The Mirettes

Listen/Download Nate Turner and the Mirettes – Sweet Soul Sister

Greetings all

The tune I bring you today is something very cool I picked up at a garage sale a few years back.

I have no idea why I haven’t featured it here before, other than it got lost in the shuffle.

‘Sweet Soul Sister’, co-written by Quincy Jones and performed by Nate Turner and the Mirettes appeared (as did its b-side ‘Rap Run It On Down) on the soundtrack to a 1969 Sidney Poitier movie called ‘The Lost Man’.

I haven’t been able to track down any information about Nate Turner (I’m pretty sure it’s not the Chicago-based blues musician) but the Mirettes are in fact THE Mirettes, featuring Vanetta Fields on lead vocals, who recorded a number of excellent records for labels like Mirwood, Revue and Uni. I’ve featured their epic reading of ‘Take Me For a Little While’ here at Funky16Corners a few years ago.

The Mirettes – all former Ikettes (it seems like every other female soul singer of a certain vintage did some time with Ike and Tina) – had a Top 20 R&B hit with their version of ‘In the Midnight Hour’, just skimming the outer reaches of the Pop Top 40, in 1968.

‘Sweet Soul Sister’ is a slow, sexy groove, with Turner taking the lead vocal and the Mirettes working the background.

The song features a cool, repeated guitar riff, subtle organ and horns. It was arranged and produced by  Jones.

I have yet to track down and watch ‘The Lost Man’, but if any of you have seen it, and remember how the songs feature in the film, leave me a note in the comments.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

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