David Nathan

The British Ambassador of Soul

Journal

by David

#47 – “Soul City And A Blues Queen”….


September 1967, London Ive agreed to return to the newly-relocated Soul City now in the heart of Central London at 17 Monmouth Street and the three years that follow will be full of activity as the shop is established as one of the prime go to locations for the growing legion of dedicated soul mu...
by David

#48 – “Big Maybelle Sings The Blues”


September 1967, Bayswater, London Blues great Big Maybelle is in London for the first time promoting her new LP, shes visited Soul City record store and my boyfriend William (in this pic) and I have been to see her perform at a club in Dalston. Maybelle is in the UK accompanied by a six-foot ama...
by David

#49 – “Oh Lord, What Are You Doing To Me”


September 1967, Bayswater, London Im hanging out with Big Maybelle, my boyfriend William Caper and my dear friend Enid at Maybelles hotel during her 1st (and sadly only) visit to Britain, five years before her passing in 1972. While shes a blues mama of the 1st order, shes also been aiming reco...