Member Since: 02/01/2007
Band Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_Soul_Seekers
Band Members: The Original Soul Seekers are,
Rev. Marion C. Hannah, Carneil Underwood, Deacon Larry Lawson Sr., Alex "Junior" Bolton,
Rev. George Washington, Richard Boyce, Sr.
Former Original Soul Seekers members... Founding father, Deacon Ernest Irvin, bass vcls, Rev. Johnny DeVoil,lead gtr, Arthur Blake bar vcls, Wallace Meyers rthm gtr, James "Frankie" Boyce rthm/lead gtr,vocls, Freddie Jackson, bass vocls, Cossy Jones, gtr, Wimbley DeVoil, vcls, Willie Dukes, lead vocls (all went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ to sing and praise His name for eternity.
Influences: R.H. Harris, Willie Love and Dickie Freeman of The Fairfield Four, Rev. Julius Cheeks, The Gospelaires, Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, Ira Tucker and Dixie Hummingbirds, Paul Lawrence of The Swan Silvertones, Spencer Taylor & Highway QCs, Sensational Nightingales,The Blind Boys of Mississippi, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Kilow Turner from The Pilgrim Travelers, Ohio Spirituals, Leon Lumpkin, Gospel Clefs, Swannee Quintet, Rev. CL Franklin, Davis Sisters, Rev. James Cleveland, Fred McGriff, Clarence & Lottie Boyce, The Seeking Wonders, The Gaylarks, Rev. Lawrence Roberts, Thurman Ruth, disc jockey Johnathan Joe Crane, Pilgrim Jubilees, Mighty Clouds of Joy, the late Minister Lawrence S. Lawson Jr, The Lawsons, Antioch Christian Church, New Brunswick All-Stars
Sounds Like: The Famous Original Soul Seekers Spiritual Singers, of New Orleans. Often imitated, but never duplicated. This Soul runs DEEP!
Record Label: CUB/MGM RECORDS
Type of Label: Major