Slim and the Soulful Saints

Montgomery, AL, funk clothing Slim as well as the Soulful Saints formed in early 1970. Regarding to Eothen Alapatt’s profile in the summertime 2005 problem of Polish Poetics, guitarist Stanford “Slim” Barnes initial teamed with tenor saxophonist Lorenzo “Seafood” Fendley over ten years earlier within a Crimson Level, AL-based R&B group led by regional music veteran Willie Charles “Henry” Perry before parting methods when Fendley inserted the armed forces. Bassist Willie Pettaway, organist Al Stringer, tenor saxophonist George Williams, trumpeters Avery “Good-looking” Beavers and Wilbert Jackson, and drummer Donnie “Champ” Remnell finished the Soulful Saints’ lineup, which quickly arrived a residency in the rough-and-tumble Montgomery nightspot the Tyjuana Golf club. Despite relying greatly on crowd-favorite R&B and spirit covers, the music group worked a small number of initial funk jams to their repertoire, so that as their recognition grew they made a decision to travel to Muscle mass Shoals’ renowned Popularity Studios to slice an individual. While a cover of Z.Z. Hill’s “You to definitely Like Me” occupied the A-side, the turn was granted to “Seafood Mind,” a monster deep-funk groove 1st devised on-stage in the Tyjuana Golf club. The outcome so impressed Popularity owner Rick Hall that he provided Fendley a normal gig along with his studio room band, however the tenorist dropped. “You to definitely Love Me” made an appearance on the Wire label in the summertime of 1970. Just a few hundred copies had been pressed, and with promotion and distribution practically nil, the record proceeded to go nowhere. Slim as well as the Soulful Saints break up immediately after, but years later “Seafood Head” emerged like a sought-after collectable among deep-funk aficionados before showing up on Rocks Throw’s seminal compilation The Funky 16 Sides.