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Southern soul or country soul is a type of soul and country music that emerged from the Southern United States. The music originated from a combination of styles, including blues (both 12 bar and jump ), country , early R&B , and a strong gospel influence that emanated from the sounds of Southern black churches .
In 1960 he made his first recordings with his 17-year-old daughter Carla, for the Satellite label in Memphis, which changed its name to Stax the following year. The song, "Cause I Love You", featuring a rhythm borrowed from Jesse Hill's "Ooh Poo Pa Doo", was a regional hit; the musicians included Thomas' son Marvell on keyboards, Steinberg, and the 16-year-old Booker T. Jones.
Memphis soul, also known as the Memphis sound, is the most prominent strain of Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee , featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, guitar, bass, and a driving beat on the drums.
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Memphis blues – a style of blues from Memphis. Memphis soul – southern soul from Memphis known for its sultry sound and melodic unison horn lines. Mento – a style of Jamaican folk music that later developed into ska; heavily conflated with calypso music. Merengue music – Dominican folk dance music.
Scott McQuaig (1959) – country music singer and songwriter ; Mulgrew Miller (1955–2013) – jazz pianist ; Little Milton (1934–2005) – blues and soul vocalist and guitarist ; Mississippi Slim (1923–1973) – country singer and guitarist ; Monkey Joe (1906–1967) – blues musician
Dickinson currently tours with the North Mississippi Allstars [5] and as a member of the Southern Soul Assembly. In 2014, Gibson issued a signature model for him, the Luther Dickinson ES-335 , with the most notable modification being the P-90 pickups replacing the standard humbuckers.
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