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Hi John, good to read your experience. To dance is to Live in my opinion. I now dance Salsa although feeling more tired the next day as time goes by! FitzSoul from Leicester comes to Jersey each year and in 2025 this will be 7-9 November at The Merton Hotel. As long as the music is playing I want to be on the dance floor. I used to own vinyls such as 'Open the Door to your Heart', Darrell Banks, 1966 and "I can Sing a Rainbow" by The Dells, 1969. You Tube is wonderful thing now although not quite the same as owning a vinyl. Well done on your collection.

Hi Happy Feet, thank you for the welcome. Regarding which song Root & Jenny Jackson were singing at the time I would say 'Let's go somewhere'. However, this song was recorded in 1969 and if the year is correct of 1967 (I was 16 yrs old and the year resonates with the age I was when I went to the Plebs), this song was not yet recorded by Root & Jenny Jackson. I say 'Let's go somewhere' as this is a medium tempo song and looking at the crowd they are not dancing energetically as they would to say, 'Save Me', even though the go go dancers are up tempo. I was not there on the night of Root and Jenny Jackson singing live, although I was there for Lee Dorsey and many other fabulous nights. I believe the year is around 1969. I left for Jersey in 1970.

I was inspired to join Soul Source after viewing the you tube video of The Plebians (Plebs) in Halifax in 1967. I used to go to this club aged 16 and my mother picked me up at 9 am the next morning. Doors opened at midnight. An old warehouse with stone flags. The back door of The Upper George Pub led straight into the alley way and the club door on the left. I saw Lee Dorsey live on stage. At The Bin Lid in Dewsbury I saw The Fantastics many times, plus Clyde Mcphatter. You just had to dodge the rockers on the walk up to the club who were always lurking around to intimidate, even if you were a girl! I am very excited to join Soul Source.