Dave Godin
Until his death in 2004, Dave Godin was the doyen of deep soul, a veteran contributor to umpteen magazines and fanzines and the compiler of the magnificent Deep Soul Treasures series for Ace.
Listen to Dave talking to Bill Brewster in 1998
13 articles
List of articles in the library
Guide by Dave Godin, MOJO, June 1995
Sometimes the music is almost too much to bear. And soul music at its most soaring, yearning and burning can leave you wrung out and ...
Obituary by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 27 January 1976
"I have had my fun, even if I never get well no more. Oh my health is failing, oh yes, I'm going down slow..." ...
Interview by Dave Godin, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 4 September 1964
by DAVE GODIN as told to Norman Jopling ...
Mary Wells: a Tribute by Dave Godin
Obituary by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 25 August 1992
GIRL GODDESS OF R&B FANS... this title (long before political correctness had taken all the passion, fun and romance out of sexual desire), was the ...
Report by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 8 January 1971
BY SOME miracle I managed to catch the train on time at Euston. Anyone who knows me will gladly confirm that I am a terror ...
The Dave Godin Column: Northern Soul
Report by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 25 June 1971
THE CALL of the North was getting too strong to resist any longer, and I just had to take some time out and make another ...
James Brown: The Soul Of Mr. Brown
Interview by Dave Godin, Record Mirror, 26 March 1966
JAMES BROWN has at last been to Britain. His all too brief stay had just about the maximum impact that it could have had. It ...
The Raelets, Ray Charles: Ray Charles and The Raelets In Concert
Live Review by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 6 November 1970
THE ANNUAL concert featuring Ray Charles, his Orchestra and The Raelets is an event which usually draws S.R.O. crowds and this year was no exception. ...
Interview by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, July 1968
ONE IS always apprehensive about meeting artists for whom one has a great admiration or burning passion – I deliberately avoided meeting the one and ...
Dionne Warwick: The Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 8 May 1970
THE "PRINCE Albert Hall" (as Dionne so charmingly referred to it) is the most peculiar venue in London for a recording artist to play. ...
Doris Troy: Dave Godin Meets Mother Soul
Interview by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 27 February 1970
WHEN EDITOR John Abbey asked me if I would do a feature interview with Doris Troy to coincide with her forthcoming single release on Apple, ...
Howlin' Wolf: The Dave Godin Column: Howlin' Wolf
Essay by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, April 1969
I RECENTLY READ a most scathing and critical review of the new Howlin' Wolf album which has been issued in the States on Cadet-Concept (the ...
Guide by Dave Godin, MOJO, December 2000
He’s helped turn on a new generation of fans to previously neglected soul stirrers. Now Dave Godin selects 20 of his favourite Deep Soul singers, ...
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