Wiley And The Checkmates
Wiley and the Checkmates are the sound of classic soul music. From their very first dynamic performances, it was clear that the Checkmates were to become one of Oxford, Mississippi's favorite bands. Local audiences now regularly stretch fire capacities at Checkmates shows, while dozens more listen from outside, unable to resist dancing. Inside, spirits are always high as the band powers through skillful treatments of '60s and '70s classics as well as their own phenomenal originals - ten of which are now available on their debut album "Introducing...". From the James Brown inspired "Dog Tired" and the moving ballad "Eyes of the World", which singer Herbert Wiley wrote in the mid-sixties for a high school sweetheart, to crowd favorites like "Sweet Breeze" and "You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes", the Checkmates' songs are finally available to a larger audience.
The Temptations Ain't To Proud To Beg
My Girl
Miles Davis All Blues
Slim Harpo
Baby Scratch My Back
Bo Diddley
Who Do You Love?
Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home
Cupid
Tyrone Davis
Can I Change My Mind
Mistaken Identity
Turn Back The Hands Of Time
The Meters
Cissy Strut
James Brown
Cold Sweat
I Feel Good
Please, Please, Please
Sex Machine
Try Me
Bobby "Blue" Band
Don't Cry No More
Stormy Monday Blues
Little Willie John
Fever
Booker T. And The M. G.'S
Green Onions
Summertime
Jelly Bread
Ode To Billie Joe / Hip Hug Her
Mel Waiters
Hole In The Wall
Marvin Sease
Hoochie Mama
Otis Redding
I Can't Turn You Loose
These Arms of Mine
Eddie Floyd
Knock On Wood
Wilson Pickett
Midnight Hour
Mustang Sally
The Bar Kays
Soul Finger
Sam & Dave
Soul Man
Clarence Carter
Strokin'
Snatching It Back
Bobby Rush / Poonanny
Sue
Howlin' Wolf
Wang Dang Doodle
Johnny Taylor
Who's Makin Love
B. B. King
Woke Up This Morning
The Impressions
You Must Believe Me
O.V. WrightAce Of Spades
Isaac Hayes
Do Your Thing
William Bell
Eloise (Hang On In There)
Junior Wells
Up In Heah
