O.V. Wright - 10/9/39 - 11/16/80"Soul is church. Just changing 'Jesus' to 'baby'. That's all it is."-O.V. WrightThe Stax/Motown dichotomy is just too delicious for music historians to leave alone. Motown, the northern label, a black owned business creating major pop hits whose success was rivaled only by The Beatles vs. the white owned, but highly integrated, southern label, Stax, whose artist...
Given the huge response generated by Cody B's post a couple of weeks back, combined with my discovery of the idiosyncratic way MOG spells his name, it is time to pull out a Willie Mitchell Hi Records special, from the LP "The Wright Stuff". I suspect even the CD reissue may not be easy to locate, but I'm sure O.V's music can still be found on the Web.embedembed
(I can't find the exact date) Al Green played a live show at the National Arena, Kingston, JA, that changed the course of reggae music. Virtually all the island's top session men were there, and the powerful guitar playing of Mabon "Teenie" Hodges became the style to copy in the ensuing weeks and months. Covers of Al Green songs became de rigueur, with Al Brown and Skin Flesh & Bones enjoying h...
