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Leola Jiles, the soulful lead heard on the Northern Soul classics ‘Mr Creator’ and ‘Pretty Red Balloons,’ and one of the most distinctive voices in San Francisco R&B, gospel and jazz, died from complications from a stroke last Thursday. Her friend Alec Palao mourns her passing.

Le Beat Bespoke Presents The Seeds UK debut Featuring original members Daryl Hooper and Don Boomer

Plus the UK premiere of "Pushin' Too Hard" The acclaimed rockumentary. Plus Q&A with director Neil Norman and producer Alec Palao.

Saturday 20th April 2019. The Venue: 229 Great Portland St. London W1W 5PN

Tickets: lebeatbespoke.com
Documentary trailer: youtu.be

Ace Records aficionados will very likely be familiar with the uniquely soulful guitar-playing which embellished such notable hits as Dobie Gray’s ‘Drift Away’ and Billy Swan’s ‘I Can Help’, as well as the ground-breaking use of electric sitar on the Box Tops’ ‘Cry Like A Baby’ and ‘Hooked On A Feeling’ by B.J. Thomas. Add to these Elvis Presley’s ‘In The Ghetto’ and ‘Suspicious Minds’, Dusty Springfield’s ‘Son Of A Preacher Man’, Joe Tex’s ‘Skinny Legs And All’, and many more significant chartbusters by the likes of Bill Black’s Combo, Joe Tex, Neil Diamond, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, Jimmy Buffett, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard. Such an imposing list should provide an idea of the enormous contribution made over six decades by Memphis and Nashville’s most versatile and in-demand session guitarist, Reggie Young, who has died at the age of 82.

It is with much regret that I have to report the loss of Margaret Lewis, aka Maggie Warwick, a great champion of Louisiana music, who died on March 29.

Mike Wilhelm, founder member of the Charlatans, died of cancer on May 14. Alec Palao pays tribute to Jerry Garcia’s favourite San Francisco guitar player.