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Hi everyone. I just want to let you know that there may be some disruptions to the posting schedule this coming week. Tomorrow my wife and I are going into Laos for a week. I won't have my own internet and instead will be relying on hotel wifi, which may or may not be good. So if I miss a day here or there y'all will know why.

Here's today's postings: Volume 14 in Assorted Blues, R&B, Gospel & Soul Recordings, with fine tracks from Ike & Tina, Bobby Bland, Lacy Gibson, Flash Terry, Helen Humes, The Five Keys, The Marvelettes and a few other greats of blues & soul.  

Plus another Soul Party, now up to Volume 30 - Hard To Handle. Kicking off with Otis Redding, followed by Jimmy Ruffin, Little Milton, Brook Benton, Aretha Franklin, Dee Dee Sharp, Fontella Bass, Bettye Swann, and a few other soul greats. 

And today's photo is the mighty Wilson Pickett. I got to see Wilson perform live in 2003 at the Moonlight Music and Wine Festival, at Claremont Showgrounds Perth. Also on the same show were Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Tony Joe White, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Billy Thorpe, Dave Hole, and a few other performers, so it was outstanding value for money. It was the only time I've seen Dylan perform live. Ray Charles & Mayall I'd seen a few times over the years. One who really left a lasting impression on me was Tony Joe White, who performed solo, seated and firing off Hendrix-inspired riffs from his battered old Strat and wah-wah pedal. It was also the last time I got to see Billy Thorpe perform as he passed away a couple of years later. I first saw Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs back in the early '60s at the beginning of the Beatles/British beat group era (what Americans called The British Invasion, though we never used that term in Australia) Dave Hole was another one I've seen perform live numerous times over the years, however, he seemed a bit out of place in the large open-air festival setting, I far prefer to hear his high energy bombastic music in a small pub.

As always my friends, dig in and enjoy the music, and don't forget to leave a comment now and then, just to let me know who's following the blog on a regular basis.