Beautiful tribute to Arthur Conley. Thank you. I knew his music because my grandma used to play "Sweet Soul Music" all the time when I was little. I still love that song. Brings back so many memories of my family.
Thanks for the documentary #soulmusic becoming extinct today. I wasn’t born when these greats were in their prime. But I remember these songs from elders get togethers. #memories❤️ so sad the state of RnB /Soul music presently.
What a great documentary! I was the last person to work with Lee before he past away. I was writing lyrics for his upcoming album but he past during the process. He did not tell me he had cancer and that it was to be his farewell album we were working on so it came as a shocking surprise when he left this world. I got to know him as a beautiful and sweet person with an incredible voice and I still miss the long spiritual phone conversations we had!
A well-done biography. Thank you for [finally] mentioning that Conley was gay, which during his lifetime in America - due to the existing bigotry many in society held and/or practiced against nonheterosexuals, as well as the existing racism held by them and racist against people of color, certainly served as an unfortunate contributing factor to certain career roadblocks Conley encountered during his career.
Thank you again Mike Boone for another great and professional show on another great soul music institution Arthur Conley. It was worth the wait for all of your presentations. Thank you so much. Alfonso
Thank you for this documentary on Arthur Conley,Love Sweet Soul Music. In 1967 I was ten years old when this song was a hit, and guess what?, still listening to this song today! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!
Great part of a great series. Arthur Conley was nothing more than a name to this youngster (twenty-something at the time) in the early 2000s and I had his 'Sweet Soul Music' and 'Funky Street' on vinyl 45s. Next I read the interview in the Dutch magazine you mentioned. I didn't know he lived in Holland at the time. As I remember it was only a few months before he passed away. Later I heard some great stories from people in the area of Ruurlo. It turns out that he has been a 'mystery guest' in a local music quiz. He also managed a band in the early 2000s and was very reluctant to go on stage while that band was playing. It was all about them. However, it happened a few times when Arthur jumped on stage last minute and did a dazzling version of one of his classics. I live only a 70 kilometers from Vorden and I will surely visit his grave in the near future. Keep up the good work, Mike!
Glad I ran across your channel when looking-up some old Joe Tex stuff to see what might be available on him out there. Thanks for reintroducing me to Arthur Conley. I am familiar with these songs from hearing them when I was a kid, but I never had a name to associate with them until now. I love the gritty soulfulness of his voice, and will seek out his recordings for my collection. I find the message of 'self-empowerment' of the Soul Clan to be inspiring, and wonder why I never heard of it until now. Renewed respect for the names I knew, and much love to Solomon Burke!
Where have you been? I forgot about your show until I received a notification lol. How about Linda Jones? No one does her from my home town, Newark NJ.
Thank you Mike for another history lesson on these Soul singers who a lot of people don't know about or haven't heard their hit records for a long time.. ? Can you do a documentary on the sound of Philadelphia it was so many great songs and groups from Philly they need there store told... Thank's...
Love this series! Is it possible if you can do story on JR Bailey. He sang Love Love Love and After Hours. He was one of my many favorites in the 70's. Great series!!!
Arthur Conley was such a talented man! It is so unfortunate especially in the black community that artists can't be who they are without feeling discriminated and ridiculed.. People stop judging and start Loving..
That is awesome to know that james brown, gene chandler and wilson attended otis funeral. Gene Chandler's name is never really mentioned anywhere. I also wonder If curtis Mayfield, solomon burke, steve cropper, al green attended. Curtis Mayfield is another underrated person. In 1967 al green released his first album. I wonder if he knew people in the business, who might have invited him. Hell, I wonder if elvis, little richard, or chuck berry attended otis Redding. If any one has any info please share. Thank you 😉
Johnnie Taylor and Joe Tex were there..I'm not sure about the others BUT I have a friend who was with The Sam and Dave band living in Macon Ga..Also Otis long time lead guitarist who lives in Atlanta Ga I will talk with them and get the 411..you have peaked my interest.
Ok here we go..C.Mayfield..S.Burke..S.Cropper..Wilson Pickett the complete Stax family (recording artist were at Otis funeral)..Elvis and Little Richard not sure.
I'm at 11:51 and at this point you're close to perfect ! However, Arthur wasn't 19 yet in 1963 ! Arthur was !9 In 1965 when I met him in Havre de Grace, Maryland and singing with Otis and The Morroco's (The Harold Holt Band) ! I went on the road playing guitar for Arthur in 1966 ! I Can't Stop (no,no,no) did chart, in fact when it came out in 1966 it was Billboard Magazines pick hit of the week !The song hit #3 (r&b/soul radio stations) in a number of cities and got Arthur on the" Autumn Revue Show "( also know as the" Biggest Show of Stars in 1966") at the Baltimore Civil Center (Oct 9,1966) ! The success of this song got Arthur on shows with Sam & Dave,Wilson Pickett,Eddie Floyd, Solomon Burke,Percy Sledge, Johnny Taylor,Stevie Wonder,Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and the Pips,James & Bobby Purify, J.J.Jackson and many,many more.........
Really enjoyed this video it gave me a great history of AC whom I played drums in the tour that hit 5 cities on the chitterling circuit in the late sixties now I know where those beats and rythems originated from the various artists mentioned playing sweet soul music the signature song worked you hard especially with all the rim shots taking a toll on your hands when the sticks would break and snare heads would burst but those days are unforgettable times AC was a great artist to work for always kind
Amazing how similar his voice is to Sam's. Somewhere I read he spent some time under Sam's tutelage, before he was murdered. Would explain the voice characterizations, but not the fight over Sweet Soul Music.
I was born about 100 meters away from the place where he died. Not sure why he was buried in Vorden, which is an other town than Ruurlo. He passed on Groenlose Weg 34, I was born on #46.
I never understood, if Conley & Otis idolized Sam Cooke so much why did they rip off Yeah Man and not credit Sam on Sweet Soul Music 🤷🏽♂️ He credits everyone else but Sam the originator
This is why they had to get rid of Otis Redding he was becoming bigger than Atco and Stax. He contracted Arthur Conley Lyn Williams and a couple other stars.
So now all our great original soul stars are gone..... IS SOUL MUSIC DEAD? I consoled myself that at least we still had the heir, Percy Sledge, but he too transcended. We've lost the genre cos honestly nobody makes music like this again. Marvin Sease was holding up the candle, but he too is gone. We still have Lee Fields, but his categorization does not fit the bill 100% for that classic Stax sound... yet leaving me frustrated no end. The folks at Malaco did try to sustain our starving souls, but... Stax sound being stax sound, and Muscle Shoals by extension, just can't be replicated. Since we will never have the resurgence of that 60s pure heart rendering soul in our lifetime, the least we can do is to cherish whatever copies we have and appreciate them even more knowing that we are possibly the last in generations to be custodians of this wonderful genre. And more importantly share the music and the stories with our grandkids so they know that once upon a time WE lived a life..... And perhaps they too could live a life.....®®®
