"Soul Sister" by Sam Dees (1969)
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Album:Soulin'
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Track:Soul Sister
Sam Dees wrote and recorded this, perhaps as the B-side, for his third single, in this case for the Lolo label, in 1969. After that he was known mostly as a songwriter and producer. I found this in the 1980's reissued on a various-artists LP compilation Soulin' on the Moonshine label from Europe (Germany?), whose cover art is featured above. The song has a good riff.
Comments (14)
Is there a new soul expert in town? Cody B, move on over! Nice one.
Ain't that a groove! Nice one. I have about a half dozen Sam Dees tunes but not this one.
A right little groovy funky number.
Regarding the artwork I have no idea ut the drivers look like they have arrived at their destination pretty sozzelled!
dermahrk, I'm learning from you guys, someday movin' on up!
Cody, are his other tunes good? This is the only one I've heard.
Mindful, it's hard to see details in reduced Mog images like this, but tiny white crescents on black faces tell me that some are at least happy with expectation. The Cadillac has a sax leaning into its open trunk, and its right front tire's in a big puddle in the dirt road. The rotund fellow entering the back room on the left is carrying a blingy jacket whose sleeve may have splashed in a can under the roof drainpipe. 25 years ago a Bedford-Stuyvesant woman acquaintance who had grown up in South Carolina looked at this LP and told me the picture was completely authentic.
Thanks, you three, for appreciating this song.
I had 3 tunes off this comp, one off a Nashville Soul Comp from SSSInternational, and one from an early Alabama comp.
These are my two best groovers, my others are a bit slower..
Claim Jumping
Lonely for You Baby
I've said it before & I'll say it again; Gotta love the MOG
Cody, those are great! Did you see his >"discography":http://www.soulcellar.co.uk/samdees/SamDees.html?
deadman, I couldn't agree more.
I didn't se it, Sir Charles, but it seems like he was a busy man..
Mr. Dees' intensity and the frayed quality of his voice really define a period of Sixties Southern soul. He gives journeymen everywhere a good name.
ivylander, that sounds right. His voice is maybe Wilson Pickettesque.
Yes, Wilson Pickett is the correct reference point. I was thinking Joe Tex, but tha's not quite right....
Close enough.
I think in later years he went further into the Malaco kind of cheatin' southern soul..definitely glad you brought him up Spike.
Thanks, Cody.