Soul Of Stax

[Guest Brian J]

Community Channel 233 (Telewest)23.00 - 23.20 Black Tracks; Soul Survivor; The story of Jamaican superstar Byron Lee. Byron Lee & the Dragonnaires are still at the heart of popular music 40 years after popularising the various musical styles of the island. 22.00 - 23.00 Dread Beat & Blood; Built around black Brixton poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, this film addresses itself mainly to the problems of Britain's young urban blacks. 15.35.- 15.50 Black Tracks; Bristol Vibes. A short film using a combination of music and image documents 24 hours in the life of Bristol especially it's Afro-Carribean inhabitants. 13. 05 - 14.20 & 12.45 - 02.00 Soul Of Stax; Hilighting the pure sound of Soul music that was used as a manifestation of black American politics in the 1960's and 1970's.

[sister dawn]

excellant programme the soul of stax and as usual with these things its never on as long as you would like them to be. Watched it the other evening as it has been repeated throughout october. Well worth watching or recording if out