playing catch up: last three shows

Hello, friends of Oh My Soul! It's been awhile. That's what happens in the summer sometimes... but the show's been going on almost every week, even though I haven't been updating the blog. Let's play catch-up, courtesy of the CFRC archives:

Wattstax (1973) (June 14, 2009)

First Day of Summer: Canadian "Soul" Special (June 21, 2009)

Michael Jackson tribute night (July 5, 2009)

Enjoy, and please leave a comment if you have a soul request! Is there a particular theme that you'd like to hear? An artist you love that I should focus on? Let me know!

June 7, 2009

Take a listen to this week's show, all about Otis Redding! Track listing and facts to follow - I'm a little off this week, having just returned from a conference. But that shouldn't stop you from listening!

Rabindranath Tagore

"Music fills the infinite between two souls."

Ooh! My soul!

"You ready yet? Okay, we're rolling... this is "Ooh! My Soul," take nine. And please slow it down a little bit more!"

Here's a great live track of Little Richard recording a take of "Ooh! My Soul" that I came upon while looking for Otis Redding tracks for this Sunday's show. I was tickled by such a great song with the same title as this show! The idea to use "Oh My Soul!" as my show's title came from a Thrush Hermit song I love... but this Little Richard song is even better. Have a listen!

Otis Redding lyrics: These Arms of Mine

"These arms of mine/They are lonely/Lonely and feeling blue/These arms of mine/They are yearning/Yearning from wanting you/And if you would let them hold you/Oh how grateful I will be."

May 31, 2009

LISTEN to the archived show!

This Week's Track Listing

STAX: WEEK 2
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
Private Number - Judy Clay & William Bell
What a Man - Linda Lyndell
I Got a Sure Thing - Ollie & the Nightingales
Make It Me - The Premiers
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
You Don't know Like I Know - Sam & Dave
Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Hot Dog - Four Shells
In the Twilight Zone - Astors
Blue Groove - Sir Isaac & the Do-Dads
The Boogaloser - Fuad & the Feztones

Interesting Facts of the Week

(Just a couple this week, but I think they are interesting and meaningful ones.)


1. Linda Lyndell, a white girl who grew up singing in both black and white gospel churches, had a hit with Stax called "What A Man" - its success gave rise to threats against her from white supremacist groups, halting her career.


2. In 1993, Salt-n-Pepa sampled "What a Man" for their hit single "Whatta Man;" as a result, Lyndell started playing live again, and performed "What A Man" live for the first time ever at the Stax Museum in 2003.

Tune in for the Otis Redding special, coming up!

Oscar Wilde on soul... I mean, the soul.

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul."