Greetings all.

I shall once again remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show takes to the airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night on Viva Radio. You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device through the TuneIn app, or help yourself to an MP3 here at the blog.

I thought I’d end the week on the kind of up note that you could stuff in your ears and carry to whatever party you’re heading to.

The Soul Brothers Six are one of those soul groups that is in the required acquisition category, i.e. if I find it, I buy it.

Like most folks my age, I found my way to the SB6 via the bare-chested wailing of Grand Funk Railroad, who had a hit with their 1974 cover of the group’s ‘Some Kind of Wonderful (a hit for the SB6 in 1967), and I’m not ashamed to say that I still dig the stadium stomp of their version, too.

That said, someone (I do not recall who) posted a video a few years back, of what appeared to be an indie film about the SoCal mod scene (‘We Are the Mods’) . It was visually arresting (with the mod girls and the scooter and all that) but what really grabbed me was the song that was playing in the background of the club scene.

I did a little digging and discovered that the tune I was hearing, ‘Thank You Baby For Loving Me’ was a Soul Brothers Six record (from 1968) that I hadn’t heard before.

Written by group member Charles Armstrong, ‘Thank You Baby For Loving Me’ is fast moving (dig that bass) dancer that contains everything that made the Soul Brothers Six such a great group.

There’s the rawness of gospel, street corner harmony, old time soul shouting and that gritty guitar that you hear on so many of their records.

The chart prospects of the SB6 were a thing of the past by the time ‘Thank You Baby…’ came out, but the record almost seems too raw for 1968.

A few years later, John Ellison would go solo, and soon after that would reconstitute the SB6 on Phil LA of Soul and GRT.

You used to be able to pick up a couple of their 45s on the cheap, but those days appear to be gone.

So dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

See you on Friday.

 

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

 

_________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).

 

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.