Maxine Thomas

Mississippi wasn’t a great centre for soul recordings in the 60s. The action was much greater in other southern states but if you look carefully there was fine music cut in Jackson and Greenville for example. And this lovely deep soul 45 from the latter town really fits the bill. Arranged in the classic manner of horns over a pumping triplet piano in 12/8 tempo "Your Promises" is just the sort of small town sound I love. Maxine sings robustly and fairly confidently with some great gritty phrases. The only other 45 I know on Bo-Bo is by band leader Cozy Corley.

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