WELCOME TO SIR SHAMBLING'S DEEP SOUL HEAVEN

Here you’ll find articles – some brief, some less so – on soul music and the artists who made it. Mostly concentrating on deep soul and southern soul recordings from below the Mason - Dixon line in the Golden Age between about 1960 and 1980 when the dreaded synthesisers began to take over. But like all the “rules” of the site, this one was made to be broken, and a lot of other sorts of black music have found their way here as well.

To help you find your way around the site:

Artists - an ever growing index that will lead you to biographies, discographies, label shots and, of course, the music from deep and southern soul artists - famous and not so famous. Sound files you can listen to or download are highlighted by this symbol

Articles - Index of some reviews, articles and ramblings from Sir Shambling and various guest writers. These include small features on what this site is all about, a definition of the music highlighted here, who Sir Shambling is and a "thank you" list of friends without whom this site would not have been possible.

Links - Sir Shambling's favourite websites, record dealers, magazines and other friends of this site.

Contact Sir Shambling - leave your comments positive or not right here.

Latest additions : 21 March - Lonnie & Curtis, Cleveland Davis, James Bounty, Hank "Soul Man" Mullen and Rudi Stewart.

14 March - Hoagy Lands, Johnny Stewart, Gwen Smith, Willie Walker and Reginald C.

7 March -In his new article my great friend Kevin Kiley considers what soul is, what tugs at his heart strings, what moves him emotionally. He illustrates the breadth of his musical taste and knowledge by choosing a series of tracks by artists known primarily as rock musicians but whose vocals or the songs they sing move him - so that he is affected in his soul. You can find "So What Constitutes Soul?" here.

1 March - Johnny Robinson, Pamela Baitey, Robert Ramsey, Ben Monroe, Robbie Mitchell & Darryl Patterson.

22nd February - Reuben (Tutti) Jackson, Sedatrius Brown, James Lewis Fields, Josephine Taylor and Luvenia Lewis.

15th February - George Jackson, Nate Holmes, Universals, Soul Superiors and Johnnie Ruth King.