It's a Soul Thang

Try Funky Nassau, The Meters, the Counts, early Commodores (from the 70s), Tower of Power, Graham Central Station, (most of these are a combo of funk and soul with horns) as well as the Five Stairsteps, Freda Payne, James Brown, Jr Walker, the Stylistics and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas just to name a few for the more sounful stuff you are referring to.

Nice to see all this "soul searchin" going on!!

I am ashamed of myself for forgetting some of the ones mentioned - I can still remember exactly where I was when I first heard "La La La Means I Love You" by the Delfonics and "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells. If you like soul, ya gotta love "Ooh Ooh Child" by the Five Stairsteps and the early Spinners and Stylistics stuff. "Wake Up Everybody" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes did get overplayed but it's a great song.

I do admit though that I like to crossover into the funky soul stuff a lot. If you do like Tower of Power, their "Back To Oakland" LP is as good as it gets! "Bump City" the self titled LP and "Urban Renewal" are also top notch!!

Gee, there is so much I am forgetting I think I'll go change my Depends now and take my Metamucil!!!

Tomryan, you got me again!! Oh my GOD! The Horse!!!! WHAT an incredible memory that conjured up! I must have played that song a thousand times in high school!! Thanks for the memory!!!