Featuring tracks by The Temptations, J.J. Jackson, Syl Johnson, Betty Everett, Archie Bell & The Drells, The Isley Brothers, Bill Deal and the Rondels, Spyder Turner, The Esquires, Willie Parker, Harold Hopkins, Don Covay, Soul Brothers Six, Solomon Burke, The Drifters, Erma Franklin, Billy Butler & The Enchanters, O.V. Wright, The Enchanters, Bobby Angele, Billy Stewart, Felice Taylor, Ray & Dave, Eddie “Cleanhead Vinson & Cannonball Adderley, Irene FReid, Lowell Fulsom, Otis Clay, Jimmy McCracklin, Eddie “G” Giles, Turner Bros., The Georgia Prophets, Mar-Vellos, Oscar Mack, Turn-A-Rounds, Ray Charles, Ike & Tina Turner, Shorty Long, Bob & Earl, The Tams and Florence Ballard!
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 befiore 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.