Body & Soul: Down Home Soul
These are the voices of soul-artists like Wilson Pickett, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter, Fontella Bass, Otis Redding, Staple Singers, Solomon Burke and more-and their music was often inspired by the church. With touches of gospel and R&B;, this sound from the '60s and '70s was distinctively Southern-that's why so many African-Americans described soul back then as "down home music." Time Life picked a stirring collection of amazing soul songs for Body & Soul: Down Home Soul. Time Life. 2005.