southern soul insiders will tell you that happens about as often as a total eclipse--I haven’t even talked to Beat Flippa. But that shows you just how curious I was about the guy. Charles (Heavy's name is Charles Lewis) told me all about “pinky ring” music a couple of years ago. It means the kind of music that brings in the money to buy those “pinky rings”.

You say you’ve gone to my “Best” pages? If you were doing your “effing” job, you’d be watching the Top Ten Singles every month, and every time I featured Johnny James or Adrian Bagher or Tyree Neal or Cold Drank on a Heavy track, you’d be sending that commentary out over the southern soul media, doing your client some good, NOT sending out a stupid form letter that condescends to the very person you’re trying to influence.

Oh, shoot! This happens all the time. I recently got a letter (which I didn’t reply to) from Krishunda Echols “introducing” herself to me even though I'd been writing about her for five years, even though she palmed my hand as I was late-arriving past the stage apron where she was performing in Kosciusko one night, and even though I'd talked with her brother L.J. earlier that day, and even though I introduced her to southern soul fans back in 2013, and even though I was the one who pushed “Mad Dog 20-20” from the very beginning, and even though I have compared her to Jackie Neal, and have written her up on numerous occasions-—one a southern soul concert in Jackson with, among others, Peggy Scott-Adams, in which I spoke of Krishunda in words that made her, not Peggy, the royalty of the venue. And yet, in Krishunda's letter she cluelessly "introduced me" to--you guessed it--“Mad Dog 20-20”.

I’m publishing your letter, Latoya-—something I seldom do for publicists-—not because I want to scold but because I do want to support and further Highway Heavy's career. Your letter will appear in Daddy B. Nice’s Mailbag, another page on the site you should become familiar with, giving Heavy even more publicity. Producers like Heavy, who are willing to push the envelope, are so hard to find. He has a nose for a good hook, and he knows what to do with it. And who else among all these timid and aging southern soul stars and producers is going to record a song like “Sweet Dick Johnny”?

Oh, well, I'm through "venting". Everyone’s in his or her own little world. Only my little world is southern soul, and you’d better know what you’re talking about if you want to “introduce” me to an artist. Am I angry? Yes, I do get annoyed with inefficiency. You’ve got to take it to the next level as a publicist. Go to “Heavy” (not to mention Adrian Bagher, Cold Drank, Johnny James, etc.) in Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index. Start researching the complimentary features and citations and blurbs I’ve published on Heavy over the last three years. Get them out there on social media, which I don't do, and really help your client. And do your penance. I’m out of here.

Daddy B. Nice

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Quick Hits...3 Letters

Magazine?

Daddy B Nice

Where can I can a magazine with all these great artist in!!!! IF THAT SUCH A THING EXIST

Trace

Pictured: Lynn White

Daddy B. Nice replies:

As a lifelong writer/journalist/editor and reader who loves the tactile pleasure of paper, I can tell you what you probably already know. Print magazines and newspapers are dying from a horrific, plague-like illness called the Web. Daddy B. Nice's Southern Soul IS your magazine for southern soul.

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Thank you

Daddy B. Nice

I Thank you for being a blessing to my life and all the work you do for Southern Soul music. If you need my help please contact me at 386----------. Please post my show in your concert calendar

Maurice

Pictured: The Love Doctor (who's on the bill)

Daddy B. Nice notes:

The flyer is for a July 7, 2018 show at the Breakroom Sports Bar in Natchez, Mississipi featuring The Love Doctor, Ricky White and more.

See Daddy B. Nice's Concert Calendar

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Stations/Downloads

Hello DaddyBNice

Pictured: Karen Wolfe

I've been going to this site for awhile and love it. I normally get the artist and song and see if it is listed in emusic so I can by it. A lot of the times it is not listed and then I have to go elsewhere. I was wondering if you have a place where people can go to and find these Southern Soul artist and download there album/song possibly at a discount like emusic?

Also, I am here in Little Rock, Arkansas and was wondering if you knew of a radio station that I could get to so I can possibly hear some Southern Soul. I was raised in Calif. and go there often, my brother states that a lot of my music they don't even hear till I come there because, most of my music be from Southern Soul.

Thank You,
Don

Pictured: Adrena

Daddy B. Nice replies:

On the first question--where to buy southern soul music at competitive prices--you can always try Daddy B. Nice's Bargain-Priced CD Store, where I try to find the best values for southern soul CD's and mp3's. And don't forget the many "links" within the song commentaries and CD reviews and artist guides.

On the second question--where to tune into southern soul radio from Little Rock, Arkansas--I can't say I'm an expert. In general, try to listen in the night-time hours or weekends to stations in Memphis, Shreveport, Texarkana, and El Dorado (the closest southern soul hubs around Little Rock). If you can pull in stations all the way from Mississippi or Louisiana, you're doing even better.

Don't forget the Internet and online stations like WMPR in Jackson, Mississippi. (See Daddy B. Nice's Links.) And also, all the great southern soul mix-tapes being put together by online deejays and posted on YouTube, many quite up-to-the-minute in terms of new releases--in other words, fulfilling the function of traditional radio stations and without the commercials.

Daddy B. Nice

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Looking For A Song Letter

Daddy--

My wife and I want to know a song we heard years ago. We don't know the title or artist. "I ask her if there's any food / she said not for you / and….My lover… "She treats me like a stranger". Can't find anything online. Can you help?

Ray

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Oh, that's a great song, if you're talking about "My Lover (She Treats Me Like A Stranger)" by John Haley, aka Nine-Pound John Haley. Check out a poor copy of the song on YouTube.

Listen to John Haley singing "My Lover, She Treats Me Like A Stranger".

Ray replies:

That's it! That is it! Do you know where I could score an mp3?

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Sorry, no. The song came out on Knock On Wood Records, a small Jackson, Mississippi label. You can find more on John Haley in the Comprehensive Index, where there are mostly links to a better-known song of his (and cover of Joe Tex and James Payne) called "I Wanna Bump." If you're really intent on tracking down the single, you might try inquiring at WMPR's office in south Jackson.

Ray replies:

All right. Thanks!

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Thank You Letter

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I have been coming to your site for many years, and I want to thank you for all the work you do for southern black artists. Your honest and exacting reviews “raise all boats,” to use an expression you recently used for Pokey. What I wanted to say in particular is I used to enter on your home page with the description of southern soul music, then I went through a period going to my favorite artist (David Brinston) page for a few years, and then the Corner pages But now I go to the Concert Calendar. It’s got to be the single most valuable page of information in the genre, a true picture of what’s going on and so much appreciated! May the Lord give you the energy and good health to keep it going!

Black Lilly

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thanks so much for the letter. I do want to point out that there is one feature in the Home Page that DOES change, and your letter made me fear a lot of other readers bypass it. That’s the 5 Featured Artists in the right-hand column, which changes monthly. It highlights the artist pages I’ve updated each month for various reasons—new artist profiles, chart-movement, new album releases, important new CD’s reviewed, obituaries , appreciations, and so on. Check out the story your letter prompted on Daddy B. Nice’s Corner: News & Notes, "Internal Affairs," 4-16-18.

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RE: Buying Bishop Bullwinkle CD?

Daddy B Nice

Where can I purchase Bishop Bullwinkle cd or any of the southern soul artist cd?

Thanks
Nina

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Despite his fame, Bishop Bullwinkle hasn't recorded a CD. Fans have been limited to YouTube postings. Recently, however, the Bishop has put "Hell Naw To The Naw Naw" and a couple of other tunes on Spotify. You can also stream or buy mp3's of "Hell Naw To The Naw Naw" on Amazon Prime and Google Play.

As for southern soul artist CD's in general, go to individual artist guides via Daddy B. Nice's Index To Artists or go directly to Daddy B. Nice's Lowest-Priced Southern Soul CD's.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Bishop Bullwinkle.

P.S. David Whiteis has reminded me that Bishop Bullwinkle has sold a "home"-recorded CD at his concert appearances. That may still be a viable option. DBN.

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RE: Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" Takes Over #1 Spot From Johnnie Taylor's "Soul Heaven"!

Hi Daddy B Nice,

...following on from your Sho Wasn't Me article you may like to know that Blues & Rhythm magazine has run some articles on the female backing singers at Malaco i.e. Thomisene Anderson, Dorothy Moore, Jewel Bass, Katherine Henderson along with articles on Mike Russell and Harrison Calloway.

We can advise in what issues the features appeared should anyone be interested.

(Go to) Blues & Rhythm Magazine.

Keep up the great work you are doing for southern soul/ blues music.

Mike Stephenson

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thanks, Mike, I'll post your link.

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Readers can also discover more about the back-up singers--credited and uncredited--from the recording session of "Sho' Wasn't Me" in the "Tidbits" section of the Ronnie Lovejoy Artist Guide.

Read the story: Daddy B. Nice's Corner, March 18, 2018: Major Shake-Up! Top Of The Charts! Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" Takes Over #1 Spot From Johnnie Taylor's "Soul Heaven"!

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More....RE: "Why I Don't Want To Spell Cold Drank "Coldrank"

Hooo-eeeeeeee! that was funny... don't want no "rank" artists round here neither! Stay loose yourself Daddy!

Reggie

See Random Notes, February 17, 2018: "Why I Don't Want To Spell Cold Drank "Coldrank" on Daddy B. Nice's Corner.

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Looking For A Song: David J's "I Wanna Party"

Hi Daddy B,

I am looking for a song by David J called I Wanna Party. I have searched high and low and cannot find this song anywhere. Can you tell me where I can find it?

Thanks,
Kevin

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Sorry for the delay, Kevin. I put your question to David J's promoter, who sent me the song in March of 2014. It charted here in April of that year, largely on the basis of its masterful reworking of Eddie Holloway's vintage sound. The promoter has quit working with David J but forwarded your question to his current promoter, who still hasn't responded, so I've hit a dead end. It's a shame when a talented artist puts out a good single and doesn't follow up with selling it, and then adds insult to injury by taking down the only YouTube link. I've heard from David J only once since then: a single by Geno Wesley & David called "Super Woman" which arrived in March of 2017, but that song came courtesy of Geno Wesley. If anybody contacts me with new information about "I Wanna Party," I'll let you know.

Daddy B. Nice

Kevin replies:

Daddy B. Nice,

Thanks for responding, I really appreciate you checking into that for me.

Best regards,
Kevin

Listen to David J. singing "I Wanna Party" on SoundCloud.

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RE: "Why I Don't Want To Spell Cold Drank "Coldrank"..."Little Fallay"/"Uncle Fallay" etc. ...

. . . And to make matters worse, Mr. Sam's real name is Sam Fallie! Meanwhile, Karen Wolfe goes by the nickname "Pokey" to her friends; and of course you've referenced the "Mys. Niki"/"Ms. Nickki" conundrum (actually, I believe Nickki -- Nicole Whitlock, out of Memphis -- had that one first). There are several "Countesses" and "Duchesses" around, and if I'm not mistaken there are at least two "Portias". For that matter, in Chicago we have two "Super Percys"!

I only hope no one starts confusing Cold Drank with veteran roots- bluesman/songster Drink Small . . .

DGW

Daddy B. Nice had written: "He's no longer Lil' Fallay. He's Chris Andrus. Uncle Fallay. A whole different artist!"

See Daddy B. Nice's Corner, February 17, 2018: Random Notes: "Why I Don't Want To Spell Cold Drank "Coldrank".

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RE: "Mississippi Boy": Will T. responds!

Its me will t just like to let u know I am happy to get started on the right track now Floyd said he sent u a email of the new single the real Mississippi boy Will T i get credit for this on I am happy to announce this is a good song for southern soul and blues I think I smell another hit I will be working on an album soon with Floyd this summer thank u for putting it out there about Mississippi boy and me being associated with the song u are the best my friend enjoy life and stay blessed

Will T.

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RE: "Mississippi Boy" Controversy: New Single Alert!


Hi Daddy B

This is Floyd, I see they still talking about Mississippi boy, so I thought id throw something in the pot.

I caught up with Will T and got a song out of him

give it a listen please.

Peace

(Floyd Hamberlin)

Attached: "The Real Mississippi Boy" by Will T. featuring Billy Branc

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Terrific, Floyd. Watch top ten singles next month (March).

Floyd Hamberlin replies:

Ok thanks.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

If you can get it on YouTube, that’d be great. I can link and readers can listen.

Floyd Hamberlin replies:

I will have it done by Monday.

Daddy B. Nice notes:

And that's the way it often happens behind the scenes. One of the legendary writer/producers in southern soul music (Nellie "Tiger" Travis's "If I Back It Up," Artie "Blues Boy" White's "I Can't Afford To Be Broke," etc.), Floyd Hamberlin composed and produced the original "Mississippi Boy" sung by Will T., later recorded by Charles Wilson and still later covered by Denise LaSalle and Sir Charles Jones among others. Scroll down this column to read more on "Mississippi Boy" and its complicated and still unfolding history.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Will T and "Mississippi Boy".

See the many references, citations and awards given to Floyd Hamberlin in Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index.

See Floyd Hamberlin's award for BEST SONGWRITER: 2017.

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Looking For A Song Answers

Ashley had written (see below):

... all I remember is “I wanna slow dance with you” “baby I want to slow dance” something like those words.

DJ Sir Rockinghood replies:

The song Ashley looking for sounds like R. Kelly "Slow Dance". If she could provide more of the lyrics I'll confirm it. She says she has a little of the song recorded. Please provide more lyrics.

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Of course! I forgot that southern soul co-exists with urban r&b in many places, and I forgot about R. Kelly's southern soul. Thanks, DJ Sir Rockinghood. Is this it, Ashley?

Listen to R. Kelly singing "Slow Dance" on YouTube.

Daddy B. Nice notes:

DJ Sir Rockinghood is an accomplished YouTube mixtape deejay. Listen to his brand new southern soul mixtape,

DJ Sir Rockinghood Presents: February 2018 Grown Folks Night Out Mix Pt. 1.

Another reader wrote regarding Ashley's mystery song:

It could be "Hand Dancin" by Charles "Big Daddy"Stallings

It's a good day for the blues,

Joan

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Big Daddy Stallings' southern soul song "In Love By Yourself" was Daddy B. Nice's #1-ranked Southern Soul Song Of 2011.

So there you have two options, Ashley.

Ashley replies:

I looked up both songs and they wasn’t it

I remember a line “slow dancing is alright, the dj told me so” “I wanna slow dance (slow dance) with you. “ “come on baby lets bump and grind, wanna so it all night long, baby lets get it on”

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Quick Hits: Miscellaneous Letters


Congratulations to Best of 2017 Southern Soul Award Winners

Mr B

I would just like to say congratulations to all of the winners, They represent well you figga dill me?

Peace

El' Willie

See the winners of Daddy B. Nice's Best of Southern Soul Awards for 2017.

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Looking For A Song

Hello

I need help finding a name of a song. I heard the song from my neighbor but he forgot the person who sings it. I remember it kinda and I all I remember is “I wanna slow dance with you” “baby I want to slow dance” something like those words.

Ashley

Daddy B. Nice replies:

I'm stumped, Ashley. Sorry, but I'll post your query on the Mailbag page and see if anyone else has heard of it.

Ashley replies:

It’s okay I been asking a lot of people and they don’t know who sings it. I do have a little of the song I recorded it one day and when my neighbor was playing it but he forgot who sings it too and the name of the song.

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Looking For Bishop Bullwinkle

To whom it may concern:

I am sending this email because I have older parents who don’t use modern technology.

...My stepfather is looking for Bishop Bro Winkels song hell naw...on CD for his car. Can you tell me where I can purchase him this CD. I live in Memphis, Tn

Thank you
Margo

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Margo, I will post your e-mail on the Mailbag page, and right below it, you'll see a letter that came in just a week before yours, explaining where on the Internet you can download Bishop Bullwinkle's hit song. Hopefully, you can find some way to download it and burn it onto a CDR for your parents. This is the first opportunity to get Bishop Bullwinkle's music in the two years since "Hell Naw To The Naw Naw" came out.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Bishop Bullwinkle.

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Bishop Bullwinkle on Spotify!

Dear daddbnice:

I just went on your website and saw that Denise LaSalle passed away. I am so sorry to read the news. She was a very talented lady and I enjoyed listening to her songs in the few years since I've discovered Southern Soul Blues. I am sorry for the loss for her friends and family and for the fans.

I wanted to let you know that Bishop Bullwinkle has 3 songs on Spotify that I was alerted to via my "Release Radar" feature. These new releases post every Friday. The song that posted to my radar was "Hell to da Naw". The version is the one that is on You Tube with the bike. The song has already has 12,065 plays since being released yesterday. That won't get it viral, but that is pretty good. I also checked Google Play (available for 99 cents but if you have a subscription with them you can stream for free) and on Amazon (also for 99 cents but can stream for free with Amazon Prime).

Even though I can stream for free on Spotify and Amazon Prime I am going to show some love by buying the mp3.

Please spread the word since I know you love the song and so do I and a lot of others.

Christina Dodson

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thanks so much, Christina. That is great news for Bishop Bullwinkle fans who have repeatedly requested where to buy his music over the last couple of years. The "bicycle" version of "Hell Naw" isn't quite as good as the original "Hell Naw To The Naw Naw" with Bigg Robb's instrumental track, but I'm not going to quibble or even go there, given the copyright implications.

Christina replies:

I am also guessing that it's on iTunes but haven't checked since I don't use that. I have read all of the issues regarding the copyright on your website. I wish they they could be resolved because the original does sound better.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Bishop Bullwinkle.

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Denise LaSalle (1939-2018)


Some very sad news...

Daddy B. Nice

. . . Denise LaSalle passed away last night. She'd been in a rehab facility in Milan, Tennessee, near Jackson, when she fell ill and was rushed to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She died at about 10:30 PM. I had visited her in Milan just last weekend (New Year's Eve weekend), and she was doing really well -- we hung out, talked, had some dinner together in her room; she seemed to be strong, in good spirits, and looking toward the future. She called me on Saturday and still sounded fine; the last words we said to each other were, "I love you."

David W.

See Daddy B. Nice's biography of Denise LaSalle, including discography and videos.

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Looking For A Song: Dark Side's "Mississippi Hustling Mother"

Daddy B. Nice,

I'm looking to purchase the CD with Dark Side-Mississippi Hustling Mother on it..It's number 5 or 6 on the CD. I've been searching for this song every since it first come out...Can you please tell me how can I purchase it...

Thanks in advance,

Ms. Flo Richardson

And...subsequently:

Daddy B. Nice,

Looking to by the CD with Dark Side on it singing "Mississippi Hustling Mother"...Been searching for this song for a while...

Thanks in advance,

Ms. Flo Richardson

Daddy B. Nice responds:

Me too, Ms. Flo. Been searching "for awhile," or what the millenials call "a minute". Why, just a couple of months ago ((October '17 Top 10 Singles), I wrote:

"Powerful Claytie Bonds sings like the super-heroine who recorded the poem/rant "Mississippi Hustling Mother"."

Listen to Claytie Bonds singing "I Stop Loving You" on BandCamp.

Listening to this will probably make you even more frustrated. I was secretly hoping Claytie Bonds would turn out to be the singer/testifier of "Mississippi Hustling Mother," but evidently not, and I mention it only to show you how I'm also constantly searching for Dark Side's "Mississippi Hustling Mother"--without success. I've received queries on this before, but I'm going to post it again, and if any readers can help, that'd be great.

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Thank You Letters

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!

Daddy B. Nice,

Oh My Goodness!!!!! The review you gave me left me in tears!!!! This is truly the blessing I did not see coming. Along with winning Best New Artist at the ABT Awards Show. There I had the pleasure of honoring Big Cynthia in her Tribute!!! This year has been full of surprises that has me on the edge of my seat for 2018. Here are two birthday shows I can't wait to cut up for and I am shooting my video for my upcoming single trust me it is going to have the dance floor packed. You know I can't wait to send it over. Anywho thank you once again and keep up the positive work!!! It it is definitely making a difference to me!!!!

Miss Portia

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See Daddy B. Nice's new review of Miss Portia's debut album, ALL IN MY FEELINGS.

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Hello....Daddy B Nice....Wow....THANK YOU...THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.....!!!!

Last night I read your comments… and yes, all that you wrote is so correct…”YouTube” and social media are most definitely a way of life for a recording artist and is very much essential for survivor. Thank You for the “reality check” and I am working to get the situation under better control as quickly as possible. The elimination of the YouTube videos of my music that existed on the popular music channel took place that you posted were removed/taken down kind of beyond my control by the person who originally posted it on YouTube, which was not me. Of course, that is no excuse because it is still solely my responsibility to ensure my fans and my extraordinary supporters can have accessibility and know where by music is located at all time. I have 17 YouTube videos available on YouTube that can be seen, but I am working to do a better job at making sure they are all located in a certain location and make it known to all that website address. As always, I once again, humbly “Thank You” so very much for sharing light on how important it is to stay in the (fast lane of today’s life)…and thank you so very much for calling this to my attention; we will make it our top priority to always be on and stay on top.

In your personal note…which you are totally right on the “spot” and that is why you are our awesome “DADDY B NICE”…because you always tell it like it suppose to be told.

Below are the 2 of the 17 YouTube videos that are available on YouTube, but I apologize and please forgive me for not keeping you in the loop when I added those sites:

Listen to LGB singing "Reality Slowly Walks Us Down" on YouTube.

Listen to LGB singing "Jealous Wo-Man, Yes I Am" on YouTube.

Also, all of my 17 videos are located on this website:

Listen to LGB'S top tracks on YouTube.

Of course, I don’t have my new CD “Our Love Slipped Away” on YouTube yet, but will assure you…I am working as I speak to get that done as quickly as possible.

Daddy B. Nice…please always know that there are the great ones such as “YOURSELF- Daddy B Nice” and some other great ones who comes a long and throws out a “life jacket”, which I will always be so grateful because with you guys…there would be no LGB!!! I personally ….Thank….God all through the day for the beacon lights that he has allowed & allows to guide me and the others recording artists to share!!! Thank You “DADDY B NICE”…for all you do for others, the music and the recording artists, too!!!

Very Respectfully….

LGB

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Mystery Lady Or Peggy Scott-Adams?

Daddy Be Nice

Me and my friend disagree about who sang the YouTube video "I hear you knocking". She say Peggy Scott Adams, I say Mystery Lady. Can you settle this for us?

Arleena

Daddy B. Nice notes: Listen to "I Hear You Knocking (But You Can't Come In)" on YouTube.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

You're right, Arleena. It's Mystery Lady. And why BluesWoman01 inserted Peggy Scott-Adams' picture with the music is a "mystery" in itself. With 700,000 views, that's sowing a lot of confusion about a song where she accurately identified the artist as Mystery Lady. People in the "Comments" section underneath the video who say it's Peggy Scott-Adams are well-intentioned but misinformed.

You and your friend can read about the song and some of the historic confusion surrounding it in the Queen Isabella Artist Guide. (She was the first artist to chart here with her version of "I Hear You Knocking".) You can also read about it in the Mystery Lady Artist Guide, but on that page you will need to scroll down to Tidbits #1, February 18, 2013, past another "mystery"-shrouded song of Mystery Lady's called "He Caught Me With The Wrong Drawers On".

Daddy B. Nice

Arleena replies:

Thank you!!!!

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Looking For A Song Letters:

Hey there Daddy--

Trying to track down a song-- It's about a love triangle, or love quadrangle?

"I made a deal with her husband
It may not last forever
You see my wife is a good woman
Maybe he and her can get together"

I think maybe an old classic "Part Time Woman" but do you know the artist.

--Shawna

Daddy B. Nice replies:

You're right, Shawna, it is an "old classic," but the title is "I'm Into Something," and it's by Chicagoan Cicero Blake.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Cicero Blake.

Listen to Cicero Blake singing "I'm Into Something" on YouTube.

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Daddy B Nice,

I had a buddy who's moved. He gave me a mixtape with a song with dirty lyrics but done in a kind of innocent way. Like he keeps saying, "Girl! What in the world are you talking about?" The song is "Hokey Pokey," I think. Do you know who does it.

Atlanta Vern

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Wow, Atlanta Vern! I do know that song. It was just e-mailed to me recently, and I like it, too. I miss the outrageous, funny, naughty songs that guys like Clarence Carter and Bobby Rush and Theodis Ealey used to shock people with. "Strong sexual overtones," you know? Recording artists nowadays are getting too tame and domesticated. The song is "Hokie Pokie" and it's by a Georgia artist--formerly a gospel singer (naturally, haha!)--named Arthur Roland. I hope he puts it on YouTube so we can share it with the fans.

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Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 Souther Soul Singles

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Thursday, May 24, 2018. Warehouse 535, 535 Garfield St., Lafayette, Louisiana. Keith Frank. 337-534-4507. Doors open 8 pm.

Friday, May 25, 2018. Mobile Lodge #108, 2671 Dauphin Island Parkway, Mobile, Alabama. Hot Boyz of Southern Soul Tour. Pokey Bear, Cold Drank, Calvin Richardson, Franky Soul. Host: Nikki DeMarks. 601-421-2022.

Friday, May 25, 2018. Botttleneck Blues Bar, Ameristar Casino Hotel, 4116 Washington St., Vicksburg, Mississippi. Eddie Cotton, Jr. 601-638-1000.

Friday, May 25, 2018. Harlow's Casino & Resort, 4280 Harlows Blvd., Greenville, Mississippi. Bobby Rush. 662-335-9797

Saturday, May 26, 2018. North Florida Fairgrounds, 441 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, Florida. Lloyd Music Festival. Bishop Bullwinkle, Rosalyn Candy, Tucka, Kenne' Wayne, Wilson Meadows, Mr. Sam, Cupid, TNL. 850-322-6585.

Saturday, May 26, 2018. Attala Colliseum, 550 MS-12, Kosciusko, Mississippi. Pokey Bear, J-Wonn, Cold Drank, L.J. Echols, Chris Ivy. 662-289-1618.

Sunday, May 27, 2018. The Stadium, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Sir Charles Jones, Karen Wolfe, Bobby Rush, Tank and more. 901-355-7318.

6 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018. Lucas Ball Park, Highway 84, Prentiss, Mississippi. Krishunda Echols, Omar Cunningham, Dave Mack, Terry Wright, Adrian Bagher, Coco. Gates open 10 am. 601-297-3949, 601-455-0598.

4 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018. Wall Hill Park, 1930 Wall Hill Road, Byhalia, Mississippi. Sheba Potts-Wright, L.J. Echols, Theodis Ealey, Jaye Hammer, Pokey Bear, Grady Champion, King Fish. Gates open Noon, 12 pm. 901-268-7007.

5 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018. B.B. King Blues Club, 1801 Eddie L. Tullis Road, Montgomery, Alabama. Willie Clayton. 334-514-5247.

10:30 pm, Thursday, May 31, 2018. Kingston Mines, 2548 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Illinois. Nellie "Tiger" Travis. 773-477-4647.

Saturday, June 2, 2018. Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston Massachusetts. Aretha Franklin. 617-482-9393.

Saturday, June 2, 2018. Desoto Multicultural Center, 1216 Old Jefferson Highway, Mansfield, Louisiana. Jeter Jones.

6 pm, Saturday, June 2, 2018. Greenwood Fairgrounds, Hwy. 221 South, Greenwood, South Carolina. Summer Blues Fest. Sir Charles Jones, Tucka, Bishop Bullwinkle, Ronnie Bell, Big Mucci. Gates open at 4 pm. BYOB. Rain or shine. 678-428-5159, 678-506-7744.

Saturday, June 2, 2018. Poor David's Pub, 1313 South Lamar St., Dallas, Texas. Bobby Rush. 214-565-1295.

2 pm, Sunday, June 3, 2018. Tunica River Park (Outside behind Fitz Casino), 1 River Park Drive, Robinsonville, Mississippi. Blues On The River.
T.K. Soul, J-Wonn, O.B. Buchana, Queen Ann Hines, Summer Wolfe, Kirby Smooth. 662-671-1230. Gates open 10 am.

Friday, June 8, Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10, 2018. Chicago Blues Festival. L.J. Echols & The Neckbone Band (1:45 pm Friday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage at North Chase Promenade); Mr. Sipp (3 pm, Friday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage; Willie Clayton (6:45 pm, Saturday, Jay Pritzker Pavilion); Eddie Cotton Jr. (3 pm, Saturday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage at North Chase Promenade); Kenny Neal (6:45 pm, Sunday, Jay Pritzker Pavilion); Mavis Staples (8 pm, Sunday, Jay Pritzker Pavilion); Nellie “Tiger” Travis (12:30 pm, Sunday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage at North Chase Promenade); Johnny Rawls 1:45 pm, Sunday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage); Ms. Jody (3 pm, Sunday, Mississippi Juke Joint Stage). FREE.

Thursday June 7, 2018. Razzoo's, 201 University Blvd #1300, Round Rock, Texas. Lady Songbird Jinda Harris. 512-255-2400.

Saturday, June 9, 2018. Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 East Fourteen Mile Road, Warren, Michigan. Millie Jackson. 586-268-3200.

7:15 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Downtown, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Forward Fest, 2018: Blues, Batter & Brew. Bigg Robb, Angie Stone. Free.

9 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Pensacola State Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Hwy., Pensacola, Florida. Bike & Blues Festival. Ms. Jody, Jeff Floyd, L.J. Echols, Mose Stovall, Franky. 850-512-8981, 850-944-4500.

3:30 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Vance County Regional Fairgrounds, 1427 East Andrews Avenue, Hwy. 39, Henderson, North Carolina. Southern Soul Comedy Fest. Pokey Bear, T.K. Soul, Lebrado, Cold Drank, Black Diamond, Nellie "Tiger" Travis and many comedians. See festival website. Gates open 2 pm. Rain or Shine.

Saturday, June 9, 2018. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, New York.Aretha Franklin. 516-247-5200.

8:30 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater, 1015 Colgate Drive, College Station, Texas. Cupid & The Dance Party Express. 979-764-3486.

7 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Union County Fairgrounds, 1430 East 19th Street, El Dorado, Arkansas. South Arkansas Soul Fest. Wendell B., Avail Hollywood, Jeter Jones, Sweet Angel, Magic One, Mo' B, Chris Ivy, Royal D. Host: P2K. Gates open 6 pm. 870-866-7441.

7:30 pm, Thursday, June 14, 2018. Riley Center - MSU, 2200 5th St., Meridian, Mississippi. William Bell & Memphis Soul Revue.

8 pm, Friday, June 15, 2018. 410 Sand Street, Henderson, Texas. Pre-Juneteen Celebration: All White Affair. Bigg Robb. 713-256-5278.

Friday, June 15, 2018. The Fairgrounds, 810 S. Westover Blvd., Albany, Georgia. T.K. Soul. 229-436-8827.

Friday June 15, & Saturday, June 16, 2018. Mudfest Hester’s Place, Chatham, Louisiana. Lady Songbird Jinda Harris.

9 pm, Friday, June 15 & Saturday, June 16, 2018. Blue Chicago, 536 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois. Nellie "Tiger" Travis. 312-661-0100.

2 pm, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Lamont's Entertainment Complex, 4400 Livingston Road, PoMonkey, Maryland. Pre-Father's Day Event. J. Red The Nephew, L.J. Echols, Karen Wolfe, Shay Denise, NaCole. 252-702-5833.

7 pm, Saturday, June 16, 2018. The Ampitheater at Riverdale, 7210 Church St., Riverdale, Georgia (Atlanta). T.K. Soul, Pokey Bear, Sir Charles Jones. 770-909-5300. Gates open 6 pm.

Saturday, June 16, 2018. Botttleneck Blues Bar, Ameristar Casino Hotel, 4116 Washington St., Vicksburg, Mississippi. Eddie Cotton, Jr. 601-638-1000.

Saturday, June 16, 2018. Wolf Creek Amphitheater, 3025 Merk Road SW, College Park, Georgia. Bobby Rush. 404-613-9653.

1 pm, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Hooper's Park, Highway 460E, Crewe, Virginia. Father's Day Weekend Blues Show. Big G, Wilson Meadows, Adrena, Sir Jonathan Burton, Katrenia Jefferson. Rain or shine. Gates open 11 am. 804-615-2196.

Sunday, June 17, 2018. Columbus Civic Center, 400 4th St., Columbus, Georgia. T.K. Soul, Tucka, Bishop Bullwinkle, Pokey Bear, Latimore, Sir Charles Jones, Calvin Richardson. 706-653-4482.

8 pm, Friday, June 22, 2018. Bottleneck Blues Bar At Ameristar, 4116 Washington St., Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mr. Sipp. Doors open 7 pm. 601-638-1000.

Friday, June 22, 2018. The Roof Top, Meridian, Mississippi. T.K. Soul.

Friday, June 22, 2018. Cozy’s, 4018 Sames St., Waco, Texas. Lady Songbird Jinda Harris. 254-307-9311.

6 pm, Saturday, June 23, 2018. Humble Civic Center & Arena Complex, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble, Texas. 3rd Annual Blues and Zydeco Scholarship Fundraiser. Brian Jack & The Zydeco Gamblers, Big Pokey Bear, Cold Drank, Step Rideau & The Zydeco Outlaws. Pre-Party at 3 pm. See Fundraiser website.

7 pm, Sunday, June 24, 2018. R.L.'s Blues Palace, 3100 Lipscomb Way, Dallas, Texas. Super Soul Sunday. J-Wonn & Legacy Band, Ghetto Cowboy, Summer Wolfe. Doors open 6 pm. 870-866-7441.

Thursday, June 28, 2018. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Aretha Franklin. +1 416-368-6161.

Friday, June 29, 2018. Venom, 1700 Commerce Road, Athens, Georgia. Southern Soul Classic. Big Pokey Bear, Sunshine Anderson, Cold Drank. 706-427-2778.

Saturday, June 30, 2018. Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Blvd., Shreveport, Louisiana. Willie Clayton, Tucka. 318-841-4000.

Saturday, June 30, 2018. One World Theater, 7701 Bee Caves Road, Austin, Texas. Chubby Checker. 512-330-9500.

Saturday, June 30, 2018. Miller Theater, 708 Broad St., Augusta, Georgia. Pokey Bear, Sunshine Anderson, Cold Drank, Rome. 706-842-4080.

Saturday, June 30, 2018. Empire Event Center, 4905 Clio Road, Flint, Michigan. T.K. Soul. 810-618-0944.

8 pm, Saturday, June 30, 2018. Center Stage at Pearl River Resorts, 13550 Hwy. 16 West, Choctaw, Mississippi. Bobby Rush. Doors open 7 pm. 866-447-3275.

Sunday, July 1, 2018. The Love Doctor's Club House, 2900 Queen Chapel Road, Sumter, South Carolina. T.K. Soul.

6:30 pm, Friday, July 6, & Saturday, July 7, 2018. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., New Orleans, Louisiana. Essence Festival. Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Kelly Price, Ledisi, Jill Scott, Doug E. Fresh, Dave Hollister, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and many more. 504-587-3822.

6 pm, Saturday, July 7, 2018. Nolan Memorial Park (aka Ponderosa Park), Wisner, Louisiana. 10th Annual Nolan Norman Day Celebration. Sir Charles Jones, T.K. Soul, Nathaniel Kimble, Avail Hollywood, Lacee.

Saturday, July 7, 2018. Cherry Street Pavillion, Downtown, Helena, Arkansas. L.J. Echols, Pokey Bear, Cold Drank. 870-995-4030.

Saturday, July 7, 2018. The Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St., Augusta, Georgia. The Real Southern Blues Jam. Nelson Curry, Theodis Ealey, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Latimore, Joe Nice and more. 706-722-3521.

7 pm, Saturday, July 7, 2018. The Breakroom Sports Bar, 261 Devereax (behind Popeye's), Natchez, Mississippi. The Love Doctor, Angel Faye Russell, Ricky White. Hosts & Guests: Lady Jay, DJ Southern Soul, Mr. D.

7 pm, Friday, July 13, 2018. Brown Auditorium, Nash Community College, 522 North Old Carriage Road, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Down East Music Festival Weekend. J-Wonn, Karen Wolfe, Black Diamond, Maurice Wynn, Wilson Meadows and more.

5 pm, Saturday, July 14, 2018. Rocky Mount Municipal Complex, Bishop Stadium, 600 Independence Drive, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Down East Music Festival Weekend. Pokey Bear, Glenn Jones, Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, Theodis Ealey, Omar Cunningham, Maurice Wynn, Roy C, Sunshine Anderson, Lenny Williams, Lakeside, Big G, Lacee and more. Rain or shine. Gates open 4 pm. See festival website.

9 pm, Saturday, July 14, 2018. Jack's Place, 124 Church St. Jonestown, Mississippi. Southern Soul Summer Explosion. C. La'Mont, Jennifer Watts, Keri Carter. Host: DJ Stunna. Doors open 7 pm.

5 pm, Saturday, July 14, 2018. 70 Lake Ave., Rockland, Maine. North Atlantic Blues Festival.Bobby Rush. See festival website.

Sunday, July 15, 2018. The Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, California. T.K. Soul. 310-937-6607.

Saturday, July 21, 2018. Raising Cane's River Center Arena, 275 South River Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern Soul Extravaganza. Tyree Neal, Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, Big Pokey Bear, Lebrado, Jeff Floyd, Lenny Williams, Nellie "Tiger" Travis. 225-389-4940.

8 pm, Saturday, July 21, 2018. Palace I, 6694 Antoine Drive, Houston, Texas. Kenne' Wayne, Ronnie Bell. 832-883-9072, 832-412-6572.

6 pm, Saturday, July 21, 2018. Promised Land Ball Field, Promised Land, South Carolina (Greenwood). Blues-N-The-Land. Theodis Ealey, Urban Mystic, Nelson Curry, Joe Nice and more. Gates open 4 pm. 864-980-7537.

Saturday, July 21, 2018. Municipal Auditorium, 2821 Washington St. Greenville, Texas. T.K. Soul. 903-457-3126.

12 Noon, Sunday, July 29, 2018. Cherubim Ranch, 622 Evergreen Road, Fresno, Texas. Martini Blu's 1st Annual Southern Soul, Blues & Zydeco Festival. Keith Frank, Willie Clayton, Sir Charles, Tucka, Brian Jack, Jeff Floyd. Gates open 10 am. See festival website.

Thursday, August 2, 2018. Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, 1021 Casino Center Drive, Robinsonville, Mississippi. Jus' Blues Dinner & Awards Show. Tribute to Denise LaSalle. Performances by Karen Wolfe, Ms. Jody, Chick Rodgers, Toni Green. Other Jus' Blues Honorees: Sir Charles Jones, Sheba Potts-Wright, Tyree Neal, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Dexter Allen and more. See Jus' Blues website. 678-403-1993, 800-303-7463.

3 pm, Saturday, August 4, 2018.Pitt County Fairgrounds, 3910 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,Greenville, North Carolina. The Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston.

Saturday, August 11, 2018. Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, 14900-15000 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights, Michigan. Blues On The Hill. Lenny Williams, Sir Charles Jones, Bobby Rush, Millie Jackson, Latimore. 586-268-5100.

Saturday, August 18, 2018. Underground 119, 119 South President St., Jackson, Mississippi.Dexter Allen. 601-944-0907.

7 pm, Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25, 2018. Sheraton Suites Philadelphia Airport, 4101 B Island Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2018 Heritage Appreciation Award and/or Lifetime Achievement Award. Nellie "Tiger" Travis. 215-365-6600.

Friday, August 31, 2018. Montgomery Performing Arts Centre, 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama. Calvin Richardson, Sir Charles Jones, MC Lightfoot.

Friday, August 31, Saturday, September 1 & Sunday, September 2, 2018. Texas Horse Park, 811 Pemberton Hill Road, Dallas, Texas. Riverfront Jazz Festival. Erykah Badu & more (Fri), Bobby Rush, Sir Charles Jones & more (Sat), T.K. Soul & more (Sun). See festival website.

Saturday, September 1, 2018. Cok Business Center, 100 Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. All White Southern Soul Classic. Pokey Bear, Cold Drank, Veronica Ra'elle, Calvin Richardson.

11 am, Saturday, September 1, 2018. Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days & RV Park, 20550 Highway 9, Arcadia, Louisiana. 1st Annual Blues & All Day Music Festival & Trail Ride. Donnie Ray, Dave Mack, Summer Wolfe, Avail Hollywood, Ves, Rhomey, Ghetto Cowboy, Luster Baker, Napoleon Demps, Crystal Thomas, O Flava Psi, M.P. Soul, Coupe DeVille, Coco, Kiko Pryor, Sweet Nay, C. La'Mont. 254-368-5574, 318-278-1287.

4 pm, Sunday, September 2, 2018. Ellis Field, 39 College St., Culloden, Georgia. 4th Annual Blues Festival. Bobby Rush, Stan Butler, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Stacii Adams and more. Host: MC Lightfoot. Rain or Shine. Gates open 2 pm. 404-386-2288.

12 Noon, Monday, September 17, 2018. Main Street (Outdoors), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. SOS Fun Monday Shag Festival. Ms. Jody, Wall Street, The Magnificents Band.

Saturday, September 22, 2018. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South St., Raleigh, North Carolina. No Pain No Gain Tour. Betty Wright, J. Red The Nephew, Lenny Williams. 919-996-8700, 252-578-3504.

Saturday, September 22, 2018. Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, 1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie, Texas. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, Anthony Hamilton. 972-854-5050.

Saturday, September 29, 2018. Wolf Creek Amphitheater, 3025 Merk Road, College Park, Georgia. Willie Clayton, Tucka, J-Wonn. GA, US


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Overflow From Daddy B. Nice's BEST OF 2015 page...

2015: THE YEAR IN SOUTHERN SOUL

January began without holiday hangover, as up-and-coming producer Big Yayo debuted as a performer with a piece of "southern soul electronica" called "Cowgirl" featuring his protege, "I Got This Record's" J'Wonn, the ultimate balladeer, singing an uptempo chorus on his first-ever club jam.

February ushered in a Valentine's Day weekend to be remembered with southern soul concerts across a broad spectrum of the South, from Hooks, Texas (Avail Hollywood) to Memphis (Bertha Payne) to south Atlanta (Lomax) to Greenville, Ms. (J'Wonn) to Canton, Ms. (L.J. Echols, Terry Wright, J-Wonn, Krishunda Echols, Bigg Robb, Napoleon) to Vicksburg (Shirley Brown, Carl Sims, Jaye Hammer, Wilson Meadows, Pat Brown, Adrena) to Corpus Christi (Mel Waiters) to Decatur, Ga. and Talladega, Alabama (T.J. Hooker Taylor) to Tuscaloosa (Tre' Williams, Jeff Floyd) to Panama City, Florida (Ms. Jody) to Germantown, Tenn. (Mavis Staples) to Montgomery (Bigg Robb, O.B. Buchana, Tucka, Lebrado, Lomax, Toia Jones) to Farmerville, La. (Avail Hollywood) to Mobile (L.J. Echols, Andre' Lee, James Payne, Geno Wesley) to Dallas and the annual Blues Is Alright Tour (T.K. Soul, Theodis Ealey, Mel Waiters, Clarence Carter, Latimore, Millie Jackson) to Shiner, Texas (Rue Davis) to Texarkana (Omar Cunningham, Wendell B) to Indianola, Ms., B.B. King's hometown (Chris Ivy, Lil' Jimmie) to Baytown, Texas (Kenne' Wayne, AP Heavy But Sweet) to East Tyler, Texas (R. Kelly, Avail Hollywood) and back to Memphis (Jarekus Singleton), setting the bar for a record-breaking year in Southern Soul clubs.

Mindful of the concert bonanza, Daddy B. Nice urged fans in March to get out of the airport hubs (Memphis, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans) and "walk on the wild side," visiting the "holes-in-the-walls" in the verdant countryside where the true contemporary blues reigns supreme. In Jackson, premier nineties' vocalist Robert "The Duke" Tillman (Ace, Ichiban) re-emerged, as did storied DJ Outlaw at WMPR, while young Jackson guitar-blues stars Jarekus Singleton, Grady Champion and Mr. Sipp parlayed their mass audience-friendly blues far beyond the Delta.

April saw the breakthrough collection THE LOUISIANA BLUES BROTHERS, explode in the southern soul demographic via its suddenly iconic single,
"My Sidepiece," featuring the powerful-piped, Reggie P.-like vocalist Pokey (or Big Pokey Bear), whose electric stage show featured the singer thrusting and gyrating with a passion not seen since Bobby Rush's twerking dancers.

The song's message that it was okay to have a "woman on the side" because it's in the "genes" alternately fascinated and disgusted listeners, and not always along gender lines, and the "sidepiece" theme became a motif in countless new southern soul songs. Meanwhile, Pokey et. al.'s new album, BEAT FLIPPA I GOT THE BLUES VOL. 1., released in February, shot up the charts, bringing a rock-and-roll-like energy, immediacy and accessibility to the southern soul scene that thrust its brilliant producer (Beat Flippa) and roster of talented artists (Pokey, Tyree Neal, Adrian Bagher, Vince Hutchinson, Mz. Pat, Veronica Ra'elle, Rosalyn Candy, etc.) into a level of popularity even southern soul's veteran artists had to envy.

Also in April, the great sixties' artist Percy Sledge, who recorded one of the most powerful southern soul songs of the last fifty years, "When A Man Loves A Woman," passed away with scant fanfare.

May was the worst month, the cruelest month...

....Mother's Day and Memorial Day weekends witnessed another slew of record-breaking fan-friendly southern soul concerts, but the nation and entire world mourned the passing of B.B. King, whose ties to Indianola and Jackson, Mississippi were real and renewed each summer, when B.B. always returned for the Medgar Evers Homecoming Celebration and played for his original chitlin' circuit fans in the Delta.

But for contemporary southern soul fans it was the passing of song-master Mel Waiters that really hurt. Unknown outside of blues circles (unlike the world-famous B.B. King), Waiters was an irreplaceable part of the southern soul pantheon of recording artists, having largely kicked off the contemporary scene with his "Hole In The Wall," fashioned in the late nineties in the tradition of Mel's inspirations, Z.Z. Hill and Buddy Ace. For many fans, Waiters was the number-one performer in the South, and Mel never shied away from the kudos. YouTube videos document his exciting "contests" with Sir Charles Jones, which did so much to enliven the concert scene.

June marked the appearance of a rapping preacher named Bishop Bullwinkle, whose "Hell Naw To The Naw Naw" continued a trend of unknown artists (like J'Wonn, Tucka, Pokey) eclipsing southern soul's veteran artists in notoriety-slash-popularity in one fell swoop (be it a single or album). Whereas J'Wonn had stunned the southern soul community a couple of years earlier with his straight-forward youth and sensitivity, the nearly seventy-something Bishop Bullwinkle simultaneously astonished and dumbfounded fans with his fearless, back-woods vision of the world compressed into a six-minute, no-holds-barred sermon castigating hypocrisy in the church and gangsterism in the hood.

While J'Wonn had seemingly thrust the entire world off his back with the momentous words, "I Got This Record," the grizzled Bullwinkle did the same with his proclamation, "My name is Bishop Bullwinkle / From the church of nothing but the truth..."

....In less than a month his YouTube video (there was no published record) had a million views--unheard-of for a southern soul song--and by the end of the year it was approaching ten million. Clearly, Bullwinkle's "Hell To The Naw Naw" had cut through layers of padding and pretension to strike a deeply-felt, common nerve with fans.

In August Tucka and T.K. Soul sold out the 3,000-seat Houston Arena Theatre, notching a new high in audience numbers for a pair of southern soul acts.

Jackson's own James "Hot Dog" Lewis, keyboardist, performer and producer, passed away in October.

Late summer sizzled with gigs--July 4th, Labor Day--the fans' thirst for the music couldn't be slaked--culminating in the biggest concert-venue weekend ever Thanksgiving.

From Thibodeaux, Louisiana (Cupid, Lebrado, Pokey) to Montgomery, Alabama (T.K. Soul) to Canton-Jackson, Ms. (J'Wonn, Big Yayo) to Opelika, Alabama (T.K. Soul) to Hattiesburg, Ms. (J'Wonn, Big Yayo) to Tchula, Ms. (Tre' Williams) to Grenada, Ms. (J'Wonn) to DC area Pomonkey, Md. (Jeff Floyd, J. Red, Hardway Connection) to Birmingham, Alabama (Calvin Richardson, Nellie "Tiger" Travis) and back to Hattiesburg (T.K. Soul) and way out to San Diego (Cupid) and back to Vicksburg (Bishop Bullwinkle, Terry Wright, Bigg Robb, Lacee, Stevie J) to New Orleans (T.K. Soul) to El Dorado, Arkansas (T.K. Soul, Ghetto Cowboy, Summer Wolfe) to Charlotte, North Carolina (Lenny Williams, Ann Nesby) and Wilson, North Carolina (Jeff Floyd, Wilson Meadows, Hardway Connection) down to Tampa, Florida (Clarence Carter, Bishop Bullwinkle, Betty Wright, Shirley Murdoch) and Sebring, Florida (Bobby Rush, Theodis Ealey) and way up to Gary, Indiana (Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Willie Clayton, Latimore, Otis Clay) and back to the Delta in Tchula, Mississippi (Big Yayo, J'Wonn) and Pickens, Ms. (The Love Doctor, Terry Wright, Sorrento Ussery, Pat Brown, Nathaniel Kimble, Doctor Dee, Lady Di) to Meridian, Ms. (Big Robb, Vick Allen, Lacee, JR Blu) and thence back north to St. Louis (Bobby Rush, David Dee) and Chicago (Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Willie Clayton, Otis Clay, Latimore) and back home to Jackson (Andre' Lee, T-Baby) and the re-opened Evers Blues Lounge on Pecan Park Circle next to WMPR (Roy C., LGB, Doctor Dee, Dennis Fountain).... From all of these venues, enthusiastic fans supplemented their turkey with southern soul music.

2016 marked Southern Soul's most serious forays into the mainstream yet, and Bishop Bullwinkle was southern soul's "Donald Trump," refreshingly candid, wildly off-the-wall. At year's end, Bigg Robb took down Bullwinkle's video for copyright infringement. Turns out the Bishop had used the instrumental track from Robb's "Looking For A Country Girl" for the backing track to "Naw Naw," but Bishop Bullwinkle was uncontrite, telling Daddy B. Nice in a profanity-laced interview that he "dared" Robb to take him to court. As one industry insider noted, it didn't matter that the song hadn't been published (as a record); its online streaming revenues alone amounted to the same thing. And so it went in the raucous, wild-west-like cradle of the musical universe--the Deep South--where the music is as primeval and super-sized as the SEC. (And still unknown nationally...Go figure!) And as Jaye Hammer (one of 2015's finest vocalists) says in his juking new ode to the Delta, "I Ain't Leaving Mississippi." ....

"You know, someone came up to me the other day and said, 'Hammer! They told me you had moved to Chicago."

I said, "What? Man! People are always spreading rumors. But let me say this. I ain't leaving Mississippi. Mississippi is my home. If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi, you might as well leave me alone."

--Daddy B. Nice

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From Daddy B. Nice's BEST OF 2014 page...

2014: THE YEAR IN SOUTHERN SOUL

The year did not begin auspiciously. Floyd Taylor, son of the late great Johnnie Taylor and a contemporary southern soul headliner in his own right, passed away on February 21st, causing his stepbrother TJ to remark, "He died pretty much the way my dad died: a heart attack (at too young an age)." A masterful and discerning vocal interpreter, Taylor's career was notable for spanning southern soul's two generations of songwriters, from the best of Charles Richard Cason and Lawrence Harper (of his father's generation) to Simeo Overall of the new.

A few days later Eddie Holloway, a lesser-known but seminal figure renowned for contemporary southern soul classics like "I Had A Good Time," "Poor Boy" and "My Mind's Too Strong," passed away in obscurity, without fanfare.

A young recording artist (Jeter Jones) trying to break into the southern soul market released an album whose instrumental tracks Daddy B. Nice--in a CD review--recognized as identical to certain Bobby Jones and Chuck Roberson songs of the recent past, setting off a firestorm of litigation between Desert Sounds CEO Charles Peterson and his former producer, Eric "Smidi" Smith.

Daddy B. Nice himself underwent a lung cancer scare and finally had surgery in May, returning successfully after two bouts in the hospital to discover that "Funky" Larry Jones, owner of the Soul & Blues Report, a monthly compendium and summary of southern soul deejay playlists and a vital niche in the southern soul internet community, had died. Other websites (Boogie, Blues Critic) made attempts to provide the same function, but at year's end the loss was still felt and seemed irrevocable.

That, along with the June death of Don Davis (the producing genius behind Johnnie Taylor) and the early-September passing of Joe Poonanny, the Weird Al Yankovich of the chitlin' circuit and the last of a dying breed of blues parodists, was the bad news.

The good news was that, stimulated by an invitation to Kim Cole's Celebrity Birthday Bash in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in July, your Daddy B. Nice rebounded to attend (and chronicle) three multi-act southern soul concerts in thirty hours, including getting out on the dance floor.

There was cause. Southern Soul stars were appearing everywhere across the Deep South, from Texas to the Carolinas. A month later, Southern Soul Labor Day concerts and associated sales would surpass a million, and the concerts continued to proliferate, populating weekends throughout the calendar that would have been few and far between ten years ago.

But what really uncorked the euphoria in 2014 was the return to recording of southern soul's younger-generation leading lights, Sir Charles Jones and T.K. Soul. After long absences (especially in Sir Charles' case), both performers produced sets of significant material with fresh yet authentic sounds, in T.K.'s case stripped-down, acoustic-dominated arrangements.

The two CD's, combined with the much-anticipated debut by J'Wonn (I GOT THIS RECORD) and the latest drop from O.B. Buchana, made it a banner year for male vocalists.

Women, not so much. For the second year in a row Denise LaSalle and Shirley Brown were sorely missed. Both appeared only rarely, and neither released new product. Ms. Jody and Nellie "Tiger" Travis were relatively quiet after big years in 2013. Sweet Angel reposed and, as expected, Peggy Scott-Adams (whose early partner, JoJo Benson, died just before Christmas) failed to follow up on her 2012 return to southern soul. Candi Staton and Uvee Hayes returned with new CD's, however.

Some of the major male stars--known for productivity--were also MIA in 2014. Mel Waiters, Theodis Ealey, Latimore and Bobby Rush produced little new studio work, and in pursuit of an elusive Grammy that even the late Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis never won, Willie Clayton's new album disconcerted some longtime fans with its slide into atmospheric, Isley-style soul.

Young Grady Champion was the year's sensation (following fellow Jacksonian J'Wonn in 2013). Champion drew a cover story in "Living Blues" magazine after signing with Malaco Records for his new album BOOTLEG WHISKEY. Rare for a Delta artist, Champion drew national interest and crossover appeal.

Waiting in the wings, and getting no respect, was Chicago phenomenon Theo Huff, whose "It's A Good Thing I Met You" drew high praise (#5 for the year) from Daddy B. Nice for its approximation of--you guessed it--vintage Willie Clayton.

Lil' Jimmie's dance jam "She Was Twerkin'" was the underground sensation of the year, the subject of constant fan queries on where to buy--the answer was always, "Nowhere." Which reminded your Daddy B. Nice of an old Lil' Jimmie song called "I'm Not Going Nowhere," a song so full of double-negatives you're not sure what he means.

A young artist named Wood redid Nellie "Tiger" Travis's "Mr. Sexy Man" with a lounge-band sound ("Foxy Lady"), drawing copyright ire.

Tyree Neal, Pokey and Adrian Bagher formed a group called The Louisiana Blues Brothers.

Memphis-based Anita Love (Humphrey), former back-up singer for Sweet Angel, had an out-of-left-field smash with "Keep Knockin'", while Memphis-based songwriter John Cummings continued his transformation into a first-rate recording artist.

Vick Allen was in a stage play in Jackson, Mississippi, while singles ("Crazy Over You," "True To Me") continued to spit out of his going-on-three-year-old SOUL MUSIC album like candy from a child's Christmas wind-up toy.

Steve Perry of "Booty Roll" fame thought better of his name change to Prince Mekl and became good old Steve Perry again.

WAGR in Lexington, Mississippi and its colorful deejay, Big Money, became the exciting new southern soul station to stream on the Internet.

And last but not least, storied DJ Ragman returned in December to WMPR in Jackson, Mississippi--also on the Web--doling out southern soul music in the afternoons with his trademark, champagne-fizz optimism.

By the end of the year, life in Southern Soul was good.

--Daddy B. Nice

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