Thanks for saving my heart ❤️ by the lyrics of this beautiful song from long gone ages.

I never thought I would need to hear this chorus in my life 😣💜

Never thought I would walk away from the love

Teddy Pendergrass

Free download along with other edits on bandcamp

https://wearesoulfool.bandcamp.com/

Maze & Frankie Beverly  Joy And Pain (Soul Fool Edit)*See description for FREE download*

A laid back groove revisited and reimagined. One of the greatest soul voices.  

Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (Sam~pled Re-edit)

J. Blackfoot was recruited by Isaac Hayes and David Porter (famed for their Sam & Dave productions) to sing lead in a new vocal group, The Soul Children (who scored 15 R&B hits between 1968 and 1978). After the group split up, Blackfoot began his career as a solo artist, produced by Stax colleagues Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks. Success came with the R&B smash 'Taxi'.

J. Blackfoot - Taxi

THE O'JAYS - Darlin' Darlin' Baby (First Touch Retouch)

"Grit’n Groove" blends raw Southern grit with smooth soul-driven groove. A backroad soundtrack made for strong coffee, long nights, and real stories. Part of my Coffee Shop Bangerz series, this track keeps the edge sharp while the rhythm stays warm and timeless.

Grit’n Groove

McFadden & Whitehead Ain't No Stopping Us Now (long Version).wmv

David Ruffin - Walk away from love (T.F. Re-edit)

Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly | Before I Let Go (Change Request ReVision)

For this ReVision—my third one from this same group—I chose an iconic song that has had a great influence on me and my artwork throughout my lifetime. Featuring groove-intensive rhythm and blues, combined with a west coast-style songwriting balladry, their sound was something I immediately connected with from the very first time I heard “Joy And Pain” on the radio as a child. 

Often referred to as the “Black Grateful Dead” for their loyal cross-generational fanbase, Maze was formed in San Francisco, California in the late 70s, fronted by the Philly-raised songwriter and former gospel singer, Frankie Beverly. 

Originally called Raw Soul, the group changed their name to Maze upon the recommendation of Beverly’s mentor—as well as a major catalyst for their meteoric ascension in popularity—Marvin Gaye. 

Written and produced by Frankie Beverly and released on their 1981 Live In New Orleans recording, "Before I Let Go”, is the quintessential Maze record. Peaking at number thirteen on the Billboard R&B chart in 1981, this masterpiece would later go on to define the group, achieving iconic status as a cross-generational cultural benchmark of contemporary Black American Music.

“It was about somebody who was really having trouble letting go of something”, states Beverly of the “ode to a love lost” that helped inspire the song's lyrical content. Initially written in a slower tempo, the members of Maze developed the song into the seductive groove that cemented its musical legacy.     

Featuring conventional instrumentation of this era for an R&B ensemble—live percussion, Electric Bass, Guitar, and Fender Rhodes—I replaced the Electric Guitar lead parts with standard polyphonic synth choices for that period, including Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 bright brass pad, layered over a saturated Oberheim OB-X brass tone, for harmonic texture. 

For as much as they have written and recorded timeless songs and records, you really have not fully experienced their spiritual mastery until you've seen Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly live in concert.

David Ruffin - Walk away from love (T.F. Re-edit)

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