I've always loved the music of Darrow Fletcher. His 'What Good Am I Without You' on Jacklyn was one of the very first records I bought when I first got into Northern Soul many moons ago! His work has been criminally neglected until the UK soul scene fell in love with him and he has visited these shores several time to perform, but for whatever reason I've never actually managed to see him perform live ... until now, as Karl 'Chalky' White has just uploaded footage from a gig he did in Nov. 2012 at The Wilton Ballroom, Castleford, Yorkshire (along with footage from other gigs e.g. Richard Caiton). The Wilton evens were run by Dave Box and his wife Val, Sadly Dave is no longer with us but he posted a detailed interview with Darrow Fletcher on Soul Source in Aug. 2012 Darrow Fletcher - The Interview - The Full Story.
I did a post on Darrow some time ago (Aug 2009), it was originally on my Modern Soul blog which is no longer maintained but is still live.
The sound quality is not brilliant as it captures a lot of the background noise, so if you want to hear the recorded versions here's the track list.
Honey Can I - great track which is pretty hard to find as it's only on the issue of Rising Cost Of Love [Atlantic] and most copies are same sided promos! I can find only 3 ever listed on Popsike and needless to say latest price is around £200.
It's No Mistake - if I had to choose, this would be my favourite track of his!
What Have I Got Now - superb
Sunny - unreleased Crossover recording first issued on Kent compilation in 2012
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