OK. OK. It’s Friday. Not a bad thing. The weekend is chock-loaded with festivals of all varieties (Hamtown Labor Day Fest, Detroit Jazz Fest, Arts, Beats and Eats) and the weather, at this point, is supposed to precipitation-free. The Detroit Lives film is coming out real, real soon.
In celebration, it’s time for a little Friday Soul Roundup, a collection of succulent selctions coming straight out of Detroit in the late 50s and 60s:
There is an entire stockpile of information and anecdotes about Detroit soul, R&B and otherwise over at Soulful Detroit. It’s quite easy to get lost in the depths of information over there. Have a pleasant weekend now, ya hear?