The Happy Hooker

Some good tracks here ....................remember goin' down Porobello Rd in the sixties and picked up " James Bond " and "Phoenix City" by Roland Alphonso singles for a snip, where they are now

Mine was the Tinned Chicken club in Castleford part of the (then) new Crystal Bowl complex, at the start of the year a schedule of the TOP soul acts would be published (see photo) and it was with great expectations we'd trot down to the club expecting to see The Drifters, Impressions, Fantastics or whoever but they never turned up, conned again, by a local impressario called Ken Dougherty, but we did get Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Wynder K Frogg and a never never to be forgotten night when Junior Walker and the all stars ACTUALLY turned up with Pete Stringfellow djing The town centre was rammed with soulies, the night will live on in my memeory for ever. The photo is of a poster taken at the Soul Lodge in Tenerife. that lists the act the SHOULD appear but never did

Went to SITS (Soul In The Sun ) Tenerife in March can say it was a fabulous soul holiday, Vivos night club is used for the week run by Eddy Edmondson, but an equally good venue is the Soul Lodge located in the San Eugenia district of Tenerife ,link: https://www.northernsoultenerife.com/ Run by a great guy, Stefan Dee, the trip to the Rancho for a soul extravaganza is one not to be missed see my photo album for snaps of the scene ......................def. booking again for next year