One of THE great voices in soul music,the unheralded John Edwards.This was his debut album of which he only recorded 2 solo efforts in the studio. He would go onto become the lead singer of the Spinners in later years, singing on some of their last big hits. This features John singing in a deep Southern Soul style going back to his roots. Once an extremely popular regional attraction, John moved from the chitin circuit to the big time when he joined the Spinners. Born in St. Louis, he began singing in men’s clubs while stationed in Germany during his Army days. When he was discharged, Edwards came to Columbus, GA. He appeared once with Wilson Pickett and then did several dates in Chicago, where he met Curtis Mayfield in 1968. Mayfield got Edwards a session at Weis Records and Jo Armstead produced “If I Don’t Lose My Head” in 1969. Armstead produced other singles for Weis and Twin Stacks before Edwards moved to Bell in 1972. Floyd Smith co-wrote and produced “The Look on Your Face,” after which Edwards moved again to Aware and in 1973. Smith produced his this LP. “Messing up a Good Thing” generated some attention. But it was “Careful Man” in 1974 that got Edwards his first and only hit as a single act. When Aware folded, Edwards did a few dates with The Spinners in 1973, but continued his solo career with Cotillion. His 1976 LP Life Love and Living contained some excellent deep soul tunes,that will be posted up soon, particularly “Baby, Hold on to Me,” but didn’t get much attention sales wise. Edwards joined The Spinners full time in 1977 and remained with them singing “Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl” and “Cupid/I’ve Loved You for a Long Time” these were the biggest Spinners hits featuring Edwards to date. Sadly John suffered a stroke. He is recovering well and G.C. Cameron is standing in for him in the current Detroit Spinners line-up. This is top notch soul!
AMM
The Tasters!
22 comments:
It,'s A Groove! Thanks A Lot.
If the mucis is as good as the cover ... Thanks for review, P.
Thanks AMM. Enjoying the tasters for now.
Yes, here is one that I like once again. Thank you Collins
Pierre
A great album. Thanks for the review.
You don't see this around. Rare one,amm.
thank you so much. I saw this album before but had no knowledge of his background. Had I known I would have bought this album. Like I have said many times before, you have educated many of on soul artists. Thank you AMM.
This is just up my street love this production love the tasters Thanks for the review AMM
Cheers Pedro
thanks AMM hes my man too and love this gorgeous cover fyi you can see his face also on another Cotillion album Funky Christmas you know it!
Another rare pick... many thanks for this review AMM
BigD
Great Review Thank you AMM
Top notch soul indeed amm, many thanks
Southern soul, Yes sir!
Thanks for the review
Another choice review MM.
cheers,ELtel
Thanks for the review AMM
great review AMM. I'm Aware of the other cd as well.
Another great share AMM
many thanks Reb
Great review AMM, Tried finding out about him after his his retirement due to stroke in 2000, but to no avail. Regards, Boppinbob.
Southern soul at it's best.Thanks for reviewing this one AMM
Really liking this one. Moves effortlessly from raw soul to smooth and mellow. Thanks AMM!
Many thanks,great soul
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