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Item No: 017

Posted: 02/08/05

Item: Review : Seaside Soul on The Air!

Sunday 31st July 2005

A Taste of Soul with Eddy Edmondson

After eighteen months of successfully running soul nights at Upstairs Downstairs the Seaside Soul Club finally made it onto a national stage with an invitation from Soul in the Sun's Eddy Edmondson to guest on a two hour special from Kendal in the Lakes on Lakeland Radio's A Taste Of Soul.

This seemed highly appropriate as were sharing a setting with Strawberry Bank Liquers and Plumgarth Foods no less, why Eddie Even offered to thrown in The Gateway Inn for good measure to keep a steady stream of drinks flowing.

Sadly the boys were well behaved and whilst their nerves were on show for the journey up to Kendal despite Rod Davies's best efforts to tank the lads up on Robbie Vincent tapes and Carlsberg Lager, once the opening bars of Harrison Crump's "Ride" kicked in they were thoroughly relaxed.

Jason introduced Eddy to the Club members and we each took in tunes to play and to describe why we had made these choices.

Tim and Duffs talked about a recent gig at the Platform to see Charles Walker and "Snake Juice" got an airing also played was a cracking Johnnie Johnson track to boot thanks to Tim. Tim along with Duffs also went on to explain some of the gigs and records played at venues in Morecambe over the years particularly Morecambe Pier back in the 80ss.

Dave and Sean T played some across the board from Eric Benet, Johnny Bristol, Gwen Mcrae, Eloise Laws and some NUSoul and gave their thoughts on the club and why it had been so popular and the broad music policy on offer.

Sean O'Connor gave Eddy one or two surprises to listen to in TLC, Black Satin, The Four Tops, Philip Mitchell and The Drifters "Pour Your Little Heart Out" which got Eddy very interested and making written notes for reference. Pete Warner, The Originals' "Don't Stop Now" and Lou Rawls "See You When I Get There" finished the night off and a great time was had by all.

Charlie couldn't make it this time around but I'm sure it wont be too long before the Seaside Soul Club hits the airwaves again.

Hear the show here.

Last Updated: Monday 19 December, 2005 22:00