The Country Soul Show
The Country Soul Show is about country soul songs and singers such as Ray Charles, James Carr, Percy Sledge, and more. Gail Nobles © 2022
Episodes
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Let’s talk about a real soul sister, a dynamite rhythm queen! We're talkin' about the one, the only, Candi Staton!
You know I dig a song with heart, with soul, with a little bit of grit in it, and Candi Staton, she's got it all! We all know Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man", a country classic. But when Candi Staton got a ho...
Story by: Gail Nobles
Cover Art by: Gail Nobles
Today we’re going to talk about the country soul scene with Kashus Culpepper’s soulful song “Pour Me Out”! This tune has got the kind of raw authenticity that makes blues music what it is—a bittersweet reflection of life’s ups and downs, and it hits hard!
Let’s take a second to soak in those lyrics. The song is a classic setup that reels you right into the story—ever...
Story by: Gail Nobles
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Georgia Morning Dew is from the Heart & Soul is a compilation album by American blues musician Johnny Adams. Released in 1969 by SSS International, the record was produced by Shelby Singleton and contains much of Adams' 1960s output.
Heart & Soul largely blends 1960s gospel, soul, pop, blues, country and funk. "Georgia Morning D...
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Walking in the Rain in Memphis by Nellie Tiger Travis is categorized under the genre blues. It has some elements of country blues.
Left my hometown Chicago
Chasing my dream with you
That's how the song starts out. It's a beautiful blues. Things start out great leaving the hometown Chicago, but after getting to Memphis, things began to change. Nellie Tiger Travis sings...
Photo: Blues musician Taj Mahal at the Museumsquartier in Vienna (Jazz-Fest Wien)
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Taj Mahal is a blues musician and actor. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments, often incorporating elements of world music into his work.
Taj Mahal has a single called Corinna. The song was written by the blues man and musicologist and released on his 1968 album ...
Song by: Yola
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Today’s Topic: Yolanda
Yolanda Carter is a singer writer and musician. She has a song titled, I Don’t Wanna Lie from her debut Studio Album Walk Through Fire (2019). It received critical acclaim and earned her four Grammy Award nominations, incl...
Keyboardist: Acoustic Guitar with Delta Blues Solo loop by Gail Nobles
Podcast jingle "War & Treaty" written by: Gail Nobles
Vocals by: Gail Nobles
Song: Are You Ready To Love Me
Song by: War & Treaty
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Hello, I’m Gail Nobles on the Country Soul Show, and today I want to talk about a husband and wife duo of Michael Trotte...
Song by: Ann Peebles
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Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
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You Keep Me) Hanging On Is a song by the Gosdin Brothers, released in Aug. 1967. It has been recorded by numerous artist, including Joe Simon, Cher, Cliff Richard, and Ann Peebles.
Ann Peebles gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s...
Song written by: Donna Summer
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Hi, I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to the Country Soul Show. Today’s topic: Donna Summer - Starting Over Again. A song that was written for Dolly Parton. The song goes like this …(Singing)
Starting Over Again written by Donna Summer. It was performed by Dolly Parton and released in March 1980 as the first single from Do...
Song: Celebrate Me Home
Song by: Bob James & Kenny Loggins
Celebrate Me Home is a song written by Bob James and Kenny Loggins, and recorded by Loggins as the title track of his 1977 debut solo album Celebrate Me Home.
Donna Summer song Celebrate Me Home live in Japan 1987 with her two sisters if I’m not mistaken. They were a great trio singing together with great harmony. Mary Gaines Bernard and Dara Bernar...
Song by: Jerry Butler & Betty Everett
Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Cover design by: Gail Nobles
Let It Be Me is a popular song by the Everly Brothers and later with the duet by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler. It is also a duet by Rod Stewart & Jennifer Hudson released 2009. The Everly Brother’s version is still the most popular, and was released in 1960 and rose to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The 1964 cover of “Let ...
Song by: Brook Benton
Written by: Tony Joe White
Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Hello! I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Country Soul Show. Today’s topic is Brook “Rainy Night in Georgia”. Benton was a singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He made a comeback in 1970 with the ...
Song by: James Carr
Written by: Dan Penn & Chips Moman
Intro music: Gail Nobles
Vocals by: Gail Nobles
Cover collage design: Gail Nobles
Today’s topic: James Carr - At the Dark End of the Street.
Hello! I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Country Soul Show. James Carr is who I want to talk about today and his song, At the Dark End of the Street. James was a soul and R& B singer described as “on...
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