I was brought into soul music by my dad as a toddler in the 60's he was mad for it, by the early 70's my sisters were bouncing round britain to various soul venues and i was getting a weekly dose of new soul recordings on my phillips portable casstette player that had been taped (rather poorley) at part of a venue that weekend, by the time i was 14 I was glad to have some great mentors like Paul rowe, Steve peebles, Steve Paiter, Big Ray butters, who (coz i was small) blagged me into nighters, they showed great friendship to a snotty nosed whipper snapper who was mad on the soul scene, didnt care about my age, just wanted me to love the music....we should do the same for all the younger folks who are passionette about soul music and give them the experiences of our miss spent youth.
But then again theyell get there own as the same old things, politics, drugs, etc etc were there in the past and will be there in the future, it'll be just a tad more pricey to collect. and remember what was new to us is opening up and new to them....just think of that buzzzzz......shit i wish i was young again
Geeooooordie