Mike James Kirkland
As my quest for the original soul sound of the 60's and 70's continues I'm beginning to discover some amazing underated musicians.
Mike James Kirkland should be heralded along side the likes of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield he's that good. However, his two albums released in the early 70's ("Hang On In There" and "Doin' It Right") simply dissapeared into obscurity. Recently the ultra-rare groove scene stumbled on "Doin' It Right' and now original copies of it reportedly exchange hands for $500 or more such that it is so rare and at the same time, so good. Fortunately for the non-collectors the two albums have been re-issued by the notorious Luv n' Haight rare groove reissue label with the help of Ubiquity.Check out the track 'Together'...