Please don't talk about Weller. I had an interview with him tonight and they called it of an hour before... I got a lousy phoner now next friday... And I have a deadline for 2.500 words for thursday.
@ Rob: I guess the timing of both Steve Marriott and Rick Danko is pure soul. (And let's not forget ex-Ikette PP Arnold in the TSF vid). I guess it's 300 per cent more soul than all the R. Kellys, Rihannas, et cetera together.
As a big Stax fan I love guys like Otis Redding, Eddy Floyd, the Staples (Mavis = soul!!) and all those real black soul guys, but I think Danko and Marriott are close. Of course I did it as a bit of a joke too, but I think those 60s british guys had more soul than all the rRnB and Soul you here on MTV nowadays.
O, and don't forget Steve Winwood!
Winwood, Dank and Steve were appreciated by those black guys too!