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Eddie Giles – It Takes Me All Night (by SVM77)

Eddie Giles (now the Rev. Eddie Giles and still in Shreveport) was, along with Reuben Bell, one of the pillars of Shreveport soul, first coming to prominence with the classic “I’m A Losing Boy.” An early 1970’s collaboration with Jerry Strickland led to this Southern soul gem, “It Takes Me All Night (To Do What I Used To Do All Night).” The song was cut at Sound City Studios, Stewart Madison’s studio at 3316 Line Avenue in Shreveport in 1971.   The building still stands, although it is now a furniture store. 

Soul Shouting Tommy- I’m The Man (by DerekSee)

The Anla label was a subsidiary of Eddie Shuler’s Goldband Distributing Corporation in Lake Charles, and, for the most part, was his home for the funkier side of Black music in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The Soul Shouting Tommy 45 is one of the rarer Anla discs. I have never actually seen a copy.

#92 Mitchell High Alumni Drummers and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

The Mitchell High School alumni majorettes and drummers perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree in Memphis, 4/21/12

#89 Manassas High Alumni Drummers and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

The Manassas High alumni majorettes and drummers perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree in Memphis 4/21/12

#87 JSU War & Thunder Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Jackson State University’s War and Thunder drumline performs at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer jamboree in Memphis 4/21/12

#86 Fairley High Alumni Drummers and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Fairley High alumni drummers and majorettes perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree in Memphis, 4/21/12

#85 Hamilton High Alumni Drummers and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Hamilton High alumni majorettes and drummers perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree in Memphis, 4/21/12

#84 Northside High Alumni Drummers and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Northside High alumni majorettes and drummers perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree, Memphis TN, 4/21/12

#83 Gangsta Walking.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Gangsta walking to “Triggaman” with the Showboys at the Ole Skool Majorette Jamboree in Memphis 4/21/12