Episode 51: When Soul Got Fuzzy | R&B with the Guitar Turned Up

Send us Fan Mail Episode 51: When Soul Got Fuzzy: R&B with the Guitar Turned Up Motown had a sound of its own. Then fuzz guitar started cutting through the polished soul, adding a rougher, louder edge. In this episode, Christopher follows the Isley Brothers’ “Who’s That Lady?” from its swanky 1964 original to the guitar-driven 1973 reworking, “That Lady.” Then we hear how the Temptations moved from the psychedelic soul of “Cloud Nine” to the restless, urgent “Ball of Confusion.” We clos...