While many in the music world obsess over the schadenfreude that is Strumpet d’Winehouse, we’ll continue to celebrate the sheer awesomeness of the Dap-Kings’ best frontlady. So we couldn’t wait to share yesterday’s now-streaming interview with the Lovely Miss Sharon Jones from her appearance on NPR’s Fresh Air with Daptone co-founder and Dap-Kings bass player Gabriel “Bosco Mann” Roth.
The provocatively funny and wholly interesting interview promoting her 100 Days, 100 Nights album runs about 40 minutes, with some fine music from Jones and Winehouse thrown in for good measure. What’s astounding is her unbelievable humbleness in the face of her late-blooming fame, and clearly my favorite part is when she talks about not buying expensive shoes because of all the people out there with no feet or legs. As long as she can still strut and cluck and dance around that stage, we don’t care what the fuck she’s got on those feet. Long live the current first lady of soul.
- Related Video: Sharon & the Dap-Kings on Dutch TV — 10/25/07
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no joke, I worked in the prosthetics field for 4 years trying to get a leg up, And I love Sharon and the dapkings so I’m going out on a limb here, but I think what Sharon was getting at was, “She’s got sole.”
I’ll applaud that effort.