Bobby Byrd spots you in the crowd and says ‘I know you got soul!” “Listen - Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul - MP3″ Greetings all. Though I am not yet fully recovered from the combination of my travels and the yearly assault of Daylight Savings Time (Steal an hour from me, wi...

James Brown and Eddie Bo Perfect Together Greetings all. My man DJ Prestige and I have returned from our mini-sweep of the mid-Atlantic soul/funk continuum and I have to say that no matter how wiped I am, no matter how depleted and in need of restorative sleep, I could not take to my bed without dro...

Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers “Listen - Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers - Raw Funky - MP3″ Greetings all. I hope all is well with you as the magnetic center of the week approaches. I was all groovy gravy until the Winter Warlock fell by and dropped like a foot of wet, heavy sno...

Lyman Woodard “Listen - Dennis Coffey and the Lyman Woodard Trio - It’s Your Thing - MP3″ Greetings all. This will be a quick one since I just got home after being away for the weekend and I still haven’t gotten my head screwed back on completely. Over the weekend I heard that or...

“Listen - Memphis Black - Why Don’t You Play the Organ Man - MP3″ Joe Cuba Sextet – El Pito (Tico) Nanette Workman – Lady Marmalade (Pacha) Albert King – Cold Sweat (Stax) Apostles – Six Pack (Kapp) Tony Newman – Soul Thing (Parrot) Establishment – House of Jack (King) ...

Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson posing on what may very well be the greatest soul LP cover of all time… “Listen - Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson - Two For the Price of One - MP3″ Greetings all. The middle of the week is here, and I’ve decided to drop something ...

The Staple Singers “Listen - The Staple Singers - For What It’s Worth - MP3″ Greetings all. I hope that everyone had a restful and enjoyable weekend. It’s been cold and windy here in NJ, but February is finally here, so a chill - albeit not a terribly severe one – is to be expe...

The Soul Tornados/Toronados/Toranodoes (whatever…) Photographed at the 1969 Akron, Ohio Tam’O Shanter Festival “Listen - Soul Tornados - Crazy Legs - MP3″ Greetings all. Hey hey hey and all that. When I said that I’d be back on Friday with something funky, I wasn’t lying....

The Peddlers “Listen - Peddlers - Nothing Sacred - MP3″ Greetings all. If you follow the goings on here at Funky16Corners you’ve heard me mention (and post songs by) the Peddlers a lot over the past year or so. The most interesting thing (of many) about the Peddlers, is that during the...

Ingfried Hoffman was neither nor… “Listen - Memphis Black - Why Don’t You Play the Organ Man - MP3″ Greetings all. I hope you all had a restful weekend (I know I did), and you’re ready for a week full of funky Hammond grooves. I know I did a theme “weekâ€� two weeks ago, ...