Welcome to the Funk-n-Soul Music Blog.
Here’s where we dig into the songs, artists, albums, and stories that have stayed with us through the years. Some are old favorites. Some are forgotten gems. Some may make you stop and listen all over again.
Put on a record, pull up a chair, and stay awhile. 🎶💿
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Searching for Sugar Man
: The Rock Star Who Didn’t Know He Was Famous His records failed in America. His…
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Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy!
Purple Haze: Jimi Hendrix gave the world a psychedelic rock classic. Our ears gave him one…
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The Snowman Who Fought Back
Frosty the Unmovable: Some snowmen melt. Some snowmen fall over. And then there’s the one in…
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The Pizza Guy Who Wasn’t:
Norman Durkee and Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care of Business” One of rock’s most recognizable piano parts,…
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Robert Johnson:
The Devil Went Down to the Crossroads He was once laughed at for his guitar playing.…
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Operator:
Jim Croce’s Heartbreaking Song About the Call He Never Made One payphone. One old love. One…
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Soul in My Heart:
When the Feeling Finds the Groove Some music speaks to your heart. The good stuff finds…
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Blind Blake
: The Forgotten Blues King Who Brought Jack Reacher to Georgia Nearly a century after his…
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I Am the Walrus
The Beatles Song That Told the World to Stop Overthinking John Lennon mixed nursery rhymes, literary…
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Big Eyes, Bigger Lies
The Margaret Keane Art Scandal She painted the pictures. He took the credit. And for years,…
