You can listen to Michael and Syl on WFMU from Trouble’s show this morning. We apologize for the bad cable that caused some audio problems during the set and get ready to hear Syl break it all down for you. You can stream it here.
Filed under: Eccentric Soul Revue
“Man, if we can just get through this, there’s no way we’re ever gonna do it again,” says Numero Group co-owner Ken Shipley about his ambitious label’s ambitious tour: the Eccentric Soul Revue, an unrelenting, sweat-soaked revue starring unsung heroes of ’60s and ’70s Chicago soul. “You gotta ride white-knuckle the entire time to get it done. That’s not the business we’re in. We make records. We source old master tapes. We don’t do anything that’s scary!”
Filed under: Eccentric Soul Revue | Tags: Four Mints, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Marion Black, Renaldo Domino, Syl Johnson, the Notations
Money quote:
“…there is nothing more beautifully, wonderfully human than vintage soul music circa late ’50s through the early ’70s. And Monday night at the luscious Lincoln Theatre, we got a gold Cadillac full of it.”
Filed under: Eccentric Soul Revue | Tags: Eccentric Soul Revue, grand ballrom, music hall of williamsburg
Thursday night’s Manhattan Eccentric Soul Review show at the Grand Ballroom has been cancelled. If you have tickets to that show, we will honor them for the Brooklyn show friday night at the Music Hall of Willisburg. Everybody wins!
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Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the Eccentric Soul Revue this Thursday at Manhattan’s Grand Ballroom has been canceled. Since we’ve never had to cancel a show before, we asked ourselves; What would Def Leppard do? When the third leg of their North American tour recently was canceled they handled it with a mix of warmth and professionalism:
It’s like they knew exactly what we are feeling today. On a positive note, the show in Brooklyn this Friday is looking stronger than ever but there are still tickets available.
Filed under: Eccentric Soul Revue | Tags: brooklyn, ecccentric soul revue, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Linda Ballentine, new york, Renaldo Domino, Sharon Clark, Syl Johnson, the Notations, tl barrett
Our first ever illustration care of the New Yorker.
The band is taking advantage of the female leads for Chicago so, here’s a video of Syl teaching Sharon Clark the hysterical intro to “Different Strokes.” Get your tickets for the tour opener tomorrow before it’s too late!
We are very excited to have Linda Balintine perform in Chicago tomorrow night and sing the two cuts off her crazy rare 45″ featured on our comp, Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label. There’s still some tickets left for tomorrow and here’s a video of her killing it at the final rehearsal last night!
Filed under: Eccentric Soul Revue | Tags: Billy Bungeroth, Syl Johnson, Time Out Chicago
In expectation of the Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Revue this weekend at Lincoln Hall, we invited Chicago legend and former Twinight Records artist and producer Syl Johnson adn Uptown Sound guitarist Billy Bungeroth into our State Street studio, er, conference room for a little chat and a little live session. Syl and Billy performed “Is It Because I’m Black?,” a contemplative, classic for conscious crate-diggers that still resonates today. We trust you’ll dig it as much as we did. Highlights from the interview to come later.
