Don't know if others are aware, but on browsing the Sky TV guide it appear there is two hours of Soul on the brilliant BBC 4 tonight.

The Bobby Womack story from 9 to 10 and then the Soul to Soul concert from 1971.

Sky Channel 116. Enjoy!

Saw the documentary last night Paul, and having enjoyed it that much will watch again. I have eleven vinyl albums mostly bought on release or soon after, Resurrection (Underated ) on casette, and numerous CD's. I do hope new and younger fans delve into his wonderful back catalogue, a good start would be the compilation - Essential Bobby Womack - The Last Great Soul Man.

 

In the very early seventies I bought many new release's on the basis of reviews in Blues and Soul, Womack, O'Jays, Spinners, Harold Melvin, Chi Lites, Stylistics, Bill Withers,early EWF, Invictus, Hot Wax , just to name a few. Forty years on and I am still discovering new stuff by many of the same artists and get that same thrill.

 

Can't Stop A Man In Love off the brilliant Fact's Of Life album was also done as we all know by Reuben Howell. I think both were 1973 but is Bobby's version the original ?

 

Steve

  On 09/06/2013 at 18:12, scunnyjack said:

Can't Stop A Man In Love off the brilliant Fact's Of Life album was also done as we all know by Reuben Howell. I think both were 1973 but is Bobby's version the original ?

 

Its a George Soule/Terry Woodford song and If you look at the rest of the Reuben Howell LP, its a Wishbone production, so 100% Muscle Shoals and IMO nothing really linking it to Motown apart from it being released on it.  Womack had links down there from his time at American Studios, so I would have thought there was a good chance that the song was pitched to various artists at the same time.  Given the production leaning of the RH LP and that he released it as a single, I'd have a leaning towards Reuben Howell being the primary, even if Facts of Life had an earlier release date.

Quality tv and Bobby doc was heaven, did not know the Stones " its all over now" was a cover of a Bobby Womack song.. Cool...

Watched this the day before the 110th St Doc. It's very similar but with a tad more detail, not as good quality as the BBC version but well worth a look.

 

For some reason i couldn't post the clip so here's the link, there is also a great David Ruffin unsung vid on there

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERq36gghWr8 

There are some great Unsung documentaries.

Marvin Gaye, The Life and Death is on BBC4 this coming Friday.

Edited June 10, 201311 yr by chalky

Gonna have to set Sky to Record Series me thinks.  Gotta watch the Marvin Gaye thing, should be compulsory viewing !!

The Charles Bradley thing should be good too, and he's actually performing live in Islington the same night!

Bobby Womack ( with the Bravest Band featuring Damon Albarn and Richard Russell ) is headlining  Glastonbury's West Holts stage later this month - That is gonna be some gig so let's hope it features in the BBC's coverage of the festival.  

In a strange way, Wilson Pickett made me a Bobby Womack fan.  I went to see Pickett at Hammersmith around 1971, and also on the bill was a then little known Phillip Mitchell.  He did a song with a fantastic guitar riff that I couldn't get out of my head.  I asked around and discovered it was Bobby Womacks' 'That's the way I feel about cha', which I subsequently bought, and then got anything I could by this then unknown to me artist.

Forward to 1988 and the best gig I have ever seen at the same venue, Bobby Womacks 'The Last Soul Man' concert.

 

Here is one that I only recently discovered, a duet by Womack and Ronald Isley.  Absolutely sublime!