Evening All ....God ,I;'ve turned into Dixon Of Dock Green !
Any today I'm gonna tell you a strory....now,I've turned into Max Bygraves.....HELP 1
There are 2 great ,(but sadly virtually unknown outside of the true cognescenti of UK Soul )vocalists who I know well ,and still believe to this day will be successful as a UK-style Ashford & Simpson .
They are a happily married couple , and both have truly amazing Soul voices....they are Melanie Williams ( Of Sub Sub " Ain't No LOve " fame ) and Joe Roberts - possessor of THE BEST BRITISH SOUL VOICE EVER..check the Morales mix of " Lover " that I'm going to post.
There is a third member of the team ....my great friend and Facebook- poster Eric Gooden.
I signed Eric and Melanie to Virgin about 20 years ago as a duet called Temper Temper who recorded a truly special album that was way ahead of its time ( most of my acts were ! ) and the public just weren't ready. I will post a song from it - a ballad called " Like We Used To "that will be a MASSIVE hit one day ...theirs truly was Soul Music .
At the same time Joe was signed by my mate Pete Tong to London and he released his album around the same time..Joe sings as good as Al Green ,he's just brilliant !
Eric soon decided he preferred to be in the background rather than p[erforming so he turned to writing/Producing and running his own label.......I keep telling him he was a great performer but won't have it !
Anyway over the past 20 years Mel and Joe got married ,had 2 lovely children,and continued to record and release material as Black Flower...dark,twisted Soul Music that is well-worth listening to.
After Black Flower I started working with them again and as Bodhi they recorded one of the GREAT British Soul albums which I have here...........but for various reasons ,too complicated to explain, it has never been released.
Now known as Butterfly Jam ( are you keeping up with this at the back ? ) Mel and Joe perform around their native Manchester ,they are brilliant - if you get the chance to see them please go .
They are criminally under-appreciated...these guys embody everything that Soul Music is about ....hear them sing and you will know what I mean.
They are the band that keeps me awake most at night as I still believe that if I can get the public to hear this real-life Ashford & Simpson they will embrace them....even if its on the bloody X-Factor !
It's NEVER too late for talent to be recognized and I'm gonna keep on trying to break them coz they are just SO good !
TSG x
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