Anodyne
Thursday, March 06, 2008
 

But I'm an ordinary guy and my pockets are empty

(Much respect at Anodyne HQ for Mr. Thom Bell:

"It was Bell, along with sidekick Linda Creed, who created his own unique, formative and damm near perfect pop-soul universe. With lush, romantic and aurally gorgeous melodies backed in step with a tight yet gentle rhythm section along with gorgeous four and five part harmonies, he created a wonderland of the human; where art was created out of the fine craftsmanship and communication of basic human feelings that has historically made soul music great. Bell [...] originally made his mark with two of the greatest vocal groups ever; the Stylistics, who, with Creed’s help, became one of the greatest communicators of black male vulnerability in popular music, and the Delphonics, a brilliant Philly soul group in which Bell mixed doo wop harmonies, saucy strings, and a tight rhythm section to make some of the most underrated soul music in the second half of the 20th century.")
- posted by cjb @ 11:23 PM


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