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 : 8th February ~ Isaac Clark, C L Blast, Shirley Wahls, Prince Harold and Clemmon Smith.

1st February ~ Deep soul expert Pete Nickols has kindy contributed an article entitled "Brown Eyed Soul" which describes the whys and wherefores of what is often called "blue eyed soul". It is a companion piece to my original article on the same subject - now updated and revised - which you can find here. Pete's article includes both soundclips and images.

25th January ~ Alice Thomas, Ollie Nighingale, Lorraine Rudolph, Brenda Duff and Rhonda Davis

18th January ~ Lorraine Randolph, Earl Jenkins, Big J B Stewart, Richard Fisher and the Four Rivers

11th January 2010 - Fred Martin, Lee Jackson, Le Bleau Monde, Eddie Jones and Jack Hyman