VA - Bob Holmes' Nashville Soul (2017)

With the publication of E Mark Windle’s book House Of Broken Hearts, the city of Nashville’s black music scene is being studied in detail for the first time since Kent issued the CDs “Uptown Down South” and “Music City Soul” in the late 90s. To coordinate with the book we are releasing another compilation of Nashville soul, this time concentrating on the work of multi-talented songwriter, producer and arranger Bob Holmes. Those earlier CDs featured Excello/A-Bet and Poncello/Ref-O-Ree recordings respectively. This new collection also draws from those sources, plus Bob Holmes’ personal tapes and other third-party licenses. The time span is 1965 to 1980.

Track List:

01 Runaway Girl The Hytones 2:38
02 Leave It Up To The Boys Sandra King 2:27
03 Got To Get Used To You The Avons 2:47
04 Sweet Way Of Living Peggy Gaines 1:32
05 I Dedicate My Life To You Roger Hatcher 2:28
06 You Must Leave Her Because You Love Her The Paramount Four 3:07
07 Don’t Make Me Look So Bad Freddie North 2:50
08 You Never Had It So Good Eddie Frierson 3:27
09 Girl Watching On Broadway Little Rock Brotherhood 2:34
10 The Streets Got My Lady Bill Brandon 4:41
11 Under Your Powerful Love Joe Tex 3:41
12 Somebody Somewhere Gene Allison 2:54
13 Grooviest Thing This Side Of Heaven Wendell Watts 2:26
14 Tip On In (Part 1) Slim Harpo 2:52
15 I Can’t Love Nobody But You Roscoe Shelton 2:52
16 Don’t Let It Get You Down, Boy Freddie Waters 1:40
17 Say Boy The Tydes 2:03
18 Oo Gilly Baby The Avons & The Hytones 2:04
19 I’ve Got My Baby The Hytones 3:14
20 Crying Won’t Help You Now Johnny Truitt 2:56
21 Right In The Palm Of Your Hand Jimmy Church 2:42
22 I Know (It’s All Over) The Golden Bond 4:58
23 Steady Eddie & Freddie 4:50
24 Let’s Try Love Again Ruthie 4:01