Re: soul, etc

[Carl Abraham Zimring]

>As for Stax=grit and Motown=pretty--as a longtime fan of both, I'd have to
>say that this rounds out their depth and breadth too much.  Martha and the
>VDs pretty not gritty?  The Temptations? 

Yeah, the Temptations had the smooth/gritty thing down cold.  Really
polished harmonies backing David Ruffin's gospel shouts, all backed by
an ace band -- it got no better than this.  

Carl Z.