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I have just watched a BBC4 programme on the early days of soul music in the UK in the early to mid 1960's. It featured a band called Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, who were credited as the most influential soul band of the era. To my amazement I have never heard of them.

As you are of a certain vintage I was wondering if you could throw some light on them?
 
Originally posted by PDJ@Feb 2 2007, 10:25 PM
Ardross won't know. He's never even heard of Buffalo Springfield!!
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That would be one of Dusty's brothers.

Even I've heard of Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and I'm ages with AC.
 
Can I plead being a virtual furriner to these island shores until 1964? And I can't say I was interested in soul back then, either. The 'Eavenly Brothers, Beatles, assorted artistes, but not soul. Brian will know. Brian knows everything that's worth knowing, and even a lot that's not.
 
Blimey, that's a name from the past. They were a Jamaican band who moved over here. They were more of a live band than a recording one, though they did have some success with "Red, Red Wine". I saw them at the Marquee. They split up after not that long and Jimmy James went disco (and had some hits too).
 
Oh, I remember 'Red, Red Wine' then. Felt it was a bit of a dozy old tune, the sort you slumped in a chair to at a winding-down party, or snogged to, or...
 
:confused: Very possibly, Brian - a slow, ska-type, rather boring thingy. "Red, red wine, you go to my head... " zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz...
 
Interesting - I didn't particularly care for him, but I knew loads of American women - and men - who bought up everything by the chap and went to as many of his concerts as they could.
 
Listening to Desert Island Discs yesterday, I was very taken with an Ella Fitzgerald/Inkspots number called "Cow Cow Boogie" !! My mother and also my fa-in-law were huge Inkspots fans but I hadn't heard this one before. Brilliant!
 
Originally posted by krizon@Feb 3 2007, 01:18 AM
Interesting - I didn't particularly care for him, but I knew loads of American women - and men - who bought up everything by the chap and went to as many of his concerts as they could.
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My mum loved him. His last album has somewhat revitalised his career produced as it was by Rick Rubin - the man behind the desk for Johnny Cash`s now legendary American IV masterpiece (he also co-produced the best rock album of the last decade in The Mars Volta`s De-Loused In The Comatorium)
 
Originally posted by Euronymous@Feb 3 2007, 10:21 AM
Rick Rubin - the man behind the desk for Johnny Cash`s now legendary American IV masterpiece
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Now that's what I call music (85) :ph34r:
 
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