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Na de succesvolle overzichtsbox Sound of the Westcoast, komt Leo Blokhuis nu met de box Sound of South. Onderwerp van deze box is de soul- en de country-soulmuziek gedurende de periode 1961-1976. Er komt dus niet alleen pure soul aan bod, maar in Sound of the South komt ook de country aan bod.
 
Zowel Soul als Country is, op het eerste gezicht, misschien een niet heel erg voor de hand liggende combinatie. Immers, soul is bij uitstek zwarte muziek is, en de country is bij uitstek blank muziek. In de periode die Blokhuis in Sound of the South onder de loep neemt, begon in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten de grenzen tussen beide muziekgenres echter te vervagen. Dat kwam doordat al in de vroege jaren zestig multiraciale bands de artiesten van het bekende soullabel Stax in Memphis begeleidden en ex-countrymuzikanten de grote soulsterren in de Fame-studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama begeleidden.

Deze samenwerking tussen beide, voorheen strikt gescheidden, werelden zorgde voor een muzikale kruisbestuiving die country-soul wordt genoemd. In Sound of the South, inventariseert Leo Blokhuis niet alleen de beste, door blanken beïnvloede, soul, maar ook de soulvolle country.

Met nummers van o.a. Solomon Burke, Otis Redding, Staple Singers, Al Green, Tina Turner, Betty Lavette, Joe South, Bobby Gentry, Charlie Rich, Clarence Carter en nog vele anderen. Zie onder de afbeelding voor de complete tracklisting van Sound of the South.

CD 1:

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) -Solomon Burke
Think it Over- Jimmy Donley
Funny (How Time Slips Away)- Joe Hinton
Steal Away - Jimmy Hughes
Hold On To What You`ve Got - Joe Tex
There`ll Be No Teardrops Tonight - B.J. Thomas
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
Almost Persuaded - David Houston
Mohair Sam - Dallas Frazier
You Left The Water Running -Otis Redding
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr
Everybody Loves A Winner-William Bell
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man-Aretha Franklin
Down In Texas -Don Varner
A Woman Will Do Wrong -Irma Thomas
Cover Me -Eddie Hinton
Don`t Lose Your Good Thing - Etta James
Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall
I`ll Suffer - Barbara Lynn
Power Of Love -Hourglass
Just Like Old Times - James & Bobby Purify
Ode To Billie Joe- Clydie King
This Love Of Mine - Arthur Conley
Rainbow Road - Bill Brandon
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Bettye Swann


CD 2:

I Went off and Cried - Kip Anderson
Harper Valley P.T.A. -Margie Singleton
Sugarman - Sam Baker
It`s All Wrong But It`s Alright - Laura Lee
The Son Of Hickory Holler`s Tramp - O.C. Smith
Do What You Gotta Do -Ronnie Milsap
Games People Play - Joe South
Everyday I Have To Cry Some - Lattimore Brown
Son Of A Preacher Man -Dusty Springfield
Gentle On My Mind- Tony Borders
Rainy Night In Georgia -Tony Joe White
The Ghetto -Homer Banks
Love On My Brain - Jim Ford
Back In Your Arms- Wilson Pickett
Tonight I`ll Be Staying Here With You - Bob Dylan
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road - Elvis Presley
Reconsider Me -Johnny Adams
I Threw It All Away -Cher
She Thinks I Still Care -Lou Johnson
Brownsville Lumberyard - Sammi Smith
All The Time-Ella Washington
Mama Hold My Hand -Troy Seals
Get Ourselves Together- Delaney & Bonnie
Breakfast In Bed -Baby Washington


CD 3:

Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Willie Hightower
Fancy -Bobbie Gentry
Sweep Around Your Own Back Door -Lulu
I`ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Barbara Mandrell
Jezebel Of The Morning - Rob Galbraith
If I Were A Carpenter - Lee Dorsey
Lovesick Blues - Little Richard
Patches -Clarence Carter
What I don`t Know Won`t Hurt Me - George Soule
Ring of Fire - Ray Charles
Stranger - Larry Saunders
Soul Train -Roy Head
I Want `Cha - Eric Quincy Tate
He Called Me Baby - Candi Staton
Shoes - Brook Benton
Don`t Hang No Halos On Me -Sami Jo
Help Me Love -Tommy Tate
A Woman Left Lonely -Charlie Rich
Amos Burke -Don Nix
Hangin` On In There - Paul Kelly
Chokin` Kind - Allen Toussaint
A Little Less Conversation - Mac Davis


CD 4:

In The Middle Of It All - Arthur Alexander
Midnight Train To Georgia Cissy Houston
I`ll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) -Luther Ingram
My Adorable One - Z. Z. Hill
Slip Away -Travis Wammack
You`ll Loose A Good Thing - Denise LaSalle
She Don`t Have To See You (To See Through You)- Bobby Patterson
I`m So Lonesome I Could Cry -Al Green
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Nobody`s Fool - Dan Penn
Daydreamin` - Warren Storm
It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
(You Keep Me) Hanging On -Ann Peebles
Winner Take All - Donnie Fritts
Back Road Into Town - The Staple Singers
Ohoopee River Bottomland -Larry Jon Wilson
Lesson In The Pain Of Love - Delbert McClinton
I`m Knee Deep In Loving You - Jerry Lee Lewis
Behind Closed Doors - Bobby Womack