Biography

The Soul IG's started with a couple of 45’s on their own Jive label which are almost impossible to find these days. Also two LP’s were released. “Soul Strike” was originally put out on Philip Lehman’s notorious Soul Fire label out of New York and a few years after the actual recordings “Home Cooking” became the first album release on bands own label, Timmion Records. With these albums under their belts The Band gained some success within the underground funk scene and toured heavily across Europe & UK. On these two early instrumental records one can hear the elements that are and will always be the core of The Soul IG’s sound. This combination of frantic organ grooves, garage-bound guitar licks, crackling drums and heavy bass is densely knit together with the no-nonsense attitude that the band still carries as a trademark when recording or performing live. In 2005 The Soul Investigators released a flaming soul LP that almost instantly found appreciation around the world and ignited the whole “Retro Soul , Classic soul , Nu-soul, what ever Soul” boom. “Keep Reachin’ Up” which was recorded with singer Nicole Willis and became an instant classic. After "Keep Reachin' Up" the band released couple of more albums with Nicole Willis, in 2013 and 2015. They also teamed up with Myron & E to release "Broadway" album for Stones Throw Records. They also have released singles with such artists as Big Joe Louis, Herb Johnson, Willie West to name few.