{"id":803939,"date":"2020-02-07T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=949027"},"modified":"2020-02-07T07:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:00:25","slug":"strap-on-your-skates-and-glide-through-modern-memphis-soul-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/strap-on-your-skates-and-glide-through-modern-memphis-soul-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Strap on Your Skates and Glide Through Modern Memphis Soul History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Memphis<\/a> soul is inextricably tied to the storied reign of Stax Records, but a new compilation from the celebrated archival label Light in the Attic will trace the ways soul music continued to flourish and evolve in west Tennessee well after the heydays of Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.<\/p>\n

Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 1977 \u2013 1987<\/i> arrives April 3rd and as a teaser Light in the Attic is sharing a never-before-seen music video for Mark Anthony and Lyte Speed\u2019s 1982 roller rink anthem, \u201cI\u2019m Just a Boogie Roller.\u201d Although the song won\u2019t appear on Stone Crush <\/i>proper, it will be included as a special seven-inch single for the vinyl release of the compilation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Just a Boogie Roller\u201d captures the way classic soul styles blended with disco, pop and rock during the late Seventies and Eighties, with sweet vocals and soft harmonies drifting over a thick bass groove, slick guitar work and some virtuosic drumming. The previously unreleased video for the track is a delightful document of how this music provided the perfect soundtrack for roller skating culture and features some impressive choreographed routines, plus one mind-boggling set of expertly executed backflips.<\/p>\n

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Compiled by Daniel Mathis and Chad Weekley, Stone Crush<\/i> covers a broad array of styles, \u201cfrom roller skate boogie to private press soul to bedroom funk.\u201d Although none of the artists on the compilation scored any major hits, Stone Crush <\/i>highlights the way Memphis\u2019 vast studio system continued to support artists from an array of backgrounds even after Stax shuttered in 1975.<\/p>\n

Among the artists on the collection are O.T. Sykes, a dentist who exchanged dental work for time in the studio; Benjamin Jimerson-Philips, an advertising agent who spent his nights fronting Captain Fantastic and Starr Fleet; and Cato Walker, who worked as B.B. King\u2019s artistic director, after his father and mother served as the blues legend\u2019s tour bus driver and booking agent, respectively. There are of course plenty of ties to the Stax legacy as well, including a song from an artist named Libra, who\u2019d previously worked as the Bar-Kays\u2019 costume maker.<\/p>\n

Stone Crush<\/i> is available to preorder<\/a> and will be released digitally and as two-CD and two-LP vinyl set, with the latter boasting the \u201cI\u2019m Just a Boogie Roller\u201d seven-inch. The physical copies will come with booklets featuring archival photos and other ephemera, plus liner notes from Memphis writers Andria Lisle and Robert Gordon.<\/p>\n

Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 1977 \u2013 1987<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/i>1. O.T. Sykes \u2013 \u201cStone Crush on You\u201d
2. L.A. \u2013 \u201cThe Doctor\u201d
3. Tom Sanders \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll Get to That\u201d
4. Frankie Alexander \u2013 \u201cNo Seat Dancin’\u201d
5. Captain Fantastic & Starr Fleet \u2013 \u201cKeep It to Yourself\u201d
6. Captain Fantastic & Starr Fleet \u2013 \u201cUnder Cover Lover\u201d
7. Magic Morris \u2013 \u201c(I\u2019m) Choosing You\u201d
8. Sir Henry Ivy \u2013 \u201cHe Left You Standing There\u201d
9. Sweet Pearl \u2013 \u201cYou Mean Everything To Me\u201d
10. Morris \u2013 \u201cCan We Melt the Ice\u201d
11. J- Phakta \u2013 \u201cIs It Love\u201d
12. Cato \u2013 \u201cSlice Of Heaven\u201d
13. Frankie Alexander \u2013 \u201cTake Time Out for Love\u201d
14. Greg Mason \u2013 \u201cWhat Does It Take to Know (A Woman Like You)\u201d
15. Silk Satin & Lace \u2013 \u201cAlways\u201d
16. Kick \u2013 \u201cLollie Pop\u201d
17. Kick \u2013 \u201cRight Thing\u201d
18. Libra \u2013 \u201cConvict Me\u201d<\/p>\n

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Memphis soul is inextricably tied to the storied reign of Stax Records, but a new compilation from the celebrated archival label Light in the Attic will trace the ways soul music continued to flourish and evolve in west Tennessee well after the heydays of Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding. Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 1977 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 10:14:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}