Join The Marquis De Soul for another action-packed episode as he dusts off the best in R&B, Soul, Acid Jazz, Funk and Blues from his boxes, shelves and racks of treasures! Featuring tracks by Ray Charles, Jackie Forrest, The Montclairs, William Bell, Big Don's Rebellion, The Fascinations, Winfield Parker, GiGi &The Charmaines, Fantastic Johnny C, Ty Karim, Alvin Cash & The Crawlers, Brooks Brothers, Frank Popp Ensemble (feat. Paul Weller), Little Joe Cook, Detroit Soul, Fabulous Jades, Ivy Jo Hunter, Willie Hutch, Little Melvin & The Boleros, Jackie Lee & Delores Hall, Deon Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Clarence Reid, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan, Eddie Boyd, Champion Jack Dupree, Otis Rush, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Holman, Soul Brothers Six, The Claudettes, Mamas Gun, Scientists Of Soul, Jackie Shane, The Magnificent Men, Billy Storm, Ronnie Walker, Chuck Woods and The Attractions!
The Marquis De Soul Show features the best in R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues and Acid Jazz where you'll hear the obvious and the obscure, all carefully curated. As a youngster growing up in the 60's, Marquis was exposed and enthralled by all of the sounds he heard coming over the AM airwaves on a small transistor radio tucked under his pillow at night. Included were stations from Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia (many hotbed cities of R&B). At first, he was engulfed by American and British rock and pop, but soon after he connected with American R&B (Motown et al). While rock was his main focus, he found himself slowly absorbing more and more of this soulful music through local radio stations that featured the genre almost exclusively. It made for a nice cross-section of styles that he continues to follow to this day. He was a Mod before he even knew what a Mod was! An in-demand, mobile DJ from the early 80's into the mid-90's provided him with a platform to feature these sounds. By the late 80's/mid-90's, a period he describes as his "Acid Jazz Years", he became even more captivated and motivated by this music, resulting in a weekly residency at a small club in Baltimore, MD that included DJ'ing for Guru/Jazzmatazz and Brand New Heavies shows at the club.