Remember: S.O.U.L. (Sounds of Unity and Love)
on August 22nd, 2010 at 9:22 am
From “musthear.com”
“These guys were not brilliant songwriters or musicians, but on those counts they didn’t seem to care. They had a contagious energy that couldn’t be stopped, and they clearly enjoyed expressing themselves through music. While they never scored a major hit-single, their soulful impulses were always crowd-pleasing. In 1970, they won a battle of the bands contest sponsored by the May Company department store in Cleveland, Ohio, along with local radio station WHK and Musicor Records. This feat garnered them $1,000 and a recording contract with Musicor. The band went into the studio and recorded What Is It?, which surprisingly entered Billboard’s Top 40 on the Soul Album chart. Four of the album’s seven tracks are covers, ranging from Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band’s “Express Yourself” to Herbie Mann’s ‘Memphis Underground’.”
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