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Today's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #green. Here's one of my favorites, by a great but very much underappreciated vocalist:

Ella Washington: The Grass Is Always Greener (On the Opposite Side of the Fence) (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-83p5HpIY

There'a a good overview of Washington's career at John Ridley's website: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/ella_washington/index.php

#EllaWashington #soulmusic #deepsoul #southernsoul #JohnRidley

Today's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #green. Here's one of my favorites, by a great but very much underappreciated vocalist:

Ella Washington: The Grass Is Always Greener (On the Opposite Side of the Fence) (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-83p5HpIY

There'a a good overview of Washington's career at John Ridley's website: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/ella_washington/index.php

#EllaWashington #soulmusic #deepsoul #southernsoul #JohnRidley

Today's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #green. Here's one of my favorites, by a great but very much underappreciated vocalist:

Ella Washington: The Grass Is Always Greener (On the Opposite Side of the Fence) (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-83p5HpIY

There'a a good overview of Washington's career at John Ridley's website: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/ella_washington/index.php

#EllaWashington #soulmusic #deepsoul #southernsoul #JohnRidley

Today's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #green. Here's one of my favorites, by a great but very much underappreciated vocalist:

Ella Washington: The Grass Is Always Greener (On the Opposite Side of the Fence) (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-83p5HpIY

There'a a good overview of Washington's career at John Ridley's website: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/ella_washington/index.php

#EllaWashington #soulmusic #deepsoul #southernsoul #JohnRidley

Today's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #green. Here's one of my favorites, by a great but very much underappreciated vocalist:

Ella Washington: The Grass Is Always Greener (On the Opposite Side of the Fence) (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-83p5HpIY

There'a a good overview of Washington's career at John Ridley's website: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/ella_washington/index.php

#EllaWashington #soulmusic #deepsoul #southernsoul #JohnRidley

There are lots of great versions of this Chips Moman / Dan Penn tune, but Clarence Carter's reading is by far the funniest of them all. It starts with a long, unforgettable, totally off-the-wall spoken intro - but when he finally starts to sing, he does an earnest, powerful version of the song:

Clarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street) (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxZ8R4cd9MM

#music #MondayCovers #clarencecarter #danpenn #chipsmoman #soulmusic #southernsoul

Now

The Queen of Soul releases her fifteenth album on June 14, 1968. Swampers Jimmy Johnson and Spooner Oldham help out on guitar and keyboards. Bobby Womack and King Curtis are there, too, on guitar and sax. Listen to Aretha Now by Aretha Franklin on Amazon Music ... #arethafranklin #thequeenofsoul #60smusic #deepsoul #arethanow #southernsoul #rnb #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/06/14/now/

https://youtu.be/fhrQC--NtMw?si=rpv-TH8IFoyM0wc_

La meva #CançóDelDia per al divendres 29 de novembre és aquesta de la #MaggieRose #Potomac #Country #SouthernSoul 🌝!

Mavis Staples and her band on 03/07/23 at Union Church, Islington, London UK. #LivingLegend #music #gospel #soul #SouthernSoul 🎶🎙️

https://youtu.be/wWlAXHMT-8s

La meva #CancóDelDia és avui de #JoeTex #DeepSoul #SouthernSoul #RnB #Funk #BayTown ✊🏿!