I would take note of Mace, he knows his onions from being out there every week over the years and dealing in records of various description......
Most of these topics are pissing in the wind again and again again.... Before you can vote yes or no you need to define all these tunes, impossible, the same tune can be in a RnB, northern, Rock< roll, Rhythm and soul,rockin blues, popcorn cross under( ) catagory depending on the views/ ears of many different folk....
All these pigeon holes , its a funny old game.....
I was told this last week that i should not play Buddy Ace " screaming please" at a northern event.... I am guessing that he had it in his pigeon hole as RnB, I did not ask, not worth wasting play time with creatures.....
Some of it can have a RnB, blues, psych, country, rock, pop, funk, gospel, disco edge to it.... But its all soul to me....
But i do get the jist of this topic done to death a thousand times with the likes of J T Parker, Charles Sheffield, Joe Tex and many more tunes getting big plays a great reactions in many established " northern events "........ Some would say " that aint northern, its RnB shite while they flop around the floor to some white pop shite they call soul ..
"Its a funny old game ".....
So many flavours out there in the sweetshop, a million sweetshops in events.... Go suck on a few things and see what you like...
ps... Tin hat on now, i can see some pigeon fanciers lurking....