THE HOUSE OF SOUL SHARES “HEY BROTHER (DO UNTO OTHERS)” THE A-SIDE TO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 100TH 45
From The Family Daptone, featuring an All Star Line-Up of the Label’s Vocalists: Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, James Hunter, Lee Fields, Naomi Shelton, Saun & Starr, Duke Amayo of Antibalas, and Dan Klein of the Frightnrs. 100th 45 Available June 28th on Standard Black Vinyl 45, a Daptone Logo Die-Cut Picture Disc. Digital Single available June 14th.
Today, Daptone Records has shared “Hey Brother (Do Unto Others),” the A-side to their recently announced 100th 45. Available June 28, the 45 is an unprecedented collaboration of talent from their legendary roster of artists. “Hey Brother (Do Unto Others)” features the late great monarchs of the Daptone family, Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones, as well as Saun & Starr, the Frightnrs, James Hunter, Naomi Shelton, Duke Amayo and Lee Fields, singing a message of righteousness and brotherhood over a groove sewn seamlessly together by members of The Dap-Kings and Menahan Street Band.
Written by The Frightnrs, the song originally appeared on their acclaimed LP, Nothing More to Say. In the wake of the tragic loss of singer Dan Klein to ALS just before the album’s release, Daptone felt it would be a fitting tribute to re-imagine the tune as a soulful collaboration between the dynamic vocalists on the label. What started as a thank you to the label’s beloved fans has now also become a loving tribute to their lost Brothers and Sister: Charles Bradley, Dan Klein, Cliff Driver, and the label’s eternal Queen, Miss Sharon Jones.
Label co-founder Gabriel Roth (AKA Bosco Mann) tells Billboard, “everybody seemed to really love the idea of being together on a record like that... Every one of those singers that I asked, after I explained what we were trying to do, they really jumped through hoops to try to make it happen.”
On the flip is the recently released and acclaimed “Soul Fugue” by The 100 Knights Orchestra, a massive ensemble comprised of every horn player the label has ever worked with (really!) including current and past members of The Dap-Kings, Antibalas, The Budos Band, Menahan Street Band, The Extraordinaires, The Soul Providers and the Daktaris. Recorded on the rarest of days, February 29th, 2016, they all crammed into the studio simultaneously to perform the epic composition composed and arranged obsessively by Bosco Mann, based on the Fibonacci series and the number 100. Anyone who was lucky enough to catch Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ final performance at Prospect Park Summerstage was lucky enough to see/hear this stunning piece of music in real time. Listen to “Soul Fugue