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 from Martha & The Vandellas, Jerry Cook, Ad Libs, The James Hunter Six, Joe Tex, Gene Toones, Betty La Vette, Forest Hairston, Willie Hobbs, Lee Dorsey, The Dramatics, Jesse Fisher, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Floyd, Tony Mason, Betty Everett, Tony Galla, Lee Charles, Kim Weston, Charlene & The Soul Serenaders, The Magnificent Men, Kaddo Strings, Jimmy Radcliffe, Bobby Womack, The Parliaments, Jackie Payne, Timothy Wilson, Billy Butler & The Chanters, The Passions, Barbara George, Eric & The Vikings, The Professionals, Soul Children, Herman Griffin, The Holidays, O.V. Wright, Patterson Twins, The Temptations, Rose Batiste, King Curtis, Jackie Moore, Doni Burdick, Diane Lewis, and The Tempests!
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.