I recognized the potential for greatness in Fat Daddy from the moment I heard "The Blame," and that's why an unknown from Texas scored the number one single of the year.

Fat Daddy ransacks the past, the richest vein in recent southern soul history in fact, looking for inspiration in the turn-of-the-century recordings made in the Delta. If only more young artists did the same!

"Mr. Nobody" looks back to Johnnie Taylor's original, perhaps via Carl Sims' 2001 remak. Strong Woman" is based on Jesse Graham's "Mr. Mailman". And even the songs that don't cannibalize as brazenly as "Mr. Nobody" and "Strong Woman" are steeped in the musical sound of turn-of-the-century southern soul. That milieu thrived while the Internet was still young, before the music had anywhere but a few regional venues in which to market (insuring this music would remain obscure).

Still, led by Jackson, Mississippi's Malaco/Waldoxy Records but also far-flung Suzie Q, Ichiban, Ace, Konkord, Mardi Gras and more, the early 00's remain the pinnacle of contemporary southern soul.

by Daddy B. Nice

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