Huey Meaux recorded more soul music in the 60s and 70s than any other
producer in Texas, leasing some of it to nationally distributed labels
such as Jamie and Scepter and issuing even more of it on the dozens of
labels he ran in conjunction with various business partners. He wasn’t
the only producer in South Texas but the number of singles that bear the
legend Produced by Huey P Meaux could fool anyone into thinking he was. Many of soul’s greatest names got their
break with the Crazy Cajun. Some worked with him for only a short time,
others such as Barbara Lynn stayed with him for virtually all of their
active careers. If Don Robey’s Duke and Peacock labels shaped the
template for 50s R&B in Houston, then hundreds of 45s that Huey put
out between 1960 and 1980 provided the same service for those decades. kents researchers had been
working their way through the beautifully filed tape vault in Houston’s
Sugar Hill studios, transferring the many masters that comprise Huey’s
recorded legacy. This volume of “South Texas Rhythm ‘n’ Soul Revue” is a
welcome by product their work.Some names here will be familiar
to serious soul fans: Johnny Copeland, Johnny Adams, Jean Knight, Jackie
Paine and Joe Medwick, for example. Others will surely become much
better known as a result of this compilation. To represent all facets of
60s Texas soul kent also included great sides by swamp pop greats such
as Warren Storm, whose take on ‘Tennessee Waltz’ is a highlight of the
set, and Chicano octet Sunny and the Sunliners who do Earl King’s ‘Trick
Bag’ a similarly splendid service. They even got young Johnny and
Edgar Winter tearing through ‘Out Of Sight’ in a manner that would make
James Brown himself proud. The highlights for many will be the unearthed original demos of soul classics ‘Neighbor Neighbor’
and ‘You’ll Lose A Good Thing’ by their authors, Alton Valier and
Barbara Lynn respectively, which offer a priceless opportunity to hear
how these songs sounded before they became hits. All in all, a window on
what the music scene in and around Houston was like almost 50 years
ago. Some very expensive gems on here and those gorgeous northern dancers!
AMM
The Tasters!
15 comments:
Awesome Tracklist AMM Thank you very much
Let's listen to South Texas! Thanks for review, P.
Sounds great. - thank you for the review mate
Great tracklist, thanks for this one.
Some great sounds along with some good information of the music put out by Huey Meaux. Thank you AMM.
Yessireee, please take us down south :) ✌🏻☀️☮️
Flac and Kent is a great combination thanks
top quaity choons Cheers AMM
Great review
EXCELLENT album and review! THANKS!!
Thanks AMM. Love Warren Storm swamp pop.
wow "tape vault in Houston’s Sugar Hill studios" thats my dream place! thanks for this much AMM
Thank you AMM for another great Kent comp Reb
Thanks for the review AMM
Undoubtably a great set of side on this album great post and review AMM
Cheers Pedro
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