SIRLORDTHOMAS

HAMPTON ROADS OWN! Charlie McClendon & The Magnificents - Put Me Down Easy

2012-02-10T09:03:00.002-05:00

Northern Soul BOBBY RUSH Mary Jane

2012-02-10T08:40:00.000-05:00

Jackie Verdell - Don't Set Me Free

2012-02-10T08:28:00.002-05:00

UpFOR SALE!!!! 1ST UK PRESSING!!!!! THE WHO MY GENERATION!

2012-02-10T08:20:00.000-05:00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140700423649?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Reflections On Love (1966 film)

2012-02-09T14:57:00.002-05:00

THE UPSETTERS - Wolf Man (SKINHEAD REGGAE)

2012-02-06T15:43:00.000-05:00

The Muleskinners - Need Your Lovin

2012-02-06T00:44:00.001-05:00

THE MULESKINNERS WERE THE YOUNG MOD R&B BAND THAT FEATURED FUTURE SMALL FACES ORGANIST IAN MCLAGAN.

King Stitt- Van Cleef THE UGLY ONE1 REST IN PEACE!

2012-01-31T15:55:00.000-05:00

I am sad to report that Winston Sparkes, aka King Stitt, passed away today in his home at 1:10 PM (EST) in Kingston. He will be dearly missed, yet his spirit and contribution to the early years of Jamaican music will live on forever.

UPBEAT!!!! MOD's vs Rockers DJ night!

2012-01-30T16:08:00.001-05:00

THIS COMING SATURDAY NIGHT IN RICHMOND VA!

Bobby Bland-Honey Child

2012-01-30T08:25:00.001-05:00

Dracula - Desmond Dekker

2012-01-29T22:38:00.001-05:00

the impressions - the young mod's forgotten story

2012-01-29T22:02:00.001-05:00

PLAYBOY BAND hey hey Bunny

2012-01-23T10:27:00.001-05:00

Rob & Dean DOUGLAS Phone me

2012-01-23T10:19:00.001-05:00

Timebox -Soul Sauce

2012-01-22T21:53:00.000-05:00

FYBO 2012!!!!! PICTURES!

2012-01-17T16:55:00.000-05:00

DURHAM N.C. JAN 13-15 A GREAT WAY TO GET RALLY SEASON STARTED!

VAN DYKES -- I Won't Hold It Against You

2012-01-17T16:39:00.001-05:00

SLURP SLURP!!!!!

2012-01-08T08:11:00.000-05:00

In 1970, 7-Eleven released a 45 titled "Dance the Slurp" that was given away with Slurpee purchases. The B-side was a comedy bit detailing "strange things" that happen to people who "slurp" at 7-Eleven. The record is considered highly collectible today. In 1999, "Dance the Slurp" was sampled by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist for their Brainfreeze mix album.

FYBO 13!!! IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!

2012-01-05T17:02:00.002-05:00

http://freezeyourballsoff.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/incoming-lord-thomas-to-spin-at-fybo/

NEWYEARS 2011!!!!

2012-01-05T16:58:00.000-05:00

JJ BARNES - CHAINS OF LOVE

2012-01-05T15:17:00.001-05:00

R.I.P. DOBIE GRAY

2011-12-06T22:12:00.001-05:00

UpBEAT!!!!!!!

2011-11-30T16:39:00.001-05:00

THERE IS A NEW DJ NIGHT COMING TO RICHMOND VIRGINIA!!!! UpBeat! MODSvsROCKERS night!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is sure to be a riot!

Yvonne Baker - You Didn`t Say a Word - 1966

2011-11-30T16:36:00.001-05:00

PRESSURE DROP!!!!

2011-11-21T16:57:00.001-05:00

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN RICHMOND VA!!!!! TELL A FRIEND!

5:15 VIDEO CONTEST!!!!!

2011-11-14T16:06:00.001-05:00

HELLO FRIENDS, MY BUDDY AND I HAVE ENTERED THIS WHO COMPETITION TO MAKE A VIDEO FOR THE SONG 5:15 OFF OF THE QUADROPHENIA RECORD,PLEASE VOTE FOR US! WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WIN!!!! PLEASE CLICK BELOW!
http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/ab411e93a9aa078f7c54589996babcca/336

A MODS WAY OF LIFE

2011-11-14T16:00:00.001-05:00

http://www.hardcorenorfolk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279%3Amods-a-way-of-life-interview-with-dj-ryan-thomas&catid=25%3Athe-project&Itemid=37

J J BARNES,BABY PLEASE COME BACK HOME

2011-11-09T22:32:00.002-05:00

A REAL NORTHERN SOUL STOMPER!

Roscoe Robinson - Thats Enough

2011-11-09T22:24:00.002-05:00

Roy Head-Treat Her Right

2011-11-09T22:17:00.001-05:00

5:15 VIDEO SHOOT CALLING ALL MODS!

2011-11-01T16:54:00.001-04:00

Bill Cosby Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2011-10-28T14:00:00.003-04:00

The Vibrations , Gonna Get Along Without You Now

2011-10-25T21:25:00.003-04:00

The Intrigues - Scotchman Rock

2011-10-14T23:53:00.000-04:00

The Astors - More power to you - Northern Soul

2011-10-14T23:30:00.000-04:00

KICK ASS!

THE ATTACK!

2011-10-02T15:22:00.002-04:00

The Attack were a freakbeat/psychedelic rock band formed in 1966 around singer Richard ShirmanLondon). The first line-up featured drummer Alan Whitehead from Marmalade, guitarist David O'List (later of The Nice) and John Du Cann (later of Andromeda and Atomic Rooster).^[1] Their first single "Try It" had also been recorded by The Standells and Ohio Express.^[1]version of "Hi Ho Silver Lining", a few days earlier than Jeff Beck.^[1] Richard Shirman was invited to be singer with Andromeda but he declined. (born 26 April 1949, They also released a

In 1979 Shirmam reunited The Attack. Two years later he founded another band Hershey and the 12 Bars who released an album in 2000: Greatest Hits Volume II (A New Day Records, AND CD43). The line-up was: Richard 'Hershey' Shirman: vocals, harmonica, Mike Summerland: lead guitar, Ernie Hayes: rhythm guitar, Gary Baldwin: Hammond organ, Al MacLean: bass, Alan Coulter: drums

Shirman suff

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men.

2011-10-01T08:51:00.000-04:00

WHEN THEY WERE MOD!

2011-10-01T08:35:00.000-04:00

The Impressions - Colour Us All Gray (I'm Lost)

2011-09-22T11:24:00.001-04:00

flip flop stevens - "let's do that thing" part 1and 2 on shiptown! soul funk 45

2011-09-22T08:32:00.000-04:00

Willie Stephen, better known as Flip Flop Stevens, was legendary in the Tidewater area as a high energy performer. Flip's three known singles offer some insight into just how dynamic his live shows must have been. His first record for Shiptown, 1968's "Come On Let's Do That Thing", even came complete with over dubbed crowd hysteria. In the next two years Stevens went on to release two more 45's, both on Dynamite. "Live Your Own Life" (available on the Ol' Virginia Soul: Encore! CD) was his first for the new label, a 100 MPH funky soul stormer widely regarded as his best.(FunkyVirginia)

Syl Johnson "Different Strokes"

2011-09-19T07:45:00.000-04:00

Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed for Vee-Jay in 1959. He made his solo debut that same year with Federal, a subsidiary of King Records of Cincinnati, backed by Freddie King on guitar.

He then began recording for Twinight Records of Chicago in the mid 1960s. Beginning with his first hit, Come On Sock It to Me in 1967, Johnson dominated the label as both a hitmaker and producer. His song Different Strokes, also from 1967, featured recently on the Ultimate Breaks and Beatsbreakbeat compilation. 

Like other black songwriters of the period, several of his records at this time explored themes of African-American identity and social problems in songs including Is It Because I'm Black, which reached Number 11 in the R&B charts in 1969.

In 1971, Willie Mitchell brought Johnson to Hi Records, the two recording three albums which spawned a number of singles. Produced in Memphis with the Hi house band, these yielded music of power and enduring value, including the hits We Did It, Back for a Taste of Your Love and Take Me to the River, his biggest success, reaching Number 7 on the R&B charts in 1975. However, at Hi Johnson was always to some extent in Al Green's shadow commercially, if not artistically. Mitchell also chose to use mainly in-house material rather than Johnson originals.

After the Hi years ended, Johnson produced two LPs for his own Shama label, the latter of which (Ms. Fine Brown Frame, 1982) was picked up for distribution by Boardwalk Records and produced Johnson's last hit record, the title cut.

Around the mid-1980s, Johnson started a fast-food fish restaurant business, and became semi-retired from performing, only making occasional appearances at blues club gigs.[1]

In 1992, Johnson found out that his song "Different Strokes" had been sampled by number of rappers Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap, Hammer, and the Geto Boys. Stimulated by this fact, he decided to make a comeback in the music industry.[1] In 1994, he released the album Back in the Game on Delmark Records. The album featured the Hi rhythm section and his youngest daughter Syleena Johnson. including 

Blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Johnson, and bassist Mack Thompson are his brothers.

MR. JAMES CARR

2011-09-17T09:44:00.000-04:00

(June 13, 1942 - January 7, 2001), was an American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer.

Born to a Baptist preacher's family in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began singing in church and was performing in gospel groups and making tables on an assembly line in Memphis, Tennessee, when he began recording in the mid-'60s for Goldwax Records, a small Memphis based label.

Carr first made the R&B charts in 1966 with "You've Got My Mind Messed Up", followed by his most famous song "The Dark End of the Street", written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman. Carr continued to record for Goldwax until the label closed in 1969 but failed to reach the same heights with his subsequent releases.

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!! SEPT.24TH!!!! RVA!!

2011-09-13T08:46:00.000-04:00

IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR AROUND RICHMOND VIRGINIA AND YOU DIG ROCKSTEADY,SKA, 2TONE OR BIG BOSS REGGAE AKA SKINHEAD REGGAE!!! THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! 100% VINYL!!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT!!! REGGAE JEGGAE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE DEE SHARP!

2011-09-09T11:48:00.000-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE DEE!!!!!!

Otis Redding- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BIRD!

2011-09-09T11:29:00.001-04:00

The Strangeloves - It's About My Baby

2011-09-08T12:01:00.001-04:00

THE BEATLES CARTOON Ep17b I Don't Want To Spoil The Party

2011-09-03T12:49:00.001-04:00

REGGAE GOES COUNTRY

2011-09-03T12:27:00.000-04:00

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/09/01/140120452/reggae-loves-country-a-50-year-romance

Don & Juan - Chicken Necks

2011-09-01T02:03:00.000-04:00

The Hurricane Beat - The Hurricane Rollers (1959)

2011-08-26T09:41:00.002-04:00

Boss Reggae (Original Skinheads)

2011-08-26T00:02:00.000-04:00

Al Barry and The Cimerons- Morning sun

2011-08-24T08:47:00.000-04:00

The Rolling Stones - 2120 South Michigan Avenue

2011-08-23T08:48:00.000-04:00

"2120 South Michigan Avenue" is an original instrumental by the Rolling Stones recorded for their second EP Five by Five. It was also released on their second US album 12 X 5 in 1964. Composer credit goes to Nanker Phelge, a title giving credit equally to all members of the band. In the book Rolling with the Stones, Bill Wyman recalls that the composition process started with him playing a bass riff and that the others followed on jamming.

The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records and Checker Records in Chicago where the five songs for the EP were recorded in June 1964.

AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger described the song as a great groovin' original blues-rock jam. The song was originally released at just over two minutes in length, fading early for lack of time available on a conventional EP in 1964. A full length (3:38 minute) version appears on the 1964 West German Decca LP Around And Around, and the 2002 CD re-release of 12 X 5. There is also a rarer second take which has a rougher, more blues-based sound than the better known Five by Five rock-groove version. This version, with its short but distinctive tremolo guitar riff, was under consideration as the title track of an eventually unreleased 1964 blues album.

Dean Kohler TV INTERVIEW 1969 Song: "OUT-OF-SIGHT"

2011-08-21T15:39:00.002-04:00

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! LAST NIGHT!!!

2011-08-20T11:33:00.000-04:00

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT!!! THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HEARING SOME GOOD OLD BOSS REGGAE AT LEVEL 11!!!!!!

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!!!!

2011-08-16T14:03:00.000-04:00

ONCE A MONTH IN RVA!!!! COME OUT TO RICHMOND'S ONLY BIG BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!!!THIS MONTH IT WILL BE ON A FRIDAY!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT!!!! GET READY TO GET UP OFF YOUR FEET AND DANCE TO THAT BIG BOSS REGGAE BEAT!!!!!! FREE!!!!! 100% VINYL! 10PM TIL LAST CALL!!!!

Sandpebbles - Love Power

2011-08-14T15:40:00.000-04:00

SOULPOWER!!!!!!!!! RVA'S LEGENDARY SOUL PARTY LAST NIGHT!

2011-08-14T15:03:00.000-04:00

GOODTIMES Last night in RVA!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT IT WAS A REAL SMASH!!!!!

MORE SUMMER FUN!!!!

2011-08-12T10:39:00.000-04:00

RESENT SUMMER PHOTO'S

2011-08-12T10:28:00.000-04:00

shotgun express - i could feel the whole world turn round

2011-08-12T09:12:00.000-04:00

Shotgun Express were a short-lived band, they only stayed together for a few months from late '66 - early '67. Their main importance lies in what the individual members went on to achieve with other groups. Rod Stewart joined ex-Yardbird Jeff Beck in The Jeff Beck Group, Green and Fleetwood were briefly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before going on to form Fleetwood Mac, and Bardens was with The Love Affair before forming Village.

Steampacket - Richmond Jazz Festival, excerpts (1965) ONE OF THE FIRST SUPER GROUPS!!!!

2011-08-12T09:04:00.000-04:00

Rock steady!! Last Flight To Reggae City (mixtape preview)

2011-08-11T10:33:00.000-04:00

Artwoods rare BBC 1967 with Jon Lord

2011-08-11T09:54:00.000-04:00

Shout Bamalama Mickey Murray

2011-08-08T11:27:00.000-04:00

SOULPOWER!!!!!!!!! RVA'S LEGENDARY SOUL PARTY

2011-08-06T15:11:00.001-04:00

Tired of summer yet? Not us, we're gonna enjoy it while it lasts. But rain or shine, heat or snow, it always gets hot on the dancefloor of the SOULPOWER dance party at Balliceaux. This month will be no exception, when our guest DJ Lord Thomas will throw down his favorite 60s Soul shakers, suppoted by resident DJs Mr. Felty and DJ Pari. Noble Soul royalty from Norfolk, the Lord is one of the few true Mods in Virginia and host of his own Soul nights in the Five-Cities as well as "Pressure Drop" at Cous Cous. To make this month's party even more sweet, we'll play super rare video footage of obscure 1960s Soul artists on our video beamer. Bring your dance kicks and get your groove on dancing to top notch vintage vinyl from top notch DJs - and as always, it's FREE!

THE PIONEERS - Pee Pee Cluck Cluck

2011-08-01T10:46:00.000-04:00

INTENSIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!! NORFOLK VA'S ONLY BIG BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!

2011-07-27T10:41:00.000-04:00

https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=147731298636098

IS TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

2011-07-26T23:56:00.000-04:00

In the spring of 1959, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs performed at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. Around that time, the group split and reformed. The members were Williams, Gatson, Wiley Bennett, and Charles Thomas. Later, Little Willie Morrow and Albert Hill were added. One month later, in the early summer of 1959, the band recorded in a Quonset Hut on Shakespeare Road in Columbia. The recording engineer, Homer Fesperman, recorded several tracks that the band had hoped would fetch them a hit. One of the last tracks that they recorded that day was "Stay," a song that Williams had written a couple of weeks before.

TOO HOT!!!!!!!

2011-07-22T13:21:00.000-04:00

Beady Eye 'Bring The Light'

2011-07-16T09:29:00.000-04:00

Desmond Dekker - Perseverance

2011-07-14T14:24:00.002-04:00

THE GROOVERS HE'LL BREAK YOUR HEART

2011-07-13T07:31:00.000-04:00

INTENSIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!! NORFOLK VA'S ONLY BIG BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!

2011-07-12T06:56:00.000-04:00

LISTEN UP BUSTER!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS A NEW NIGHT IN THE GHOST TOWN!!!! INTENSIFIED!!!!! THE VERY BEST IN ROCKSTEADY-SKA-AND SKINHEAD REGGAE!!!!! WITH A HEAVY PEPPERING OF SOME GOOD OLD 2TONE!!!!! COME SEE JAMES BOND ON THE BIG SCREEN!!! DOCTOR NO!!!!! PLUS A CRAZY RED STRIPE SPECIAL!!!!!!!! THIS ALL TAKES PLACE ONE WEDNESDAY A MONTH AT LOLA'S CARIBBEAN GRILL HERE IN GHENT! 10PM 3 BUCKS AT THE DOOR!

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! FLYER FOR JULY!!!

2011-07-12T06:43:00.000-04:00

IT IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN DOING PRESSURE DROP EVERY LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH IN RVA FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF!!!! I YOU LIVE NEAR AROUND THE RICHMOND VA AREA PLEASE SWING BY THE AND CHECK US OUT!!!! THE LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE CAME OUT! P.S. IF YOU LIVE IN OUR NEAR THE NORFOLK VA AREA I AM STARTING UP A NIGHT CALLED INTENSIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU LOVE SOME GOOD OLD REGGAE69 AND THAT ROCKSTEADY BEAT!!!! THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! SEE MY NEXT POST ABOVE FOR INFO!

BOB AND EARL (DANCIN' EVERYWHERE)

2011-07-11T10:14:00.000-04:00

IF YOU LIKE FOOD!!!!!

2011-07-11T00:20:00.000-04:00

http://thekitchykitchen.blogspot.com/

THE RED COATS ARE COMING!!!!!!!

2011-05-05T08:50:00.000-04:00

A ONCE A MONTH EXPLORATION, HOSTED BY I LORD THOMAS AND MY MATE RONNIE!

NORFOLK SOUL NIGHT!!!!!

2011-05-05T08:46:00.000-04:00

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND A HOME FOR MY SOUL NIGHTS!!!!!

CHUCK JACKSON (BEG ME)

2011-04-27T11:36:00.000-04:00

MAXINE BROWN (YOU UPSET MY SOUL)

2011-04-27T11:28:00.000-04:00

JOE SIMON (I GOT A WHOLE LOT OF LOVIN')

2011-04-27T11:16:00.000-04:00

Arthur Brown - I've Got Money

2011-04-04T09:05:00.000-04:00

Cliff Nobles - "Love Is All Right"

2011-04-03T15:30:00.000-04:00

Cliff Nobles and Co reached No. 5 in the UK pop chart in 1968 with Love is All Right. This track was a favorite at the Blue Note and The Wheel soul clubs in Manchester but the B side, The Horse probably had even more of an airing.

Cliff Nobles - Judge Baby, I'm Back (1968)

2011-04-03T15:22:00.000-04:00

The Electric Express - It's The Real Thing Pt 1

2011-04-03T15:15:00.000-04:00

Z Z Hill Oh! Darling

2011-04-03T15:05:00.000-04:00

BILL DEAL AND THE RHONDELS''TUCK'S THEME''

2011-03-31T13:14:00.000-04:00

Just picked this LP up a few weeks ago!! really freakin good!!! AND THESE GUYS WERE FROM VIRGINIA BEACH!

RIP SIR LATTIMORE BROWN

2011-03-27T14:49:00.000-04:00

In the early evening hours of Friday, March 25th, Sir Lattimore Brown was struck by a motor vehicle as he attempted to cross the street near his home in Pensacola. He was killed instantly. May God Rest His Soul..

MILTON HOWARD- FUNKY SHING-A-LING

2011-03-27T12:47:00.000-04:00

http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/2006/07/21/funky16corners-radio-v7-funky-shing-a-ling/

Just scored this 45 at STEADY SOUNDS IN Richmond VA Great shop great guys!!! go visit them!!!! Also click the link and check out my Main Soul Brother for another Mothers page!!!! Thanks LARRY FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!!!

Howard Tate- Ain't Nobody Home

2011-03-27T12:28:00.000-04:00

Betty LaVette ~ "My Train's Comin' In"

2011-03-27T12:06:00.000-04:00

In Spite of These Times - Close Lobsters

2011-03-25T00:46:00.000-04:00

The Moons - It's Taking over

2011-03-22T12:51:00.000-04:00

ANYBODY SEE THAT FULL MOON LAST NIGHT???????

2011-03-20T23:43:00.000-04:00

THANKS DAVID!!!!!!

2011-03-20T23:36:00.001-04:00

THIS TRULY IS THE BEST PICTURE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEBS!!!!!

MARVA WHITNEY- THINGS GOT TO GET BETTER

2011-03-20T22:54:00.000-04:00

LINDA JONES- I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' MY BABY

2011-03-20T22:35:00.000-04:00

Jackie Mittoo — Fancy Pants

2011-03-15T11:47:00.000-04:00

Movements - Count Machuki

2011-03-14T23:33:00.000-04:00