Soul Cities on vh1 soul

matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
edited December 2008 in Strut Central
Just watched a 3 hour block of the 30 min episodes late last night. What a job Nelson George has: Just travel around to various cities interviewing Musicians, see the sites, eat great food, and to top it all off visit record stores! The record store guy in Philly was funny though.. "You can email me but don't email me back if I don't respond saying it's been 5 minutes!" Would love to fill his shoes for a season, if there were a 2nd season(which I doubt)

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  • I need to see this. Wonder if he's come through Chicago yet...

    The record store guy in Philly was funny though.. "You can email me but don't email me back if I don't respond saying it's been 5 minutes!"

    Was this Val Shively?

    Would love to fill his shoes for a season, if there were a 2nd season(which I doubt)

    I figure he'd probably run out of places by then. There were only SO MANY "soul cities" in the 50 states to go around (and please don't start telling me about some secret-squirrel one-band funk scene in Montana!).

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Cool show no doubt.

    Where's the thread where one if the SS dudes got shitted on by George.

    "Nelson Geroge Is an Asshole.."

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I think w saw Chi-Town.

    Philly, Memphis and New Orleans.

  • I think w saw Chi-Town.

    Philly, Memphis and New Orleans.

    Also San Francisco and LA were the last 2 cities. Nelson actually went to the Rootdown and said he had his birthday party there a couple of years ago...

  • Cool show no doubt.

    Where's the thread where one if the SS dudes got shitted on by George.

    "Nelson Geroge Is an Asshole.."
    That was me...he didn't shit on me, he and his assistants just tried to
    Treat me like I was working for him...asking, no telling me to dig up
    Certain "Memphis" records...and I would have to argue with know
    Nothing folks trying to explain to them that certain records had nothing
    To do with Memphis. Since they weren't paying me, I gave up trying
    To help them since they were trying to boss me around. At least they
    Took my suggestion to talk about James carr's "you got my mind messed
    Up". But, a "ehhhh" experience on the day of shooting.

  • Cool show no doubt.

    Where's the thread where one if the SS dudes got shitted on by George.

    "Nelson Geroge Is an Asshole.."
    That was me...he didn't shit on me, he and his assistants just tried to

    Treat me like I was working for him...asking, no telling me to dig up
    Certain "Memphis" records...and I would have to argue with know
    Nothing folks trying to explain to them that certain records had nothing
    To do with Memphis.

    What were these "certain records?"

    Since they weren't paying me, I gave up trying
    To help them since they were trying to boss me around. At least they
    Took my suggestion to talk about James carr's "you got my mind messed
    Up". But, a "ehhhh" experience on the day of shooting.

    I saw him do an in-store for his Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos book, 14 years ago...I remember thinking he had a slightly pompous air about him. Seemed nice enough when he signed my copy of his book (and he was amazed that I remembered the column he used to do in Billboard in the '80s). But seeing the way he interacted with others made him come off like a real SOB. At least one time it was warranted - somebody tried to film the event without permission, so he had a right to raise a stink. But otherwise, he did act like he was too cool for the room.

  • Cool show no doubt.

    Where's the thread where one if the SS dudes got shitt



    ed on by George.

    "Nelson Geroge Is an Asshole.."
    That was me...he didn't shit on me, he and his assistants just tried to

    Treat me like I was working for him...asking, no telling me to dig up
    Certain "Memphis" records...and I would have to argue with know
    Nothing folks trying to explain to them that certain records had nothing
    To do with Memphis.

    What were these "certain records?"

    Since they weren't paying me, I gave up trying
    To help them since they were trying to boss me around. At least they
    Took my suggestion to talk about James carr's "you got my mind messed
    Up". But, a "ehhhh" experience on the day of shooting.

    I saw him do an in-store for his Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos book, 14 years ago...I remember thinking he had a slightly pompous air about him. Seemed nice enough when he signed my copy of his book (and he was amazed that I remembered the column he used to do in Billboard in the '80s). But seeing the way he interacted with others made him come off like a real SOB. At least one time it was warranted - somebody tried to film the event without permission, so he had a right to raise a stink. But otherwise, he did act like he was too cool for the room.

    The dumbest record they wanted me to get was a big john Patton lp, I told them that he was from Kansas city and recorded for blue note ...I said told the assistant that they were probably thinking of big Amos Patton, a blues artist that recorded for hi...the assistant kept insisting on big john Patton, but
    Since they were shooting at the shop when they were doing the record stuff, I didn't want the shop look ignorant, so I just hid the Patton records and said I couldn't find any in time for the shoot

  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
    Lemme throw down some Lawry's:
    I saw bits of the San Fran & Nawlins episodes and thought the show was fairly terrible.
    It feels like a third-rate travel show on the Food Network with some music talk thrown in.
    Plus George always has that f*cking smug grin on his face.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    he's in Chicago right now on vh1 soul
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